So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

My guest today is a former model turned serial entrepreneur, TV personality, and author. Lauren Maillian, at just 19 years old founded a boutique winery,making her the youngest self-made winery owner in the country. Since then, she has served as the founder and CEO of LMB Group, which is a strategic marketing company and is a founding partner at Gen Y Capital Partners, an early stage venture firm focused in investments in mobile and consumer facing technology enabled companies. Lauren’s passion in business is to marry marketing, branding strategy, and technology. She’s going to co-star in a new TV show in Oxygen this January called Create Your Day Job. She’s also the author of the best-selling business memoir, The Path Redefined. In our conversation, we learned how her father’s upbringing influenced her dedication and drive to becoming financial independent at a really young age. We talk about what does it take for a 19 year old to want to launch her own business? Keep in mind, she was doing this while in school and expecting a child. And her So Money moment when she sold her winery and why, she says, “You know what? I was really scared in that moment.”  For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is an author, blogger and certified life coach whose mission is to help people shed the emotional weight keeping them from finding fulfillment.  Laura Coe founded Emotional Obesity after undergoing her own struggle.  At 35 years old, Laura had everything one could want according to society - she had a high-powered career, beautiful home and car, healthy bank account, loving spouse, a child and great group of friends.  It was in this moment that Laura realized she was "Emotionally Obese" after suffering a build-up of pressure to conform to society's narrow definition of success.  Laura quit her job and looked into opening a yoga studio but found that practicing yoga and running a studio were two totally different endeavors.  Laura then returned to her first passion, studying philosophy to help find an answer to her problems. In taking up studying philosophy again, Laura realized that since the dawn of time, philosophers of the East and West have spoken about the importance of health and emotional well-being.  It was then that Laura's personal journey, her study of philosophy and development of an effective emotional health and fitness plan became Emotional Obesity. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is a producer and director of notable films including Ben's Plan (2007) and now most recently The American Side (2014). Jenna Ricker studied acting at the prestigious NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and has received recognition in the industry ever since including the Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker.  Her latest film is The American Side : She co-wrote and directed the movie which was hailed by the Hollywood Reporter as "an adrenaline-charged pop-noir mystery." The film will hit theaters next Spring and to expand its release she and her team have launched a Kickstarter campaign.Some takeaways from our interview... Jenna talks about being a woman – behind the camera, Jenna’s take on all the discussion in Hollywood and beyond about giving females a greater voice in cinema. And financing a film in 2015…how she convinced backers to give her over a million dollars for The American Side.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today’s episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Alan Moore, co-founder of XY Planning Network, I answer your biggest questions about filing taxes after you get married, if it's possible to inherit your parents debt after they pass, student loan debt from your husband's first marriage and more.Alan joined me on So Money last month. To catch his interview, click here. And if you’d like to keep up with Alan, follow him on Twitter @R_Alan_Moore.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My next guest and I go way back. Alix Steel and I were the first two women hired to work at TheStreet.com TV where we covered the markets, interviewed CEOs and did many a videos with Jim Cramer, the co-founder and host of Mad Money on CNBC. It's why I’m so thrilled, so proud to see her reach such heights in her career. She is now a star anchor at Bloomberg News.Alix anchors Bloomberg Markets from 12 to 2pm each day and co-hosts What’d You Miss? Bloomberg TV's flagship markets program which airs weekdays from 4:00-5:00pm. Alix resides in Brooklyn where she and her husband raise a beautiful little girl born just around the time Evan was born. [We’ve YET to organize that play date.] In our interview we catch up on old times, talk about the day she made MORE money than she ever thought possible and as the breadwinner, strategies for creating financial security in her marriage. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is the founder of #MoneyChat and president of Conner Coaching LLC, which gives results oriented personal finance and business coaching services. Dorethia Kelly is known for her no nonsense approach and charismatic personality in order to help individuals successfully manage their money and help business owners boost their bottom line. Dorethia has a book entitled #MoneyChat the Book: How to Get out of Debt, Successfully Manage Your Money and Create Financial Security. Dorethia offers her readers helpful financial advice on everything from saving for college, creating an emergency fund, budgeting and other important personal finance topics and does so in a way that makes it easy to apply to your daily routine. Some take aways from our conversation. The biggest financial concerns she discovered people were talking about on Twitter. Her number one financial mistake, it involved a vacuum and helping a family in need at one point in her 20’s. That was the first time she was able to be really charitable and she calls it her So Money moment. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

All month long, #SoMoney has been in a healthy and fun competition with the #StackingBenjamins podcast to raise money for our respective charities. Host Joe Saul-Sehy has been advocating for Texas 4000 while I have been promoting THON at Penn State University. And guess what? WE WON! It was a very close race. Listen to hear how much we raised thanks to your donations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest today was inspired to start her food blog  The Healthy Apple after suffering through years of health issues. She was told she had just 24 hours to live...That was five years ago. Today Amie Valpone is a culinary nutritionist, professional recipe developer, food photographer and chef specializing in gluten-free and clean recipes for at home cooks.  She'll be debuting her first cookbook in March 2016, so keep a look out for that.   You won't believe her story about the time when told she had 24 hours to live...and subsequently getting fired...from Vogue while on disability.   For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s show is about real estate and relocation. I live in Brooklyn, where people complain that they’re getting priced out. It’s not just Manhattan with its high prices, but also Brooklyn and even parts of Queens. So, hard working families are finding themselves at the crossroads, do they stay and squeeze themselves and their two and a half kids into a tiny apartment? Or do they venture a little further out to the suburbs? Today, the founder of  Suburban Jungle Realty Group, Alison Bernstein joins us. The company, which launched in 2008 in New York City and has since expanded to other cities including Miami and LA, is a suburban relocation firm exclusively focused on buyers looking to leave their city for greener pastures, literally. She has been dubbed as the "suburban matchmaker for urban families."  Families can work with a personal strategist and team of agents and locals for free of charge to help them find their dream home in the right location. Often, you might make a big move to a suburb only to discover it’s not exactly what you thought it would be like.  The company was founded after Alison took on the daunting task herself of relocating out of Manhattan and found she was unable to pick a home that would suit her family in a nice town. It took them three moves before settling down in Armonk. Now, she’s committed to helping families and simplifying the process so that they don’t go through the same situation that she did. For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, special guest Brittney Castro of Financially Wise Women and former So Money guest, and I answer your biggest questions about resources for finding college scholarships, the first steps you need to take to start a business, rolling over your 401k and more.If you'd like to learn more about Brittney, visit her website at www.financiallywisewomen.com and follow her on Twitter @brittneycastro.For more information visit www.somoneypodcast.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.