Today's podcast dives into toxic hustle culture. Caroline discusses the inherent privilege in the fail-fast mindset, how to avoid burnout, and shares tips on setting healthy boundaries to help achieve work-life balance.

This week on It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline dives into the health insurance marketplace and explains how health insurance works, how to get health insurance, understanding premiums, deductibles, and how to deal with huge medical bills. For more, check out Finance Friends Forever, Caroline's collaboration with ilovecreatives: "A Personal Finance course made for Creatives. From getting out of debt to retirement planning to investing — we’ve got you covered." https://ilovecreatives.com/finance-friends-forever https://verdiadvising.com/ https://carolinesnyder.substack.com/ https://www.instagram.com/verdidaily/

In this week’s episode of It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline explains what makes up a good credit score, shares tips on how to improve your credit rating, and dives deep into the flaws and problems with the credit score rating system itself.

In this Episode of It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline details one of her favorite personal finance systems to manage money. Money Dates help create a positive, healthy relationship with personal finances. Caroline teaches how to budget in a way that builds good money habits.

In this episode of It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline explores the capitalistic norms of the ever expanding holiday shopping season. For many, this festive time causes a lot of financial stress over consumerism, gifts, family dynamics, religious expectations, and cultural norms. And that’s not even including the Elf on the Shelf and all the nonsense he’s up to this year.

In this episode of It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline dives into the intricacies of financial goal setting and money habits that help you reach or fail at your money goals. You’ll learn when it makes sense to go fast to reach your goals and when it makes sense to slow down and - either way, how to create accountability that works for you. .

In this week’s episode of It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible, Caroline digs into the financial issues with working in the film industry. Freelance gigs, Hollywood, and jobs in the film industry often seem fancy and glamorous, but with the SAG and writers’ strikes, it’s clear that the truth is a lot messier.

In this episode of “It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible” with Financial Coach, Caroline Snyder, we explore the predatory schemes of Dave Ramsey, a supposed Financial Guru with more than a few not-so-hidden skeletons in his closet. We look at his extreme debt elimination strategies and his harmful financial messages and, most importantly, Caroline shares ways to protect yourself from financial advisors seeking to make money off you by making you feel bad about yourself.

Financial professionals have so many names! It can be difficult to know who does what and whether or not you actually need their services. In this episode, Caroline breaks down the definitions of three of the most commonly used financial service titles: Financial Advisor, Financial Coach, and Financial Consultant. She explains what they do, how it looks for clients, and how they get paid. She then walks you through when you actually might want to hire one of those people.

Here’s where you can find Caroline:

https://verdiadvising.com/

https://carolinesnyder.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/verdidaily/

Welcome to It Doesn’t Have to be Terrible! In our inaugural episode, Caroline introduces herself, explains the origins of this podcast, and shares more about what you can expect moving forward.

Here’s where you can find Caroline:

https://verdiadvising.com/

https://carolinesnyder.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/verdidaily/

The world of Finance is complex, purposefully confusing, and emotionally charged. In this episode, Caroline explains the natural coping mechanisms that keep us from diving deeper into our understanding of money and shares tips on how to slowly un-bury yourself.

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Here’s where you can find Caroline:

https://verdiadvising.com/

https://carolinesnyder.substack.com/

https://www.instagram.com/verdidaily/