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Welcome to Skim This.

Today we're bringing you the last of three special episodes, where we're talking personal

finance and the pandemic.

For the last couple of weeks, we've been talking about how the coronavirus has been affecting

all our wallets and how it's possible to stay on track financially.

I'm a big believer in aligning your money with your values.

That's Nicole Stokes, a financial advisor with Northwestern Mutual.

She's going to be talking to Kim Wheeler-Pwatt-Vien, a counselor trying to figure out how to plan

for now and her long-term future.

I saw myself like in five years having pretty much maybe five to ten clinicians, only

having a building and running it.

So I'm now looking at what can I do that's virtual that I don't have as much that I'm not

going to lose everything.

Today, we're going to be chatting about self-employment, childcare, and even retirement.

And while all of that might sound intimidating, maybe we just need to ask for help.

A few years ago, Kim Wheeler-Pwatt-Vien started her own business.

She's a counselor and a licensed social worker.

And she managed to do something she dreamed of for years.

I started working for myself probably after I had my second son, so maybe almost three

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