How to Invest, Why Women Need Financial Wellness, and Managing Money in Relationships with Bola Sokunbi of Clever Girl Finance

Balanced Black Girl

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Health & Fitness, #Shessolucky, Balancedblackgirl, Lesalfred, Balancedles

4.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Do you include financial well-being in your wellness plan? If not, today’s episode will inspire you to get started.

Financial wellness is critical for women. When we have our own resources and are able to navigate our own finances, we can have healthier families and relationships. Today’s guest, Bola Sokunbi is a certified financial educator and champion of financial wellness for women.

Bola is a finance expert, bestselling author, speaker, and founder of Clever Girl Finance, a financial education platform and community for women empowering them to achieve financial wellness and live life on their own terms.

Listen to this episode for practical tips on improving financial wellness, how to manage finances with your partner, and how to start investing.

We Also Talk About…

How Bola saved $100,000 in her early twenties as a single woman.
Rewriting your financial story.
How to approach money management with your partner.
Why financial wellness is critical for women.
Initial steps we can take to start investing.
What index funds are, and how to invest in them.
The power of compound interest, and how compound interest can help build wealth.

Resources:

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Visit the Clever Girl Finance website for courses, financial education resources, and community.
Check out Bola’s book Choosing to Prosper: Triumphing Over Adversity, Breaking Out of Comfort Zones, Achieving Your Life and Money Dreams
Clever Girl Finance: Ditch Debt, Save Money and Build Real Wealth
Clever Girl Finance: Learn How Investing Works, Grow Your Money
Clever Girl Finance: The Side Hustle Guide: Build a Successful Side Hustle and Increase Your Income

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The thing is, I've always had a habit of talking to myself from a young age.
0:11.0	Usually I'm just either thinking out loud or I'm speaking my to-do list out loud or
0:15.6	I'm speaking ideas out loud.
0:18.3	But nothing prepared me for how much I talk to myself, having a podcast.
0:25.6	Every week, starting these episodes off, just talking to myself, I thought over time
0:31.6	it would get less awkward and, you know, never, never feels less awkward.
0:36.4	But still, I rise.
0:38.4	Here we are, another week.
0:40.0	Thank you for listening to Balanced Black or Podcast, where we are getting our lives
0:44.4	together together.
0:46.6	The show is all about well-being and self-improvement, so you can feel more like yourself and be
0:52.4	ready to thrive in your fully embodied self.
0:55.8	I talk a lot about wellness, habits, mindfulness, and right now on the podcast, we're talking
1:01.5	about money, honey, because whether we like it or not, we need it.
1:05.3	It's important.
1:06.3	And the more engaged we can be in having open conversations about money, the better.
1:11.6	Today's episode is all about why women being in financial positions of power is so important,
1:18.4	whether that is choosing to have your own bank account, saving enough money for retirement,
1:23.2	having open conversations about money in your relationships.
1:27.1	Money is a key pillar of wellness.
1:30.1	Financial wellness is right up there with physical, mental, and emotional wellness.
1:34.2	In fact, they often intersect.
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