Earn & Invest

Three Guests from various backgrounds comment on whether Financial Independence will make you happy? Jillian Johnsruud from Montana Money Adventures shares on an idea called disregulation. Anthony Ongaro from Break the Twitch talks about the impact of frantically checking your balances. Steven from The Good Life Guys Podcast shares how financial independence has become an obsession. This episode is sponsored by Jillian's Money Coach School. Use the coupon code 'upnext' to get $50 off Jillian's course that teaches you how to start and run a Money Coach Business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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What is the best process to engage with the Financial Independence community? Our 3 guest share their process for commenting, forum posts or guest posting. Is that enough to engage and feel apart of the community? Guests Susan from FIideas Gassem can be found at MDonFIRE Robert AKA VagabondMD can be seen guest posting all over the blogosphere and can be reached here: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three guests join the roundtable to provide their opinion on what you should be thinking about when you're considering your employment, retiring early and lifestyle design. Fritz Gilbert from The Retirement Manifesto Liz from Chief Mom Officer Jim Dahle from The White Coat Investor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our panel shares their college experience, whether they think college is worth it and has an interesting discussion about 529 plans and what the educational plans are for their current/future children. Brad Barrett from ChooseFI Lief from Physician On Fire Billy from Wealth Well Done Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A panel that spans 4 generations discusses how the generation you're in influences your path to Financial Independence. From Generation Z we have Cody Berman from FlytoFi.com and TheFIShow podcast From The Millennial Generation we have Grant Sabatier of Millennial Money blog and podcast and author of Financial Freedom From Generation X we have Dave from AccidentalFire.com From The Baby Boomer Generation we have Mrs. Groovy of Freedom is Groovy blog Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We pose the question "are meeting, get-togethers, and conferences worth it on your journey to financial independence?" Philip Taylor (aka PT) of PTmoney.com and the founder and organizer of FinCon joins us. Marla Taner who is a self-proclaimed blog stalker and John and Sarah of the potential blog FireUpTheCouch share their experiences at community meetups and the benefits of attending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Influencers in the Financial Independence movement talk about how divorce impacted their journey to financial independence. They each share how they had to start anew and rise from the ashes after divorce. A special thank you to JD Roth from Get Rich Slowly, Kristen of KristenEdens.com, Lisa from Mad Money Monster, and xray from https://xrayvsn.com for openly sharing and discussing a difficult topic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Three guests share their experience raising financially responsible children. Our panelists are Doug Nordman of The Military Guide, JL Collins of jlcollinsnh and The Simple Path to Wealth, and a special treat Jane Collins is joining us for her very first podcast appearance. We discuss parenting styles, nature vs. nurture, allowances, and a host of great stories about raising kids. Resources: https://the-military-guide.com/ The Military Guide to Financial Independence and Retirement https://jlcollinsnh.com/ The Simple Path to Wealth *Disclosure: Some of the links are affiliate links and if you go through them to make a purchase we will earn a commission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guests share how dealing with their health has impacted their pursuit of financial independence and how it changes the equation when deciding to retire early. Tonya blogs at Our Next Life The Dragons blog at The Dragons on Fire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest panelists provide their opinion on whether being a money enthusiast is enough to be a financial coach. The guests delve into the psychology of being a money coach and charging for their services. Whitney Hansen blogs at The Money Nerds and has a Podcast of the same name Justin blogs at the Root of Good Jamila Souffrant blogs at Journey to Launch and also has a podcast TPP is the personality for the blog found at The Physician Philosopher Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Must you have a high income to achieve financial independence?" Our guests share their highest income year, how they minimize expenses, grow their income and where they choose to live. Jerry blogs at Peerless Money Mentor Peter blogs at Passive Income MD Penny blogs at She Picks Up Pennies Erin blogs at Reaching for FI Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Should real estate be a part of your path to financial independence?" Chad Carson, Bianca aka Miss Mazuma, and Gwen Merz share the joys and pains of real estate investing and what you should be thinking about if you're considering investing in real estate. Chad has a new book Retire Early with Real Estate Bianca can be seen at CampFi Gwen Merz podcasts at FIRE Drill Podcast A special thanks to Dave at Accidental Fire Blog for creating our podcast art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices