HerMoney with Jean Chatzky
HerMoney with Jean Chatzky is a podcast that provides financial advice specifically tailored for women. Host Jean Chatzky addresses the unique financial challenges women face, offering research, expert tips, and personal guidance. The show aims to help women achieve financial comfort and peace of mind through frank, funny, and compassionate discussions.
Episodes
Ep 549: Farnoosh Torabi on Why “Healthy” Fear Is Good for Your Money (and Your Life)
Sixty percent of Americans say they feel scared when they think about the future, and women are more likely than men to feel that way. If your instinct is to push that fear down, breathe through it, or just try to be more fearless, Farnoosh Torabi wants to stop you right there. Because fear, she argues, isn’t the enemy. It’s actually one of the most powerful tools you have, if you know how to list
The Pink Tax on Everything: Why Women Pay More for a World Built for Men
Have you ever stopped to think about how nearly every product in your life — the car you drive, the shoes on your feet, the chair you're sitting in right now — was actually designed for men? Because cars were designed for men, women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in a crash, and 17% more likely to die in one. And it doesn't stop at cars; even your sneakers were likely modeled on a man
Ep 548: Tori Dunlap's Money Playbook For Finishing Out The Year Strong
We're closing in on the end of 2026, and on paper, it's been an amazing year for the markets. But that doesn't change the math that so many of us are feeling in our day-to-day lives. That’s why we’re back with Tori Dunlap, founder and CEO of Her First $100K, to walk us through her top moves for building real wealth as we head into the final stretch of the year.
Jean and Tori get into what to do w
"Should I Fire My $50K-a-Year Financial Advisor?"
In this AMA, Jean sits down with Anne — a 57-year-old retiree, self-taught investor, and self-described "super saver" — who's questioning whether her advisor's 60-basis-point fee (upwards of $50,000 a year) is still worth it now that she's retired, debt-free, and increasingly comfortable managing her own portfolio.
They talk:
The real difference between a pre-retirement growth plan and a post
Ep 547: Dr. Jill Biden on Why Every Woman Needs Her Own Money
It's no secret that Dr. Jill Biden has been through a lot. She opens her new memoir, View From The East Wing, by telling us about the heartbreak of losing her son Beau to brain cancer at the age of 46. In the wake of that loss, she and her husband almost lost their son Hunter Biden to addiction.
And more recently, she has been by former President Joe Biden's side through his diagnosis of an aggr
Why I Changed My Mind About Annuities After 20 Years
For almost twenty years, HerMoney CEO Jean Chatzky was an annuity denier. In 2006, when her mother's financial advisor suggested putting some of her mom's money into one, Jean told him, flatly, to forget it. This week, she tells the full story of what changed her mind.
Jean walks through the research that convinced her — retirees with annuitized income spend meaningfully more than retirees with s
InvestingFixx Sneak Peek: Should You Buy Gold Right Now?
Gold's had a strong run in recent months, climbing toward $4,700 an ounce at one point in late August — and if you've been wondering whether it's too late to get in, or whether gold even deserves its reputation as a 'safe haven,' this episode is for you.
In a recent session of HerMoney’s InvestingFixx club, Jean sat down with Meghan Pinchuk, Chief Investment Officer and Partner at Morton Wealth,
Ep 546: What If Women Are Already Better With Money Than We Think?
What does being “good with money” actually look like?
It might look like steadily contributing to your 401(k). Or figuring out how to pay for summer camp while continuing to save for retirement. It might mean comparing health insurance plans, building an emergency fund, deciding how much house your family can comfortably afford, or simply asking the right questions before making a big financial d
Sinking Funds 101: How to Save Smarter with Nerdwallet's Sean Pyles and Elizabeth Ayoola
Ever moved money out of your vacation fund to cover a car repair, or dipped into your emergency fund for something that wasn't quite an emergency? That's exactly where sinking funds come in.
This week, Jean sits down with Sean Pyles, CFP® and host of NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast, and his co-host Elizabeth Ayoola to break down the sinking fund strategy: separate, named savings buckets ea
Ep 545: Getting the Most Out of Medicare: What You Need to Know
Medicare can feel like a maze of parts, plans and deadlines – and getting it wrong can cost you.
