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Episode 117

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24th Jul 2024

117: Jessica Perrone — A Guide to Financial Empowerment with Jessica Perrone

Jessica Perrone is a seasoned finance expert with more than 16 years of experience. As a mom of three teenage girls and a passionate advocate for financial education, she is dedicated to empowering young people with knowledge about money and investing. Jessica’s innovative and relatable approach has led her to develop a curriculum that makes finance approachable, fun, and relatable for teens of all backgrounds.

In this episode, I talk with Jessica about her passionate advocacy for financial literacy, especially among young women. Jessica shares her unique approach to smarter spending, emphasizing the importance of removing emotion from financial decisions. We dive into her personal upbringing and how it shaped her financial teaching methods, including how she educates her three teenage daughters about budgeting and work ethic. We cover crucial credit management strategies, generational differences in handling credit, and the role of credit scores in long-term financial health. Jessica and I also discuss empowering women in finance, challenging societal norms, and practical strategies for taking control of your financial destiny.

In this episode:

  • [00:00] - Intro
  • [01:19] - Meet Jessica Perrone
  • [01:50] - Jessica's background and family life
  • [04:04] - Financial lessons learned from childhood
  • [08:38] - The importance of credit scores
  • [14:20] - Jessica's financial journey
  • [20:39] - Three ways to invest
  • [22:23] - The inspiration behind Her Financial IQ
  • [23:20] - Empowering women through financial education
  • [27:42] - Mindfulness in financial decisions
  • [32:44] - Choosing the right financial advisor
  • [39:11] - Advice for young women on financial success
  • [42:06] - Final thoughts and how to connect


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Mindful Money
Do you struggle with money? You’re not alone.
Money is a means, not an end. It’s a necessity of life for sure, but more money does not always guarantee a “good life”. Money enables many aspects of modern life, but as a dominant consideration it becomes destructive. 
The paradox is that more time and energy spent on personal finance does NOT create better outcomes. Unlike many other parts of life, we can’t create better outcomes by being smarter, spending more time, or putting in more effort.
Join Mindful Money author and experienced 40-year investor Jonathan DeYoe as he shares stories from artists, authors, entrepreneurs, and other advisors about how they mindfully minimize their need to think about money and get more out of life.
If you aren’t happy with your finances, feel like money takes more time that it should, or want to place your financial decisions into the broader context of your life, this show is for you. 
Each episode will draw the line between the “enough” activities that the academics tell us are additive to family outcomes, and those “little bit more” efforts that take time and sap energy, but do NOT improve outcomes.

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Jonathan DeYoe

Jonathan DeYoe is a best-selling author, speaker, financial advisor and angel investor. He is a husband, father and a practicing Buddhist. His simple underlying message brings a welcomed sense of order to financial chaos and restores a calm center to your financial life.