In this life update episode of Financial Self-Care, Lindsey gets personal about big transitions — both financial and emotional. From an international move to Costa Rica, to the tough decision between renting or selling their home, and even a conversation about family planning and a vasectomy reversal — nothing is off the table. You’ll hear how Lindsey and her family are navigating major life changes through the lens of financial self-care, intentional decision-making, and emotional awareness. This episode is a candid look at how money, relationships, and mental health intertwine during big seasons of change. In this episode, Lindsey shares: Why her family decided to move to Costa Rica 🌴 The financial pros and cons of renting vs. selling your home What a vasectomy reversal means for family planning  How to manage big money moves without losing emotional balance Why financial self-care isn’t just about saving and budgeting — it’s about living in alignment with your values Whether you’re considering a big move, rethinking your home ownership strategy, or simply trying to make financially and emotionally aligned choices, this episode will help you reflect on what financial self-care looks like during major life transitions. Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey’s website Lindsey’s IG FREE Get Out of Debt Template & Guide Join the Waitlist for the Financial Self-Care Course + Community here! Rental Properties: Cozy Cabin Large Lodge

In this episode of Financial Self-Care, Lindsey sits down with Kayla Estenson Williams, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, to unpack the real costs of infertility — not just the financial side, but the emotional and energetic toll it takes on women and couples navigating fertility treatments like IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) and IVF (In Vitro Fertilization). Kayla shares her personal experience of going through 4 rounds of IUI and one round of (successful!) IVF and discuss what it’s really like to go through these treatments — the money, time, and mental health challenges that often come with them — and how to approach this journey with compassion, boundaries, and financial mindfulness. If you’ve ever wondered how to balance your emotional well-being and your bank account during fertility treatments, this episode offers validation, insight, and tangible tools for practicing financial self-care through it all. What you'll learn: The cost of IUI and IVF — and why the total price tag often surprises people The hidden emotional and time costs of infertility treatments How infertility can impact relationships, finances, and mental health Why financial transparency and emotional support are both essential in the fertility process How to practice financial self-care when facing medical uncertainty Ways to cope with grief, hope, and burnout during a fertility journey Kayla Estenson Williams is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who runs her private practice, Minnesota Attachment Collective. She specializes in healing attachment wounds through the tender seasons of growing your family- including fertility challenges, pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood. In addition to supporting clients navigating infertility, she herself has gone through infertility- and has been fortunate enough to be able to grow her family through IVF.  Connect with Kayla: www.mnattachmentcollective.com www.instagram.com/kaylaestensonwellness   Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey’s website Lindsey’s IG FREE Get Out of Debt Template & Guide Join the Waitlist for the Financial Self-Care Course + Community here! Other IUI and IVF Resources: Uniquely Knitted: https://www.uniquelyknitted.org/ Big Fat Negative Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big-fat-negative-ttc-fertility-infertility-and-ivf/id1431698726 Fertility Access: https://fertilityaccessprogram.com/

As your resident financial therapist, I will be the first to tell you that getting out of debt and personal finance, in general, is messy. It's not linear. It's not always pretty. And unfortunately, most people are not comfortable talking about it... until today. Megs Crawford, CEO of Organizing an ADHD Brain, is here on Financial Self-Care to share her story of being in the messy middle while she and her partner work to get out of debt. 9 months ago, Megs was in $60,000 of high-interest consumer debt. Today, she's decreased that number to $11,000! Megs shares her story was vulnerability and poise, while admitting that this journey has felt long and uncomfortable, yet incredibly fulfilling and prideful.  Megs Crawford is a professional organizer and ADHD coach, podcast host, and fellow ADHD brain learning her way through the “messy middle.” Through her podcast, Organizing an ADHD Brain, coaching, membership, and resources, she helps people with ADHD shift out of self-doubt and into small, doable steps that actually stick. Megs believes organizing isn’t about perfection, it’s about building trust with yourself, one decision at a time. Connect with Megs: Website: OrganizingAnADHDBrain.com Podcast: Organizing an ADHD Brain   Connect with Lindsey: Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Get Out of Debt Template & Guide Join the Waitlist for the Financial Self-Care Course + Community here!

