Money Skills For Therapists Linzy Bonham

What does it look like to evolve in your business? Join Linzy as she sits down with Maegan Megginson, a returning guest, to explore the process of business evolution. Linzy and Maegan examine the concept of pivoting in your professional life as personal growth unfolds.

Maegan candidly shares her own career trajectory, illustrating how it has shifted over time, and she discusses insights from her coaching experiences with other business owners. Together, Linzy and Maegan talk about the financial and emotional aspects of pivoting, and Maegan shares why evolution in business can be a fulfilling and essential part of the professional journey.

Do you know the actual cost of long-term debts like mortgages and student loans? Linzy's guest Adam Carroll works with college students to teach financial literacy skills, and he works with people in all life stages to help them reconsider how to view and manage long-term debts.

Adam shares that these long-term debts, such as mortgages, ongoing credit card debt, and student loans, can be handled in a drastically different way that can free up tremendous amounts of money by paying off the debt quickly. Adam illuminates the way that debt can prevent financial freedom, and he talks with Linzy about how managing those long-term debts differently can profoundly change people's lives. Adam teaches this approach within the program he founded called The Shred Method.

How can we make intentional space in our finances for joy? How can we move from being too restrictive into finding a more balanced approach toward spending? Guest Ellie Tripp shares about how when it comes to spending on joy, she struggles to give herself permission to spend the money needed to participate in fun events like concerts and travel.

Linzy and Ellie dig into why Ellie is experiencing this friction with spending and what she can do about it. Linzy provides some insight into how this occurs and offers practical actions Ellie can take to find more ease with this aspect of her finances. This episode is perfect for all of us who struggle to allow ourselves to spend money on what brings us joy.

How can financial planning be more aligned with individual life goals? Linzy talks with Dr. Jay Zigmont, a financial planner for childfree people who want to learn how to manage their finances in a way that makes sense for their lives. Jay and Linzy dig into how financial planning often focuses on numbers but is far more effective when it is focused instead on life goals.

Linzy and Jay talk about how our money goals can and should align with our individual life goals, not with a preset track that is the same for everyone. Jay shares about how his financial group supports childfree and childless people specifically and why it’s so important to focus on the life specifics for people when advising them about finances. Listen in to learn practical ways to consider life goals when setting financial goals.

Have you considered the role self-care plays in your financial wellbeing and in your business? Guest Kasey Compton talks with Linzy about an often overlooked component of business for practice owners. Kasey shares about self-love and how really connecting with oneself and tuning into our needs can profoundly impact our businesses and can help us achieve financial success as well as balanced living.

Kasey shares simple steps that we can take to better connect with ourselves, and Linzy and Kasey discuss how nurturing our self-love can really move us toward more success while helping us become healthier and happier. Kasey shares about her own journey and about how she now helps others tune into their self-care needs.

What does an investment period in your business look like? How do you price your services in a way that honors the work you do? Today Linzy is talking with Ashley Dickson-Ellison, a small business owner who manages and produces the Money Skills for Therapists podcast.

Linzy and Ashley dig into navigating the financial side of owning your own business, and Linzy helps Ashley understand the difference between an investment period and a business that is just not working. Linzy gives Ashley some practical tips for managing the anxiety that comes up with income fluctuations, and Linzy shares advice about how to ensure our businesses align with our values and strengths.