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Planning and Saving for Your Child's Education | Ep. 231
Planning for your child's future can feel like trying to make financial decisions about a life that hasn't happened yet.
Will they go to college? Choose a trade? Stay close to home? Go out of state? What will it...
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The Back-to-School Financial Reset | Ep. 230
Back-to-school season has a way of reminding us that the cost of school doesn't end with notebooks, backpacks, and a first-day outfit.
Activities start. Registration fees appear. Lunch routines change. Transportation...
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Spend With Intention | Ep. 229
Most of us have had the experience of looking at our spending and deciding, I need to stop doing that.
Maybe it leads to a no-spend challenge, cutting out a particular category, or setting a new rule for ourselves....
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What’s Missing From Your Money Plan? | Ep. 228
A monthly budget can tell you how much money is coming in and how much is going out. But sometimes that still isn’t enough.
The missing piece may be timing.
When does your income actually arrive? Which expenses need...
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Putting Food on the Table | Ep. 227
Putting food on the table is about much more than buying groceries.
For many families, food is one of the largest and most frequent spending categories in the budget. It's also one of the easiest places to...
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Finding Your Way Forward (Revisit) | Ep. 226
Are you behind on your bills, living paycheck to paycheck, overwhelmed by debt, or simply wondering what comes next?
Those starting points may look very different, but they often share the same underlying problem:...
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Big Moments Deserve a Bigger Plan | Ep. 225
What do marriage, welcoming a new baby, buying your first home, and Christmas all have in common?
They're some of life's biggest moments—and they deserve more than last-minute decisions.
In this episode, Coach Nino...
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What Do You Really Want This Christmas? (Revisit) | Ep. 224
When most people think about preparing for Christmas, they immediately think about shopping.
But what if the better place to start is with a different question?
What do you really want?
In this episode of the New...
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Plan Now. Buy Later. (Revisit) | Ep 223
Every year, many of us say the same thing.
"This Christmas will be different."
We want to enjoy the season without wondering how we'll pay for it in January. We want to give generously without creating unnecessary...
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Christmas in July: Give Yourself the Gift of a Plan | Ep. 222
Christmas rarely becomes stressful because of what happens in December.
More often, it becomes stressful because of the decisions that never happened in July.
When the holidays arrive without a plan, emotions tend to...
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The Need Beneath the Purchase | Mary Ann Stenquist | Ep. 221
Sometimes shopping does not feel like a want.
It feels like a need.
In this revisited conversation, Nino Villa talks with Mary Ann Stenquist about the deeper emotional needs that often shape spending decisions. Using...
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What Grocery Shopping Reveals About Control, Planning, and Money | Andy Ellwood | Ep. 220
Food prices have increased dramatically over the last several years, but the challenge many families feel at the grocery store goes deeper than inflation.
This week, Nino Villa and Mary Ann Stenquist welcome Andy...
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