Episodes

How to Make Budgeting Work for You w/ Rachel Cruze – Ep 116

Despite how important budgeting is for our frugal lifestyles, we often skip over this step or struggle to find a method that works well for us. For this reason (and many others) we are over the moon to share our conversation with THE Rachel Cruze about her budgeting tips and the ways we can tailor…

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Frugal Yard Maintenance + Landscaping – Ep 115

We are starting in on our summertime listener requests today with a show all about making the most of your outdoor space, no matter how big or small, as inexpensively as possible. Sponsors:  Listeners like you: We love you guys. You are the third most important reason we keep doing this podcast behind liking each…

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How to Buy Happiness – Ep 114

Some say money can’t buy happiness, but what if it can? Today we’re talking ‘happy money principles’ and ways to align your dollars with your values and use money as a resource to experience greater intentionality with your spending. Sponsors:  YOUR AD HERE: As if it wasn’t hard enough to source our own sponsors, now…

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Modifying the Baby Steps – Ep 113

Sometimes our budgets, financial goals, and lifestyles don’t fit into a nice neat box; we find that our approach needs to be individualized and create space for freedom! This is why we are excited to share one of our top most listened to episodes with Merilee from Easy Budget; tune in (again!) to hear about…

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How to Graduate College Without Debt – Ep 112

We talk a lot about paying off debt and most of the time that debt includes student loans but what about just not getting into student loan debt? Is that even possible? We think, now more than ever, it is. College is changing and today we’re talking about how you can adapt and graduate college…

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Repairing and Maintenance Tips for Prolonging the Life of Your Things – Ep 111

How do you make your stuff last longer? Along with reducing and reusing – prolonging the life of our things can save us money, build life skills, and increase contentment! Listen in as we talk about some of the ways you can take better care of what you already have so you can spend on…

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Paying off $46K of Debt in a High Cost of Living Area – Ep 110

Paying off debt is hard enough, not to mention when you live in an expensive area! Reaching financial goals can feel insurmountable when living expenses are astronomical which is why we’re excited to hear from Emma on today’s episode talking about how she paid off $46,000 of student loans while living in CA. Sponsors:  YOUR…

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How to Maintain a Minimalist Lifestyle – Ep 109

Once we’ve sorted through our closets, toy bins, junk drawers, and garages and sold or donated what is not needed; and after we’ve learned to be content with less stuff and make room for what we want from life – what comes next? How do we maintain what we’ve worked so hard to achieve? Today…

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Smart + Frugal Banking | Best Online Banks + How to Choose One – EP 108

We all have to put our money somewhere, but how do we decide the best banking solutions? On this episode we explore whether an online bank is right for you, if credit unions live up to all the hype, and if you do choose multiple accounts how you should organize your money in them. We’ll…

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