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Episode 150: Dealing with Financial Trauma & Budgeting Tips with Berna Anat (Financial Hype Woman)

hot pursuit by AsianBossGirl

Emily, Madelyn, Jen

Relationships, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2022

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of AsianBossGirl, we sit down with Berna Anat, financial hype woman, and host of Betches’ Money Please podcast, to discuss personal finance from the perspective of a millennial/gen-z woman of color and child of immigrants.  We talk about the concept of financial trauma, what it's like to chase your dreams in NYC on a starting salary, then be confronted with managing your personal finances on a tech salary, how to pay off debt, some hilarious but effective tips for budgeting, when it's best to start saving for retirement (401-who?!), investment apps, credit cards, and even crypto. Tune in for the convo! Find Berna on IG @heyberna and check out her podcast Money Please with Berna Anat, Betches Media Resources: Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista Yanely Espinal, MissBeHelpful Brown Ambition Podcast Bad With Money with Gaby Dunn Advisorsgiveback.org This episode was edited by Michelle Hsieh. ___________________________ L I S T E N E R S U R V E Y: Let us know your thoughts on the podcast here P A R T N E R S mentioned in this episode: - Modern Fertility: Get $20 off your fertility test at modernfertility.com/ABG - Peloton: Try Peloton app for free for 2 months, then $12.99/month after at onepeloton.com/app - First Republic: Check them out at firstrepublic.com - Aurate: Get 20% off at AurateNewYork.com with code abg - Blinkist: Get 7 days free + 25% off your Premium membership at www.blinkist.com/abg - Green Chef: Get $130 off +free shipping at greenchef.com/abg130 S H O U T O U T ! - Give a shoutout on the podcast here. S U B S C R I B E T O U S ! - @asianbossgirl on Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook - More about us at asianbossgirl.com E – M A I L U S ! - hello@asianbossgirl.com S U P P O R T U S ! - merch: asianbossgirl.myshopify.com - donation: anchor.fm/asianbossgirl/support Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to ABG, Asian Boss Girl, a podcast for the modern-day Asian-American woman.

0:04.8

I'm Janet, I'm Mel, and I'm Berna.

0:19.1

We get a lot of questions about the topic of personal finance.

0:23.0

Helen, Mel and myself have shared some of her own experiences, practices, and tips

0:27.4

in past episodes, but we've been wanting to chat with someone who has a lot of experience

0:32.0

and personal finance beyond just their own experience, and who can speak to it from

0:36.3

the perspective of a millennial Gen Z woman of color and child of immigrants.

0:41.6

Wouldn't you know, that is really hard to find.

0:44.1

In comes Berna Anad, a first gen child of Filipino immigrants and financial hype woman

0:48.8

dedicated to making financial literacy more funny and accessible for young people everywhere.

0:53.6

Berna is a host of Betcha's Money Please Podcast. She's spoken at venues like the Girl Boss Rally,

0:58.4

Google, and The Wing, and her work has been featured on platforms such as Forbes,

1:02.0

The New York Times, and Buzzfeed. Berna was recently named one of ABS's CBNs,

1:06.4

Global Pinot Adults, awarded to the 10 most influential Filipinax people in the United States.

1:11.0

Please welcome to the Asian-Boss Girl podcast, Berna.

1:14.0

Thank you so much.

1:16.0

Welcome Berna.

1:17.0

I'm body-browning, I'm doing, you can't hear, you can't see me from my mic, but I'm talking

1:20.4

around my mic for you all. I'm so, so honored, so happy to be here with you too.

1:26.4

This is an incredible podcast, an incredible show, and as always, I'm like, I see two women of color,

1:32.2

two people of color, two Asian women, and I'm like, oh, safe space, okay,

1:36.4

there's like a certain vertebrae that unlocks that doesn't when I'm talking to other folks,

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