AOM Podcast

What to do when you’re in financial fight-flight-freeze. My bathtub story.

What do you do when life throws you a major money curveball? What do you actually do? How can you sort through all of your emotions, fear, and shock, so you can see clearly? How do you soothe your body and heart when they’re in money panic mode? What do you actually do, in the middle of any given Tuesday afternoon? Today, I’d like to tell you the real, from-the-trenches story of a big financial trauma I faced — and…

May 13, 2019
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Some money lessons are trials by fire. This is one of those stories. As I emerged from one money initiation — being audited by the IRS — I stepped right into another: hiring a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) for the first time ever. And then? I fired him, 3 weeks later. This wasn’t a gentle, baby step by baby step kinda money learning. It was a big WHOOSH of an initiation. And it taught me a ton about: How far…

April 2, 2019
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Dear Community, Did you ever read those “choose-your-own adventure” books when you were a kid? To run away from the goblin, turn to page 67. If you want to feed him a baguette and sing songs instead, turn to page 103. Well, today I’m giving you 4 different adventures to choose from. Yes, yes: I’ve got 4 bonus Money Memoirs for you to listen to! You see, my Money Memoirs series is all about listening to real people and their…

February 9, 2019
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