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How Do You Afford This?
How Do You Afford This? answers the question everyone is already wondering: how do people actually afford their lives?
Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, CFP®, founder of the Fiscal Femme and award-winning author is on a mission to find out and bring you along for the ride.
Each episode takes the inspirational, and makes it tangible. Whether that’s international travel, buying a dream home, raising a family, a fabulous wardrobe, or building a million dollar business, Ashley and her guests will break down the numbers - what it costs, how they make it work, and the financial strategies behind the lifestyle.
It’s part voyeuristic, part practical, and completely judgment-free. Come for the tea. Leave with a financial blueprint to start building your dream life.
How Do You Afford This?
Latest Episodes
#10: She Resented Her Husband. Then She Left a $200K Salary to Join Their Family Firm
Heather Boneparth left a 14-year legal career to go all-in on the wealth management firm she owns with her husband Doug. Together they write The Joint Account, a weekly newsletter helping thousands of couples talk about money, and they're the c...
#09: From Poverty to a $510K Net Worth: How This First-Gen Eldest Daughter Made It Happen
Viviana Vazquez is the first-gen Latina creator behind OverGenPoverty. She grew up in New York City watching her dad support a family of five on less than $30,000 a year, became the family breadwinner on a teacher's salary, and today she and he...
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#08: The Finances Behind a Top 10 Netflix Comedy Special
Jared Freid is a stand-up comedian, host of The JTrain and U Up? Podcasts, the author of his new book Walking Red Flag and his special, 37 & Single, hit the Netflix top 10. In this episode, he breaks down how he actually affords the life of...
#07: This Founder Raised $20M. The Exit Was a Zero
Helaine Knapp is a serial entrepreneur, the author of Making Waves, and the host of the Step Into Next podcast. She founded CityRow, the rowing-based fitness brand that landed in studios across the country and homes around the...
#06: The $100K She Saved To Fund Her Book and First Years of Motherhood
Stefanie O'Connell is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Ambition Penalty. She has run her own business for a decade, and is now doing it while raising a toddler in NYC. But this episode is a little different, because St...
