Hey everyone. Welcome to the last episode of this season of the Financial Confessions.

I wanted to jump in before we get to the actual interview we recorded a few weeks ago,

not just to tee up the interview itself, which is a really special one,

but also to talk a little bit about why we chose to end with

this interview and what we have in store for next season. So my interview today is with Tiffany

Aliche, the budgetista herself, someone that I think most people who are in the personal

finance space are familiar with. She came on to the show mostly to talk about her new book

Made Whole, but we ended up talking about so much more than that.

Notably, among other things, Tiffany opened up to us

about the finances and reality of processing grief.

For those who may not know, she tragically lost her husband

very unexpectedly a few years

ago, as well as how dealing with not just poverty, but financial catastrophe earlier on in her

life led her to not only creating the financial education empire she since did, but still impacts

years later how she thinks and feels about money. These topics to me felt like a

perfect way to end the season and a perfect segue to what we're going to be doing next season.

For those who haven't heard, although we love talking to the rich and fabulous here on the

financial confessions from time to time, as well as people who have made it to the other side

of their financial journeys. I think it's also really important to keep ourselves grounded to

what's actually happening day to day. So for the next season of the financial confessions,

we're only going to be talking to quote unquote real people. Now, let's be clear, everyone's a real

person, but I'm talking about people who are dealing with a much more average financial

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