Today's guest is Natalie Johnson: A mom of 5 in Ohio who shares her tips for feeding the family both at home and on the road on Instagram at www.instagram.com/homebeginswithlove

In today's episode we cover:

• food on travel days
• in hotels
• in rentals
• in other people's homes
• how to make food easier even if it's not from a restaurant.

Check out her instagram account and subscribe to the Debt Free Mom Podcast!

Laura Jennings began virtual assisting as a small supplemental income and quickly worked her way up to a clientelle that replaced her 9-5 job, allowing her to work from home, control her schedule, and earn more for her family.

She now offers coaching services to help women discover the skills they already have that are sought after as a virtual assistant and land that first client!

Whether you want a couple hundred dollars a month extra to speed up your financial goals OR you're looking to switch careers and intrigued by the idea of being a virtual assistant, today's episode and Laura's story can help you see if this is something that you can do too!

Download Laura's Career Switch Cheat Sheet: https://www.laurajtraining.com/career-switch-guest-podcast

Free workshop about becoming a virtual assistant: https://www.laurajtraining.com/masterclass-registration-guest-podcast

Your Virtual Assistant Coach Podcast: https://www.laurajtraining.com/your-virtual-assistant-coach-podcast

Laura's Social Media: @hey.lauranicole

After a whirlwind move out of homeownership and back into renting in the summer of 2023, followed by several months of house hunting with failed offers and almost no inventory, we are currently under contract on a home in Illinois.

It will mean lots of change for our family and we dive into how this house is different (but also better!) than the wishlist we had for our family.

Subscribe to follow along with our process here as well as on Instagram: www.instagram.com/debtfree.mom

Need a budget by pay period to organize your income and expenses into a plan that matches your bank account? Get the bestseller $9 Debt Free Mom budget template here!

Today's guest is Shang Saavedra. She comes on the show to discuss her new book Wealth is a Mindset. Shang is an author, coach, and the Founder and CEO of Save My Cents.

Shang's Website: www.savemycents.com

Follow Shang on Instagram

Purchase the book Wealth is a Mindset

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Today's episode kicks off our Feed the Family month! I talk about food spending and realistic meals for families all year long, but I like to take one month per year to narrow in on the mom math and realistic planning of feeding the family well!

40 Aprons Butternut Squash Chili

Pinch of Yum Kale Peanut Crunch Salad

Join the Care Creates Community as we hold each other accountable to feeding our family well this month! We'll be holding a Bingo challenge for creative ways to feed the family on a budget and there will be a drawing for 2 $100 Gift Cards for anyone who completes a bingo!

Kelly Stumpe aka the Car Mom takes a cheerleader approach to helping moms and families choose their next car confidently. Her enthusiasm for the car industry combined with her expertise as a car salesperson, mom of 4, and child passenger safety technician all come together to make her the voice I listen to for all things cars!

You can find The Car Mom on instagram for daily stories, car tours, and the latest industry info

Her website offers car buying resources as well as consultations to help you choose your next car.

The Carpool Podcast with Kelly and Lizz is your mom break from entertaining and lighthearted conversations about everything from movies and recipes to car news and parties.

A few weeks ago I shared what I'm looking for in a house. I wanted to include Kyle on that episode but he was completely out of commission sick with the flu! So this week he comes on the podcast to share his thoughts: what we are both looking for but also where we have different priorities.

If you feel like you're not making the best use of your paycheck, try the Debt Free Mom Budget Template. It's a one time cost of $9, includes space for your whole year in one document, and comes with a couple tutorial videos to get you started. Join over 7,000 other people who have downloaded this template and start budgeting confidently today!

I'm 6 months into a commitment to buy 10 items or less on Amazon. Each month I save what I bought to a list and you can see exactly what I've bought here!

When I started the Debt Free Mom instagram account, I had already been debt free for 3 years. But that doesn't mean we didn't have years of struggling to make ends meet, realizing money mistakes we made, or paying off debt while also having 3 sons in 39 months.

Today's episode spans from December 2011 when we got married to April 2019 when we bought our first house. Sometimes we met our goals faster than we imagined, other times we grappled with over a year of paying our bills and nothing else.

And what was one of the keys to our success? Budgeting by pay period for our biweekly income. This allowed me to maximize every dollar we made and meet our goals even when our income never exceeded $60,000. If you feel like you're not making the best use of your paycheck, try the Debt Free Mom Budget Template. It's a one time cost of $9, includes space for your whole year in one document, and comes with a couple tutorial videos to get you started. Join over 7,000 other people who have downloaded this template and start budgeting confidently today!