118. Overcoming Self-Sabotage: How to Stop Quitting on Yourself & Break Free from Perfectionism w/Jennifer Dent Brown
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Becoming The Wealthy You | How to Save Money, Stop Overspending, Get Out of Debt, Budgeting & Personal Finance for Women
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
You are listening to the Becoming the Wealthy You podcast with Jermaine Foley.
If you're a woman who makes good money in your career or business, but you're not building wealth like you want to, then you're in the right place. In this podcast, you'll learn how to stop overspending, break free from the cycle of debt, save lots of cash, and become the wealthy woman you were born to be. Let's dive in. Well, hello, everyone. Welcome back to the podcast. Today, I am so excited. I have my friend, Jennifer Dent Brown with us today. She is a health and life coach. And this has been a long time in the making. I've been on Jennifer's podcast actually twice now. And I've been like, when are you coming on my podcast?
Here I am.
Yeah.
And so here she is. And so this conversation is going to be so conversational. It's going to be like two girlfriends talking. And we're going to talk about self-sabotaging behaviors today. And so Jennifer, before we dive into all the good stuff, please introduce yourself and tell everybody about you and what you do.
Well, hello, wealthy women. Can I call them healthy women? Becoming. These are women who are becoming wealthy. Becoming healthy, wealthy. Healthy, wealthy wives. I love it. All of the above. Well, hello, audience. I'm Jennifer Dent Brown. I'm a certified health and life coach. And I'm so happy to finally be here because, yes, I help women unravel and get their lives in balance so they can stop emotionally eating themselves and help them stop dieting forever and lose the weight that they want by shifting their identity. But I also have my own money story. Jermaine and I have talked about it on the podcast and the correlation, the mindset between overeating and overspending and impulsive decisions with eating and impulsive decisions with spending, like the mindset are so, so linked.
So I'm happy that I'm finally here and we can talk about self-sabotage.
You know what? Since you brought up your money story and this is a money podcast, do you mind sharing a little bit of your story before we dive in?
Oh, yes.
Who is Jennifer Dent Brown and why is her story relevant to money and self-sabotage?
So my money story came from, I guess. Yes. When I was working in corporate, I was a management consultant before I became a full time coach. And this was, I think, like 2010 ish. I got laid off from my job. I got laid off from, I was working for a company called Accenture. Laid off. I was thrilled because I was miserable there. I was there for two years. And so when I got the call, I was like, yes. And I'd already always had an entrepreneurial spirit. So I knew I wanted to do something and like own my own business was like, yes, that's what we're going to do. So I remember I joined this coaches, coaches program. And I think she was a money coach at the time. And yeah, She knew that I just lost my job and she's like, OK, we need to create a business for you.
So I became an event planner and Jennifer Dent Events was born because in my corporate job, I was in professional development, leadership training. So I used to manage and plan like large scale training programs, multi-day programs. I was very good at everything. doing those type of events and networking events. So I started this business, Jennifer Dan Events. I had no idea what I was doing. I had no business plan. I had no like idea what a profit margin was. All I knew was like, I enjoyed what I was doing. I was probably way undercharging. I liked the fact that I didn't have to report to work every day and I could like go to lunch with my friends and drink wine in the middle of the day. And I basically, but I was still living the same lifestyle as I was when I was working.
And I put the difference on credit cards. So I had already had credit card debt, but I was managing it because I was working. So anyway, when I wasn't working, I just amassed a ton of credit. And I took out an unsecured loan to invest in what has since became a Ponzi scheme because I was... wined and dined and I had a good credit score. So I ended up in a bunch of debt trying to run this business and it wasn't enough. And so I spiraled, hit rock bottom.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:27
2
Who is Jennifer Dent Brown and why is her story relevant to money and self-sabotage?
2:27–9:02
3
How did Jennifer’s early career and entrepreneurial choices lead to her money crisis?
9:02–18:12
4
What steps did Jennifer take to climb out of $200,000+ debt quickly?
18:12–19:59
5
How are overeating and overspending linked through mindset and identity?
19:59–33:52
Speakers
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