HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

HerMoney Classic: The Psychology Behind Our Shopping Habits

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Did you spend too much this Labor Day weekend? Yeah...us too. Marketers are smart and they're only getting smarter. These days, there is so much targe...

Ep 439: When Department Stores Were The Most Glamorous Place To Be

04 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Close your eyes for a second and step back to the 1940s. Specifically, New York City in the 1940s. You’re walking down the crowded street with a cer...

Mailbag: I'm a 39-year-old single woman, how much house can I afford?

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Mailbag, Jean talks to Ally, a 39-year-old single woman who bought a house in 2020 when rates were low and is wondering if now is the right ti...

Ep 438: The Lies Women Are Told At Work (And Why We Shouldn’t Believe Them)

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Very classy, very demure, very mindful…that’s how the new TikTok trend that recently went viral from creator Jools Lebron says we should be in the...

4 Things You Should Do Right Now To Protect Your Data Online

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week, 2.9 billion records of personal data were for sale, from people in the US, Canada, and Britain, stolen from a company that does background ...

Annika Sorenstam On Finding Success, On and Off the Green

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Annika Sorenstam is one of the best female pro golfers that the world has ever seen. She also is a woman, like many of us, who started out with very l...

Ep 437: Revamp Your LinkedIn and Get Hired in a Wacky Job Market

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

However you feel about LinkedIn, there’s no denying that having a profile is important. According to Forbes, LinkedIn is an essential platform to no...

Mailbag: My friends are about to inherit money, how do I talk to them about using it wisely?

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Mailbag, Jean talks to Allie, who is looking for advice on how to help her friends who are about to inherit a significant amount of money. She...

Ep 436: Kick It: How To Push Limits To Tackle Your Physical and Fiscal Goals

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Learning something new can be daunting, especially as you get older. But here’s the thing, the sooner you master a new skill, whether it be how to i...

HerMoney Classic: Stop! When Doing Less Is The Right Money Move

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we start losing our hard-earned money in the market, we want to put a stop to it. We want to take action. But statistically, we know that investo...

Ep 435: The True Cost of Motherhood in America

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today is Mom’s Equal Pay Day so we’re talking about the reality of motherhood in America today, no not the reality we see on social media where mo...

What To Do With Your Investments In a Down Market with Jean Chatzky and Karen Finerman

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Jean Chatzky is joined by professional investor and cohost of our InvestingFixx club, Karen Finerman. They’re talking about...

Mailbag: How To Have Your Toughest Money Conversations

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

You asked, we answered! In this Mailbag, Jean is joined by Celeste Headlee, author of, “We Need To Talk: How To Have Conversations That Matter” to...

Ep 434: Taking Vacations Is Good For Your Career (Really)

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re smack dab in the middle of one of the hottest summers on record and although the heat can make many of us go a little crazy, it also forces us...

Mailbag: Should I change my asset allocation as I approach retirement?

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Mailbag, Jean talks to Cecilia, a 58-year-old listener, about asset allocation and portfolio management as she approaches retirement. She has ...

Ep 433: Are Annuities A Good Investment? What They Are And Why Women Should Consider Them

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we think about our financial fears, one tops the list: Running out of money before we run out of time. According to the Center for Retirement Re...

Do you need a college degree anymore?

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For years, we’ve been told that we need a college degree to get anywhere in life and that a college education is the most important thing for our ca...

Ep 432: Your 2024 Mid-Year Economic Check-In

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We are just past the halfway point of 2024, and things aren’t feeling great economy-wise, despite the US economy reaching “superstar status,” ac...

Map Out A Long-Term Strategy For Your Career

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever stopped for a second and thought about all of the things you do at work in a week? There are some tasks most of us need to do to be succ...

Ep 431: Navigating Financial Advice As A Black Woman

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, while white women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by a white man, Black women earn jus...

Ep 430: Is AI Coming For Your Job?

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The promise and the peril of AI in the workplace seem to be all anyone can talk about these days and the biggest question on all of our minds is — w...

