Journey To Launch

Myra Strober, labor economist and Professor Emerita at Stanford University and Abby Davisson, social innovation leader and career development expert, join the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss how to make conscious decisions about money with love as the primary framework.

We chat about the intellectual roadmap for life's biggest decisions, why we need to have difficult conversations before we're ready and how love and money are intertwined in all of life's challenges and phases.

In this episode, you'll learn more about:

Making decisions about money with love at the forefront of consideration
What the 5 C framework is and how you can implement them in your life right now 
Why you should be having conversations about personal topics alongside the professional ones
How to be an agent of change within the institutions you participate in 
The importance of checking in with those you admire and trying to anticipate the consequences of life's choices + more

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:


A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet


Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:

Read Money and Love by Myra and Abby Strober & Davisson
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!


Connect with Myra & Abby:

Website
Instagram:@Abby.Davisson
Twitter:@AbbyDavisson

Connect with me:

Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide

Fernando Espuelas has spent three decades building companies and shaping conversations at the intersection of technology, business, and public life. In this episode, I sit down with him to talk about his path from an immigrant childhood in Uruguay to becoming one of the internet's early pioneers.

Fernando immigrated to the U.S. from Uruguay at age 10 and grew up watching his mother clean houses and work nights so he could get an education. He worked gas station and pet store jobs before eventually co-founding StarMedia, the world's first pan-Latin internet portal and the first Latin internet company to go public.

Today Fernando leads Vera Money, the first Emotional AI Financial Operating System, built to help Zillennials reduce money anxiety and take control of their finances. He shares why he built Vera around trust and ethical AI, and what keeps him building instead of chasing retirement.

In this episode, Fernando shares:

His immigrant journey from Uruguay and how early hardship shaped his ambition
How a history degree led him into advertising, then into launching the consumer internet in Latin America
Why he believes retirement isn't the goal, and what keeps him building
How Vera uses AI to help people manage money without selling their data or charging hidden fees + more

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:

A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet


Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:

Download & try Vera for free, here
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!


Connect with Fernando:

Website
Instagram: veramoney.ai

Connect with me:

Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide

Cindy Zuniga went to law school to make an impact in her community. After three years in law school and $215,000 of debt later, Cindy realized the real cost of her decision. Her first year out of school she paid $24,000 towards her student loans. However, only $4,000 went towards her loan's principal balance, and the other 20,000 paid off just the interest on her loan. That's when Cindy said enough is enough and devised a plan to pay off all of her debt in 48 month. Find out how Cindy paid off $215,000 in 48 months and kept her expenses low while living in New York. 

In this episode you will learn:

What to consider before taking out student loans for a degree
How to educate yourself and your family about student loan debt
3 reasons to refinance your student loans
How to stick to your financial goals in any environment
Tips for talking about finances with your partner
How to lower your expenses, save money, and more

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:

A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet


Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:

Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!


Connect with me:

Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide

What if the biggest risk you take is the one that changes everything? In this episode, I chat with Teri Ijeoma, trader, entrepreneur, author, and founder of Trade and Travel, an investment education company that has taught over 40,000 students how to actively invest. Teri left a toxic career as an assistant principal, taught herself to trade stocks while traveling the world, and built one of the top investing courses. Now she's back with her debut book, The Risk Worth Taking, and she's sharing the full picture of what the journey has actually looked like.

Teri opens up about everything that's happened since we last spoke from growing her company to a team of 40 and navigating the burnout that came with it, to making the difficult decision to step back, downsize, and move from Puerto Rico back to the U.S. in search of a deeper community. She shares how a health scare became a turning point, why she chose to prioritize herself over expectations and obligations, and what it meant to finally bring a new dream to life by finishing her first book. It's an honest conversation about success, reinvention, and creating a life that aligns with what matters most.

In this episode, Teri Ijeoma shares:

How she scaled back from 40 employees to two and transitioned her course to self-study
Her Smart Risk Framework, the 4 C's, and how it applies beyond investing
What Trump Accounts are, who qualifies, and why she wants every parent to know about them
The story behind her new novel-style investing book and how it teaches trading through fiction + more

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:

A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet

 
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Trade and Travel Course: tradeandtravel.com
Check out Teri's book, The Risk Worth Taking
JTL Episode 483 with Dr. Kemi Doll (fibroids and endometriosis): journeytolaunch.com/episode483
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!

Connect with Teri:
Website: tradeandtravel.com
Instagram: @tradeandtravel
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide

Getting rid of six-figure debt is no easy feat but Takiia Anderson is proof that it can be done. After graduating from law school, Takiia had accrued more than $150,000 of debt. As the single mother of a 2-year-old little girl making only $34,000 a year, she knew that something had to change.

Takiia went on to save over $500,000 and pay for her daughter's college education at the prestigious Spelman College. She shares all of her tips, tricks, and personal finance advice on her blog, The Frugal Bitty.

In this episode we discuss:

The overall steps Takiia took to go from debt to having a large savings today
The things that she gave up to pay off her student loan debt
Her decision to save for her daughter's college costs while still being in debt
Takiia's plan for investing when she first opened her daughter's college saving account
Why she stopped investing in retirement to save for her daughter's college education
The money lessons that she taught her daughter
Passing on generational wealth and not generational debt

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:

A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet



Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:

Single Mom Masterminds 700,000 Swing From Debt to Savings
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here.
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB –  Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!


Connect with me:

Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide