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Meaning Over Money

A different kind of financial podcast, where money is NEVER about money.

440 - The Chicken and Egg of Wealth and Fame: Maybe It’s Opposite of What You Think

9 mins; March 23, 2026

439 - Managing the Puzzle Pieces: Everything Can Work….If It Works Together

10 mins; March 02, 2026

438 - Creating a Life We Don’t Want to Retire From: A Better Path Than the Race Toward Retirement

13 mins; February 16, 2026

437 - Memories Don’t Discriminate: Don’t Let a Lack of Resources Rob You From Creating Beautiful Memories

10 mins; December 15, 2025

436 - Closer Than You Think: Why You’ve Probably Made More Investing Progress Than You Believe

13 mins; December 08, 2025

435 - Reverse Engineering Our Obituary: Starting With the Desired End in Mind

11 mins; November 24, 2025

434 - What Would You Pay For Meaning? When Meaningful Work (Initially) Requires a Pay Cut

12 mins; November 17, 2025

433- More Is Never Enough: How the Curse of More Can (and Will) Hunt Us Down

11 mins; November 10, 2025

432 - Recent Does Not Mean Real: The Risk of Recency Bias When Making Decisions

13 mins; October 27, 2025

431 - It’s Gotta Come From Somewhere: The Art & Science of Budgeting in the Real World

11 mins; October 20, 2025

430 - Live By the Sword, Die By the Sword: The Dangers of Businesses Polarizing Their Customers

11 mins; October 13, 2025

429 - The Unfixable Mistake: The Harsh Lessons of Trying to Time the Market

10 mins; October 06, 2025

428 - It’s Just Money: Why We Can (and Should) Make Some Decisions That Hinder Our Finances

8 mins; September 22, 2025

427 - The Bar Has Never Been Lower: Your Opportunity to Make An Impact Has Never Been Greater

11 mins; September 15, 2025

426 - Sometimes, the Only Prescription Is More Income

11 mins; September 08, 2025

425 - Quality Over Quantity: Why Less Is More

11 mins; September 01, 2025

424 - Give An Inch, Take a Mile: Why We Self-Sabotage Our Own Best Interests

10 mins; August 25, 2025

423 - Too Many Flourless Cakes: The Value of Work In a Society That Glorifies Leisure

10 mins; May 28, 2025

422 - It’s Pretty Great to Be Young: Investing, and the Power of Time

9 mins; May 14, 2025

421 - Simple is Not Easy

10 mins; May 05, 2025

420 - Know the Downside: What You Don’t Know Might Kill You

10 mins; April 16, 2025

419 - History is Your Friend: What 23 U.S. Stock Market Crashes Have In Common

9 mins; March 31, 2025

418 - How to Have a Midlife Crisis That’s Not a Midlife Crisis

10 mins; March 26, 2025

417 - The Ten Dollar Challenge: Spending $10 Per Day On Things You Don’t Need

11 mins; March 24, 2025

416 - It’s Okay to Buy Fun Things, But You Can’t Buy ALL the Fun Things

10 mins; March 19, 2025

415 - Taking Timing Off the Table: Why and How to Stop Worrying About When Your Bills Are Due

8 mins; March 17, 2025

414 - How to Stop Being Jealous: The Power of Factoring in Consequences

10 mins; March 12, 2025

413 - Please Stop: With the Stock Market Declining, We’re Begging You to Not React. Here’s Why

12 mins; March 10, 2025

412 - Stepping On Landmines: How One Bad Decision Can Create a Decades-Long Spiral….Or Not

15 mins; February 26, 2025

411 - Taxes 101: You Wouldn't Change the Transmission In Your Own Car Just to Save a Few Bucks, Would You?

14 mins; February 24, 2025

410 - Life Insurance 101: A Little Morbid But a Lot Important

18 mins; February 19, 2025

409 - Taxable Investing 101: Giving Yourself the Gift of Freedom, Flexibility, and Options

20 mins; February 17, 2025

408 - Income Fund 101: Do You Have an Inconsistent Monthly Income? We Got You!