Mailbag: Should I put less into retirement to pay for necessary home renovations?

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Mailbag, Jean talks to Alyce about how to pay for home renovations for her special needs daughter and whether it's reasonable to adjust her re...

Ep 429: The Messy Truth Behind Building A Multi-Million Dollar Business

26 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we talk about the question of whether women can have it “all,” successful careers, thriving marriages, and families, the messy truth is often...

Do Money Manifestations Do Anything?

21 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’re told to use money affirmations like “I am rich” and “I am always discovering new sources of income” to increase our abundance. We’r...

Ep 428: Top 10 Investing Myths, Busted

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It’s no secret that women’s wealth is growing (hello, Great Wealth Transfer) and that we’re investing in the stock market in larger numbers than...

Ep 427: When Ambition Goes Too Far

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ambition…let’s talk about it. We’ve been told it’s not a dirty word, that it’s ok (actually more than ok) for women to be ambitious. We’ve...

Ep 426: How Women’s Work Holds America Up

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Here’s one thing we know — America runs on women – our paid work, our caregiving work, and our invisible work keeps the country going — and it...

Ep 425: Does More Money = More Happiness?

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

According to the 2024 World Happiness Survey, we’re pretty unhappy as a country this year. And although there are plenty of external reasons for us ...

Mailbag: We have $146,000 in student loan debt, how do we pay it down?

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this Mailbag, Jean talks to Patti and Patrick about the substantial student loan debt they’ve incurred on behalf of their daughter. They explore ...

Ep 424: If Your Budget Isn't Working, Here's Why

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Is your budget working? The 50/30/20 budgeting rule — one of the most popular budgeting methods that has been around for 20 years — was created by...

Ep 423: How A Coupon Influencer Found Herself In Debt

15 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010, Lauren Cobello (formerly Lauren Guetman) created an entire brand as “the coupon lady” after she shared her story of how she got her famil...

Mother’s Day Mailbag: I just went through a divorce. How do I make sure we’re financial exes as well?

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Mother’s Day Mailbag edition, Jean talks to mother-daughter duo Mollie and Chris about Mollie’s recent divorce. Jean addresses que...

Ep 422: Media, Money, and Messy Women

08 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Money touches everything in our lives. And for women, who have long been documented to earn less than men, save less than men, and invest less than me...

Mailbag: Financial advice for the recently retired, plus resources for teaching your kids about money.

03 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Mailbag edition, Jean and Kathryn Tuggle, HerMoney CCO, are on the mic answering questions from our listeners. First, we hear from a r...

Ep 421: Redefining Success In the Winner-Take-All Economy

01 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Eleven years ago, Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” hit the shelves and became an instant hit. Her feminist manifesto encouraged women to stop holding...

Mailbag: The best place to keep summer job money, plus how to keep an emergency fund.

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Mailbag edition, we hear from a listener whose daughter is getting her first summer job. She’s wondering if it’s best to put the m...

Ep 420: What Financial Freedom Means For Millennials

24 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Lately, have you been more intentional about the time you spend working? What about putting more effort into finding financial freedom? These are two ...

An Economist Weighs In On Being A Woman

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A recent essay in the Wall Street Journal made the case that women are both happier — but also overall but sadder — in our daily lives than men ar...

Ep 419: What Your Culture Says About The Way You Manage Money

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Navigating money issues with your family is hard. Navigating money issues with your family is even harder when you’re a first-generation American. F...

Make the Mundane Meaningful With Mike Norton

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Think, for a second, about all of the things you do before you head to the gym or go out for a run. Do you wear special running shoes? How do you tie ...

Ep 418: The Menopause Brain with Dr. Lisa Mosconi

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Money touches everything in our lives — including our health. And women know there’s one topic that has long been ignored in American society, to ...

Budgeting For Your Closet

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How much of your money do you spend on the clothes in your closet? Now what about your time? In other words, how much time do you spend staring into t...