Are you overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff you have? That’s true for 54% of Americans, according to a recent study. That’s why on today’s episode of Financial Self-Care, financial therapist, Lindsey, is talking with Millennial Minimalists, Lauren & Kelly about how to clear the clutter. Millennial Minimalists is a podcast about living simply. They’re two Canadians on a mission to live more with less. Together, they help listeners simplify their lives and live with greater intention. To date, they’ve reached over 2 million listens, providing strategies to help you manage excess in all areas of life whether physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, digital, relational, and calendar clutter. They also explore topics such as reclaiming focus and attention, cultivating contentment, adopting mindful and sustainable habits, living with intention, and more. Lauren is a natural minimalist who instinctively found success in managing physical excess, while Kelly is a minimalist adopter. Together, they share one-on-one conversations about their personal journeys and lessons, along with interviews featuring minimalist thought leaders and bestselling authors in the personal development space. Today, they’re proud to be celebrating nearly seven years of podcasting!   Connect with Millennial Minimalists: mastersimplicity.com IG:  @millennialmimalists FB millennialminimalists   Resources: Episode 34: No New Things with Ashlee Piper Book: The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist   Connect with Lindsey: Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Lindsey website Lindsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide

Have you ever wondered how to start a business on your own? Maybe you want to start an online business or a consulting company because once you do, you'll be happy.  The truth is, that's not how it works. Starting a business doesn't just grant you the secret to living a happy life. It takes a lot more than that. And that why we're taking with Same Vander Wielen.   Sam Vander Wielen is a leading legal educator who’s helped over 150,000 online business owners set up their businesses legally. In Sam’s debut book 'When I Start My Business, I’ll Be Happy: A Practical, No-BS Guide to Successful Online Entrepreneurship' Sam presents her evergreen marketing strategies that led to her 7-figure success, as well as guidance on balancing building your business with life’s curve balls.   Sam lives on Long Island in New York with her husband Ryan,bernedoodle Hudson, too many of her favorite mugs, and atowering stack of fiction.   Connect with Sam: Watch Sam's free workshop '5 Steps to Legally Protect & Grow Your Online Business' here: https://www.samvanderwielen.com/legal-workshop/ Sam's LIVE workshop: https://samvanderwielen.samcart.com/referral/oct-live-promo/UcRR2ikHHwao627Y Sam's Instagram: https://instagram.com/samvanderwielen  Sam's website: https://samvanderwielen.com Listen to Sam’s Podcast On Your Terms®: https://www.samvanderwielen.com/podcast Order Sam’s book When I Start My Business, I’ll Be Happy:https://amzn.to/42CfEbd   Connect with Lindsey: Join Financial Self-Care's GET OUT OF DEBT course WAITLIST: https://financial-therapy.myflodesk.com/course Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/

We're doing something new over here at Financial Self-Care – an ongoing series of Money Stories from women who have accomplished various milestones on their own Financial Self-Care journeys. By highlighting and celebrating these incredible women, we're creating a safe space for you to learn, connect, grow, encourage, and inspire. You'll get actionable personal finance tips to help you change your money mindset, reduce financial stress, transform your relationship with money, better your spending habits, and so much more! Listen in as financial therapist, Lindsey, interviews our first awesome Money Story guest, The Retired Millennial, Anita Kinoshita, CFLP. Former software engineer turned educator and the creator behind The Retired Millennial. She creates financial literacy content and her work inspires her audience to spend mindfully, invest calmly, and live peacefully. Connect with Anita: https://www.youtube.com/@AnitaKinoshitahttps://www.instagram.com/the.retired.millennial/https://theretiredmillennial.substack.com/   Connect with Lindsey: Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide

