Beyond The Dollar - Deep and Honest Conversations On How Money Affects Your Well-Being
Host Sarah Li-Cain wants to make money more approachable by having frank and honest conversations. Each episode, her and her guests candidly discuss a topic at the intersection of money and life. It becomes a space where wins, failures, happiness, shame and everything in between gets its turn. Come learn about how topics like financial independence, frugality, budgeting and other major life transitions and events affect your money.
Beyond The Dollar - Deep and Honest Conversations On How Money Affects Your Well-Being
Losing a Job at 37 Weeks Pregnant With Jen Smith
Jen Smith comes on the show to talk about the time her and her colleagues experienced a massive layoff at her former job, a few weeks before she was to give birth. She shares her experience navigating healthcare insurance, how she grew her income with the help of her network, why her body reacted by going into a seizure, and what this experience taught her about her ambition and relationship to work
What You Hear in This Episode:
- The moments lead up to and after Jen's layoff
- How Jen navigated healthcare and income concerns
- Why she feels she went into a seizure and had to stay in the hospital shortly before giving birth
- What ambition, work and rest looks like in her life, and what this experience taught her about forging her own path
Resources:
- The Frugal Friends Podast
- Modern Frugality
- The Layoff Payoff: A Severance Package
*theme music by Donovan Dorrance