On this episode of the HerMoney Podcast, sponsored by LIMRA, Jean sits down with mother-daughter Medicare experts Diane Omdahl and Melinda Caughill of 65 Incorporated to break down exactly what you need to know: when to enroll, how to choose between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage, and what'
“Should We Give Up a $350K Lump Sum for a Bigger Guaranteed Pension?”
Jenna joins Jean Chatzky on this week's episode for another AMA conversation, this time digging into a decision that sits right at the heart of Jean's new book, The Forever Paycheck: Is it worth giving up more money on paper for the peace of mind that comes with guaranteed income?
In this episode:
Why Jenna and her husband are reconsidering the lump sum after years of assuming it was the obvi
Ep 544: Is the 4% Rule Dead? Jean Chatzky on Building a Paycheck That Never Runs Out
We've gotten really good at teaching people how to save for retirement. But almost nobody teaches you what to do the day you stop earning and have to start spending. That's the gap Jean set out to close in her new book, The Forever Paycheck: The New Retirement Strategy to Spend More, Worry Less and Never Run Out of Money, and on this episode, HerMoney Chief Content Officer Kathryn Tuggle turns the
The Secret To Building Wealth As A Normal Person
Do you feel like you're middle class? You might not be. Pew Research shows the U.S. middle class has shrunk from 61% of households in 1971 to closer to half today. So what does building wealth actually look like for regular people right now?
This week, Jean sits down with Joel Larsgaard, co-host of the How To Money podcast, to talk about building wealth as a normal person, no finance degree or tr
Remembering Gloria Steinem: Money, Power & Feminism (2017 Interview)
Gloria Steinem died today at 92, and we're revisiting a conversation that's stayed with Jean for almost a decade. Recorded live at the Paley Center in 2017 at an event called Winning Plays: Black Women, Feminism, and Empowerment, this episode brings together Gloria Steinem and financial journalist Stacey Tisdale for a wide-ranging conversation on money, power, and freedom.
It's a conversation abo
Ep 543: Is This Stock Market Too Good to Be True? Karen Finerman's Honest Take
The S&P 500 is on pace for a fourth straight year of double-digit gains, something that's only happened once before since 1928, and that last time ended with the dot-com crash. So naturally, a lot of us are wondering: is this too good to be true?
Jean sits down with friend of the show Karen Finerman, co-founder and CEO of Metropolitan Capital Advisors and longtime panelist on CNBC's Fast Money, t
The Simple Framework for Planning the Retirement You Actually Want
Most of us pictured our lives as a straight line: high school, college, a job, marriage, a house, kids…one milestone after another. Then life happened. A divorce. A layoff. A move. A pandemic.
This week, Jean Chatzky goes solo to make the case that a messy, non-linear life isn't a failure; it's just what a normal life actually looks like.
In this episode, you'll learn:
The "5 Ws
Ep 542: We Fact-Checked Social Media’s Worst Financial Advice With Jill Schlesinger
FinTok is full of people giving confident financial advice… and a lot of it is dead wrong.
This week, Jean sits down with CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger, and host of the new podcast Money Moves, to call out the worst financial trends going viral right now, answer real questions from HerMoney listeners, and share how to tell good financial advice from the bad.
In this episode:
J
"I'm 3 Months Into Early Retirement. How Do I Make the Money Last?"
You've heard of FIRE, Financial Independence, Retire Early. And maybe your first reaction is: those people are a little extreme. But what if you stripped away the extreme version? What if early retirement just meant leaving the workforce in your late 50s, or stepping back a few years before 65… on your own terms?
That's exactly what we're digging into in this special mailbag episode with the co-h
Ep 541: Protected vs. Growing: The Split Your Portfolio Actually Needs
When's the last time you looked at your portfolio and felt genuinely confident it could weather a bad year? For most of us, the answer is some version of "I'm diversified — stocks for growth, bonds for safety — so I should be fine." But in 2022, stocks and bonds both posted double-digit losses at the same time, and the "safe" part of the plan turned out not to be so safe after all.
That gut-check
A Rejection Expert on How to Ask for What You Want (Even If The Answer Is No)
You know that feeling when you should ask for the raise, have the hard money conversation with your partner, or push back on a bad deal… and you just don't?