Relationships evolve over time. Sometimes they evolve into long-lasting marriages and sometimes they evolve into divorce. Today on Financial Self-Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey, is talking about the evolution of relationships (from a financial lens). From financial compatibility and what is a prenup; prenups vs postnups and how to prepare for divorce, Lindsey and divorce expert, Nikki Tucker, are serving you the tea! Nikki Tucker is a Speaker, Personal Financial Strategist, and Founder of The FIIRM Approach, a business dedicated to helping female breadwinners and working women reduce uncertainty and overwhelm in their financial lives while preparing for uncoupling or divorce. When a woman’s financial life is threatened, the stress can become overwhelming. Nikki’s goal is to help women become Flexible, Intentional, Informed, Resourceful, and Masterful (FIIRM), enabling them to cultivate financial freedom, regardless of relationship status. Through dynamic action-based workshops and on-demand digital resources, Nikki makes financial education practical and accessible to all women, showing them how to take control of their money and protect their future. When not working, Nikki enjoys spending time with her college-aged son, traveling, trying new restaurants, and watching Hallmark movies. Connect with Nikki:  Website: https://thefiirmapproach.com/ Nikki’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefiirmapproach/ Nikki’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefiirmapproach Listener Gift: DIVORCE SUPPORT PACK At the FIIRM Approach, we help working women prepare their finances for divorce. With this goal in mind, we created the Divorce Support Pack. This complimentary gift contains both pre-divorce tools to help women prepare for their divorce journey, and post-divorce resources to help them get started on their new life. https://fiirmapproach.lpages.co/divorce-support-pack/ Connect with Lindsey: Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide

Relationships evolve over time. Sometimes they evolve into long-lasting marriages and sometimes they evolve into divorce. Today on Financial Self-Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey, is talking about the evolution of relationships (from a financial lens). From financial compatibility and what is a prenup; prenups vs postnups and how to prepare for divorce, Lindsey and divorce expert, Nikki Tucker, are serving you the tea! Nikki Tucker is a Speaker, Personal Financial Strategist, and Founder of The FIIRM Approach, a business dedicated to helping female breadwinners and working women reduce uncertainty and overwhelm in their financial lives while preparing for uncoupling or divorce. When a woman’s financial life is threatened, the stress can become overwhelming. Nikki’s goal is to help women become Flexible, Intentional, Informed, Resourceful, and Masterful (FIIRM), enabling them to cultivate financial freedom, regardless of relationship status. Through dynamic action-based workshops and on-demand digital resources, Nikki makes financial education practical and accessible to all women, showing them how to take control of their money and protect their future. When not working, Nikki enjoys spending time with her college-aged son, traveling, trying new restaurants, and watching Hallmark movies. Connect with Nikki:  Website: https://thefiirmapproach.com/ Nikki’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefiirmapproach/ Nikki’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefiirmapproach Listener Gift: DIVORCE SUPPORT PACK At the FIIRM Approach, we help working women prepare their finances for divorce. With this goal in mind, we created the Divorce Support Pack. This complimentary gift contains both pre-divorce tools to help women prepare for their divorce journey, and post-divorce resources to help them get started on their new life. https://fiirmapproach.lpages.co/divorce-support-pack/ Connect with Lindsey: Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide

What came first: financial stress or hormone disruption? In today's episode of Financial Self-Care with Financial Therapist, Lindsey, we're getting into the nitty gritty of how to naturally balance women's hormones in order to create less stress and more fulfillment in your life. There are surprising links between money stress and hormone health, and I'm here to talk all about it with Dr. Heather Rhodes. Dr. Heather Rhodes is a former pharmacist turned holistic hormone expert who helps women make more of their most important hormone (hint: it's not what you think), so that your life is filled with balance, capacity, nervous system regulation and find real healing—without relying on prescriptions. With a background in clinical pharmacy and a deep understanding of how the body actually works, she now combines science and soul to help women manage hormone, fertility, and metabolism struggles through holistic, faith-led strategies. Today, she’s on a mission to make hormone healing doable, encouraging, and rooted in truth. You can learn more about Dr. Heather Rhodes here: Book a free consult call! Connect with Lindsey: Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Episode 20: Can Money Buy You Happiness? Episode 28: Why You Spend So Much Money: The Mere Exposure Effect Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide  

Student loans are overwhelming, especially after the Big Ugly Bill.. You might be asking, "How much is my student loan repayment?" or "What student loan repayment plan is best for me?" or "How are student loans paid back?" or "What if I can't pay my student loans back?" Don't worry, financial therapist, Lindsey is talking with repeat guest, Brenton Harrison, a student loan repayment expert about the recent changes and what to expect with your student loan updates.   If you haven’t listened to Episode 30: Student Loans: Recent Changes and What You Need to Know, it’s worth it to give that a listen, too.   Brenton D. Harrison is the founder of New Money New Problems,  a financial advisory serving the needs of first and second-generation high income-earners. He has been featured in publications such as Business Insider, USA Today, and Forbes, and named one of the Top 100 Advisors in the country and Top Advisors Under 40 by Investopedia and InvestmentNews. Brenton hosts the weekly New Money New Problems Podcast on all things finance, and the biweekly Escape Student Loan Debt Podcast for borrowers struggling with federal and private student loan debt. Connect with Brenton Harrison: newmoneynewproblems.com/subscribe escapestudentloandebt.com   Book recommendation: Quit Like a Millionaire    Connect with Lindsey: IG: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/  

