

Financially Intentional
Naseema McElroy
Welcome to the FInancially Intentional Podcast with Naseema McElroy! This is a weekly podcast covering all things personal finance for those ready to build wealth but who may not know where to start. We believe that you have all the tools to improve your finances because you and your family deserve it. Our hope is that by listening to this podcast, your circle of influence is enhanced. Let us be the folks you choose to surround yourself with.
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Nov 2, 2020 • 23min
Conversations with a CFP, Vol. 36 - Saving Money Socially Responsibly, Helping Marginalized Groups
Send us a textMarie Thomasson of Modern Assets is back to discuss another way to be able to do socially responsible savings. We cover:Community Development Investment Fund (CDFI)CDFI compared to Credit UnionsHow CDFI targets and helps marginalized groupsHow CDFIs work and circulate investment money compared to traditional banksWe want to hear from you! If you have money questions or if you want us to assess your finances, please complete this form. Stay connected:Be one of the founding members of Greenwood Bank, apply hereLearn more about Marie by visiting her websiteJoin the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit https://www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/cfpHow to share a podcastHow to subscribe, rate, and review a podcastTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 29, 2020 • 56min
This Nurse is Optimizing Her Retirement Investing - Ep. 69
Send us a textFinancial planning was once a privilege for the wealthy. Get to advise millionaires get while planning for retirement no matter the account balance. Find out how Bloom ensures that you are able to slide into retirement right with a portfolio that is customized for you. Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram and Facebook. Join the Nurses on Fire Community and get access to resources to guide you on the path to Financial Freedom.Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get results by taking action:Run your FREE retirement account analysis Work with our financial partners….Get the student loan plan that could have saved me $80kFigure out if your retirement plan is optimized for you. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/nofPlease share this podcast with friends, family and colleaguesPlease subscribe, rate and review this podcast, here's howTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 26, 2020 • 17min
Conversations with a CFP, Vol. 35 - Saving Money Socially Responsibly, With Medium Difficulty
Send us a textMarie Thomasson of Modern Assets is back to discuss socially responsible savings. We cover:Greenwood Bank as the new easy buttonBanking at Credit UnionsUsing credit unions to invest in your local communityPros and cons of credit unionsWe want to hear from you! If you have money questions or if you want us to assess your finances, please complete this form. Stay connected:Be one of the founding members of Greenwood Bank, apply hereLearn more about Marie by visiting her websiteJoin the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit https://www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/cfpHow to share a podcastHow to subscribe, rate, and review a podcastTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 22, 2020 • 39min
This Nurse Has the Secret Cocktail for Starting a CNA School - Ep. 68
Send us a textVictoria Randle is a nurse entrepreneur who came from very humble beginnings. At the age of 15 she witnessed the murder of her own mother and become orphaned. Struggling to graduate high school while working fulltime and living on her own by the age of 16, Victoria made a way out of no way. After enrolling in night school, Victoria was able to graduate high school and moved from Indiana to Georgia at the age of 19 on her own. Unsure where life was leading, she became a CNA to help make ends meet. Excelling in her chosen career, she enrolled in college by the age of 23 to become a registered nurse. Three degrees later, Victoria is now a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner giving her the ability to provide Georgian’s with access to healthcare. For years Victoria always had the desire to start her own entrepreneurial endeavor but without any guidance felt very defeated. With perseverance and sleepless nights of research, she finally started the nonprofit organization New Beginnings Career Center in 2015, an education center devoted to helping other with similar stories obtain education. Victoria is also the CEO of The Secret Cocktail® founded in 2018. The Secret Cocktail® is a business consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs develop nurse aide training schools in all 50 states. In the past 3 years Victoria has been able to grow this company to national recognition touching over 100 CNA Schools in the United States. The Secret Cocktail® was recently welcomed in the prestigious Atlanta WEI program overseen my Madam Major Keisha Lance-Bottom. Becoming a CNA was the foundation for Victoria’s new life and this company has enable to her to bring everything back full circle. By empowering other entrepreneurs with the knowledge they need to be successful and helping to develop CNA’s all over the nation, Victoria is finally living in her purpose.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram and Facebook. Join the Nurses on Fire Community and get access to resources to guide you on the path to Financial Freedom.Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Work with our financial partners….Get the student loan plan that could have saved me $80kFigure out if your retirement plan is optimized for you. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visitwww.nursesonfirepodcast.com/nofSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 19, 2020 • 22min
Conversations with a CFP, Vol. 34 - Saving Money Socially Responsibly, The Easy Way
Send us a textMarie Thomasson of Modern Assets is back to discuss socially responsible savings. We cover:Aspiration Bank and why you should save your money thereTheir Aspiration Impact MeasurementThey are an investment management firm, not a bank but act as a third partyWho their main investors areComplaintsTradeoffs We want to hear from you! If you have money questions or if you want us to assess your finances, please complete this form. Stay connected:Learn more about Marie by visiting her websiteJoin the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit https://www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/cfpHow to share a podcastHow to subscribe, rate and review a podcastTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 15, 2020 • 1h 16min
