

The Financial Confessions
The Financial Diet
Uncover the financial truth behind every part of life. Join host Chelsea Fagan, CEO of The Financial Diet, for a weekly deep-dive with experts to get a real-life look at earning, spending, and losing money. We’re holding a mic to the money talk we whisper about. New episodes drop every Monday.
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Apr 24, 2023 • 50min
How Fast Fashion Is Ruining Everything (And How To Stop Buying It)
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This week, Chelsea sits down with author, stylist, and slow fashion advocate Aja Barber to talk about the chaotic, unsustainable, and unsatisfying fast fashion model that has taken over nearly every aspect of our consumption, and how to break free from it.
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Apr 17, 2023 • 50min
Navigating Professional Envy, Sharing Expenses With A New Partner, & Starting Over At 40: Q&A With Team TFD
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Chelsea and TFD's creative director, Holly Trantham, answer audience questions about comparing yourself to others on social media, how to have the money conversation early in a relationship, and more!
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Apr 10, 2023 • 37min
How I Got Over My Fears & Invested In Myself: A Self-Publishing Q&A With Chelsea
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Chelsea is sitting down solo this week to answer the most frequently asked questions about the process, finances, and emotions of publishing her novel herself.
A Perfect Vintage:
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Apr 7, 2023 • 59min
Founding Your Future: A Live Q&A With Sara Griffin, SVP of Marketing at Saks OFF 5TH
Chelsea sat down with Sara Griffin, SVP of Marketing at Saks OFF 5TH for a special live recording of The Financial Confessions for International Women's Day.
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Apr 3, 2023 • 55min
Tipping Culture, Nightmare Customers, And Serving Through The Pandemic: An Honest Restaurant Industry Talk
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Chelsea sits down with comedian and restaurant industry vet Jake Cornell to talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of working in the service industry.
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Mar 27, 2023 • 55min
Dealing With Disability & Moving Beyond The FIRE Movement
The podcast discusses creating a financial routine, dealing with health challenges financially, money and relationships, protecting your finances through a prenup, managing work-life balance, investing early and evaluating real estate, and buying a home during the pandemic.

Mar 20, 2023 • 59min
The Biggest Financial Flops Of Last Year: A Live Q&A With Broke Millennial
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Chelsea is joined by Erin Lowry of Broke Millennial for this live podcast recording all about the worst flops and the best highlights of 2022.
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Mar 13, 2023 • 54min
Love Island, Real Housewives, And The Fake Authenticity Of Pop Culture
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Chelsea sits down with Maia aka Broey Deschanel to talk about all things movies, reality TV, pop culture, and the fake authenticity of our current era.
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Mar 6, 2023 • 57min
Addiction, Delusion, And Awkward Facebook Messages: Inside An MLM
Guest Emily Lynn Paulson, former top performer in an MLM, discusses her experiences in the industry, the exploitation of vulnerability, and the parallels between MLMs and marketing to women. Other topics include excessive alcohol consumption among women, the correlation between women on medication and the rise in MLMs, and the division of labor and mental load on mothers.

Feb 27, 2023 • 1h 3min
Burnout, Boundaries, And The Lie Of Consumerist Self-Help
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Chelsea sits down with Taylor Elyse Morrison to talk about the bogus culture of self-help that got us to our current era, and how to build something better, regardless of disposable income.
Learn more about Taylor and her book here: https://www.taylorelyse.com/
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