Ep 417: Why MLMs Love To Target Women

03 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever gotten a message on Facebook that looks something like this? “HEY GIRL, I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU IN A WHILE, YOU LOOK AMAAAAZING. DO YOU W...

Mailbag: How to get out of a bad property investment and manage your finances after a raise.

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Mailbag edition, listener Anya seeks advice on a real estate investment dilemma. She and her partner have invested in pre-construction...

Ep 416: Get What You Want With Charles Duhigg

27 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Think about the conversations you have every day. There are the ones you have with your friends over coffee to catch up on life, the ones you have wit...

Mailbag: I love my nonprofit job, but are they taking advantage of me?

22 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special Mailbag edition, listener Carolyne calls in to ask whether it’s time to leave the nonprofit job she’s had for more than three year...

Ep 415: How A Personal Finance Expert Fell For A Financial Scam With Charlotte Cowles

20 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When we envision the type of person who falls for a financial scam, there are usually a few key characteristics that come to mind:They may be elderly,...

Ep 414: Retire On Your Own Terms With Anne Lester

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been thinking a lot about “Peak 65” over here at HerMoney HQ. If you haven’t heard about it, it’s the fact that more people are turni...

Ep 413: Quitting Your Job Isn’t Cool Anymore With Grace Puma & Christiana Smith Shi

06 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Navigating your career has always been difficult, but that’s especially true in today’s landscape where the state of the job market seems to be co...

Bonus: How Does Karen Finerman Do It?

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How does she do it? This week, we decided to ask Karen Finerman, the indomitable host of the How She Does It Podcast and co-host of InvestingFixx, Her...

Ep 412: How To Avoid Burnout With Ali Abdaal

28 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all heard it time and again from the world’s biggest success stories: They worked crazy hours, gave up their friendships, and kept their nos...

Ep 411: How To Handle Mean Girls At Work With Rosalind Wiseman

21 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Do you prefer to have a male or female boss? Have you ever thought about why? A UCLA study analyzed responses from more than 60,000 people and found t...

Ep 410: Why We’re Attracted To Our Money Opposites With Scott Rick

14 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In her most recent book, Women With Money, HerMoney CEO Jean Chatzky asked hundreds of women: “What do you want from your money?” Although womens’...

Bonus: Discover Your MoneyType With Dr. Jennifer Leigh Selig

09 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever really thought about why you are the way you are with money? For most of us, it’s the result of how we’re wired, how we were raised,...

Ep 409: Your Roadmap to 2024 Career Success With Fran Hauser

07 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

How are you feeling about your job? Depending on what industry you’re in, you may be concerned about layoffs or consolidation. A recent survey from ...

Ep 408: Pay Off Your Debt In Baby Steps With Jade Warshaw

31 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Having kids is a huge life decision, and more American women are either delaying motherhood or choosing not to have kids at all. Despite the short-ter...

Ep 407: From Blogger to Media Mogul With Sami Sage

24 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

While some may say 2023 may have been “the year of the girl,” we say, unapologetically, it was the year of the woman. Just take a look at Taylor S...

Ep 406: Teaching Kids About Money With Yanely Espinal

17 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Was money something you learned about in school? We’re not talking about math classes like geometry or pre-cal, we’re talking about personal finan...

Bonus: Social Security Clawbacks With Larry Kotlikoff and Terry Savage

12 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last year, one million Americans got a letter in the mail – the Social Security Administration miscalculated their benefits. They had been overpaid,...

Ep 405: The 2024 Economy And What’s Really Happening, With Rana Foroohar

10 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A fresh New Year means it’s time to take a fresh look at the state of the economy. The U.S. economy has continued to grow at a stronger pace than ex...

Ep 404: Your 2024 Happiness Reset With Arthur C. Brooks

03 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The New Year is a time when many of us take a moment to reflect on how we did over the past year and plan our goals for the future. This past year, we...

Ep 403: 2024’s Biggest Trends with PureWow

27 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Blink and you’ll miss the latest trends taking over social media. As we say goodbye to 2023 and head into 2024, we look at a few trends that made us...

