Money Talk With Tiff

People hear "bankruptcy" and picture a U-Haul and a foreclosure sign. Barry Levine has spent 45 years explaining why that's usually wrong. Most Chapter 7 cases are what he calls assetless. You file, four months later...

I am not a pet owner. Fish and birds, that's my lane. But I am the friend people call when the vet bill arrives. $3,000 my friend didn't see coming. Another friend spent more on his dog's diabetes than his own health...

Tariq Beidleman found Money Talk with Tiff the same way you did — scrolling, commuting, probably stuck in DC traffic. Then he emailed me about a website bug. Then he kept listening. Then he paid off $30,000 in student...

I delete more interviews than I publish. Here's why. After 400+ episodes, the standard isn't "fine" — it's "my audience needs this." In this episode I pull back the curtain: the 30-minute circle that said nothing, the...

I used to think the more hours I worked, the more I loved my family. I was wrong. John Briggs was grinding 18-hour days — 5 a.m. to 2 a.m., three hours of sleep, crushing it by every hustle-culture metric. Then his wife...

Brianna Franklin used to tell debt survival stories. Now she prevents the debt. After her NGO funding dried up, she took a gap year and came back with HIRE vs Higher — curriculum teaching high schoolers to spot...

I bought pizza last night. House full of groceries. Zero capacity to cook. Then guilt. Sound familiar? Financial social worker Shirria McCullough, LCSW says this isn't failure — it's data. And the data looks very...

I thought my life insurance was fine. I had called. They had assured me. Then I found out my policy was canceled. Not because I lied on my application. Not because I stopped wanting coverage. Because of an ACH error, a...

I thought the hard part was writing it. I was wrong. The manuscript is locked. Page proofs are complete. Wiley told me I can't change anything anymore — which means Money Moves and Mindset Shifts is officially a real...

My podcast listenership dropped for 2 months straight. Here's the honest diagnosis — and the 4-part pivot starting episode 405. I went from interview-based episodes to 8 solo shows in a row. Good content, wrong rhythm...

You pay premium prices for pre-cut everything. Chicken pieces. Oil changes. Tax prep. "Convenience" you never actually tested. I did too — until I stood in my kitchen in Jamaica with a dull knife, a whole raw bird, and...

Your calendar is stacked. Your energy is low. Your budget hasn't been opened in weeks. And the guilt is starting to whisper: "You're falling behind. Again." Stop. A full plate is not a failed stewardship season. It's a...

You budget alone. Save alone. Stress alone. Then wonder why money still feels like a fight you never win. Stewardship was never designed to be solo. In this episode, I break down the 4 essential roles every person needs...

You missed your savings target. Overspent the budget. Ignored the plan for three months.  Now the shame spiral starts: "I'm bad with money. I'll never get this right. Why even try?"  Stop.  Missing a goal...

You set the goal. You made the plan. Three months later... nothing. Not because you failed. Because you never measured. Most of us are excellent at setting targets and terrible at reviewing progress. We rely on feelings...