Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Fight the patriarchy. Get Rich.™ Join money expert Tori Dunlap every Tuesday as she guides you on how to make more, spend less, and feel financially confident in a world run by rich white men. Through solo episodes and special guest interviews, you’ll walk away with resources to get, save, and grow money to gain financial freedom and kick some patriarchal ass at the same time.

  1. 8h ago

    Financial Foundations 3: Let’s Talk About Debt

    Visit ⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod to join our 5 Day Debt Challenge and find any resources mentioned in the show! Getting out of debt is shockingly simple. The math is easy. Showing up every single month is the hard part. In episode three of Financial Foundations, sponsored by State Farm, we're tackling debt, with zero shame. I'll explain where debt sits on your financial priority list, teach you the rule of 7% (which you'll use for the rest of your life), and break down why credit card debt feels like drowning. Then I'll walk you through my four-step debt payoff plan, tell you about the time my car loan company made me mail $50 to a PO box in Iowa, and share what to check before you sign for any new debt. Missed the rest of the series? Catch-up from the beginning: Financial Foundations #1: Your Money Blueprint: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/money-blueprint/ Financial Foundations 2: Budgeting with Intention: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/budgeting-with-intention/   00:00 Intro 01:03 Getting out of debt is shockingly simple 01:48 Having debt doesn't make you a bad person 03:24 Where debt sits on your priority list 04:32 The rule of 7% 05:49 The math is easy, consistency is hard 06:33 Principal vs. interest 07:05 Why credit card debt feels like drowning 08:03 Consolidating with a personal loan 08:48 Step 1: List every debt 09:56 Step 2: Add up your monthly payments 10:09 Step 3: Find extra money in your budget 11:28 Step 4: Pay the highest interest rate first 12:31 My car loan and the PO box in Iowa 14:50 Is there such a thing as good debt? 17:11 Systemic problems vs. personal responsibility 17:52 Read the terms before you sign 18:21 Shop your loan 19:17 Join the free 5-day debt challenge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  2. 2d ago

    Things I Did by 27 to Become a Millionaire

    Already know how to save but wondering how to go from six figures to seven? Download my free guide, How I Built My First $1M, and see the three things that took me from $100K to $1M in under two years. Visit https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod and grab it today. At 25, I had $100,000 in the bank. At 27, I was a millionaire. And today I’m handing you my actual formula. Plenty of articles boil my story down to “save money, invest, start a business.” That’s technically true and practically useless. In this episode, I’m breaking down what I did between 25 and 27 that made the biggest difference, which parts you can copy, and which parts came from privilege I didn’t earn. I graduated debt-free and grew up with parents who taught me about money, and that shaped the conditions I made my decisions in. Personal finance is personal, so treat this as a formula you adapt to your own life instead of a script to copy line for line. Mentioned in this episode: The $100K Blueprint: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/the-1how-id-save-my-first-100k-in-2026/  Negotiate Like a Woman with Kathryn Valentine: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/negotiate-like-a-woman/ How to Negotiate with Confidence: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/negotiate-with-confidence/  Learn the exact strategies I used to save money, pay off debt, and get my first $100K. Visit: ⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠. 00:00 Intro 01:10 How Her First $100K started 03:02 The privilege in my story 05:08 #1: Solid financial habits 08:31 Start acting like a millionaire now 09:28 #2: Growing my earning power 10:21 Why cutting your budget only goes so far 13:50 Going full-time in 2020 14:37 If entrepreneurship isn’t for you 16:44 #3: Building a financial system 19:48 Why I unapologetically want money 23:18 My favorite part of being a millionaire Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  3. Nov 5

    Financial Foundations 2: Budgeting with Intention

    Traditional budgeting doesn’t work. In episode two of Financial Foundations, brought to you by State Farm, I'm showing you how to budget without hating your life. We'll reframe budgeting as a permission slip instead of a punishment. Budgeting doesn't mean you can’t ever have a latte, or buy organic, or even say no to a vacation. Creating a budget is as personal as your favorite band, which means that these one-size-fits-all solutions might be more the problem than you. Today we'll walk through my three-bucket budget, and find your three value categories: the parts of your life where spending brings you the most joy. Then we'll pull out the money diary from episode one and see whether your spending matches what you actually care about. Catch-up on the Financial Foundations series: Financial Foundations Episode 1: Your Money Blueprint: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/money-blueprint/ Save your seat in this 2-part workshop series that turns your “I wish I could quit my job” into a specific, actionable plan to get you out of your job in 90 days or less. Get access here: ⁠⁠⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠.  00:00 Intro 01:03 How to budget without hating your life 01:56 Refresher: the financial priority list 02:54 Why budgets fail like diets 03:23 Your budget is a gas gauge 04:50 Permission slip, not punishment 05:38 Why I hated every budget app 06:20 The three-bucket budget 07:51 Automate, automate, automate 08:44 Your three value categories 10:37 My coffee-as-a-walk confession 11:37 "Should" spending: museums, dinners, and bachelorette parties 12:51 Exercise: sort your money diary 14:09 Ask this at every checkout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  4. Nov 3

    How to Build Sustainable Revenue That Doesn't Cost You Your Life with Natalie Ellis

