Can We Talk About Money?

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Working on your financial self-defense, no matter how bad you are with money.

Paulette Perhach

  • May 14, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • monthly NEW EPISODES
  • 46m AVG DURATION
  • 35 EPISODES


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Vicki, How Can I Live As Freely As You Do?

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 106:01


If you like the show, please rate it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow me on the socials for writing & personal finance: Twitter: @pauletteperhach Instagram: @paulettejperhach Blog: www.WelcomeToTheWritersLife.com/Blog

Friends, Will The Coronavirus Wreck The Economy?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 112:27


Paulette meets with Gaby, Ryan, Christine, and Sara to panic about Coronavirus before they officially socially isolate. References to: Jenny Offill's novel, Weather Ijeoma Oluo Elliott Bay Books Gary Vaynerchuck Wudan's podcast: The Writers’ Co-op Canlis Art of the Table If you like the show, please rate it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow Paulette on the socials for writing & personal finance: Twitter: @pauletteperhach Instagram: @paulettejperhach Blog: www.WelcomeToTheWritersLife.com/Blog

Vik, Can We Deflate Our Lifestyles?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2020 49:09


My fancy-ish friend Vik and I sit down to talk about the financial life of Los Angeles and lifestyle creep before we head out to stock up for our shared birthday party. If you like the show, please rate it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow me on the socials for writing & personal finance: Twitter: @pauletteperhach Instagram: @paulettejperhach Blog: www.WelcomeToTheWritersLife.com/Blog

Don't Poets Know Their Net Worth?

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 107:27


We enjoy an ALL LADIES monthly money dinner with Gaby, Sara, and Christine. Gaby the poets laughs at the mere mention of the term "net worth." We come up with Monthly Money Dinner Challenges. And we talk about the cost of egg freezing.

Friends, What Sets Off Your Money Anxiety?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2019 53:57


Money friends Christine, Katie, Amir and I tape an episode of the monthly money dinner on the rooftop deck, where I discovered both that the sounds of the city (airplanes, sirens) are not conducive to podcast recording, and that if I put the recorder right on the table you can hear every tap. Hence SO sorry about that crap on the recording. Here's a recommended reading from this episode: The Willpower Instinct: www.goodreads.com/book/show/10865206-the-willpower-instinct If you like the show, please rate it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow me on the socials for writing & personal finance: Twitter: @pauletteperhach Instagram: @paulettejperhach

Bria, How Did You Save Up To Write For A Year?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2019 19:23


My freelance coaching student Bria Sullivan talks about how she saved up to talk a year off to write. Check out more of her story at www.TheTypeABohemian.com. If you like the show, please rate it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Follow me on the socials for writing & personal finance: Twitter: @pauletteperhach Instagram: @paulettejperhach Blog: www.WelcomeToTheWritersLife.com/Blog

Friends, Are We Spending Too Much On Subscriptions?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 68:23


My friends Joyce, Christine, Ryan and I meet for a monthly money dinner to contemplate questions such as: 1. What kinds of things has Nicholas Cage wasted money on? 2. Are we spending too much on subscriptions? 3. How much should you spend on a plant?

Friends, Can We Meet Once A Month To Talk About Money?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 84:17


My friends come over for the first Monthly Money Check-in Dinner, and together we face our numbers over chicken.

Jane, Why Can't I Sell My Course?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2019 16:44


Ignoring all advice from Amanda Abella, I can't seem to actually sell my course. As in, suggest people buy it. I talk to my first coaching client, writer Jane D. French, about why.

Amanda, what am I doing wrong?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2019 44:55


I met Amanda Abella at the Statement event, a women's networking retreat in New York. She was the most sales-forward person I've ever met, (that laugh!), and she makes great money. So I knew I needed her help.

Amir, How Will Things Be Different After FinCon?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 33:08


Amir and I went to FinCon for the first time as a developer and a writer. Meeting the people behind the nation's financial education changed my whole outlook of Fuck Off Funds and my career.

Family, How Much Are We Spending On This Vacation?