On today’s episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with Jia Jiang, the guy behind the viral "100 Days of Rejection" experiment, and author of the new book, Easy Discipline: An Unconventional Way to Achieve Ambitious Things.
Jia argues th
Ep 540: The One Question That Will Change Your Relationship With Money
What if the secret to never worrying about money again isn't earning more or spending less?
Jesse Mecham, founder of the beloved budgeting app YNAB (You Need A Budget) and author of the new book Never Worry About Money Again By Answering One Question, is joins us to dig into why so many of us carry a constant low-grade hum of money anxiety — even when the numbers are fine — and how asking three s
$100k Used to Mean You’d Made It. Now It Barely Covers Groceries.
$100,000 used to mean you'd made it. Today, in some cities, it barely covers groceries — and there's a real reason that gap feels so wide. This week, Jean sits down with Mark Hamrick, Chief Economic Analyst and writer of The Hamrick Brief, to unpack why the official numbers so often miss how people actually feel about their money.
Mark recently built his own economic measure, HAPI (the Hamrick Am
Ep 539: Why Retirees Are Too Scared to Spend Their Own Money (And How to Fix It)
You saved. You invested. You did everything right. So why does spending your own money in retirement feel so terrifying?
This week, Jean sits down with Terri Fiedler, President of Retirement Services at Corebridge Financial, to dig into why the spending side of retirement is so much harder than saving, and what you can do about it right now.
They cover:
The "retirement paradox": why 60% of r
Is a Vitamix Actually Worth $600? A Consumer Reports Expert Answers Your Biggest Home Spending Questions
You know that feeling when you're staring at two versions of the same appliance and have absolutely no idea which one is actually worth it? Today we're getting some answers.
Jean Chatzky sits down with Tanya Christian, Senior Home and Appliance Writer at Consumer Reports, for a special mailbag episode answering your real questions about the stuff you actually want to buy, or are wondering i
Ep 538: The Four-Day Workweek Is Real – So Why Don’t We Have It Yet?
Every few weeks, another tech titan promises to hand us our time back. Jamie Dimon says a shorter workweek is coming. Elon Musk says AI will make work optional. Bill Gates is predicting two-day workweeks. Sounds amazing, except we don't actually need AI to get there. The research proving a shorter workweek works has been sitting in front of us for over a decade.
This week, bestselling author and
Four Women Get Honest About Retirement Planning, Financial Peace, and the Money We Leave Behind
Do you have enough? And how do you even know?
In the third and final episode of HerMoney's series with AARP, From First Paycheck to Forever Paycheck, Jean Chatzky and her roundtable tackle the biggest question in personal finance — what does financial security actually feel like, and how do you build something that doesn't just sustain you, but actually gives you peace?
Hannah Williams sold h
Ep 537: Why Your Medical Bills Are Bankrupting You and What You Can Do About It Today
Your doctor isn't the enemy. So why does it feel like you're fighting them, and losing?
This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with Dr. Jordan Grumet to talk about his explosive new book The Healthcare Heist: How Physicians and Patients Can Unite to Transform Healthcare. As a hospice physician who spent over two decades watching families drown in paperwork and impossible bills, Jordan has a clear-eyed
The House of Cards: What Happens to Your Money When Life Blows Up the Plan
Did your life turn out exactly the way you planned it? Nobody says yes. Not one person.
In the second episode of HerMoney's three-part series with AARP, From First Paycheck to Forever Paycheck,
Jean Chatzky gets personal, sharing that at 40, she was fired, got divorced, and lost her father all in the same year. And the women around the table don't hold back either.
Ashley Parker reve
Ep 536: AI and Your Money: What It Can Do, What It Can't, And Where It Could Get You Into Trouble
What happens when you let AI run your life? In her book, I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything, award-winning journalist Joanna Stern chronicles her yearlong experiment integrating AI into every aspect of her day-to-day, from healthcare and money management to household chores and, yes, even an AI-powered massage therapist.
On this episode of the HerMoney Podcast, sponsored
From First Paycheck to Forever Paycheck: How Women Can Build Wealth at Every Life Stage
In the first episode of our three-part series with AARP, Jean Chatzky brings together four women across four generations- Gen Z creator Hannah Williams, Zillennial entrepreneur Viviana Vazquez, Millennial journalist Ashley Parker, and Gen X financial expert Carly Roszkowski- for an honest, freewheeling roundtable on building wealth across every life stage.
