HerMoney with Jean Chatzky
486 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsAnyone who tells you women don’t need financial advice specifically for them is wrong. Women, whether they’re the caretakers, the breadwinners, or both, face a unique set of financial challenges. That’s where HerMoney comes in. In her frank, often funny, but always compassionate way, Jean Chatzky takes every audience of women through the steps they need to take today to live comfortably (and worry-free) tomorrow, offering the latest research, expert tips and personal advice. Want more money news when you need it? Get the latest and greatest updates on all things investing, budgeting, and making money. Subscribe to the HerMoney newsletter at HerMoney.com/subscribe!
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Episodes
Episode 35: Millennial Money 101
December 07, 2016 05:00 - 25 minutesMillennials have had it rough, with a recession and a mountain of student debt, but it's time they got their financial acts in gear. Financial expert Stefanie O'Connell shares how to do just that, and how she lived on $225 a week. In Mailbag, how to add a second credit card to your wallet and Roth 401(k)s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 34: How To Pay For College Without Going Broke
November 30, 2016 05:00 - 27 minutesKelly Peeler, CEO and founder of NextGenVest (a company that hooks incoming students up with money mentors) breaks down the process of applying for student aid, choosing a college and even the question of whether you can negotiate for more money from a school you really want to attend. We also talk FAFSA, and the best credit cards for students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 33: When Is A Sale Not Really A Sale? And Other Truths You Need This Shopping Season
November 23, 2016 05:00 - 39 minutesMoney-saving tips and tricks for the holiday season, with consumer psychologist Kit Yarrow. A rundown on “bargain brain” and the allure (and danger) of the outlet mall. Plus, best times for you to shop for pretty much everything on your list. In Mailbag, how to safely close credit cards you’re not using, and paying down student debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 32: How A Shark Got Her Fins
November 16, 2016 05:00 - 41 minutesBarbara Corcoran, real estate mogul and “Shark Tank” investor, parlayed a $1,000 loan from a friend into a $5 billion empire. This week, she tells us how to push forward to succeed, even when you’re at your most afraid. In Mailbag, we talk supplementing your income during maternity leave and where to put extra money once you meet your 401(k) cap. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 31: Get Paid More (For Doing What You Love)
November 09, 2016 05:00 - 50 minutesAre you happy with your job? Or do you feel like you're wasting time in the wrong career — but don't know what your next move would be anyway? Career coach Maggie Mistal has tactical advice for how you can switch it up while simultaneously increasing your take-home pay. And if you're looking to get back into the workforce, Cheryl Casone, author of "The Comeback," shares her advice. In Mailbag, advice for rolling over your retirement plan and how to buy a house if your credit is sub-par. Lear...
Episode 30: The Power Of Positivity
November 02, 2016 04:00 - 39 minutesA look at how credit card points and airline miles can help you jet set around the world for next to nothing, and a chat about the power of positivity with Daryn Kagan, author of "Hope Possible," and Trent Swanson, a frequent flyer mile hobbyist. In Mailbag, we talk long-term care insurance and checking your credit score. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 29: Work Because You Want To, Not Because You Have To
October 26, 2016 04:00 - 42 minutesWork because you want to, not because you have to. Radio host, columnist and my friend Clark Howard shares everyday hacks that can turn into big payoffs. And if you have some credit card debt you’d like to zap away, Lauren Greutman, author of the book “The Recovering Spender,” shares how she broke her spending addiction and dug out of $40,000 in credit card debt. In Mailbag, a look at where to put your retirement contributions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 28: Call Your Girlfriends!
October 19, 2016 04:00 - 32 minutesWhat’s it like to be in business with your best friend? Ann Friedman, co-host of podcast Call Your Girlfriend, joins us to discuss how best to negotiate your salary and shopping while buzzed. In Mailbag, we talk about saving for retirement without a 401(k), and what to do with extra money once you finally pay off your credit card debt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 27: Oh, Grow Up!
October 12, 2016 04:00 - 42 minutesDo you make your financial decisions based on fear? Stress? Guilt? Impulse?We dig into a better way to go about it with best-selling author Suzy Welch, including tips on how to stand up and face your financial fears. Then we sit down with Bobbi Rebell, author of the new book "How To Be A Financial Grownup." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 26: LIVE From FinCon, Where Money Nerds Unite
October 05, 2016 04:00 - 31 minutesA special episode from FinCon, featuring money bloggers Sarah Li Cain of High Fiving Dollars and Chelsea Fagan of The Financial Diet. Both get candid about their once rocky relationships with money — one involving a selfish boyfriend and the other an arrest — and how they turned them around. In Mailbag, we tackle money bloggers’ financial confessions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 25: House Beautiful Or Money Pit?
