Episode 321: Navigating Money Conversations, Setting Personal Finance Boundaries + Learning How To Say "No" With Erin Lowry
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Erin Lowry, "financial translator" and award-winning author, joins the podcast for a third time to chat about navigating tough money discussions with your loved ones, giving yourself permission to spend and why it's important to evolve your perspective around money as you age and experience life.
Erin has four books in total, speaks at events across the country and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNBC, and more.
We also discuss listening to yourself instead of chasing clout, realistic writing tips and Erin's new book, Broke Millennial Workbook.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
- The power of staying off social media and focusing inwards
- Permission to change your mind when it comes to personal finance advice
- How to navigate difficult money conversations with loved ones + scripts you can use right now
- What is revenge spending, how money is tied to the different seasons of your life + more
Enter for a chance to win a copy of Erin's book; Broke Millennial Workbook by going to journeytolaunch.com/win
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My number one piece of advice with loaning money, in your brain, it is no longer alone, |
| 0:07.3 | it is a gift because it is very easy to get resentful of other folks and how they spend |
| 0:13.0 | their money if you've loaned them money or to feel some level of entitlement, and that |
| 0:16.9 | is just going to do nothing but damage to your relationship. |
| 0:20.0 | And if you do want it to be structured as a loan, then you need to actually sit down |
| 0:23.3 | and have a conversation around what is the expected repayment timeline, what are the terms, |
| 0:29.4 | how do you feel about loaning this money, etc. |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast, with your host, Jamila Sufragz, as a money expert |
| 0:40.5 | who rocks her top. |
| 0:42.0 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:49.2 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in 5-0-4-3-2-1. |
| 1:00.4 | Exciting news. |
| 1:03.1 | We are giving away a copy of today's guest book. |
| 1:06.5 | So if you want your chance to win a copy, go to journeytallange.com slash win for more |
| 1:13.4 | details. |
| 1:14.4 | Also make sure you're following me at Journey to Launch on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook |
| 1:20.0 | to get the details. |
| 1:21.8 | If you want the episode show notes for this episode, go to journeytallange.com or click |
| 1:27.2 | the description of wherever you're listening to this episode. |
| 1:30.4 | In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that |
| 1:35.4 | we mentioned, and so much more. |
| 1:37.8 | Also, whether you are an OG-journier or brand new to the podcast, I've created a free jump |
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