    Save your seat in this 2-part workshop series that turns your “I wish I could quit my job” into a specific, actionable plan to get you out of your job in 90 days or less. Get access here: ⁠⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠⁠. Today I'm sitting down with Natalie Ellis, mom, CEO, and founder of Boss Babe, and author of the New York Times bestseller The Freedom-Based Business Method. Natalie built a multimillion-dollar company and then realized she'd been running it on an aggressive growth playbook for a business she never planned to sell. We get into why burnout isn't a badge of honor, why the median follower count in Natalie's survey of six-figure-plus business owners will shock you, and the three boring things that actually make a business work. If you run a business, want to start one, or just keep buying courses hoping the next one fixes it, this is your episode. Natalie’s Links: Websites: https://www.bossbabe.com/ ; https://www.natalie-ellis.com/ Book: https://bookshop.org/a/90037/9781401997373  Mentioned during the show: How to Reinvent Yourself (Without Losing Yourself) with Sophia Amoruso: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/reinventing-yourself-sophia-amoruso/ The Rise and Fall of the Girlboss: https://www.diabolicalliespod.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-girlboss 00:00 Intro  04:30 Is burnout the price of hustle? Energy-giving vs. energy-draining work 08:00 Why "more organization" isn't the fix: the three questions your business runs on 10:30 Big decisions vs. small ones, in business and personal finance 12:00 Natalie's Trojan horse course strategy 15:00 Tori's viral video and the 100,000 email subscribers 18:00 Building on land you own: why email beats followers 20:00 Shiny objects: new products, new platforms 26:00 One platform, one offer, and why you can't over-market a product 29:00 What to cut first: start with your data 31:00 Offer, funnel, traffic (build, borrow, or buy an audience) 34:00 Getting off the treadmill: executive retreats and "what do you want?" 37:00 Leaving easy money on the table 40:00 Seasons of sprint and giving yourself grace 44:00 Building for freedom when you're just getting started 47:00 The responsibility nobody posts about 52:00 The Boss Babe name, ten-plus years later 54:00 Hustle culture, soft life, and tradwife content 62:00 What successful women entrepreneurs know Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  5. Oct 20

    The Easiest Business to Start in 2026 with Justin Moore

    If you're carrying credit card balances and haven't looked into whether a lower-rate option is available, see if our debt-tool can help you: ⁠⁠⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠⁠. What if the easiest business to start this year is one you could begin with a single DM? Justin Moore, sponsorship coach, founder of Creator Wizard, and author of Sponsor Magnet, has earned over $5 million in brand partnerships with his wife April, and spent seven years running an ad agency where he heard what brands say about creators behind closed doors. We cover why building an audience may be the most AI-proof business you can start, why a tiny niche audience can out-earn a huge one, how to answer “what’s your rate?” without losing money, and the contract words that should make you run. If an extra couple thousand dollars a month would change your life, this episode shows you one way to get it. Justin’s Links: Website: https://www.sponsormagnet.com/ Also mentioned in this episode: This Mistake Cost Me $500,000: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/my-500k-mistake/ Jasmine Star: How to Build a Business from Nothing: https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/how-to-build-a-business-from-nothing/ 00:00 Intro 01:18 Why building an audience is the most AI-proof business 03:03 You don’t have to be an “influencer” to do this 08:29 Side hustling the 5-to-9 11:05 What you actually need to start (one person) 14:37 Why Justin started calling out the gatekeepers 17:03 What running an ad agency taught him about how brands pay 19:37 Who undercharges most 24:55 How to answer “what’s your rate?” 29:10 Justin’s 8-step partnership system 38:53 Contract red flags: perpetuity, exclusivity, out clauses 43:46 Why Justin says don’t hire a manager 48:47 My half-million-dollar agency mistake 53:32 The $1 million math on a 20% cut 54:24 Rapid fire: free product, worst pitches, follower myths 58:37 One thing every creator should do today Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  6. Oct 13

    Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging with Sabrina Zohar

    Why do we keep repeating patterns that don’t serve us? Today I'm sitting down with Sabrina Zohar, relationship coach, host of The Sabrina Zohar Show, and author of the new book Why Am I Like This, to figure out why. We’re talking about the unconscious programming behind how we handle love, conflict, rejection, and even our own success. If you've ever over-given, stayed too long, or known exactly what you were doing while doing it anyway, you're in the right place. Sabrina walks through two questions that can interrupt an old belief before it makes a present-day decision, what self-abandonment looks like on a random Tuesday, and how all of it shapes what you think you're allowed to ask for and earn. You will feel seen. You will also feel a little called out. Share it with every woman in your life. Sabrina’s Links: Website: https://sabrinazohar.com/ Book: https://sabrinazohar.com/book Learn the exact strategies to save money, pay off debt, improve your money mindset, and increase your net worth. Get your personalized plan: ⁠⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠. 00:00 Intro 01:35 The pattern women swear isn't a pattern 02:40 Window of tolerance and why discomfort feels unbearable 08:10 The texting spiral, and the two questions that interrupt it 13:20 173 texts: what Sabrina understands about her younger self now 17:00 Gut vs. anxiety (does the pinch match the ouch?) 19:05 Being attached to the story of a relationship 22:55 Finding the belief underneath the behavior 27:45 When your "logical" brain makes the worst decisions 31:20 Getting out of your head and into your body 32:30 Hiring out of fear, and learning to trust yourself 41:35 What self-abandonment looks like on an ordinary day 44:30 Saying no, boundaries, and grieving who you lose 49:10 You're allowed to outgrow people 51:00 How worthiness shapes what you ask for and earn 56:15 Moving through shame instead of ruminating 66:05 Healing doesn't mean never getting triggered 70:05 What to do the moment you notice yourself shrinking 73:40 The self-trust marble jar Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Fight the patriarchy. Get Rich.™ Join money expert Tori Dunlap every Tuesday as she guides you on how to make more, spend less, and feel financially confident in a world run by rich white men. Through solo episodes and special guest interviews, you’ll walk away with resources to get, save, and grow money to gain financial freedom and kick some patriarchal ass at the same time.

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