17 mins; February 12, 2025

407 - Personal Spending 101: A Powerful Release Valve When Combining Money In Marriage

16 mins; February 10, 2025

406 - Sinking Funds 101: Saving Intentionally While Combatting Damaging Psychological Forces

20 mins; February 05, 2025

405 - Budgeting 101: A Simple and Clear Overview of How to Execute a Monthly Budget

24 mins; February 03, 2025

404 - Are You Accidentally Losing 25% of Your Life Savings? The Sneaky Undercurrent of Investment Fees

13 mins; January 29, 2025

403 - Just Buy the Shoes: A Guilt-Free Blueprint to Overcome Financial Hoarding

12 mins; January 27, 2025

402 - What Gets Measured Gets Done: The Sneaky Hack to Propel Your Momentum

9 mins; January 22, 2025

401 - Just Start. Right Now. Today. Not Later.

11 mins; January 20, 2025

400 - Less Talk, More Doing: The Power of Action In a World Obsessed With Talking

11 mins; January 15, 2025

399 - Everything is Repurposed: Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to “Throw Away” One Career For Another

15 mins; January 13, 2025

398 - The Costs Behind the Cost: Why the Initial Purchase Price is Just Part of the Story

13 mins; January 08, 2025

397 - Riding the Beautiful Rollercoaster: A Look Back on 10 Years of Stock Market Craziness

13 mins; January 06, 2025

396 - Is This the Year? A Case For (Finally) Stepping Into the Better You Deserve

10 mins; January 01, 2025

395 - Choosing Meaning, Even at the Expense of Security

12 mins; December 30, 2024

394 - Wanting What You Have, Not Having What You Want

8 mins; December 25, 2024

393 - Best of Both Worlds: Investing In Other Things, But With Boundaries

11 mins; December 23, 2024

392 - 4 Simple Tips to Stop Overspending

12 mins; December 23, 2024

391 - Lifestyle Creep: A Cautionary Tale

12 mins; December 16, 2024

390 - Choosing the Right Anchors: Why We Accidentally Sabotage Ourselves, and How to Fix It

8 mins; December 11, 2024

389 - Time to Check Your Statements Again: Why Your Investments Aren’t Doing As Well As You Think

13 mins; December 09, 2024

388 - It's Okay to Hate Your Job, But You Deserve Better

13 mins; December 04, 2024

387 - Those Little Tells: How to Know If You’re On the Right Career Track

12 mins; December 02, 2024

386 - The Next 40 Years, Not the Next 4: The Importance of Seeing the Big Picture

13 mins; November 27, 2024

385 - Normalizing Normal: Just Because Something Is “Normal,” It Doesn’t Mean It’s Right

14 mins; November 25, 2024

384 - Death Binders For the Win: It’s Never Too Early to Prepare For the Inevitable

14 mins; November 20, 2024

383 - The Deadly Hat Trick, According to Cole: Three Forces Robbing You From Living a Meaningful Life

14 mins; November 18, 2024

382 - Christmas, Without the Guilt: Simple Steps to Soak in the Holiday Spirit Without the Financial Stress

13 mins; November 13, 2024

381 - Businesses, We Can Do Better: The Case For Businesses NOT Weaponizing the Owner’s Values

15 mins; November 11, 2024

380 - A Recession is Still Coming, and That’s OK

13 mins; November 06, 2024

379 - One Madness End, Another Begins: Don't Wait For Life to Feel "Normal"

12 mins; November 04, 2024

378 - We Will Justify Any Purchase: The Importance of Being Honest With Ourselves

