The Mindful FIRE Podcast 111 : Allo: The Mindful Money App with co-founder Paul Montoy-Wilson
In this episode: mindfulness and money, building a startup and getting acquired, awareness and choice with money, identifying personal values, and the Mindful Money Practice app.
Episode Summary:
Paul Montoy-Wilson, co-founder of the Mindful Money Practice app, joins Adam Coelho on the Mindful Fire podcast. They discuss the intersection of mindfulness and money, the process of building a startup and getting acquired, and how the Mindful Money Practice app facilitates awareness and choice with money.
Guest Bio:
Paul Montoy-Wilson has a background in electrical engineering and computer science and was a product manager for the Google Play app store on Android.
He co-founded the Allo, the mindful money app, which helps users become more aware of their personal values and emotions surrounding money.
Resources & Books Mentioned:
- Allo, the Mindful Money Practice (3 months free with code “mindful”)
Key Takeaways:
- Mindfulness can help bring kind and curious awareness to our finances, allowing us to make better decisions.
- Being frugal can be helpful for taking risks and starting a startup.
- The Mindful Money Practice app helps users become more aware of their personal values and emotions surrounding money.
- The app prompts users to evaluate their priorities and make changes accordingly.
- Gratitude and awareness of negative emotions can help with making better financial decisions.
- Mindfulness and curiosity can help with reframing negative money mindsets.
Try Allo, the mindful money app
- Paul generously offered the Mindful FIRE community 3 months Allo for free
- Get the coupon at Allo.finance/promo/mindful
Connect with Paul
- Paul Montoy-Wilson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmw/
- Email : paul@allo.finance
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