Curious about how to start real estate investing, particularly with the mid-term rental strategy? In this REI series, Lindsey gives you insight into her real estate investing journey. This episode talks about about how she's making her primary home into an mid-term rental while her family tried out geoarbitrage in Costa Rica.  Like all other legitimate financial plans, real estate investing is not a get-rich-quick plan. It's a long-term, buy-and-hold strategy to build wealth. In this episode of Financial Self Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey, tells you about her start into real estate investing. If you've been asking yourself the question, "How can I get into real estate investing?" Then this episode is for you!If you haven't listened to Episode 18, How to Start Real Estate Investing: Our Journey (Part 1), go back and start there. Connect with Lindsey:Lindsey's Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Lindsey's IG: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Rent North Shore Cabin Rentals: https://www.instagram.com/northshorecabinrentals/   Related episodes: [REI] How to Start Real Estate Investing: Our Journey (Part 1) 24. Geoarbitrage: We're Moving to Costa Rica

In the season finale of Financial Self-Care, financial therapist, Lindsey, give you her Money Map to avoid the middle-class trap.   The middle class trap is a sneaky little rat that can turn your financial dreams into a rat race of stress and burnout. It’s a situation where you earn enough money to cover your expenses and basic needs but struggle to accumulate substantial and generational wealth. It should be avoided by taking the steps outlined in this episode   Join the FREE FSC Course + Community Waitlist: https://financial-therapy.myflodesk.com/course   Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy: https://financialselfcare.etsy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Ally referral link to get $100: https://www.ally.com/referral?code=7S7C8S8R7X

Today on Financial Self-Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey, is pulling the curtain back and giving you a peek at her least favorite things about personal finance. These personal finance pet peeves, are something she feels really strongly about because they're holding you back from your greatest potential on your Financial Self-Care journey. Tune in and find out what they are! Connect with Lindsey: Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy: https://financialselfcare.etsy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ FREE Investing for Beginners Guide Most listened to episodes: Episode 6. Coast Fi: How We Semi-Retired with Coast FIRE Episode 1: Financial Stress: 5 Tips for Coping with Money Stress Episode 25. Travel Hacking 101: How to Use Credit Card Points for Travel with Travel Mom Squad

The volatility of world is heavy, chaotic, and stress-inducing, but there is hope. Today on Financial Self-Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey is teaching you how to recession-proof your finances.  From the woo-woo to the work, you'll learn all about pullbacks, corrections vs. recessions, intentional spending, emergency funds, and more!  This isn't your average stuffy show about personal finance. Lindsey understands that the uncertainty and political unrest is hard to navigate. But with these tips and tricks, you'll feel more confident and in-control of your money!   Financial Therapy  Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy Episode 20: Can Money Buy You Happiness? Episode 28: Why You Spend So Much Money: The Mere Exposure Effect Lindsey website Linsey’s IG FREE Investing for Beginners Guide

On this episode of Financial Self-Care, Financial Therapist, Lindsey is talking with Rachel Coons all about how to SHOP for groceries on a budget. Using her SHOP method, Rachel saves her family hundreds of dollars each month on groceries. This week she's teaching you how to save money on groceries, too. Rachel Coons is a grocery savings expert, a mom, a wife, and fitness instructor.As a mom of four who wanted to make a difference in the financial health of my family, she decided to take control of her family's spending through budgeting. Rachel focused in on her grocery bill and was able to decrease her family-of-6's grocery spending from $1,200 a month to just $700 a month. Financial Therapy with Lindsey: https://copingwithlindsey.com/financial-therapyLindsey's IG: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Rachel's Class: www.heyrachelcoons.com/classRachel's Podcast episode: Why I Broke Up with Costco: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-heyrachelcoons-podcast/id1737544930?i=1000654661161  

