504 episodios
Episode 494: Strengthen Your Mindset & Confidence To Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage with Arlan Hamilton
02/09/2026 | 43 minArlan Hamilton was homeless when she launched a venture capital fund dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech. In 2015, she created Backstage Capital, a venture capital fund that invests in high potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or members of the LGBT community. Today, Backstage Capital has raised more than $7 million and invested in more than 130 startups companies led by underestimated founders.
In this episode of the Journey to Launch podcast, Arlan and I are talking about the mindset, confidence, and self-care that led to Arlan's ultimate success. We also discuss Arlan's new book, It's About Damn Time: How to Turn Being Underestimated Into Your Greatest Advantage. Arlan's story is inspiring and this is an episode you don't want to miss.
In this episode you'll learn:
How to use confidence to fuel your success
What it means to invest in yourself
The importance of self-care and how to set boundaries
How to write a successful, tailored pitch
What really matters in life, and more
What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:
A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Get Arlan's book It's About Damn Time
Check out my interview on Arlan's podcast, Your First Million, where I talk about reaching 1 million podcast downloads and my journey for Journey to Launch.
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!
Connect with Arlan:
Website
Instagram: @ArlanWasHere
Twitter: @ArlanWasHere
Facebook: @ArlanWasHere
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
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Get The Free Jumpstart Guide- Mabel Nunez is the founder & Chief Education Officer at Girl$ on The Money – a stock market investing education company targeted toward individuals who are underrepresented in the investing world. Mabel grew up in the South Bronx as an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, with limited resources & a strong emphasis on education from her father. She learned very little about personal finance or investing while in school until she was in college, where she took an investing analysis class which began her passion for investing & personal finance. Mabel holds both a Bachelor of Science and an MBA in Finance. However, most of what she's learned about investing came from experience.
Mabel's mission is to teach what she's learned (and continues to learn) since starting her investing journey. She is passionate about transforming investing beginners into confident, knowledgeable, and profitable investors.
In this episode, Mabel shares:
How fear kept her from starting to invest, despite graduating as a finance major, reading articles and listening to shows on investing
How she has been investing for 16 years with a focus on individual stocks in a self-directed taxable account. She invests in companies with long-term potential, rarely selling stocks and preferring a Warren Buffett-style strategy
That investing in ETFs or index funds, such as the S&P 500, can be a simpler alternative to buying individual stocks & advises against buying "cheap stocks" or investing in unproven companies.
How she struggled to tell her parents about quitting her 9-5 stable job to pursue her passion & the challenge of balancing personal dreams with family expectations, particularly for immigrant families + much more!
What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:
A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Check out Mabel's books: Stock Market Investing Mini Lessons for Beginners;Stock Analysis 101; & Mini Lecciones de Inversión Para Principiantes (spanish version)
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!
Connect with Mabel:
Website: GirlsOnTheMoney.com
Instagram:@GirlsOnTheMoney
Facebook: @Girls On The Money
Threads:@GirlsOnTheMoney
Substack: Girlsonthemoney.substack.com
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide Episode 492: The Geometry of Wealth: How to Shape a Life of Money and Meaning with Brian Portnoy REWIND
19/08/2026 | 55 minIn this week's episode, Brian Portnoy simplifies the complex world of money. Brian has over two decades of experience in the personal finance space, and he's also an investor, educator, writer, and entrepreneur. In his book, The Geometry of Wealth, he tackles the challenges of making better investment decisions and how money fits into a joyful life.
In this episode, we go beyond the numbers and talk about the behavioral science behind your relationship with money. Learn how your behavior impacts your ability to become wealthy and why your brain chooses survival over wealth.
In this episode you'll learn:
The difference between wealthy and rich
Why your brain is wired to make terrible money decisions
The meaning of the Geometry of Wealth
How to set goals to become wealthy (and not just rich)
What a comprehensive financial plan looks like, and more
What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freed
A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!
