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Welcome to Deeply Invested, the podcast where personal finance and career growth are made not so serious, but always practical. Hosted by Maddie and Meghan, who have built their finances from the ground up, this podcast helps listeners take control of their money, grow their wealth, and level up their careers. Maddie and Meghan share real and messy stories from their own journeys because they’ve been there and made plenty of mistakes along the way. Their goal is to ensure others don’t have to repeat them. For anyone feeling overwhelmed by money talk, Deeply Invested keeps things light, relatable, and full of easy, actionable advice. Whether someone is just starting their wealth-building journey or fine-tuning their approach, each episode is designed to make personal finance feel more approachable and less intimidating. For anyone ready to take control of their finances without feeling stressed or judged, Deeply Invested is the podcast for them. Subscribe now to join the journey of making money talk fun and accessible. Plus, follow on Instagram at your.money.style and visit www.liveyourmoneystyle.com for even more resources.

  1. 2d ago

    CFO Corner Week 39: Your Manager Is Your Advocate - Are You Giving Them Anything to Work With?

    Your raise is often decided in a meeting you're not in, and probably well before your review. This week, Maddie walks through the two moves to make before raise season locks in: updating your brag list so it shows impact instead of a list of tasks, and having a 20-minute conversation with your manager about how raise decisions actually get made. She also shows why the gap between a 3% and a 5% raise is worth far more than one year's difference. Why "good work speaks for itself" is costing you How to build a brag list in 30 minutes, month by month The three questions to ask your manager this month What a $1,700 raise difference is worth over five years What to ask for when the answer is "no budget" Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  2. 4d ago

    Beyond the Paycheck: How to Actually Compare Job Offers

    Two job offers land in your inbox. One pays $8K more. The other pays less but has better benefits. Which one actually leaves you better off? If your gut says "the bigger number," you're in good company. That's how most of us compare offers. But salary is just one line item in a much bigger equation, and two offers that look $10K apart on paper can end up a wash. Sometimes the "lower" offer wins. In this episode, Maddie and Meghan walk through the full picture of a job offer so you're deciding with every number, not just the headline one. In this episode: Why salary gets all the attention (and what it leaves out) What a job costs you: healthcare premiums and deductibles, commute time, parking, and the stress that quietly eats your evenings What a job protects and provides: 401(k) match, PTO, and the benefits most people never ask about What a job grows for you: career trajectory, equity, and whether that bonus is guaranteed or just a target A simple Cost → Protection → Growth → Salary framework you can use every time an offer lands Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  3. Sep 24

    CFO Corner Week 38: Roth vs. Traditional - The 10-Minute Gut-Check

    If someone asked you right now what actually separates a Roth from a Traditional retirement account, could you answer in one sentence? This week, Meghan breaks the decision down to its real core: it's not Roth vs. Traditional, it's tax-benefit-today vs. tax-benefit-later. She walks through four gut-check questions — your tax situation today, what your employer actually offers, your future tax picture, and what you value more right now — plus a simple decision tree, why this doesn't have to be all-or-nothing, and the myths to leave behind entirely. This week's action: check your current contribution elections, be able to say why you chose them, and decide where your next contribution should go. Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  4. Sep 22

    How to Actually Break the "That Won't Work for Me" Mindset

    Last episode we named the thing that's actually been holding you back — leading with every reason a plan won't work before you've given it a single reason it could. This week, Maddie and Meghan hand you the fix: one core reframe technique, plus a specific, doable move for each of the five financial pillars. In this episode: The "flip the list" technique — the one move that unblocks progress in every area of your money life A specific, concrete action for income, budgeting, saving, investing, and debt Why the order you make your lists in determines which side wins How to turn this into a real-time habit the next time a money suggestion lands If you haven't heard Part 1 ("The Mindset Block") yet, start there — everything today builds on it. Let's build your version of wealth, together. Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  5. Sep 17

    CFO Corner Week 37: Should You Get a Financial Advisor?

    Financial advisors get a bad reputation — "expensive," "salesy," "not for me yet." But we pay for expertise everywhere else in our lives: a trainer, childcare help, a house cleaner, a therapist. Why should financial advice be any different? This week, Meghan breaks down when it's actually time to hire one (and when it's genuinely fine to keep DIY-ing it), why "fiduciary" is the only word that really matters, how the different fee models (AUM vs. flat-fee vs. monthly retainer) actually compare in dollars, and why you should interview more than one before you choose. This week's action: decide if you need a single answer or a whole plan, pull two or three names from a fee-only fiduciary directory, set up intro calls with at least two of them, and ask each one directly how they're paid. Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  6. Sep 15

    The Mindset Block That Shows Up in Every Pillar of Your Money

    Before anyone can fix a budget, invest, or pay off debt, they have to get past a reflex: hearing a plan and instantly listing every reason it won't work — before giving it a single reason it could. Maddie and Meghan name that reflex ("leading with no") and trace it through all five pillars — income, budget, saving, investing, debt. Same excuse, different outfit every time.  Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  7. Sep 10

    CFO Corner Week 36: 5 Benefits to Use Before They Reset

    If you've already met your deductible this year, the rest of your care is about as cheap as it's going to get — and on January 1st, that resets to zero. This week, Meghan walks through five things sitting in your benefits package right now that reset before the year is over: your deductible, free preventive care, vision & dental allowances, wellness stipends, and your professional development budget — plus how to turn that last one into ammunition for your next raise. This week's action: check your deductible, book one piece of care you've been putting off, and update your brag list. Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

  8. Sep 8

    From Baby to Big Picture: How to Financially Plan Once Kids Are on the Way

    So you're expecting — or you already have kids and you're wondering if you're doing this right financially. This week Maddie & Meghan pick up right where Part 1 left off: what to handle first, how to balance your future against theirs, and a no-stress intro to 529s and investing for kids. Plus: why "perfect" was never the goal. Resources: Budget Blueprint Builder — Our one-hour workshop with an Excel and Google Sheets template built for exactly this kind of mid-year reset. $47. Linked Here! 🎯 5-Day Expense Reset — Free. For when today's episode made you want to finally just look at the full picture. Previous Episode: You Got a Raise… Now What? 📘 The Confident Investor Blueprint Read the full Show Notes Here! Thanks to our sponsor: Rakuten Thanks for tuning in and come back each week for a brand new episode! If you liked the episode, don't forget to hit subscribe, rate & review! Check out our FREE Newsletter to get all of our latest advice and freebies! Connect with us on Instagram @your.money.style Visit our website for articles, resources, and more at www.liveyourmoneystyle.com

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Welcome to Deeply Invested, the podcast where personal finance and career growth are made not so serious, but always practical. Hosted by Maddie and Meghan, who have built their finances from the ground up, this podcast helps listeners take control of their money, grow their wealth, and level up their careers. Maddie and Meghan share real and messy stories from their own journeys because they’ve been there and made plenty of mistakes along the way. Their goal is to ensure others don’t have to repeat them. For anyone feeling overwhelmed by money talk, Deeply Invested keeps things light, relatable, and full of easy, actionable advice. Whether someone is just starting their wealth-building journey or fine-tuning their approach, each episode is designed to make personal finance feel more approachable and less intimidating. For anyone ready to take control of their finances without feeling stressed or judged, Deeply Invested is the podcast for them. Subscribe now to join the journey of making money talk fun and accessible. Plus, follow on Instagram at your.money.style and visit www.liveyourmoneystyle.com for even more resources.

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