They cover why the old financial playboo
Ep 535: Mid-Year Investing Reset: SpaceX, AI Stocks, and What to Do With Your Portfolio Before 2026 Is Over
On today’s episode, Jean sits down with Marta Norton, Chief Investment Strategist at Empower, for an honest, clear-eyed mid-year markets check-in. Marta has a point of view that many of you will find refreshing: that politics belongs at the Thanksgiving table, not in your portfolio. And she's here to tell us exactly why.
In this episode, we cover:
The AI concentration risk hiding inside your
The Cost of People-Pleasing: Sari Botton on Money, Reinvention, and Finding Yourself Later in Life
Have you ever looked up and realized you've been living someone else's version of your life? Sari Botton, editor and writer behind Oldster Magazine and author of And You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen X Weirdo, knows that feeling intimately. And she's turned it into a body of work that has resonated with hundreds of thousands of people.
In this episode:
The financial co
Ep 534: The Aging and Money Mistakes We Swear We Won't Make (And Then Make Anyway)
We all have a list… things we watched our parents do as they got older and swore we'd never do ourselves. We'd stay active. We'd embrace technology. We'd get the hearing aid. And then life happens. Washington Post columnist and author Steven Petrow has been thinking about this for nearly 20 years, and he joins Jean today to talk about the aging and money mistakes we make despite our very best inte
"I'm 62 with $1M saved. Should my husband and I get a divorce to protect our retirement?"
Nobody wants to think about the possibility of losing their spouse to Alzheimer's. But what if planning ahead meant considering something as unexpected as divorce? That's exactly the question Susan is grappling with today.
Susan is 62, still working, and earning around $100K a year. Her husband is 65 and already retired. Together they've built a solid financial foundation — over $778K in investme
Ep 533: Living Off Your Acorns: How to Plan for All 4 Phases of Retirement
What if the most important phase of retirement is the one nobody talks about? This week, Jean sits down with Dana Anspach, CFP, to walk through the four phases of retirement outlined in her new book, Living Off Your Acorns: Your Guide to the Four Phases of Retirement, including the phase she argues matters most of all: the Pre-Go years.
Dana breaks down what to expect at every stage — from buildi
The Economic Freeze: What's Really Happening With Jobs, Housing, and Your Paycheck
The economy added 172,000 jobs in May, nearly double what economists expected. So why did consumer sentiment just hit a record low? Why does everything still feel so hard?
In this episode, Jean sits down with Sarah Foster, Personal Finance Reporter at Bloomberg, to break down what's really going on beneath the surface of those headline numbers, and what it means for your job, your home, and your
Ep 532: The Truth About Annuities: Busting Myths and Answering Your Biggest Questions
Annuities might be one of the most misunderstood financial products out there – and they come with plenty of opinions…as well as questions. Are the fees really that high? Do advisors just push them for the commission? Could an annuity actually be the missing piece of your retirement plan?
On this episode of the HerMoney Podcast, we’re cutting through the noise with two leading experts: Michael F
Reinventing Your Career in the Age of AI? Jodi Kantor Says YES
For white-collar workers, the recent headlines about AI are more than a little bit fear-inducing. AI could automate millions of white-collar jobs within 18 months. College graduates are booing commencement speakers who bring it up. And women — whose jobs are three times more likely to be automated — are falling behind on AI adoption. So what do you actually do?
Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Tim
Ep 531: The Secret to Retiring With Enough (That Americans Have Used for 300 Years)
A new study shows Americans expect to delay retirement by four years as the cost of living rises…and 4 in 10 aren't confident they'll have enough money to last. If that sent you into a spiral, this episode is your permission to exhale.
Historian, real estate investor, and early retiree Joseph S. Moore, PhD, spent years stress-testing three centuries of American financial advice, and what he found
The Lie of Girlboss Feminism: What's Really Holding Women Back
We've been told to lean in, speak up, ask for the raise, and take up space. But what happens when doing everything right still isn't enough?
Journalist and financial expert Stefanie O'Connell joins Jean to talk about her deeply researched new book, The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up — and Then Pushes Them Down.
