# money musings (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover money musings. Page: Feed: --- ## [Money Musings 💭 If I had to start investing from scratch in 2026](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-if-i-had-to-start-investing-from-scratch) _2026-08-20 · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: A 6 step playbook for getting started with investing, how and why to rollover a 401(k), and the $180K family budget behind the Mother of AI. ## [Money Musings 💭 What stopped me from investing](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-what-stopped-me-from-investing) _2026-08-20 · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: The 3 things that kept me from investing, how to choose a brokerage account, and a seven-figure founder rebuilding from $150K in debt. ## [What the Mother of AI Is Teaching Her Kids About Money](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/what-the-mother-of-ai-is-teaching) _2026-08-19 · The Fiscal Femme_ Brittany Valdes has been at Microsoft for thirteen years, and in that time she has also built a nonprofit, an AI-powered renovation company with her husband, and an AI academy for women. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211520506/673dac5146b91d4577fa6f77099b3acc.mp3) ## [She Built a Seven-Figure Business. Now She's Rebuilding From $150K in Debt](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/she-built-a-seven-figure-business) _2026-08-12 · The Fiscal Femme_ Claire Wasserman is the founder of Ladies Get Paid, an author, and a career coach with a master’s certificate in financial psychology. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/210716983/01f62e0dbb218cf525a4d4d056e4c227.mp3) ## [Money Musings 💭 A new form of emotional spending 🤪](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-a-new-form-of-emotional-spending) _2026-08-10 · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: My latest stint of emotional spending, step #1 in our new investing series, and a founder whose first client paid more than her six-figure job. ## [Money Musings 💭 Why is transparency so hard?!](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-why-is-transparency-so-hard) _2026-08-06 · Ashley Feinstein Gerstley · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: Why sharing about our money feels tricky, a free way to protect your credit (and your kids’), and how my sister went from overdrafts to six figures in retirement. ## [She Left a Six-Figure Salary. Her First Client Paid More Than the Job Did](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/she-left-a-six-figure-salary-her) _2026-08-05 · The Fiscal Femme_ Erika Velazquez Alpern has built the same business twice under the same name. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/209769741/0a3bc2a15d8e13b6f42a9627555946a7.mp3) ## [She Called Me to Say the Bank Was Broken. Now She Has Six Figures Saved](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/she-called-me-to-say-the-bank-was) _2026-07-29 · The Fiscal Femme_ This episode kicks off the sister series. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208659188/e55d3e0641c30e7295ab20c456c8831a.mp3) ## [Money Musings 💭 Our health insurance conundrum🙊](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-health-insurance-conundrum) _2026-07-26 · Ashley Feinstein Gerstley · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: Health insurance math that made me want to pull my hair out, why debt shame doesn’t serve us, and the leap from a $200K salary to the family firm. ## [She Resented Her Husband. Then She Left a $200K Salary to Join Their Family Firm](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/she-resented-her-husband-then-she) _2026-07-22 · The Fiscal Femme_ Heather Boneparth left a 14-year legal career to go all-in on the wealth management firm she owns with her husband Doug. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208021819/75d7fdf6c8bca53739b8154e43e7a7a2.mp3) ## [From any door to your door (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/OqpldkU25ohS) _2026-07-22 · **Sponsored**_ Book rides, errands, deliveries, groceries and home help in one app ## [Money Musings 💭 Oops I did it again… 🙊](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/money-musings-oops-i-did-it-again) _2026-07-19 · Ashley Feinstein Gerstley · The Fiscal Femme_ This week: What happened when I got behind on my Money Parties, calculate your net worth, and how a first-gen eldest daughter built a $510K net worth. ## [From Poverty to a $510K Net Worth: How This First-Gen Eldest Daughter Made It Happen](https://thefiscalfemme.substack.com/p/from-poverty-to-a-510k-net-worth) _2026-07-15 · The Fiscal Femme_ Viviana Vazquez is the first-gen Latina creator behind OverGenPoverty. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206983832/db04300ca33d501eb1a8fb543e1f6cc5.mp3)