13 mins; October 30, 2024

377 - Pushing Through WHEN Life Happens, Not IF Life Happens

12 mins; October 28, 2024

376 - Living With Margin: The Intentional Act of Giving Yourself Freedom

14 mins; October 23, 2024

375 - Ignore the Noise: Your Investing Patience is ALWAYS Rewarded

10 mins; October 21, 2024

374 - More Begets More: Why a Materialistic Lifestyle is a Slippery Slope

11 mins; October 16, 2024

373 - How Saying "Yes" is the Gateway to Better

12 mins; October 14, 2024

372 - Asking ChatGPT to Review Our Podcast (with Cole Netten)

43 mins; October 09, 2024

371 - Get Creative With Your Big Rocks: How to Optimize the Expenses that Matter Most

10 mins; October 07, 2024

370 - Don’t Blindly Trust Experts: The Cost of Misplaced Faith

11 mins; October 03, 2024

369 - But What Will You Give Up?: Why No Decision is Free

13 mins; September 30, 2024

368 - Sometimes, We Need a Reset: Why Pushing Pause Can Propel Us Forward

13 mins; September 25, 2024

367 - Survivorship Bias and FOMO, a Dangerous Combination

12 mins; September 23, 2024

366 - Don’t Use a Known Need to Justify Irresponsible (and Impulsive) Wants

14 mins; September 18, 2024

365 - A Different Kind of Inheritance: Something Far Richer Than Money

13 mins; September 16, 2024

364 - Simplify, Simplify, Simplify: The Beauty of Automation

11 mins; September 11, 2024

363 - Struggling to Manage a Variable Income? We Got You!

14 mins; September 09, 2024

362 - Cole and Travis Talk Life and Money: Lifting the Lid on What’s Really Happening Under Roofs

38 mins; September 04, 2024

361 - Don’t Get Burned by Half-Truths: The Importance of Having Proper Context

12 mins; September 02, 2024

360 - Using Your Pain For Impact: Using Your Worst to Inspire Others' Best

10 mins; August 28, 2024

359 - There’s No Such Thing As Normal, So Let’s Plan Accordingly

12 mins; August 26, 2024

358 - Everyone Wins When You Keep Growing

10 mins; August 21, 2024

357 - The Importance of Cash…..Especially When Times Are Weird

12 mins; August 19, 2024

356 - You Can Only Give What You Have, And YOU Have Something to Give

10 mins; August 13, 2024

355 - How to Execute the Travel Sinking Fund: And Yes, It’s Awesome!

12 mins; August 12, 2024

354 - Business Owners, Your Appeal to “Support Small Business” is Actually Hurting You

18 mins; August 07, 2024

353 - Not Every Decision Has To Be About Money: Why We Need to Prioritize Meaning

12 mins; August 05, 2024

352 - Investing So Boring That the Finance Bros Mock You

8 mins; July 31, 2024

351 - A Crash Course On Teaching Kids How to (Healthily) Handle Money

19 mins; July 29, 2024

350 - Young Adults Need to Slow Their Roll: The Power of Delaying Major Financial Decisions

14 mins; July 24, 2024

349 - Meaningful Work is Still Work: Why “Fun” Isn’t the Definition of Work That Matters

12 mins; July 22, 2024

348 - What Compounding Actually Looks Like: Why Your Dedication WILL Pay Off…..Eventually

13 mins; July 17, 2024

347 - There’s Always More In You: Unlocking the Better You Deserve

16 mins; July 15, 2024

346 - The Myth of “Buying the Dip”: Why Time in the Market Always Beats Timing the Market

12 mins; July 10, 2024

345 - Stick to the Plan: The Sneaky Power of Consistency

14 mins; July 08, 2024

344 - Personal Spending in Marriage: An Unpaid Ad for CashApp

13 mins; July 03, 2024

343 - Suck at Budgeting? Try the 3-Month Rule

14 mins; July 01, 2024

342 - When Inflation Squeezes the Financial Margin From Your Life

16 mins; June 26, 2024

341 - Combating the Bite of Jealousy: A Simple Hack to Get You Off the Ledge

14 mins; June 24, 2024

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