Connect with Brian:
Website
Instagram:@bportnoy
Twitter:@BrianPortnoy
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart GuideEpisode 491: How to Live a Rich Life & Make Your Own Money Rules w/ Ramit Sethi
12/08/2026 | 1 h 6 minRamit Sethi is New York Times bestselling author and founder of I Will Teach You to Be Rich. After 16 years in the personal finance space, Ramit is still teaching people how to set specific goals for themselves and their money. He has a unique way of talking about money and challenges the normal points of view you often hear from other personal finance "gurus".
In this episode, Ramit shares tips on how to; save you money, earn more, and live a rich life.
In this episode you'll learn:
An exercise to help you get specific about your goals and money
Ramit's story about going from a free blogger to a paid author and how to prepare yourself for your own journey
Why you need to earn more
The CEO model and how you can use it get rich
Five phone calls you can make to save $1,000 right now, and more
What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:
A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!
Connect with Ramit:
Website
Instagram:@Ramit
Facebook: @RamitSethi
Twitter:@Ramit
YouTube
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart GuideEpisode 490: Love, Money + Navigating Difficult Conversations Before You're Ready With Myra Strober & Abby Davisson REWIND
05/08/2026 | 52 minMyra Strober, labor economist and Professor Emerita at Stanford University and Abby Davisson, social innovation leader and career development expert, join the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss how to make conscious decisions about money with love as the primary framework.
We chat about the intellectual roadmap for life's biggest decisions, why we need to have difficult conversations before we're ready and how love and money are intertwined in all of life's challenges and phases.
In this episode, you'll learn more about:
Making decisions about money with love at the forefront of consideration
What the 5 C framework is and how you can implement them in your life right now
Why you should be having conversations about personal topics alongside the professional ones
How to be an agent of change within the institutions you participate in
The importance of checking in with those you admire and trying to anticipate the consequences of life's choices + more
What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:
A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including: The Fire Starter Course
The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet
Other related blog posts/links mentioned in this episode:
Read Money and Love by Myra and Abby Strober & Davisson
Get your paperback edition of Your Journey To Financial Freedom if you haven't already.
Apply to Share Your Journeyer Story, here./'
Join the Journey to Launch Book Club to dive deeper into financial freedom with guided discussions and resources here!
Join The Weekly Newsletter List to get updates, deals & more!
Leave Your Journey To Financial Freedom a review!
Get The Budget Bootcamp
Check out my personal website here.
Leave me a voicemail– Leave me a question on the Journey To Launch voicemail and have it answered on the podcast!
YNAB – Start managing your money and budgeting so that you can reach your financial dreams. Sign up for a free 34 days trial of YNAB, my go-to budgeting app by using my referral link. What stage of the financial journey are you on? Are you working on financial stability or work flexibility? Find out with this free assessment and get a curated list of the 10 next best episodes for you to listen to depending on your stage. Check it out here!
Connect with Myra & Abby:
Website
Instagram:@Abby.Davisson
Twitter:@AbbyDavisson
Connect with me:
Instagram: @Journeytolaunch
Twitter: @JourneyToLaunch
Facebook: @Journey To Launch
Join the Private Facebook Group
Join the Waitlist for My FI Course
Get The Free Jumpstart Guide
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Jamila Souffrant is a Certified Financial Education Instructor (CFEI), host of the Journey To Launch podcast and author of "Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness".
The Journey To Launch podcast explores all aspects of reaching Financial Freedom; from increasing income, paying off debt, investing, saving & learning how to retire early and wealthy.
The book, "Your Journey to Financial Freedom: A Step-By-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness," shows you how to skyrocket your savings, blast through debt and ultimately accelerate your unique and truly epic journey to financial freedom and independence. The audiobook, which is narrated by Jamila, and the eBook are available in the Apple store.
As a money expert who "walks her talk" she helps brave listeners also known as Journeyers; gain clarity around their finances and create an actionable plan to reach their goals. Her mission is to teach, inspire and help others reach Financial Freedom and Financial Independence.
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