HomeEc
HomeEc explores the intersection of money, relationships, and emotional health, focusing on how financial decisions and household management impact overall well-being. Hosted by Nick Ashburn and Moraya Seeger DeGeare, the podcast delves into the psychology behind financial choices and the emotional aspects of running a home. Each week, they share relatable stories, expert insights, and practical tools to help listeners thrive in their daily lives. Produced by Calibrate.
Episodes
Women and Wealth with Cary Carbonaro CFP
What do you do when you can see the path that would help someone, and they still won't take it?Moraya and Nick sat down with Cary Carbonaro, CFP, she has spent more than 25 years helping women have a different experience with financial services. She's the author of Women in Wealth: A Playbook to Empower Clients and Unlock Their Fortune and The Money Queen's Guide, and the managing advi
Working With Your Brain: Money, ADHD & Dopamine, with Jessica Bayers
Jessica Bayers is the founder of Bougie on a Budget, a neuroscience-informed personal finance educator helping people build financial stability without shame, discipline lectures, or another app that doesn't stick.Did you know dopamine doesn't just drive cravings? It also shapes your working memory, motivation, attention, and the habits you build around money.Jessica joins Nick and Moraya to kick
Money Together ft. authors Heather & Douglas Boneparth
Heather and Doug Boneparth run Bone Fide Wealth together, write a weekly substack The Joint Account, authored the book Money Together and are married with two daughters. Doug is a Certified Financial Planner and active funny meme creator and Heather is a lawyer, writer on love, money and family. In this episode, Moraya and Nick get into the real story behind Money Together: growing up with differe
Financial Infidelity in Relationships ft. Dr. Megan McCoy
Financial infidelity does not always look like a secret account or hidden debt. Most of the time, it looks like the purchase you do not mention. The conversation you keep finding reasons to postpone. Saying it was on sale when both of you know it was not.This week we sat down with Dr. Megan McCoy, one of the leading researchers in financial therapy, to ask the real question underneath all of it: w
Whole Home Recalibration: Emotional Regulation and Decision Making
Moraya Seeger DeGeare and Nick Ashburn sit down with Domonique Messing, LCSW, RPT-S™, MBA, to explore what dysregulation actually means and how it shapes family life, money stress, and decision making.They unpack why good advice often does not land when someone is overwhelmed, how stress in one person ripples through an entire household, and what it looks like to build a more regulated home. Domon
The Upside Down of Economic Mobility
Episode Description: Most of us are walking around with loss in our bodies, sometimes acute, sometimes old, sometimes unnamed, yet we're still expected to perform, navigate change, and make decisions like nothing happened. What if the thing blocking someone's progress isn't motivation or discipline, but capacity?.In this episode of Home Ec, hosts Nick Ashburn and Licensed Marriage and Family Thera
Wallet Dysmorphia: Why Money Feels Scarier Than It Is During Life Change
You don’t need more advice thrown at you. You need someone who can stay with you.When everything is changing, you don’t need another expert telling you what to do. You need someone who can stay with you in the uncertainty and help you make decisions without rushing, shaming, or overwhelming you.In this episode of Home Ec, hosts Nick Ashburn and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Moraya Seeger
Couples and Money: Trust, Play and Staying Connected
Money rarely causes conflict for couples because of the numbers alone. It creates tension because it touches safety, trust, fairness, curiosity and the question couples rarely say out loud, even when they feel it: “Am I alone in this?” Like sex, honest money talks with our partners ask for self-awareness, emotional risk, and a willingness to be imperfect together.In this episode of HomeEc, Nick As
Knowing Better Isn’t the Blocker to Doing Better
Episode SummaryWhat if your financial history isn’t a knowledge problem or a personal failure, but a nervous system story?In this episode of HomeEc, we sit down with aspiring Rich Auntie Rachel to unpack a year of emotional, relational, and financial transformation that led to one unexpected move: she submitted her Calibrate Growth Profile alongside her mortgage paperwork.She got the mortgage.Fina
Stir the Pot
HomeEc Season 2 episode 1Title: Stir The PotCooking time for this episode is 46 minutes. We are serving up something hot for humans juggling emotional labor, ambition, and overwhelm who want a clearer, more compassionate way to understand their financial lives and behaviors.Season two of HomeEc opens with Financial Therapist Nick Ashburn, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Moraya Seeger D
