So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Today’s guest is a high-profile personal trainer, life coach and co-founder of the latest boutique workout in New York City, ModelFIT. Justin Gelband has been dubbed “The Model Whisperer” from The New York Times’ magazine with a client base including some of the world’s hottest models and celebrities including Miranda Kerr, Candice Swanepoel and Taylor Swift among many others. He is very accomplished in the personal training field with certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and APEX nutrition. His passion for fitness started at a young age where he grew up swimming competitively and playing tennis and soccer. He’s now revolutionizing workouts for women by combining a mix of Pilates, yoga, movement, motion, balance stability, functional training and more. His belief is that all women can attain being “model fit” by working with your body to feel comfortable in your own skin and eating right.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now, if you're someone who's always on the go, looking for a way to consume the day's top new stories in the fastest way possible, you may already be a subscriber to this or you've heard about it, but you have to check out theSkimm - one word. It's a free, daily email newsletter that goes out each morning, gives you all the important news across subject lines, and party lines. It is simple, and kind of a sassy roundup of the latest news stories with fresh editorial content catering mainly to a young female audience. It's fun to read, easy to understand, easy to explain to a friend after work at a happy hour, what's say going on in Greece or the latest in the electoral race.And I'm not only a fan, I guess you could also say I'm sort of a contributor to theSkimm. In my partnership with Chase Slate, the brand partnered with theSkimm to create some cool and interesting editorial content around financial fitness that I helped create. So I'm very proud to introduce today's guests, the co-founders of theSkimm. They are friends, Danielle Weisberg and Carly Zakin and you're gonna love their story. Carly and Danielle, they originally met in Rome, they were studying abroad, it was a rainy day and they were both studying in Rome, they were in college.Years later they reconnected in New York as they were both producers for NBC News - how bout that? And they not only became fast friends again, but they also became roommates and co-founded theSkimm from their living room couch. Both of them have now been included on Forbes 30 Under 30 List this year. They were honored by Goldman Sachs Builders and Innovator Summit as one of the most 100 Intriguing Entrepreneurs in 2014. Danielle is a Tufts grad; she hails from Chicago. While Carly is a New Yorker who attended the University of Pennsylvania. And what brought them together and what really sparked theSkimm, was and is their passion for news. And so these ladies are just a force to be reckoned with, and they're also really relatable. I loved talking with them.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about how much to start investing, moving back in with parents to save money, budgeting your savings and budgeting for NYC living.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about affording a second child, self directed IRAs, keeping your emergency fund in a money market account or a bond fund, and marketing your business.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to another edition of So Money Summer Fridays! Today I'm replaying my interview with Jack Canfield author of The Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The book has sold more than 500 million copies in print since it first published in the early 1990s. I recall that series of books being mentioned on Oprah countless times growing up, didn't you? Maybe you have also read The Success Principles, first published a decade ago. This is a big deal.Jack was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1944. He spent his formative teen years in West Virginia, later attending Harvard for college. He began his career in 1967 as a high school teacher in Chicago. And from there built his career into the blockbuster brand and business that it is today. Today he is the founder and CEO of The Canfield Training Group and founder of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. He holds a Guinness Book world record for having seven books on the New York Times best-seller list at the same time.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this day and age, we hear a lot about women balancing it all: work, relationship, kids, life, etc. But what about women who work, who aren’t married and/or don’t have children? My guest today Melanie Notkin is a media entrepreneur: author, marketer, keynote speaker, and lifestyle personality.In 2007 she founded Melanie Notkin Media, Inc. - the first and only multiplatform media company designed for the growing global demographic of childless, often single, women.Savvy Auntie is the name of her popular and beloved lifestyle brand and bestselling book for cool aunts, great-aunts, godmothers and all women who love kids. The brand appeals primarily to Melanie’s proprietary PANK® (Professional Aunts No Kids) demographic of 23 million American women. In celebration of this "childfull" demographic, Melanie established Auntie's Day® in 2009. Savvy Auntie: The Ultimate Guide for Cool Aunts, Great-Aunts, Godmothers, and All Women Who Love Kids (Morrow/2011) is a national bestseller.Her latest book is called Otherhood: Modern Women Finding a New Kind of Happiness. This is Melanie’s reported memoir on childless, often single women who expected love, marriage and motherhood.Before becoming a media entrepreneur, Melanie was an interactive and print beauty editor and interactive marketing and communications executive for global Fortune 500 companies.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I am interviewing the blogger Philip Taylor from PT Money. In 2007 he created his blog to share his experiences trying to get out of debt, building savings and getting educated on personal finance. Even though he had finance in his blood – his father was a CPA – already had a career as a CPA himself doing financial auditing and public accounting, he still needed to learn more about personal finance. But he quickly took control of his financial life, and turned his situation around – blogging about it all the way.In 2011, he created FinCon, an annual conference for financial bloggers in the fall, which I have attended!He has also written for U.S. News & World Report, TurboTax and others, as well as made a few TV appearances.He generates his income entirely from his blog, and focuses on saving for early retirement, growing his businesses, investing in real estate and investing in his family.Three key takeaways:Starting a part-time blog in 2007 and how he was able to grow that into a full-fledged business.When you feel entitled to spend…ever felt that way? Like you deserved something because you worked hard?The future of FinCon…Philip actually offers some breaking news…a plan he’s never shared before.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s guest is a friend and one of my go-to financial experts. YES. Financial experts have financial experts. Jeff Rose is a self-made millionaire. He is the founder of GoodFinancialCents.com, is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional, CEO of his own wealth management firm, Alliance Wealth Management, author of the best-seller “Soldier of Finance” and host of his own podcast Good Financial ₵ents. He is also a husband and dad of three super cute boys.Three takeaways from our interview today include:His time as a soldier in Iraq and how that led him to being a financial advisor and advocate today.Why Jeff does NOT believe in target date funds.Why and how he purposely taking time off of work to improve his business.If you would like to learn more about Jeff Rose, visit his website www.goodfinancialcents.com or follow him on Twitter @JJeffRose. Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s your definition of cheap? Do you think you’re cheap? Is the person you’re living with – cheap? I got into trouble once because I went on ABC news and talked about MY personal definition of cheap versus frugal…To me, being cheap means wasting time and energy to save money, being inconsiderate or rude or harmful in your pursuit of saving money. And as an example I mentioned some forms of extreme couponing. And boy did that get the couponers MAD! I got SO much hate email…! Now, not all couponing is bad. But I know there are people out there who spend hours a day to cut coupons and all they save is $20 or $30. $20 or $30 is not insignificant BUT when you account for all that time and energy and perhaps the fact that you were cutting coupons while your son needed your help with his science project…(I’m making this up!) that perhaps you’re not being frugal. You’re being CHEAP. And if you’re going to hate me for saying that, that’s OK by me! And all of this brings me to TODAY’s guest. Jeff Yeager, dubbed “The Ultimate Cheapskate” by Matt Lauer on NBC’s Today Show, specializes in teaching others how to spend smart in order to spend less and living frugally.  He is also an accomplished author of several books on the topic, including “Don’t Throw That Away!” “The Cheapskate Next Door” and “The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches”. He hosts The Cheap Life on YouTube which also provides video content about living the good life at a fraction of the cost. If you’re an AARP member, perhaps you may recognize today’s guest as he is one of their saving’s experts.  Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of Ask Farnoosh, I answer your biggest questions about umbrella liability insurance, paying off your car, transition from working in the public sector to the private, investing in plastic surgery, entrepreneurship, saving for your kids future and breakups.Learn more about Farnoosh's upcoming literary workshop Book to Brand. Early bird registration is now open! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.