In this conversation, Jean and Stefanie dig into why
Ep 530: How to Think Like a Millionaire When the Economy Feels Out of Control
If you've been feeling financially anxious lately, the numbers back you up. A record 55% of Americans say their financial situation is getting worse, and 67% say they're more afraid of running out of money than dying.
This week, Jean sits down with Carrie Joy Grimes, author of the new book The Joy of Money, for a candid, wide-ranging conversation about financial anxiety, behavioral science, and
Brooke Shields Is Just Getting Started
She's been famous since childhood, but Brooke Shields might be having her most interesting chapter yet, and she's the first to say she's done waiting to be picked.
This week on HerMoney, we're thrilled to share a special replay of one of our favorite recent episodes from our sister podcast, How She Does It with Karen Finerman. Karen sits down with the actress, author, and entrepreneur for a wide-
Ep 529: Lessons from a Legend: What Jonathan Clements Taught Us About Money and Life
There are people who change the way you think about money. And then there are people who change the way you think about life, and do it through the lens of money. Jonathan Clements was one of those people.
The beloved personal finance columnist and Wall Street Journal veteran passed away in September 2025, leaving behind a remarkable legacy and one final book: Money and Me: How to Make Your Finan
We Asked Real Women to Track Their Grocery Spending for a Week. Here's What Happened.
What does a week of grocery shopping actually look like for real women right now? Jean Chatzky teams up with Yasmeen Khan, writer of Consumer Reports' Bread and Butter newsletter, for a special edition of A Week in Her Wallet, focused entirely on the grocery store.
First, Jean and Yasmeen sit down with Lori, a mom of two boys in Massachusetts, who spent the week bouncing between Trader Joe's, Cos
Ep 528: You’re Already Behind – And It’s Not Your Fault: Closing The Retirement Gender Gap
You’ve heard of the gender pay gap – but there’s a quieter crisis unfolding for millions of women: the retirement gender gap. Whether you’ve taken time out of the workforce to care for a loved one, are a Gen X’er racing toward retirement with less saved than you’d like, or recently lost a spouse and are suddenly in charge of finances you’ve never managed alone, this episode is for you.
In it, tw
A Week In Her Wallet: How One Woman Turned Divorce Debt Into a Bulletproof Budget, and a Savings Surplus
Nicole is 56, single, and living in Raleigh, North Carolina, and she has a spreadsheet for everything. After her divorce left her saddled with debt, she spent two decades building a budget system so airtight she hasn't carried a credit card balance since. Now she's earning over $100k a year, paying off every card in full, and chipping away at a student loan she could settle tomorrow if she wanted
Ep 527: How To Not Know: Making Peace With Financial Uncertainty
If financial uncertainty is keeping you awake at night, this episode is for you. Author and journalist Simone Stolzoff joins Jean to talk about his new book, How To Not Know: The Value of Uncertainty in a World That Demands Answers, and why learning to sit with the unknown might be the most powerful financial skill you can develop right now.
And in this week's Mailbag, Jean is joined by Lacy Garc
"I'm 56 with $3M saved. My husband says we can't afford for me to retire early. Is he right?"
This week, Jean sits down with Louise, 56, a high-tech executive who's burned out, stretched thin, and seriously asking herself whether it's time to walk away from her career.
Louise has done everything right: she and her husband have $3.2M in retirement accounts, over $400k in vested stock, a home worth almost $2 million, and 529s for the kids. But with a family of six to cover, and healthcare c
Ep 526: This Mother's Day, Pass It On: Slow and Steady Still Wins
It was 1996 when a young journalist named Beth Kobliner published a book called Get A Financial Life, and for a whole generation of women in their twenties and thirties, it became the money bible they didn't know they needed. Thirty years later, Beth is back with a completely updated fifth edition, and the timing couldn't be more perfect.
This week, Jean sits down with Beth for a wide-ranging con
A Week In Her Wallet: A 63-Year-Old Preschool Director Saving For Her “Rich Enough Old Lady” Future
What does it actually look like to spend just $400 in a week… intentionally, joyfully, and with a clear-eyed plan for the future? This week on A Week in Her Wallet, Jean sits down with Ann, a 63-year-old Early Childhood Director from upstate New York, who is on a mission to build what she calls her "rich enough old lady future self."
