Mailbag with Tori Dunlap: “$100K in Debt, $180K Income, Now What?”

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this special HerMoney Mailbag episode, Jean Chatzky is joined by financial feminist icon Tori Dunlap, founder of Her First $100K and host of the Financial Feminist podcast. Tori returns to tackle some of your most pressing financial dilemmas. 💳 One listener is drowning in $100,000 of credit card debt despite making $180K/year. What can she do next when consolidation loans and HELOCs are off the table? ✈️ Another wants to know if her premium travel credit card is still worth the sky-high fee now that her lifestyle has changed. Should she downgrade and preserve her credit? 💼 And a couple wonders if their $4 million net worth (including real estate) means they're ahead of retirement benchmarks or behind. Whether you're reevaluating your spending, saving for retirement, or simply wondering if you're doing enough with your money, this episode is full of insight, empathy, and financial empowerment. … Does more financial confidence sound good to you, then you might want to try: 🚀 FinanceFixx – HerMoney’s 4 or 8-week Money Makeover financial coaching program that will help you get your finances on track! 📈 InvestingFixx – HerMoney’s investing club for women who are ready to learn market lingo, and grow their wealth. Your first month with us is completely free! Have a question for us? Write to us (or send us a voice note!) at [email protected]. While you’re at it, join the HerMoney community! For the latest episode drops and financial news-you-can-use, subscribe to our newsletter at Hermoney.com/subscribe! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:26.1	Hey everyone, it's Gene Chatsky. Welcome to Her Money. Today we have a very special mailbag episode. We're so excited to be joined once again by the fabulous Tori Dunlop. If you caught our Wednesday episode, you know it was powerful. We talked about how Tori built her wealth, how she spends joyfully and unapologetically, and what
1:45.4	financial feminism really looks like in 2025. So today, Tori is back with us to dig into
1:51.6	your money dilemmas. How much is it worth for a premium travel card? What to do if you've
1:55.7	paid thousands towards your debt, but it still feels like nothing and more. Tori, are you ready?
2:02.4	I'm ready.
2:03.7	All right.
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