The Financial Confessions · The Financial Diet

No Husband. No Kids. No Regrets. | Just Getting Good

November 20, 2025·1 hr 21 min·5 clips
Glynis regrets not prioritizing real estate, revealing the financial punishment of being a sole income earner in New York.
Host Chelsea Fagan interviews author Glynis about her life as a single, child-free woman at 51, discussing themes of aging, financial independence, real estate regrets, and the lack of cultural narratives for women outside marriage and motherhood. They delve into Glynis's memoirs, her experiences in New York and Paris, and critiques of media portrayals of older women.

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A candid, New York-rooted conversation about money, freedom, and the security of having a place of one’s own.

This episode sits with the uneasy space after the usual markers of success stop feeling like a reliable guide. Glynis speaks openly about feeling behind at 40 and then, later, a decade ahead of everyone else, while the host keeps circling money, sex, marriage, kids, and what it…

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For when you want a frank, grown-up conversation about money, freedom, and what it feels like to be ahead of the script.

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