Ep 402: How To Fail, With Amy Edmondson

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Move fast and break things.” That was Mark Zuckerburg’s now-famous early motto for Facebook. Fast forward to today, many budding startup founde...

Bonus: The #Tradwife Trend And Our Culture With Anne Helen Petersen

15 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Trends say a lot about where we are as a culture… and some of them say a lot about what it means to be a woman with money in the 21st century. Thank...

Ep 401: Financial Fallout And Our Economy With Bethany McLean

13 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While many of us would prefer to forget the pandemic ever happened, the choices we made (as a society and perhaps, personally) in 2020 continue to hav...

Ep 400: Here’s to 400! AMA with Jean Chatzky

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve been publishing the HerMoney podcast weekly for SEVEN years and we’ve never missed an episode, how crazy is that? This week, we’re doing a...

Ep 399: Uncertainty And Your Investments With Maggie Jackson

29 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

These days, things feel more uncertain than ever. Take the economy, for example. By almost any objective measure, we’re doing much better economical...

Bonus: How Investing Is The Key To Unlocking Women’s Power With Gargi Pal Chaudhuri

24 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our new show How She Does It with Karen Finerman delves into all things women, money, and power every week… But the truth is, we can’t talk about ...

Ep 398: The Last Girlboss with Marisa Meltzer

22 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What ever happened to the “girlboss”? There was Audrey Gelman founder of the women-only social club and networking space the Wing, Tyler Haney of ...

Ep 397: The New Value Prop Of Financial Wellness Programs

15 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To dive into the data that just came out of HerMoney’s 2023 State of Women survey, the HerMoney Podcast team recently traveled to The Inc. 5,000 con...

Ep 396: Shaping Your Authentic Self With Dr. Sara Kuburic

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Like many of us, Dr. Sara Kuburic had a hard time figuring out who she was. She woke up one day and didn't like (or recognize) the person staring back...

Ep 395: Low Waste Cooking Hacks With Sohla El-Waylly

01 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Like many of the culinary creators we love on TikTok, Sohla El-Waylly is whipping things up in her home kitchen, using the ingredients she has on hand...

Ep 394: Speak Confidently In Any Room With Matt Abrahams

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us like to come prepared when we’re asked to give a speech — no matter the size of the room or audience. But sometimes when we want to say...

Ep 393: Bring Your Whole Self To Work With Maeve DuVally

18 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has been a big topic of conversation, particularly workplace conversation, over the past few years. DEI efforts...

Ep 392: The Hidden Power of Weak Language with Alison Fragale

11 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

“Don’t you think this is the best option…”  “Maybe if we went in this direction instead the client would be happier…”  These are examp...

Ep 391: From Broke to Millionaire with Chloe Elise

04 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Chloe Elise found herself in almost $40,000 worth of debt in her mid-20s. To pay it down, she turned to many of the world’s popular financial gurus ...

Ep 390: Is "Quiet Thriving" the new "Quiet Quitting?" With Erica Keswin

27 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you blink these days, you’ll miss the latest new trends in the working world. First, in 2021, we had “The Great Resignation.” Then, about a y...

Bonus: Girl Math with Danica McKellar

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you heard of “girl math”? Perhaps it’s best described in this scenario: You go to your favorite store, find a pair of pants that you absolu...

Ep 389: What “Fake News” Really Looks Like, with Dan Ariely

20 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re finding it harder these days to discern exactly what to believe when you watch or read the news, you’re not alone. It’s gotten so bad ...

Ep 388: How to Overcome Perfectionist Tendencies with Elise Loehnen

13 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As women, we can often feel pressure to always be “doing,” whether that’s working, going to the gym, prepping a project, or just getting ready f...

Bonus Mailbag #46: What A Possible Recession Means For Your Portfolio With Gargi Pal Chaudhuri

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been following the financial news headlines, you know this year there’s been nothing but mixed signals coming from our economy: We saw a...

