Inside Out Money

Mastering teen money basics is the ultimate key to transforming Gen Z's financial anxiety into agency and empowerment. In part two of our special series with my 17-year-old stepdaughter, Maddie, we are moving past the...

Raising financially confident teens requires us to look past simple budgeting and understand the psychology they face every single day. We are kicking off an actionable three-part series with my 17-year-old...

Examining our deathbed regrets is the ultimate framework for reverse-engineering how we spend our time and money today. We unpack the difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues, challenging the common instinct...

Social comparison theory explains why our brains constantly compare our lives to everything we see on social media, leaving us with a heavy dose of aspirational fatigue. We unpack how measuring ourselves against...

We’ve certainly had some mindset shifts about our financial and life choices over the years, and according to Sahil Bloom, adapting your beliefs is the ultimate sign of intelligence. We get incredibly honest about the...

We are experiencing burnout, so we fantasize about leaving it all behind. What does this mean, and how can we find the middle way to achieve balance, boundaries, and ultimately a happy and content life? It turns out...

Are Deferred Compensation Plans (DCPs) the strategic and supercharged path to FIRE, or can a taxable brokerage account get you to the exact same place? We break down exactly how DCPs work, their risks, their realities...

We dive into the psychology of money and discuss behavioral biases that explain why we make the financial decisions we do, even when we know better. In breaking down some of these common behavioral finance traps and...

Is our obsession with comfort quietly draining our wealth and resilience? Our modern lives have engineered almost all of the friction and discomfort away. We explore the mental and financial traps of modern convenience...

They say FI is better with friends, and we definitely think that’s true. Recorded live from CampFI Rocky Mountain week 2.0 with Liz from the Liz Gets Loaded podcast and Kathleen from The Reframe podcast, we tackle the...

I can’t believe what we spent during the first half of 2026!? Our expenses have definitely added up and even surprised us, which is why we think tracking them is so important. We lay out all of our mid-year expenses and...

We often focus on the tactical side of wealth, but true financial independence requires mastering your mindset and building an unbreakable relationship with yourself. I recently made a massive investment in...

Welcome to another Waffle Week, where we ditch the agenda and just see where the financial conversation takes us. We cover the entire spending spectrum, from spending to saving and from pedicures to standing desks. Grab...

Every day we make decisions that seem isolated, but they actually send massive ripples through our long-term financial lives and overall well-being. From the friends we hang out with and the city we live in, to the...

<p>We share our best tips for using Monarch Money to track expenses, manage separate accounts, and keep our financial lives completely organized. We discuss how to remove the friction from budgeting and expense tracking...