In this eye-opening episode of Financial Self-Care, we explore the sober curious movement and the surprising ways alcohol impacts your finances, mindset, and long-term goals. Financial therapist, Lindsey, chats with lead sober girl, Jessica Jeboult from A Sober Girls Guide from hidden spending to missed opportunities, learn how cutting back (or quitting) can transform your money (and your life).  Whether you're sober curious or sober serious, tune in for real talk, financial tips, and empowering self-care strategies.   Where to find Jessica: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asobergirlsguide/ Membership: https://www.asobergirlsguide.com/sobergirlsocialclubsignup   Where to find Lindsey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Lindsey's Book Recommendations: https://financialselfcareblog.com/best-finance-books-for-women/  

In today's episode, Lindsey is talking with sustainability expert, Ashlee Piper, about the intersectionality of eco-friendliness and financial self-care.   The conversation starts with Ashlee explaining the when consumerism really started, during post-war industrialization. Then moves from how marketing uses psychology to influence purchasing. And finally, ends with how the #NoNewThings Challenge can transform your relationship with money (and, of course, stuff).   Ashlee Piper is a sustainability expert, commentator, and speaker whose work has been featured on more than three hundred TV segments, including the Today show, Good Morning America, and CNN, and in Vogue, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Newsweek. Piper’s 2018 book, Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet., has been hailed as a “sustainability bible” by celebrities and reviewers. Piper has spoken at the United Nations and SXSW and has a popular TED talk. She is also the creator of the #NoNewThings Challenge, for which she received a 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Female Innovator of the Year, and a professor of sustainability marketing. She holds a BA from Brown University and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford. She lives in Chicago in a home that’s 98 percent secondhand and can often be found singing Seal’s “Kiss from a Rose” at any not-so-fine karaoke establishment.   Connect with Ashlee: Substack: https://substack.com/@theethicaledit Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashleepiper No New Things Page: https://celadonbooks.com/book/no-new-things-ashlee-piper Website: https://www.ashleepiper.com   Connect with Lindsey: Intentional Spending Planner on Etsy: https://financialselfcare.etsy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/  

Have you ever heard of ADHD Tax? It's the thing you pay for having a neurodivergent brain that often makes you miss return windows, wait until the last minute to book something forcing you to pay a premium, or buying the same thing multiple times because you forgot that you already bought the thing!   ADHD Tax is real and it massively impacts your financial self-care. With so many women being diagnosed later in life with ADHD, it's a topic financial therapist, Lindsey, wanted to talk through with Licensed Psychologist, Dr. Priyanka Rao.   Dr. Priyanka Rao—known to many as Pri—is a Licensed Psychologist, executive coach, and founder of both Asha Mental Health and Asha Coaching & Consulting. Through her therapy practice, she specializes in adult ADHD and autism assessments, providing neurodiversity-affirming evaluations that help clients better understand their brains and reclaim their stories. In her coaching work, Pri supports late-diagnosed ADHD professionals and entrepreneurs in navigating overwhelm, burnout, and the mental load of modern life. A late-diagnosed ADHDer herself, she brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to everything she does.   Connect with Pri: Instagram: @ashacoach Coaching: www.asha-coaching.com Surviving to Thriving coaching program: https://www.asha-coaching.com/survivingtothriving Assessments: www.ashamh.com   Connect with Lindsey: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/ Website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Intentional Spending Planner (available on Etsy): https://financialselfcare.etsy.com

Have you ever told yourself, "You deserve that little treat!" Or told a friend, "Go on that vacation, you deserve it!" In this episode, your favorite financial therapist and host of Financial Self-Care, Lindsey Konchar, asks the tough question: What do you deserve? You'll hear how #FirstWorldProblems plays a role in what you think you deserve, and ultimately, what the best money mindset is.   You can find Lindsey on her website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/  

Today on Financial Self-Care, your favorite financial therapist, Lindsey Konchar, is answering your listener questions. From how to be smart with money to being bougie on a budget, you’ll learn some of life's most valuable money lessons.   How to invest for beginners: episodes 3 & 4 Self-employed retirement account options: episode 27   Lindsey's website: https://financialselfcareblog.com/financial-therapy/ Lindsey's IG: https://www.instagram.com/financialtherapistlindsey/