Ep 387: How Your Generation Affects Your Financial Decisions with Jean Twenge

06 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Every single one of us is part of a certain generational grouping, and we may love or loathe the stereotypes that come with each. While we may agree w...

Ep 386: The Joy of A Secret-Free Life with Letty Cottin Pogrebin

30 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Increasingly, the women’s magazines we grew up on are taking deep dives into politics, health and the gender wage gap… But how did they go from...

Ep 385: What Is “Enough”? with Manisha Thakor

23 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Worrying about money is, unfortunately, a universal problem. And with today’s economic uncertainty, stubbornly high inflation and recession fears, o...

Ep 384: The Cost of Beauty Culture with Elise Hu

16 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Plastic surgery is more popular than ever, and women are paying an incredible amount for it. The epicenter of the plastic surgery industry is undeniab...

Bonus Mailbag #45: All Of Your Student Loans Questions Answered With Tara Siegel Bernard

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Even though President Biden’s proposal to cancel up to $20,000 of a borrower’s student loan debt was struck down by the Supreme Court, there is go...

Ep 383: Teenagers And Money With Mattie Kahn

09 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Teenagers have always had their finger on the pulse of the latest trends, but they’re not only great forecasters — they’re also big drivers in t...

Ep 382: Kitchen Renovations On A Budget With Sophie Donelson

02 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Deciding to renovate a kitchen is an incredibly stressful — and expensive! — decision. Do you want quartz countertops? Painted cabinets or bare wo...

Ep 381: Honing Your Senses For A Sharper Life With Gretchen Rubin

26 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We live in a fast-paced world with long to-do lists and Google Calendars that are scheduled out down to the minute. Every day, we’ve got errands to ...

Ep 380: Write Your Own Money Rules With Ramit Sethi

19 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to you to live a “rich” life? Ramit Sethi, host of the new Netflix show, “How to Get Rich,” wants you to live richly — but...

Bonus Mailbag #44: Index funds, ETFs, and more With Karen Finerman

14 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The amount of women who invest is on the rise, but navigating stocks, bonds, ETFS, and other asset classes can feel daunting. That’s why we’re ans...

Ep 379: Why You Don’t Need A Dream Job With Simone Stolzoff

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ah, the elusive “dream job." Many people are obsessed with finding it, because we think our lives will be complete once we land it. But Simone Stolz...

Ep 378: Personal Finance For Everyone With Vivian Tu

05 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vivian Tu was sick of her friends coming for her with the same financial advice questions, so she decided to make a quick TikTok and share it with all...

Ep 377: Economy News And What It Means For You With Catherine Rampell

28 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We are just about 6 months into 2023, and so far it’s been a confusing year for the economy…to say the least. The unemployment rate is low, the jo...

Bonus: The Psychology of Planning Ahead, with Professor Hal Hershfield

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We all know the simple rules to make sure we are preparing for our future selves at 70 or 80: spend less than you make, build up an emergency fund, se...

Ep 376: Eat Better, Save More Money on Food With Nutritionist Ellie Krieger

21 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Meal planning and grocery shopping for the week used to be a great way to eat healthy and save money, but every week prices seem to be going up. How d...

Ep 375: Using Your Power For Good With Former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty

14 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

More and more consumers care that a brand's values align with their own, and they’re willing to change their shopping habits if that isn’t the cas...

Ep 374: How To Fix Our Retirement System, With Economist Ben Harris

07 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

America’s retirement system is out of date, and there are currently millions of retirees who don’t have enough saved. It’s clear we need a plan ...

Ep 373: Your Ultimate Guide to Confidence With Auctioneer Lydia Fenet

31 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Confidence is a tricky word for women — we’re told to lean in and be assertive to get what we want, but if we lean in too hard, we come off as ina...

Ep 372: Career Transition In Four Steps With Joanne Lipman

24 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

At some point in our lives, we all experience a wake-up call about whether we’re going in the right direction. Millions experienced that wake-up cal...