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In today’s episode, I’m going to be getting pretty vulnerable with you. While it’s a time for celebration (it’s my birthday!), it’s also time I shared with you the backstory of Smart Money Mamas, how it came to life, and my vision for the future.  I’m sharing some of my life before starting Smart Money Mamas, how I took a leap of faith to leave my high-paying job, as well as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and how it applies to the way we make decisions surrounding money.  I’m so excited to share this episode with you so you can have...

If you're anything like me, you are constantly saving Pinterest recipes or finding delicious recipes on different websites. I have my stash of cookbooks but majority of the time I am simply printing them off from the internet. I wanted to come up with a method on how to organize recipes that I print off from online or that I get sent to me from my family members (ya know, like good ole' family recipes ;).  What I started doing was printing off recipes and then putting them in a binder. I loved how this was working out so I...

I’ve been working at home for just shy of a year—and it took more getting used to than I would’ve thought. It took me several weeks to learn, for example, that I had to get ready in the morning as if I was going somewhere. Getting dressed (even if it meant putting on a different set of soft pants than the ones I’d slept in) and then changing back into my pajamas at night became key to dividing the day between work hours and off hours. So did getting a change of scenery (a walk before or after work, as...

This week, Kathi continues her four-part conversation with Tonya Kubo, leader of the Clutter Free Academy Facebook Group and all things, as they talk about being ready for anything. Today, Kathi and Tonya talk about preparing your pantry with two weeks of food, how to start with what you have on hand and create options. Let’s be honest; real food helps keep things normal when the rest of life is hard. Listen in as they help us figure out our new normal during these unpredictable times of sheltering in place for weeks on end. Today you will learn about: Thinking...

I knew raising kids was going to be expensive. The bottles, the crib, the diapers, the clothes, the care… those are known expenses that are going to add up. But when you add the caveats of “single household earner” and “woman with fertility issues,” suddenly your costs expand exponentially. The transvaginal ultrasounds, the hormone injections, the (seemingly endless) doctor’s visits, the egg retrievals, the embryo transfers, the purchases and shipments of donor sperm… well, that’s just more and more dollar signs. For me, the whole process to become pregnant cost $36,839. I wish I could tell you that thanks to...