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I’m weird, you’re weird, we’re all weird about money. Weird Finance explores the often intimidating terrain of money, finances, and economics and how these invisible forces shape each person’s ideas about themselves and the world around them. Hosted by author, illustrator, and musician Paco de Leon; Weird Finance is all about have real, honest, unconventional money conversations with the aim of getting comfortable with the uncomfortable and changing our relationship with money. We’ll laugh so we don’t cry and most importantly, we’ll hear people’s money stories in the hopes that these stories will help us make better decisions and take care better care of one another.

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I’m weird, you’re weird, we’re all weird about money. Weird Finance explores the often intimidating terrain of money, finances, and economics and how these invisible forces shape each person’s ideas about themselves and the world around them. Hosted by author, illustrator, and musician Paco de Leon; Weird Finance is all about have real, honest, unconventional money conversations with the aim of getting comfortable with the uncomfortable and changing our relationship with money. We’ll laugh so we don’t cry and most importantly, we’ll hear people’s money stories in the hopes that these stories will help us make better decisions and take care better care of one another.

    End of Season 1 (Update)

    End of Season 1 (Update)

    To stay in touch with us during this hiatus, sign up for Paco’s weekly email newsletter, The Nerdletter. 

    We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey. You can also contact us by calling our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, by emailing us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com or by submitting your questions here. 
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    • 3 min
    How to Build a Million-Dollar Business with Rachel Rodgers

    How to Build a Million-Dollar Business with Rachel Rodgers

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    In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco talks to Rachel Rodgers. Rachel shares her personal tale of going from lawyer to exhilarating business coach, emphasizing the significance of pursuing work that fuels your passion. They delve into the intriguing world of making bold business decisions for financial abundance, tackle the idea of "broke-ass decisions," and dissect the psychological hurdles that can impede financial growth.

    They also discuss the importance of trusting one's intuition in business decisions, the strategic moves to scale a business, the impact of content marketing, and the profound difference between working for wealth and investing for it. Rachel candidly opens up about her early financial missteps and provides actionable advice for entrepreneurs, including tactics for doubling revenue, leveraging client success stories, and fostering meaningful business relationships. Don't miss these profound insights that could reshape your financial and business strategies for the better.

    Rachel Rodgers (@rachrodgersesq) is CEO and founder of Hello Seven (@hello7co), a multi-million dollar company that teaches diverse entrepreneurs how to earn more money and build wealth.

    Rachel’s mission is to help historically excluded groups including women, people of color, queer people, and people with disabilities build their businesses and become millionaires. Since the inception of Hello Seven- she has helped hundreds become millionaires and thousands become financially free.

    Check out Rachel’s newest Audible book, Six-Figure Side Hustle.

    A special thanks to the talented and generous Ramsey Yount for producing, editing, and sound designing this episode. 

    Thank you to Andrew Parker for lending your voice for our special PSA. 

    The theme music was written and performed by Andrew Parker, Jenna Parker, and Paco de Leon.

    If you’d like to contact us about the show or ask Paco a question about finances, call our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, email us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com or submit your questions here. We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey.
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    • 1 hr 1 min
    Why Cultivating Your Creative Community Is Essential with Bryce Dallas Howard

    Why Cultivating Your Creative Community Is Essential with Bryce Dallas Howard

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    In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco speaks with renowned actress and director Bryce Dallas Howard (@brycedhoward) about the challenges and opportunities in the entertainment industry, her work supporting emerging entertainment entrepreneurs through Nine Muses Entertainment, unrealistic expectations about financial success in Hollywood, creative mastery, the importance of personally defining success and why it’s essential to cultivate a creative community.

    A special thanks to the talented and generous Ramsey Yount for producing, editing, and sound designing this episode. 

    Thank you to Jenna Park and Andrew Parker for lending your voice for our special PSA. The theme music was written and performed by Andrew Parker, Jenna Parker, and Paco de Leon.

    If you’d like to contact us about the show or ask Paco a question about finances, call our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, email us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com or submit your questions here. We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey.
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    Reimagining Our Relationship to Work and Ambition with Amina AlTai

    Reimagining Our Relationship to Work and Ambition with Amina AlTai

     

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    In this episode of Weird Finance, our host Paco delves into a conversation with Amina AlTai about reimagining our relationship to work. The conversation covers a range of topics, beginning with the notion of shame and guilt tied to earning money, with Amina revealing that around half of her clients grapple with these emotions, particularly those from historically marginalized groups. Amina, who transitioned to coaching following a burnout in her marketing career, illuminates her holistic approach to overcoming these feelings through mindset shifts and somatic tools. Amina emphasizes the need for balance through play, creativity, and ethical wealth-building. They also discuss the "passion tax," sustainable success, and the intense significance of work in our lives.