Ann brings in over $100k a year, but her spending week clocked
Ep 525: The Best Money Advice of All Time (According to the Experts)
What's the best financial advice you've ever received? Not the trendiest tip or the hottest stock pick; what’s the wisdom that actually holds up over a lifetime? That's exactly the question Diane Harris, Deputy Editor of Kiplinger, put to 35 of the most trusted voices in personal finance…and the answers are as practical as they are profound.
In this episode, you'll learn:
Why "spend less than
"I'm 68 and newly retired. Should I tap my $850K nest egg to renovate my bathrooms, or borrow instead?"
What does it actually feel like to be on the cusp of retirement and wonder if you're doing it right? This week, Jean sits down with two listeners, Nancy and Melissa, who are both asking the same underlying question: How do I make sure I don't run out of money in retirement, while still actually enjoying my life?
First, Jean talks with Nancy, 68, a soon-to-be retired nurse with $850K saved, a pens
Ep 524: Don't Claim Too Early: The Social Security Mistake That Could Cost You 30%
Did you know that claiming Social Security at 62 instead of 70 could mean locking in a permanent 30% cut to your monthly benefits for life?
In this episode, Jean sits down with Marcia Mantell, founder of Mantell Retirement Consulting and author of Social Security: Lightly Toasted, Not Burnt, to talk about what's really going on with Social Security's solvency, why Congress will almost certainly
A Week In Her Wallet: The 48-Year-Old Who Turned a Rental Property Into Her Retirement Plan
What does a real week of spending look like for a busy working mom who also happens to be a landlord? This week on A Week In Her Wallet, we're heading to Annapolis, Maryland, to follow Larisa, a 48-year-old HR Director with a combined household income of $375,000, two kids in competitive sports, a dog, and a rental condo she's owned since her twenties.
We talk through it all: how she keeps a sepa
Ep 523: The Hidden Retirement Risk: What Happens To Your Money When You Can No Longer Manage It?
You’ve planned for retirement. You’ve built your savings, mapped out your Social Security strategy, and thought through market risks. But what happens if one day, you can’t manage your money at all? It’s an uncomfortable question – and one many people avoid. Yet, research shows that cognitive decline can quietly undermine financial decision-making, often earlier than we expect, and with serious co
"My kids don't need their college savings anymore. Can I keep the tax benefits?"
You saved diligently for your kids' education, and now that chapter is closing. So what happens to the money? Can you protect those tax benefits and roll the funds into something new? We're getting into it.
This week, Jean is joined by Lacy Garcia, founder and CEO of TrustWillow.com, a personalized advisor-matching platform that connects women and their families with vetted, fiduciary financial a
Introducing: A Week In Her Wallet
Do you actually know where your money went last week? Not roughly...where it actually went. Every coffee, every impulse buy, every bill that hit all at once on a Monday morning when you were least expecting it.
A Week in Her Wallet is a HerMoney limited series where real women from our community track every single dollar they spend for one full week, and then sit down with Jean Chatzky to talk ab
Ep 522: Inflation, AI, Retirement, and Your Wallet: Planet Money Answers Your Biggest Money Questions
At HerMoney, we're always trying to make money a little less intimidating; breaking down the big, complicated stuff into things you can actually use in your real life. And when it comes to understanding the economy, nobody does that better than today's guest.
Alex Mayyasi is a contributor to Planet Money, the NPR podcast that has spent seventeen years making economics genuinely entertaining, and
Why Playing It Safe With Your Money Might Be the Riskiest Thing You Can Do
You've heard the rules. Subtract your age from 100. Go 60/40. Play it safer as you get older. But what if those long-held guidelines have been steering you wrong and costing you?
Yale finance professor James Choi returns to HerMoney to share groundbreaking research that could change the way you think about your investments forever. His new asset allocation formula goes far beyond the traditional
Ep 521: Stocks Are Up, Prices Are Still High, and Nobody Agrees on What's Next. Here's What to Do.
Q1 2026 has been a lot. Tariffs. Oil above $100 a barrel. A war in the Middle East. Recession chatter. Stock market swings. And the creeping feeling that something has shifted in the economy… and not for the better.