September 28, 2016 04:00 - 44 minutesYour house is not just where you lay your head — it’s a pricey (and important) line item on your budget. Angie Hicks, founder of Angie’s List, fills us in on how not to get ripped off on home repairs. We’re also joined by PwC real estate expert Mitch Roschelle to talk about buying and selling smart. In Mailbag, we tackle marriage in retirement, and Roth 401(k)s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 24: Time Is Money. Productivity Expert Laura Vanderkam Teaches Us How To Get More Of Both
September 21, 2016 04:00 - 33 minutes168 hours. That’s how many each of us have in a single week. So how come it seems that some women seem to get it all done, no sweat, while others struggle to pack it all in? The brilliant Laura Vanderkam has some solutions — including how you can be the boss of your schedule (and your technology) rather than the other way around. In Mailbag, we talk spending tracking apps. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 23: Share The Wealth
September 14, 2016 04:00 - 34 minutesWould you tell a friend what you get paid? Would you do it if you knew it would help her get paid fairly? Meredith Rollins, editor in chief of Redbook magazine has done it — and she says we all should follow suit. In Mailbag, we talk incentive credit cards and refinancing student loans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 22: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
September 07, 2016 04:00 - 30 minutesStudent loans, credit card debt, retirement, oh my! This week we decided to devote the entire episode to answering your questions. How to finance graduate school? What’s the fastest and cheapest way to pay off $30,000 of credit card debt? Annuities in retirement — yea or nay? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 21: Health, Wealth And Self
August 31, 2016 04:00 - 39 minutesIf you want the next half of your life to be just as good as the first, then you've got to get a grip on these three things, says Jo Ann Jenkins, the new CEO of AARP. We talk about how to reimagine the life you're living now to put yourself on a healthier, wealthier and more self-satisfied track. Then "Behavior Gap" author Carl Richards explains why he believes you should wait 72 hours before buying pretty much anything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 20: High Risk, High Reward! theSkimm Founders Share Their Story And Goal Of Empowering Millennial Women
August 24, 2016 04:00 - 41 minutesCarly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg started theSkimm — the daily email newsletter that millions of women start their morning with — by floating it on their credit cards. It wasn’t until this year that they dug their way out of debt. How did they do it, and what’s their best advice for women entrepreneurs? In Mailbag, we talk about when you may need a financial planner and how to transfer balances on your credit cards for less. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 19: Randi Zuckerberg On Using Tech To Simplify Your Life — Financial And Otherwise
August 17, 2016 04:00 - 41 minutesSocial media expert Randi Zuckerberg helps untangle our wired lives, showing ways to use tech to hack your daily tasks and even bring the family closer together. In Mailbag, we discuss starting a business and how to find the best interest rates on your savings. We wrap things up with "Smart Mom, Rich Mom" author Kimberly Palmer, with tips for raising money-smart kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 18: What’s A Want Versus A Need? Sarah Newcomb Answers The Loaded Question
August 10, 2016 04:00 - 35 minutesSarah Newcomb, the author of the book “Loaded,” figured she could solve all of her own money problems by getting tactical and practical, yet, she still struggled with her money. Eventually a course on money psychology set her straight. She offers her candid advice on a new way to frame the want vs. need dividing line. In Mailbag, we talk HSAs and money conflicts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 17: Brené Brown Makes Sense Of Why Money Makes Us Feel So Vulnerable — And How To Deal
August 03, 2016 04:00 - 36 minutesTo paraphrase Sara Bareilles: We want to see you be brave managing your money. And who better to inspire us to get there than best-selling author and preeminent TED talker Dr. Brené Brown? Brené takes us on a deep dive into some of the other basic human emotions — like guilt and shame — and how they’re entangled in our money mindsets. In Mailbag, we discuss annuities and getting a will. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 16: Live Longer, Live Younger! Your Best Age Is Now With Dr. Robi Ludwig
July 27, 2016 04:00 - 39 minutesTired of all the negative talk surrounding the word “midlife”? So was my friend and psychotherapist Dr. Robi Ludwig — so much so, she wrote a book about it: “Your Best Age Is Now.” If you’re regretting not doing what you always wanted to do, get over it and do it now! Robi tells us how. In Mailbag, we talk emergency funds, starting over after divorce, and we ask Kerry Cooper, CEO of Choose Energy, for savings tips so that your wallet doesn’t feel the heat this summer. Learn more about your ad...
