A PODCAST on FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE
🎤 On a mission to get friends to talk about money
🔥 Hosted by friends, Mike + Maggie,Â
who both reached FI before 40Â
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#188 | 10 products we love and why
Episode Summary: In this episode, we share our top 10 favorite products and why we love them. Well, that’s what it was supposed to be; it really turned into Maggie sharing her top 10 favorites and Mike explaining why he isn’t really attached to anything. This...
#187 | Financial Intimacy: Improve your relationship with money talk
Episode Summary: Â In this episode, we discuss the concept of financial intimacy and how focusing on financial intimacy can improve your relationship. Financial intimacy is the level of trust and comfort that couples have when they are discussing and managing their...
 #186 | Protecting your child’s identity and creating a strong credit score
Episode Summary:  In this week’s episode, we share how to protect your child’s financial identity and create a strong credit store to set them up well for the future. We dig into why this matters and the specific steps and recommendations for what to do. ...
#185 | Setting boundaries and saying no
Episode Summary: In this episode, we talk about how to set boundaries and say no, with your time and with your money. Learning to set boundaries is a critical skill that will help you live a happier, more fulfilled life, and that’s what we’re all about. We discuss why...
#184 | Money Etiquette questions and scripts to use during tricky money situations
Episode Summary: In this episode, we answer your money etiquette questions and share specific scripts you can use during tricky money conversations. Talking about money with friends and family can be awkward, but we encourage you to train the muscle of being...
#183 | 2022 Full-year spending review
Episode Summary: In this week’s episode, we do a full-year expense review and share what each of our families spent this past year. We share our total spending for the year and break down our top spending categories, which areas we’re feeling good about, and...
$3 financial templates @ our ETSY shop
We offer a number of very affordable financial templates at our friends on FIRE Etsy shop. We sell these templates to keep our podcast ad free. If for some reason you’re not in a position to purchase these templates, please email us and we will provide them to you for free.
About friends on FIRE
Mike’s a dude who loves #s. He wrote a book. It’s on Amazon. His dad retired at 42, so early retirement is in his blood!
Maggie’s pretty cool. She early-retired at 41 along with her husband! And sometime’s she writes on her blog. It’s on the www.
If you really want to know more about us, we share it all here. Or listen to our podcast and we’ll share more than you ever wanted to know about two people. And most importantly, we hope listening will help you along your own personal finance or financial independence journey.
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