This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with economist and fan-favorite guest Kathryn Edwards for a full Q1 economic report card and a roadmap for what Q2 might bring.
In this episode:
“I’m 54. My advisor said fully funding my 401(k) won't make a big difference. Is he right?”
When was the last time you felt truly in control of your time? Not your calendar, not your to-do list…your time? If the answer is "I can't remember," this episode is for you.
Jean Chatzy is joined by Andy Hill, AFC, founder of Marriage, Kids, and Money, and author of Own Your Time: 10 Financial Steps to Put Your Family First and Escape the Corporate Grind. Together, they tackle your most pressing
Ep 520: Why Smart, Hardworking Women Are Struggling With Money Right Now And What To Do About It
You're earning more than you ever have. You're doing everything you were told to do. So why does it still feel like you can't get ahead?
This week, Jean sits down with Hanna Horvath, CFP, personal finance journalist, and writer behind the Substack Your Brain on Money, to talk about why so many women are struggling with money right now, and why it probably has a lot less to do with your choices th
Stephanie Link's 2026 Market Outlook: International Stocks, Crypto, & the AI Power Boom
Markets are swinging. There's a war with Iran. Oil is spiking. And if your stomach has been dropping every time you look at your portfolio, Stephanie Link has something to say about that.
Stephanie is Chief Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Hightower Advisors, and a longtime CNBC contributor with more than 30 years of experience managing money through every kind of market cycle. She
Ep 519: When Health Derails Wealth: How Women Can Safeguard Their Retirement
When retirement plans fall apart, we tend to assume it’s because someone overspent – maybe on travel, hobbies, or helping the kids a little too much. But, often, that’s not what does the real damage. It’s healthcare costs.
Dr. Carolyn McClanahan – a physician turned fee-only financial planner – joins Jean Chatzky on this special episode of the HerMoney Podcast, sponsored by LIMRA, to share how u
Is a Recession Coming? The Economist Behind the Most Accurate Indicator in History Weighs In
Oil prices have surged past $100 a barrel, three ships were struck near the Strait of Hormuz just yesterday, and the word "recession" is creeping back into the conversation. And we’re all feeling more than just a little bit anxious about what that means for our money.
On this special bonus episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with Claudia Sahm, former Fed section chief, senior economist under Presiden
Ep 518: What Your Doctor Isn't Telling You About Aging (And What It'll Cost You)
What if everything the wellness industry is selling you is actually making your life worse…not longer? This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, oncologist, bioethicist, and author of Eat Your Ice Cream: Six Simple Rules for a Long, Healthy Life, for one of the most thought-provoking conversations we've had on HerMoney.
Then we're joined by Lacey Garcia, founder and CEO of Willo
Impact Investing for Women: Building Wealth and Shaping the Future With Janine Firpo
Over the next decade, roughly $30 trillion is expected to move into the hands of women, and the question isn't just what women will inherit. It's what they'll build.
This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with Janine Firpo, an impact investor and co-founder of Invest for Better, to talk about Our Sheconomy, a data-backed initiative that models what the world would look like if women had held equal eco
EP 517: Breaking Free From Destructive Money Patterns with Therapist Kati Morton
Why do we keep doing the things we know aren’t good for our finances? Whether it’s emotional spending, avoiding a growing credit card balance, over-controlling every dollar, or saying “yes” to spending when we really mean “no”. So many of our money habits aren’t about math; they’re about emotion.
This week, Jean Chatzky sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health educ
A Week In Her Wallet: A 55-Year-Old Tech Director Who Meal Preps Every Meal — Even for a Half Marathon
What does a real week of spending look like for a 55-year-old director of technology earning $212,000 a year? In this episode of A Week in Her Wallet, Jean Chatzky talks with Kortne, a Texas-based executive, marathoner, and mom of two adult daughters, who tracked every dollar she spent over seven days.
Kortne grew up in a working-class family in Detroit and says she’s intentional about enjoying h
Ep 516: Saved Enough but Afraid to Spend? A Simple Money System for Retirement Confidence
Have you saved and saved and saved… but now feel unsure about how to spend? On this week’s episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with entrepreneur and bestselling author Mike Michalowicz to talk about why managing money isn’t a math problem, it’s a behavior problem.
