Pocketbook Conversations

Tiyana King
  • 5.0 (4)
  • Self-Improvement
  • Updated Weekly

Pocketbook Conversations is a podcast for Black women who are ready to change how they relate to money. Hosted by Tiyana King, MBA and CEO of The Rosaiah Jamēs Firm, this show goes beyond budgeting tips and financial hacks. Each week, Tiyana creates space for honest, grounded conversations about the emotional weight, family dynamics, survival patterns, and internalized beliefs that keep high-earning Black women stuck in financial stress even when they're making good money. With over 12 years in finance and banking and clients who have collectively eliminated over $1.3 million in debt, Tiyana brings both professional expertise and lived experience to every episode. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Pour up, settle in, and join the conversation.

Episodes

  1. Jun 3

    Panic Payments: Why Throwing Money at Your Debt Isn't Working

    Episode Summary You made a payment. A big one. And for about five minutes, you felt better—until you realized nothing actually changed. That's a panic payment. And in this episode, Tiyana breaks down why making random, fear-based payments toward your debt is costing you more than it's helping you. Through a client story of a woman working hard to improve her credit score while still relying on her cards for everyday expenses, and Tiyana's own experience with panic payments before she understood credit strategy, this episode gets honest about what's really happening when you throw money at debt with no plan behind it. Panic payments aren't a strategy. And until you have a personalized plan that tells you exactly what you're paying, why you're paying it, and when it will be gone, you'll stay stuck in the same cycle. If you're ready to stop throwing money at debt and start actually seeing it decrease, this episode is your next step.   Connect With Us Here Subscribe to our email list: https://therjfirm.myflodesk.com/email-list Apply to become a private client at therjfirm.com/links/ Join the group program, Her Money Confidence, at https://therjfirm.com/her-money-confidence Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therosaiahjamesfirm/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therjfirm

    15 min

  2. May 27

    If You're a Big Spender You Need to Be An Even Bigger Planner

    Episode Summary In this episode, Tiyana tackles a pattern many high earners know too well: spending like the money will always come back because historically, it has. But what starts as confidence in your earning power quietly becomes a cycle of debt, stress, and financial chaos. Through a client's honest confession and Tiyana's own story of juggling 3-4 jobs in college while drowning in debt, this episode exposes the gap between earning well and managing well. You'll learn why planning your spending isn't punishment. It's protection. And how building a strategy from day one (yes, even for spontaneous purchases) allows you to pay off debt every month without giving up the things you love. If you've ever told yourself "I'll pay it off later" and then didn't, this episode is for you.   Connect With Us Here Apply to become a private client at therjfirm.com/links/ Join the group program, Her Money Confidence, at https://therjfirm.com/her-money-confidence Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therosaiahjamesfirm/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our email list: https://therjfirm.myflodesk.com/email-list

    14 min

  3. May 21

    Spiraling and Spending Go Hand in Hand

    Episode Summary In this episode, Tiyana King of The Rosaiah Jamēs Firm talks about how self-trust impacts your relationship with money. She introduces four steps to trust yourself and feel more confident with your money decisions by interrupting the spirals and patterns that cause you to slip into old spending habits.   Connect With Us Here Book a consultation to become a private client at therjfirm.com/links/ Join the group program, Her Money Confidence, at https://therjfirm.com/her-money-confidence Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therosaiahjamesfirm/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our email list: https://therjfirm.myflodesk.com/email-list

    20 min

  4. May 13

    How I Finally Broke The Debt Cycle

    Episode Summary In this episode, Tiyana King of The Rosaiah Jamēs Firm talks about her debt story over the years, how it impacted her mentally and emotionally, and what finally helped her break the cycle. She introduces two frameworks that changed the way she understands and manages her money, and how these same frameworks have transformed her clients' finances.    Connect With Us Here Book a consultation at therjfirm.com/links/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therosaiahjamesfirm/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our email list: https://therjfirm.myflodesk.com/email-list

    18 min

  5. May 4

    The Money Stories You Learned Growing Up

    Welcome to Pocketbook Conversations, a podcast hosted by Tiyana King, a money coach, and dedicated to unloading our pocketbooks—what we've learned, inherited, and internalized about money as Black women. We're starting at the beginning: childhood. We're reflecting on how our maternal and paternal figures spent, saved, talked about, and used money, because those early experiences quietly shape how we move with money today. Visit therjfirm.com/links/ to enroll in our private or group money coaching programs.  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therosaiahjamesfirm/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@therjfirm Subscribe to our email list: https://therjfirm.myflodesk.com/email-list

    22 min
  • 5 Episodes

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About

Pocketbook Conversations is a podcast for Black women who are ready to change how they relate to money. Hosted by Tiyana King, MBA and CEO of The Rosaiah Jamēs Firm, this show goes beyond budgeting tips and financial hacks. Each week, Tiyana creates space for honest, grounded conversations about the emotional weight, family dynamics, survival patterns, and internalized beliefs that keep high-earning Black women stuck in financial stress even when they're making good money. With over 12 years in finance and banking and clients who have collectively eliminated over $1.3 million in debt, Tiyana brings both professional expertise and lived experience to every episode. New episodes drop every Wednesday. Pour up, settle in, and join the conversation.

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