This Nurse is Retired Early at 40, Rewind- Ep. 67
Send us a textIn this rewind episode Lynn Frair shares how she was able to retire at 40 even after experiencing a major set back ten years earlier. Nurse turned financial coach specifically for nurses and their families. With a knack for investing, which started at age 12, Lynn reached financial independence at age 39, officially saying goodbye to her employer of 14 years in January 2019. She is passionate about cultivating a thriving FI lifestyle. She believes that money is only one form of capital and that it is important to consider all aspects of life capital including: time, spirituality, and community. She resides in the greater Seattle area with her husband, Carl, and their two young daughters where they refuse to set alarm clocks, drink loads of coffee, and jump in muddy puddles.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram and Facebook. Join the Nurses on Fire Community and get access to resources to guide you on the path to Financial Freedom.Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get results by taking action:Lesson to Lynn’s episode on healthcare options in early retirementWork with our financial partners….Get the student loan plan that could have saved me $80kFigure out if your retirement plan is optimized for you. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/nofPlease share this podcast with friends, family and colleaguesPlease subscribe, rate and review this podcast, here's howTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 12, 2020 • 27min
Conversations with a CFP, Vol. 33 - An Introduction to Responsible Investing
Send us a textWe are joined by our new CFP Marie Thomasson of Modern Assets. We will be conducting a series on Socially Responsible investing teaching you not only what it is but how to take action in your own investing. We cover:The history of Socially Responsible/Sustainable InvestingHow climate change sparked ESG investingFees and returns in ESG portfoliosWhy the fees are higherTransition to Impact InvestingWe want to hear from you! If you have money questions or if you want us to assess your finances, please complete this form. Stay connected:Learn more about Marie by visiting her websiteJoin the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit https://www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/cfpHow to share a podcastHow to subscribe, rate and review a podcastTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 8, 2020 • 27min
This Nurse Can Own Their Own Nursing Care Home Ep. 66
Send us a textAs a mother of four, a law student and a business woman Christine is known andadmired internationally as a ‘transformational trainer’; specializing in training people in how to set up their own nursing agencies, care home and thus going on to ‘transform’ their working lives. Christine is an author and has 27 years of experience in running businesses. She as setup and ran training schools in the USA, Cyprus, Jamaica and the United Kingdom, helping clients setup and run their own homes. Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram and Facebook. Join the Nurses on Fire Community and get access to resources to guide you on the path to Financial Freedom.Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get results by taking action:Chritines InstagramChritines’s Facebook GroupWork with our financial partners….Get the student loan plan that could have saved me $80kFigure out if your retirement plan is optimized for you. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/nofPlease share this podcast with friends, family and colleaguesPlease subscribe, rate and review this podcast, here's howTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 5, 2020 • 15min
Conversations with a CFP, Vol. 32 - Being your parent’s retirement plan
Send us a textAccording to a 2015 TD Ameritrade study, one in five millennials support their parents by spending an average of $18,250 per year. We discuss:How to budget taking care of parents. How to avoid depending on your children by adequately funding your retirement. The role of high divorce rates amongst baby boomers plays.Subsidizing retirement with a rental property.We want to hear from you! If you have money questions or if you want us to assess your finances, please complete this form. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit https://www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/cfpHow to share a podcastHow to subscribe, rate and review a podcastTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money

Oct 1, 2020 • 21min
This Nurse Believes Every Nurse Can Become A Millionaire - Ep. 65
Send us a textYou have what it take to become a millionaire! Here are the top 9 lessons shared by the Millionaire Next Door that will help you get there. Episode Description: The people that are typically glamorized as millionaires usually have less money than you think. Here are the characteristics of the average millionaire. Chances are, they are right there in your neighborhood.Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram and Facebook. Join the Nurses on Fire Community and get access to resources to guide you on the path to Financial Freedom.Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get results by taking action:Join the waitlist to learn more about the Intentional Finance Wealth Builder Accelerator. Work with our financial partners….Get the student loan plan that could have saved me $80kFigure out if your retirement plan is optimized for you. Stay connected:Join the NOF Facebook groupTo read the full show notes, visit www.nursesonfirepodcast.com/nofPlease share this podcast with friends, family, and colleaguesPlease subscribe, rate and review this podcast, here's howTo learn more about the giveaway, click hereSupport the show---Please join me here, and follow me on social media, Instagram, and Facebook.Need help getting started on your path to financial freedom? Start Here Join the Financially Intentional Community Oh and please subscribe and leave a review on whatever app you're using to stream this podcast. Get my book Smart Money