Mike opens up about losing everything after selling two multi-million-dollar companies, how lifestyle inflation and ego nearly destroyed h
Should Crypto and Private Equity Be in Your 401(k)? A CFP Breaks It Down
Are private equity, private credit, and crypto coming to your 401(k)? And if they do, should you invest?
In this episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with CFP® professional and Summit Place Financial founder Liz Miller to break down the new push to allow alternative investments, such as private equity, private credit, and cryptocurrency, in retirement accounts.
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Ep 515: Stability Over Stress: Building A Retirement Plan For Uncertain Times
If you’ve read economic headlines recently and thought, “Well, that’s not comforting,” you’re not alone. Market swings and broader economic uncertainty are enough to make even confident investors second-guess their strategies.
And here’s the hard truth: Wall Street doesn’t care if you’re retiring next year. It doesn’t care if you’re five years away. And it definitely doesn’t care if you’re lying
Single, Self-Sufficient & Paying More? How to Beat the Singles Tax
More American women are single than ever before, but our financial system is still built for couples.
In this episode, Jean Chatzky sits down with finance journalist and author Renée Sylvestre-Williams to unpack the hidden financial penalties of being single (aka The Singles Tax) and what solo earners can do to protect themselves, build wealth, and plan for retirement on their own terms.
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Ep 514: Why Every Woman Needs a “F*ck Off Fund” — And How It Evolves as You Age
What does financial freedom really mean? Not just a healthy retirement account or a growing investment portfolio, but the ability to walk away from a situation that isn’t right. To say no. To have choices.
In this episode, Jean sits down with writer and speaker Paulette Perhach, whose essay about building a “F*ck Off Fund” has resonated with women for nearly a decade. Together, they explore how f
Premium Credit Cards: Are They Actually Worth the Fee? With Your Rich BFF Vivian Tu
How many credit cards is too many? Are premium travel cards actually worth those eye-popping annual fees? And what should you do when a card in your wallet stops pulling its weight?
This week, Jean Chatzky is joined once again by money expert Vivian Tu for a listener mailbag all about credit cards, points, and smart strategies for getting real value, without paying unnecessary fees or interest.
Ep 513: Vivian Tu on Building a Well Endowed Life That Buys You Time, Not Just Things
She’s back, and she brought her boldest advice yet. Vivian Tu, New York Times bestselling author and founder of Your Rich BFF, joins us to talk about her new book Well Endowed and why now is the time to rethink how you spend, save, and build the future you want.
Vivian and Jean get real about what it means to be truly wealthy—not just financially, but emotionally and generationally. From burnout
A Week In Her Wallet: A 35-Year-Old Nurse and Money Coach Who Swears By Systems
In this week’s episode of A Week In Her Wallet, we head to New Jersey to follow Prisca, a 35-year-old nurse and part-time money coach who tracks every dollar with intention. From $8 therapy copays to $25 dance classes that light up her world, Prisca shows us how structure and joy can coexist in personal finance.
Prisca’s week is packed with practical tips, emotional insights, and small moments th
Ep 512: The Top Money Saving Tips We Wish We Knew Sooner With David Bach & Jean Chatzky
What do two financial pros with over 60 years of combined experience really wish they knew about money 30 years ago?
In this very special crossover episode of HerMoney and The David Bach Show, Jean Chatzky sits down with longtime friend and bestselling author David Bach to share candid stories, big career lessons, and one bold new idea that could change retirement in America.
Together, Jean and
Chief Economist Mark Zandi on What to Do With Your Money Right Now
This week, we’re cutting through the chaos and zeroing in on what matters most to your financial life: your investments, your home, and your next money moves.
Jean sits down with Dr. Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody’s Analytics, to unpack how global uncertainty, rising mortgage rates, and Trump-era policies are reshaping our economy. From the stock market rollercoaster to the housing “lock-in
Ep 511: From Nest Egg to Paycheck: Rethinking Retirement Planning
When people think about preparing for retirement, they usually think about saving. But the real challenge? Making sure your money lasts as long as you do. Morningstar’s Christine Benz joins us for a conversation about the smartest ways to prepare for retirement and make sure your money goes the distance.
This episode is part of our new, monthly retirement-focused series, brought to you by LIMRA.
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