Episode 15: How To Put $500 A Month Back In Your Pocket And Jump-Start Your Savings Plan!
July 20, 2016 04:00 - 39 minutesTips on parenting and money from PureWow editor Jillian Quint. We take on sticky situations like splitting the check at a group dinner and talking with your parents about their retirement plans. And play along with us as we get down and dirty about when to save and when to splurge. Organic milk? Chicken? Car seats? And since so many of you have asked how to choose a financial planner, we decided to invite Liz Davidson of Financial Finesse to give us some expert advice. Learn more about your ...
Episode 14: It’s All About Me! How To Take Credit — Without Being Called A B****. Plus Actress Ali Sweeney On ID Theft!
July 13, 2016 04:00 - 43 minutesDr. Ben Sorensen, leadership trainer and executive coach, knows how women can learn to be more assertive at work and at home. I recently met him at a conference and wanted to share him with all of you. Ben and I teach you the right words to say to communicate more effectively –– without the backlash. Of course Kelly joins me to answer your financial questions, and in a very special Thrive segment this week, Alison Sweeney, you know her from “The Biggest Loser” and “Days of our Lives,” shares ...
Episode 13: Jane Bryant Quinn On How To Make Your Money Last As Long As You DO!
July 06, 2016 04:00 - 33 minutesI am so proud to call Jane Bryant Quinn a friend as well as a mentor. You know her as a female pioneer and personal finance advocate, trusted by millions as a columnist for Newsweek, a reporter for CBS News and a prolific author, but to me, she is an inspiration. This week we dig in and get granular about the biggest financial fear going: Outliving your money. Jane explains simple strategies that’ll get you there, and why “right-sizing” your life now –– not later –– can be key. Learn more ab...
Episode 12: You Don’t Have To Be Perfect, Just Good Enough With Rene Syler
June 29, 2016 04:00 - 30 minutes“I lost my job, I lost my breasts, I lost my hair and I found myself.” That’s Rene Syler, former anchor for CBS News’ The Early Show, on HerMoney explaining what happened in a tumultuous two years of her life. In this week’s episode, Rene candidly shares with us her transition from network news to entrepreneur, author and host of her new web series “The Good Enough Mother.” We talk about why it’s powerful to own our truth rather than sugarcoat it. “I got fired, fired, fired, fired,” she says....
Episode 11: When A Spender And A Saver Say ‘I Do,’ How Do They Manage The Money? A Candid Chat With Author Jennifer Weiner
June 22, 2016 04:00 - 40 minutesCandid. If I had to pick one word to describe Jennifer Weiner, author of “Good in Bed,” “In Her Shoes” and so many other great reads, I’d pick that one. Though, smart, funny and fearless also come to mind. I knew I wanted her on the podcast the minute I read her frank essay about the fact that she and her new husband are polar opposites financially. We had a fun and very frank conversation about negotiating money, particularly in a second marriage, how she worries about raising two young daug...
Episode 10: Will The 50-Year-Old You Be Mad At The 25-Year-Old You? Talking Time-Tested Money Principles With Dave Ramsey
June 15, 2016 04:00 - 36 minutesDave Ramsey asks, “Will The 50-Year-Old You Be Mad At The 25-Year-Old You?” This week I traveled to Nashville to sit down with financial powerhouse Ramsey and his daughter Rachel Cruze. We talk about how the baby steps to take control of our own financial lives haven’t changed in the 25 years Dave and I have been doing this – and how they have. In particular, we dive into the impact social media is having on our spending and saving (not always for the good) and how you can raise financially s...
Episode 9: How I Found $1,000 And Learned About Grit From Ad Aces Linda Kaplan Thaler And Robin Koval
June 08, 2016 03:30 - 32 minutesIn this episode, I fill you in on how I found over $1,000 in missing money (my own, embarrassingly) and how you can do the same. And, I get the down and dirty on GRIT and how the power of “Guts, Resilience, Initiative and Tenacity” can take you from ordinary to extraordinary. Advertising aces Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, authors of a great new book on the subject, share how two girls from the Bronx with no special advantages, rose through the male-dominated, cutthroat world of adverti...
