Today we are chatting with Melissa Thomas.
Melissa is a financial coach, the author of the book Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream, and the blogger behind MelissaTheCoach.com.
But before doing all of that Melissa hit financial rock bottom in 2009 and slogged her way to successfully paying off over $43,000 in debt in just 4 years.
Timeline:

* 00:44 – Intro
* 01:17 – Melissa’s Financial Freedom Journey
* 07:01 – The Afford It Fallacy
* 11:31 – How much to save in an emergency fund
* 14:15 – Personalizing your Financial Freedom Journey
* 18:17 – Comparing Yourself to Others
* 20:05 – When your spouse isn’t ready for Financial Freedom
* 27:56 – Debt Free is Life Changing
* 29:21 – Leaving Your Comfort Zone
* 35:49 – Rapid Fire: What is one thing someone can do today that can have a lasting impact on their financial future?
* 39:26 – Rapid Fire: What is the best financial advice you have ever received?
* 40:00 – Rapid Fire: What is an internet resource such as Raise, CardCash or Rakuten that you recommend?
* 42:17 – Rapid Fire: What is one book you recommend everyone read and why?
* 44:48 – Contacting Melissa

Resources & Links:

* Financial Freedom Community
* Financial Freedom Community Facebook Group
* Dave Ramsey
* 100 Days of Rejection
* Rakuten
* Leap: Leaving a Job with No Plan B to Find the Career and Life You Really Want – Tess Vigeland
* MelissaTheCoach.com
* Building My Yellow Brick Road: Life Lessons from Pursuing a Dream – Melissa Thomas
* Facebook: MelissaTheCoach
* Instagram: MelissaTheCoach

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