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Episodes from So Money with Farnoosh Torabi
Ask Farnoosh: Is My Emergency Savings Enough? What if my Income Drops?
Join Farnoosh's newsletter.When does a bad shopping experience deserve a public callout? Farnoosh weighs in on Kelly Clarkson’s mechanical bird brouhaha and the responsibility that comes with an audience. Then, this week’s Ask Farnoosh tackles three money worries: Is six months of emergency savings…
2048: The Midlife Plot Twist - and How to Deal
Today's episode is for anyone who has ever stood in the vitamin aisle reading about the exact right creatine dosage for a woman "in this stage of life" and thought... okay but where's the aisle for my retirement savings?I'm right in the thick of this myself. Midlife money is basically all I want to…
2047: The Hidden Cost of Aging with Senator Andy Kim
What would you do if caring for a parent meant putting your own financial future—and your kids’—on hold?That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the reality facing millions of Americans right now, including Senator Andy Kim—a father of two, a son navigating his own father’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and now,…
2046: : Ask Farnoosh: Can I Pause My 401(k)? Plus, Parents With No Retirement Savings
Can you pause your 401(k) contributions when life gets expensive? This week on Ask Farnoosh: balancing retirement savings with immediate needs, navigating student loans after SAVE, and helping parents who have little saved for retirement. Plus, why some retirees are returning to work, a lawsuit…
2045: The Joy of Money (Yes, Joy.)
Today I’m joined by Carrie Joy Grimes. founder of WorkMoney(opens in new tab) and the author of the new book The Joy of Money(opens in new tab). She’s a former union organizer who spent years helping workers fight for better wages and benefits while also trying to untangle her own complicated…
2044: A Million Dollar Retirement By 21 (Also, Life After the CPA Steals Your Money)
If you've ever felt like the math just doesn't work anymore, you're doing everything right, still coming up short on your housing payment, groceries, student loans, this episode's for you. My guest, Freddy Smith, spent nearly 20 years acting, including nine of those years on Days of Our Lives,…
2043: Ask Farnoosh: Trump Accounts, Moneymaxxing and Stay-at-Home Boyfriends (Replay)
This week on Ask Farnoosh, we unpack the latest updates to Trump Accounts, including new workplace contribution options that could make these child investment accounts more appealing for families. We also dive into the rise of "money maxxing"—what this viral trend gets right (and where it goes too…
From Burnout to Flow State: How to Achieve More Without Doing More
What happens when you've checked all the boxes? The career, the family, the financial success, the home. You've done everything you were supposed to do, and yet something still feels...off.Maybe you're exhausted. Maybe you've become so good at achieving that you don't actually know how to stop. Or…
2041: Starting a Business in Midlife? Here’s Where to Find the Money
If you’ve ever thought about starting a business in midlife, you probably know the idea is often the easy part. Finding the money, the support and frankly the confidence to actually do it? That’s where things get complicated.Today we’re talking about what it really takes to launch and grow a…
2040: Ask Farnoosh: 5 Smart Money Moves in Your 30s (Plus: Iced Coffee to an Interview?)
This week's Ask Farnoosh includes Farnoosh's best money moves in her 30's that led to more ease and financial flexibility in midlife. Plus: the cost of dinner and the iced coffee internet wars. Is it OK to bring an iced coffee to work? Check out the WSJ article about the hell that is family dinner…
2039: How to Create Sticky Financial Habits
What if the reason your habits never seem to stick isn’t a lack of discipline—but the way you’ve been taught to build them?Today, I welcome back Monica Packer, founder of About Progress and author of the new book Sticky Habits: A Woman’s Guide to Reclaim Happiness, Ditch Perfectionism, and Create…
2038: The Hidden Cost of Being "Too Much"
How much of what you want for your life is actually yours — and how much of it has been negotiated around one very powerful question: What will they say?What will your family say if you make more money? If you become too successful? If you leave the safe job, start the business, move away, ask for…