Episode 8: Your Money, Your Kids. The Opposite Of Spoiled With Ron Lieber
May 31, 2016 23:49 - 33 minutesTell your children how much money you make! That’s what Ron Lieber, NYT best-selling author, personal finance columnist and father says to do if you want to raise kids who are grounded, giving and smart about money. Get paid for chores? No! Have a say in how the family gives to charity? Yes! We also talk about why expectations for girls are still different than those for boys and how to change that. In Mailbag, we talk about creating savings habits for life, and what to do if you have too man...
Episode 7: Slim Body, Fat Wallet: America’s Toughest Trainer, Jillian Michaels, On Habits That Breed Success In Both
May 23, 2016 00:15 - 25 minutesWe all know Jillian Michaels is an expert at getting people motivated to change their lives, but she struggles with a work/home balance just like the rest of us. Jill admits money is an uncomfortable topic for her, but she sees psychological parallels in building strong fitness and financial habits. As she heads toward the altar with her partner of many years, we get personal with advice about setting up a financial life that works. I also answer your financial questions about helping new co...
Episode 6: Giada De Laurentiis On Building A Brand – And Being Heard And Respected In A Male-Dominated Industry
May 15, 2016 20:34 - 28 minutesThis week on HerMoney: Building your brand, honing your credit and Giada De Laurentiis. The Food Network star and restaurateur talks candidly about rising to the top in the male-dominated food world and how hard it’s been to be both heard and respected. She candidly talks about her life after a tough divorce and how she’s raising her 8-year-old daughter to know and respect the value of money. And since we are all essentially “brands” these days, she shares advice about how she honed hers and ...
Episode 5: Joanna Coles, Editor-In-Chief Of Cosmopolitan Magazine On Sex, Money And Power
May 08, 2016 16:32 - 36 minutesSex. Money. Power. Joanna Coles, the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan, is very much in tune with the voice of her magazine. She is comfortable talking about anything. And this week nothing is off the table. She speaks candidly with me about how money can be the greatest stress in a relationship, why women need to reasonably know their worth in negotiations and how earning more makes women feel empowered. We also discuss sexuality in the workplace and how social media is impacting our culture f...
Episode 4: All-Star Investor Karen Finerman On The Costly Money Mistakes Many Women Are Making – And How Multitasking Is A Huge Waste Of Time
May 01, 2016 18:36 - 38 minutesThey call her “The Chairwoman” on CNBC’s Fast Money, but hedge fund manager Karen Finerman also manages life at home including two sets of twins. Learning to balance work and life, Karen has come to a number of surprising conclusions – including her belief that working from home is “the worst.” She tells us why. Driven to make a lot of money since she was a teen, Karen talks bluntly about why women must be financially independent, and how many women get in the way of their own success. She al...
Episode 3: Eyes Wide Shut! Arianna Huffington Teaches Us How To Sleep Our Way To Success
April 24, 2016 15:30 - 36 minutesArianna Huffington, one of the most influential women in the world, was falling apart at work because she was – literally – exhausted. This week she shares her inspirational wake-up call with us. Her book, The Sleep Revolution, is based on science-based secrets that can help us all sleep our way to success. Arianna says lack of sleep costs the U.S. economy $63 billion a year, and no surprise, it’s more of a problem for women! Of course, we all sleep more soundly when we are not worried about ...
Episode 2: Co-Creators Of Criminal, Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer, On Turning A Passion Into A Business
April 17, 2016 17:30 - 29 minutesIt’s Criminal! I’m hooked on the hit podcast “Criminal”, so I am thrilled to have the show host and producers Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer join me for this week’s episode of HerMoney. P and L proudly tell us how they had the courage to take a huge risk many women fear, using their own money to pursue their passion and start their own business. We talk about their struggle to juggle two jobs, recording at night after their day jobs in a closet full of clothes to save money (and because – su...
Episode 1: Gretchen Rubin On Money And Happiness
April 07, 2016 19:18 - 38 minutesMore money won’t always make you more happy, but how you use and manage your money can. This week, Jean chats with happiness guru and best-selling author, Gretchen Rubin, and they explore how you may effectively build better habits for both. Hear about Gretchen’s Happiness Manifesto, the importance of knowing yourself before creating or changing habits and learn why you should make your bed every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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March 22, 2016 17:11 - 2 minutesAnyone who tells you women don’t need financial advice specifically for them is wrong. Women, whether they’re the caretakers, the breadwinners, or both, face a unique set of financial challenges. That’s where HerMoney comes in. In her frank, often funny, but always compassionate way, Jean Chatzky takes every audience of women through the steps they need to take today to live comfortably (and worry-free) tomorrow, offering the latest research, expert tips and personal advice. Learn more about ...