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 12:04


Arriving in Anchorage before my family to meet up for our cruise to Alaska, I somehow manage to spend almost half my budget in a day. So I sit down with my mom, sister, and nephew to make a plan. Warning, the laughing gets real loud.

Sylvia, How Can I Keep This Frugal Eating Thing Going

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2018 20:14


Sylvia and I wrap up my frugal eating money with some wins and some not-so-win-ish situations.

Shola, Should I Tell Them They Overcharged Me By 30 Cents?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2018 10:01


How much do you have to get overcharged before you'll say something about the error? I might not have said anything about 30 cents, but it's my frugal month...

Sylvia, How Do You Feed Yourself On $65 A Month?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2018 55:48


Sylvia Hall, a 37-year-old who could afford to retire early, offers to show me her frugal eating ways at the WinCo, where I'll attempt to eat for $65 a month like her. (This is the day my recorder died. Sorry, you can hear some of its death rattle.)

Sylvia Why Can't I Shop At The Co-op?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2018 16:07


Sylvia Hall, a 37-year-old who could afford to retire early, offers to show me her frugal eating ways. But first, I take her to my favorite food co-op to say good-bye...

Pam, What Have You Learned From 20 Years Of Freelance

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 41:39


Pam Mandel, travel writer, posts on Twitter, "it's a really gorgeous day. who wants to meet at alki for a break this afternoon?" Three hours later...

Emma, Why Did You Quit Writing

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2018 28:48


Emma tells me the jaw-dropping story of how a childhood of financial insecurity made her feel like she had to quit writing.

Kristin, How Do I Get Money?

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2018 48:59


Kristin Wong, author of Get Money, talks to me about getting more of it.

Cait, What's It Like To Not Shop For Two Years?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 59:56


Cait Flanders, author of The Year of Less, visits my tiny place and we ask each other all the questions about money, buying, and insurance.

Jess, How Did You Save To Travel Three Months

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2018 28:10


At the HI Downtown Hostel in San Francisco, I meet Jess, a dancer from Australia who's saved to travel for three months through America to audition.

Gaby Why Are We So Bad With Money?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2018 31:59


Gaby Dunn, host of the Bad With Money, and I talk about the vice we share. Plus networking, the apocalypse, and more!

Ryan, Want Me To Make Us Spaghetti?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2018 120:44


I make Ryan spaghetti at my house and we talk about life and money during a ridiculous 2 hours, some of which you may choose to listen to.

Brian, How Do I Network At Conference? (1st Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2018 59:08


Brian Simmons of CareerIntellect.com helps me get over my squeamishness about networking at conferences.

Lindsey, Can You Give Me Hope (2nd Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 16:12


I talk with Lindsey from You Need a Budget about the four rules of their program.

Lindsey, What Is You Need A Budget (YNAB)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 29:47


I talk with Lindsey from You Need a Budget (YNAB) about switching to their software.

Katie, Why Should I Try You Need A Budget?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 4:58


Random stranger Katie told me, quite excitedly, that I *have* to try You Need a Budget.

Amanda, Did We Figure Out What Is Wrong With Me (5th Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2018 65:18


Financial therapist Amanda Clayman helps me look to the financial future.

Amanda, Can We Talk About Keeping Myself Accountable (4th Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 57:37


Amanda and I talk about staying accountable with the help of your friends.

Amanda Can We Talk About Maximizing (Third Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2018 50:30


Amanda and I talk money and psychology.

Amanda, Can We Talk About Why I Call Myself A B*tch (Second Session)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2018 59:08


Amanda and I talk about kind self-talk, which is not what I usually practice.

Uncle Jon, Can We Talk About Money?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2018 17:28


In my last episode in looking into my family history, I ask my Uncle Jon about our family past with money.

Aunt Janice, Can We Talk About Money

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2018 33:40


I talk with my dad's sister about our family history with money.

Mom Talks To Grandpa About Money.MP3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2018 11:39


I remembered that my mom had recorded a conversation with my grandpa before he died. They talked a lot about the standard of living he grew up with and all the work he did as a kid.

Mom Can We Talk Family Money History

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2018 34:09


In a quest to learn about the money story from whence I came, I interview my mom about the history with money on her side of the family.

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