The Financial Confessions

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Sarah Margolis, CEO of HoneyFund, about her journey as a woman over 50, covering topics like enjoying single life after divorce, weight loss and health, navigating divorce with a business partner, her Shark Tank experience, and trends in the wedding industry.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Sophia Chang about self-empowerment, 'man-centering,' and the pressures on women regarding marriage and motherhood.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Gillian, a nearly 70-year-old model who started her career at 60, discussing the pressures of aging, beauty standards, and financial challenges in creative industries.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Aisha, a 55-year-old faith leader who left a 30-year marriage at 50, joined the kink community, and now thrives in a polycule.

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.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Eileen Callahan, a professor of geriatric and palliative medicine, about aging, financial planning, and end-of-life decisions.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Lindsay Owen, a 52-year-old real estate agent and single mother, about her journey of self-discovery, divorce, career reinvention, and aging.

Anita, 55, from New Jersey, shares how she discovered her husband had accumulated over 137,000 dollars in secret credit card debt, gambled away both emergency funds, committed credit card fraud in her name, and left her with a 32,000 dollar IRS bill.

In the final episode of Asked and Answered, host Chelsea Fagan and guest Erin Lowry tackle listener questions about career navigation, covering topics like when to switch jobs, the real value of grad school, and how to negotiate a raise after a decade at the same company.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Les Alfred, host of She's So Lucky podcast, about her journey from wellness to media, the evolution of the wellness industry, and challenges of building an online brand.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Morgan Devone, founder of Blavity and Afrotech, about her new book 'Rewrite Your Rules'.

Chelsea Fagan and Erin Lowry answer listener questions on investing and retirement, covering topics like Social Security's future, managing parental financial dependencies, ethical investing dilemmas, and practical tips for getting started with retirement accounts.

Chelsea Fagan and Erin Lowry answer listener questions on financial relationships, covering topics like handling loans, navigating friendship disparities, estate planning with difficult siblings, and the importance of prenups and financial transparency.

Chelsea Fagan and Erin Lowry tackle listener questions on home ownership, debunking myths that it's always a good investment and discussing risks like market volatility and natural disasters.

Chelsea Fagan and Erin Lowry answer listener questions on debt and credit, including strategies for paying off credit card debt and a dramatic case of a husband hiding $60,000 in debt.

Host Chelsea Fagan and guest Erin Lowry launch a six-part advice series, tackling listener questions on politics and money.

Host Chelsea Fagan is joined by Claire and Ashley from Celebrity Memoir Book Club to critique the bestselling personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad.

The hosts and guests critically analyze Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In,' discussing its unrealistic advice for working mothers, reliance on specific marriage dynamics, and cultural impact, including connections to the trad wife movement.

Chelsea Fagan and guests from Celebrity Memoir Book Club analyze how Robert Kiyosaki's Rich Dad, Poor Dad became a cultural phenomenon through its adoption by MLM companies like Amway.

Chelsea Fagan and guests from Celebrity Memoir Book Club critique Sheryl Sandberg's 'Lean In', analyzing its practical advice for corporate women while highlighting its failure to address systemic sexism and capitalism.

In this season finale Q&A, Chelsea Fagan answers audience questions on topics like wedding spending, financial independence for women, self-publishing, and managing anxiety.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Jasmine, a financial coach who became a teen mom at 17, detailing her journey from financial struggle with undocumented spouse and $173,000 debt to homeownership and coaching.

The Financial Confessions host Chelsea Fagan speaks with Jessica Audebier, a military veteran with PTSD, ADHD, and legal disability status, about how standard financial advice fails people whose lives involve structural instability that makes consistent routines impossible.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Mintz, who shares their experience of living out of a car after a chronic illness disrupted their college plans.

The Financial Confessions host Chelsea Fagan interviews a young woman who was diagnosed with cancer at a very young age and was thrown into the American healthcare system at an age when most people have no experience navigating it, describing in detail the financial devastation that followed her diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing care.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews forensic financial analyst Tracy Conan about financial infidelity, secret debt, and divorce settlements.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews divorce attorney Aaron Thomas about the importance of prenuptial agreements and financial transparency in marriage.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Liz, a former bride who spent $29,000 on her wedding and now regrets it, discussing the pressures of wedding culture, DIY cost escalations, and the emotional and financial toll of the wedding industrial complex.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Abby Taylor, who accumulated $10,000 in credit card debt from attending weddings and bachelorettes, exploring the financial pressures of wedding culture, group spending dynamics, and the taboo of setting financial boundaries.

This episode analyzes the business ventures of Real Housewives stars, from successful enterprises like Skinny Girl to failed scams and MLMs.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Janet Cervantes, a nurse with $120,000 in student debt from a private university, exploring the emotional and financial impacts of debt on her life as a first-gen Mexican-American.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Brittany Reynolds, who shares her journey into $36,000 of credit card debt from consumerist spending, her move back with parents to pay it off, and insights on financial anxiety, relationships, and recovery.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews couple Vanessa, a sex therapist, and Xander about how money and intimacy intersect in relationships.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Erika Khanna about her experience leaving a toxic job at a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, discussing the culture of hype, lack of boundaries, and burnout.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Caitlin Walker, who filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in her early 20s due to a car accident and her mother's identity theft.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Nikita Minor, a social worker with ADHD, autism, and dyscalculia, about the intersection of mental health and money.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Jessica Blankenship about her experience as a single mother, covering the financial struggles of raising a child alone in New York, navigating child support without legal agreements, and the emotional labor of co-parenting.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Alex O'Four, who paid off $40,000 in student debt, then faced divorce and job loss in quick succession.

Host Chelsea Fagan, who is child-free by choice, interviews climate journalist and mother Emma Petit about the ethical and environmental dilemmas of having children amid climate change.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews ICU nurse and TikTok creator Ryan Parrish about doubling her income through strategic job-hopping, her fiancé's immigration journey from Cuba, and the flaws in America's healthcare system.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Tiffany Aliche about her new book 'Made Whole', focusing on financial wholeness through community.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews travel icon Samantha Brown about her 25-year career, from starting at the Travel Channel to owning her PBS show.

Chelsea Fagan hosts a solo Q&A episode, discussing topics like domestic labor inequality in marriages, shifting financial mindsets from scarcity to abundance, and critiquing societal pressures around home ownership and parenting.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Sarah Adams of Mom Uncharted about the exploitation of children on social media, covering topics like privacy violations, consumerism, and the normalization of sharing kids' lives online.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews financial educator Paige Pritchard about overcoming compulsive overspending.

Chelsea Fagan interviews Jamila Soufrance about ethical wealth-building, gentrification, and being a landlord in New York.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews Heather Hurst (Pig Mommy) about de-influencing, consumerism, and personal style in a broken system.

Host Chelsea Fagan debates financial educator Adam Carroll on why life is expensive, covering topics like the psychology of money, the student loan crisis, and systemic economic issues.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews financial therapist Wendy Wright about how money impacts relationships, covering topics like emotional decision-making, communication strategies, and unlearning harmful money narratives.

Host Chelsea Fagan interviews personal finance expert Farnoosh Torabi about her new book on using fear as a tool, delving into immigrant parenting, career pivots, and societal pressures around choices like breastfeeding.