HomeEc Bonus Episode – From Intangible to Invaluable: Behavioral Science, AI and the Future of Work
Episode OverviewWhere are Nick & Moraya? Planning some yummy upcoming episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this bonus episode on human capital, employee well-being, workplace culture, behavioral economics and investment returns - hosted by Nick.IntroductionWelcome to a special episode of HomeEc, where we explore money, relationships, and everything in between. While developing our financial welln
Sandwich Generation Series: College Financing Decisions with Finiverse
Nick and Moraya talk with Dr. David Musto from Wharton about Finiverse, an app designed to help families navigate college financing decisions. Guest Expert 🎤Dr. David K. Musto - Ronald O. Perelman Professor in Finance and Faculty Director of the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance at the Wharton School. Expert in consumer credit, predatory lending, and financial distress.🥘 Key Insights:$1.7 t
Beyond the Bet: Understanding Sports Betting & Gambling Addiction
As Americans prepare to legally wager an estimated $1.4 billion on the Super Bowl, we address sports betting, gambling addiction, and mental health with Dr. Lia Nower, Director of the Center for Gambling Studies at Rutgers University.Key TermsPathways Mode for Problem and Pathological Gambling: A framework identifying three main pathways to gambling disorder: behaviorally conditioned (no pre-exist
Sandwich Generation Series: A Holistic Guide to Senior Care Conversations
Episode Description 📝Nick and Moraya continue their series on the sandwich generation with an insightful conversation featuring Mindy Mozenter from Senior Living Specialists Philadelphia. While the episode provides concrete steps for senior care planning, it goes beyond typical checklists to explore the deeper emotional terrain of aging and family dynamics. Through candid discussion, they surface
Sandwich Generation Series: Lowering the Barrier to Connections and Caretaking
Sandwich Generation Series Lowering the Barrier to Connections and Caretaking⚠️ Content Warning: This episode discusses grief, loss, and mentions suicide. If you're struggling, text, call, chat 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7).In this episode, Nick and Moraya explore loneliness in the sandwich generation and ways to build deeper connections while caregiving. They respond to a listener's le
Navigating the Sandwich Generation
OverviewTarget Audience: Those facing the challenges of caring for children and aging parentsFocus Areas: Financial health, caregiving, and family dynamicsKey Themes: Personal wealth management, intergenerational relationships, emotional well-being🥄 Key Ingredients for Success Understanding family dynamics and valuesManaging emotional and financial burdensBuilding effective support syst
New Year's Resolutions That Actually Stick - Part 2
New Year's Resolutions That Actually Stick: The Science of Sustainable Goal SettingPrep Time: 40 minutes Serves: Those looking to set meaningful, sustainable goals and create lasting change - whether it's saving money (2025's top American resolution according to Statista) or paying off debt (CFP Board's #1 financial goal for next year)🥄 Key IngredientsWord of the Year methodologyGoal-setting scien
New Year's Resolutions That Actually Stick - Part 1
New Year's Resolutions That Actually Stick: The Science of Sustainable Goal SettingPrep Time: 40 minutes Serves: Those looking to set meaningful, sustainable goals and create lasting change - whether it's saving money (2025's top American resolution according to Statista) or paying off debt (CFP Board's #1 financial goal for next year)🥄 Key IngredientsWord of the Year methodologyGoal-setting scien
Family Systems & Holiday Dynamics: Serving Up Better Conversations
Prep Time: 40 minutes Serves: Those navigating complex family dynamics and seeking healthier ways to communicate during holiday gatherings🥄 Key IngredientsAttachment theory & family systemsHoliday triggers & emotional responsesCommunication strategiesFinancial conversations in relationships🫕 Memorable Quotes"The family system wants to go to homeostasis." - Nick"Do you want to be right, or
Walk of Shame - Spending Regret, Shame, and The Holidays
Prep Time: 45 minutes Serves: Anyone seeking relief from holiday spending pressure and craving more intentional ways to celebrate without breaking their budget or spirit.Your HostsNick Ashburn is the CEO and founder of Calibrate where he's redefining our relationship with money to support overall well-being, bringing experience from leading responsible investing at PNC Bank and directing impact in
The HomeEc Podcast is Coming Soon!
Nick Ashburn and Moraya Seeger DeGeare dig into all the stuff they didn't teach you in high school about money, relationships, and managing your life. The HomeEc Podcast is coming soon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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