    Amina AITai (@aminaaltai) is a holistic business and career coach, proud immigrant, and chronic illness advocate. A leading coach to notable leaders, executives, and founders—Amina's mastery connects us to our brilliance and teaches us to live and lead from it each day. As a woman of color of Iraqi descent, she often works with marginalized communities to help them realize possibilities in a way that honors their particular lived experiences. She is the author of the forthcoming book, The Ambition Trap, with Penguin/The Open Field.

    Amina has partnered with progressive companies such as Google, Roku, Deloitte, Snap, Outdoor Voices, NYU, and HUGE. She's an Entrepreneur Magazine expert-in-residence and a Forbes contributor, and she was named one of Success Magazine’s Women of Influence. Additionally, she's been featured in goop, Well+Good, The New York Times, Yahoo, NBC, and more.

    Learn more or sign up for 1:1 coaching with Amina.

    A special thanks to the talented and generous Ramsey Yount for producing, editing, and sound designing this episode. 

    Thank you to Jenna Parker for lending your voice to our special PSA. 

    The theme music was written and performed by Andrew Parker, Jenna Parker, and Paco de Leon.

    If you’d like to contact us about the show or ask Paco a question about finances, call our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, email us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com, or submit your questions here. We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 48 min
    Debunking Frugality Myths with Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni

    Debunking Frugality Myths with Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni

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    In this episode of Weird Finance, Paco unpacks the hottest new personal finance trend of loud budgeting with frugality experts Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni from the Frugal Friends podcast. Jen and Jill delve into their stories: what prompted them to begin their frugal journeys, how they’ve changed their relationship to frugality along the way, and some of their frugal fumbles. 

    Jen and Jill tackle and debunk widespread myths about frugality head-on, from the false belief that being frugal is only for folks who are cheap and wealthy to reframing how frugality is not about deprivation but prioritizing what we value and being mindful of how we use our individual and shared resources. 

    Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni are co-hosts of the top-rated Frugal Friends Podcast. With over 300 episodes and 5 million downloads, Frugal Friends is changing how the world thinks about frugality. Jen uses her background in financial journalism to seek topics that help people overcome impulse spending and reach their financial goals. Jill is a licensed clinical social worker who enjoys exploring the connections between our money behaviors and mental health. Together, they’re helping people become better stewards of their money, time, space, and natural resources.

    For more insights from Jen and Jill, tune in to their "Frugal Friends" podcast, sign up for their email newsletter, The Friendlette, and follow along on Instagram (@frugalfriendspodcast). And lastly, here is a picture of Jill’s wedding dress mishap.

    A special thanks to the talented and generous Ramsey Yount for producing, editing, and sound designing this episode. 

    Thank you to Ramsey Yount and Andrew Howard for lending your voice to our special PSA. 

    The theme music was written and performed by Andrew Parker, Jenna Parker, and Paco de Leon.

    If you’d like to contact us about the show or ask Paco a question about finances, call our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, email us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com or submit your questions here. We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 48 min
    How to Unravel Money Guilt with Kristan Sargeant

    How to Unravel Money Guilt with Kristan Sargeant

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    In this episode of Weird Finance, we dive deep into the intertwined realms of financial health and personal growth with our esteemed guest, Kristan Sargeant. Kristan shares the transformative power of accessing the unconscious to unlock healing and potential. Touching on the entanglement of money, guilt, and shame, Kristan unveils how these emotions often dwell in our shadow selves.

    Our host Paco reveals her personal shadow exploration journey, with Kristan advising the embrace of one's ambitions without guilt. The conversation further delves into overcoming fears tied to career prospects, the merits of seeking coaching over traditional psychotherapy, and introspective anecdotes about the power of the subconscious.

    Kristan (@kristansargeant) is a coach and therapist with a passion for helping people identify and transmute the blocks to their potential and full self-expression. She works in the tradition of her mentors and collaborators, Phil Stutz and Barry Michels, co-authors of the New York Times bestsellers The Tools and Coming Alive. She brings an action-oriented, tools-based approach to her work with individuals and groups globally, with an emphasis on and deep love for Shadow work.

    She leads webinars and workshops internationally and has collaborated with Goop, The Annenberg Foundation, The Omega Institute, Toms Shoes, AIM Youth Mental Health, The Awakened Man, 74Podcast, Clever Creative, Heroic, and more.

    In a former life, she was an entrepreneur, three-time TEDxWomen producer, and co-founder of The Guild, a women’s leadership collective.

    She received her BA from Columbia University and holds a master's in psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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    A special thanks to the talented and generous Ramsey Yount for producing, editing, and sound designing this episode. 

    Thank you to Jenn Pablo for lending your voice for our special PSA. 

    The theme music was written and performed by Andrew Parker, Jenna Parker, and Paco de Leon.

    If you’d like to contact us about the show or ask Paco a question about finances, call our hotline at 1-833-ASK-PACO, email us at weirdfinancepod (at) gmail.com or submit your questions here. We’d also love your listener feedback about the show; here’s a short survey.
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 1 hr 4 min

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