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Do This to Keep Things In Perspective En Route to Your Rich Life

It’s the key to myth-busting social standards and achieving your rich life. It's powerful, potentially life-changing, and prevents comparison from stealing your joy: exercising discernment.

mindset, lifestyleAnastasia BarbuzziJune 13, 2024personal finance, financial empowerment, financial education, money mindset, financial independence, goals, goal setting, financial freedom, life, lifestyle, rich life, wealthComment

11 Smart Ways to Use Your Tax Refund

Many of us look forward to receiving a tax refund—about as many who dread having to pay money to the government. Regardless, it's important to understand exactly what this refund represents and how to use it effectively and to your advantage.

personal finance, budget, investingAnastasia BarbuzziMay 17, 2024money, financial literacy, financial education, personal finance, credit, credit card, money management, taxes, tax season, tax refund, organization, debt, emergency fund, investingComment

A Brief History of Women's Financial Freedom + Tips for Using And Building Good Credit

Only 50 years ago, access to credit wasn't considered a woman's civil right. Today, building good credit takes time and consistent effort, but the rewards include include financial flexibility and freedom in the future.

personal finance, lifestyleAnastasia BarbuzziApril 19, 2024money, financial literacy, financial education, personal finance, credit check, credit, credit card, credit score, financial inclusion, financial independence, financial empowerment, women, women and money, money managementComment

Reasons Why We All Need to Embrace Loud Budgeting

We're here to support you in comfortably and confidently loud budgeting, so let's enter this new era together 🤓💚

budget, mindset, personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziFebruary 18, 2024personal finance, financial literacy, financial empowerment, financial education, money mindset, saving, savings challenge, financial independence, financial resilience, emergency fund, goals, goal settingComment

The 2024 Savings Challenge: Building Financial Resilience and Independence, One Dollar at a Time

Get the skinny on the 2024 savings challenge and what makes it accessible and achievable for everyone.

budget, mindset, personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziJanuary 19, 2024personal finance, financial literacy, financial empowerment, financial education, money mindset, saving, savings challenge, financial independence, financial resilience, emergency fund, goals, goal settingComment

How to Have a "Better" Black Friday (Or Any Sale Day) Financially

There's a better way to do Black Friday for your finances, and it's not hard to achieve. Read this post for 10 tips on how to have a better Black Friday (or any sale day) financially.

personal finance, lifestyle, budgetAnastasia BarbuzziNovember 23, 2023budget, budgeting, Christmas budget, Christmas shopping, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Cyber Weekend, money, money management, money mindset, shopping, financial literacy, financial education, personal financeComment

The Hibernation Guide

The ultimate resource for inquiring minds looking to work on their personal finances, money mindset, and bettering their financial literacy and education.

Guest Appearance! $HMONEY Is On the Thinking About Podcast🎙️

It was a great pleasure to be a guest on Thinking About with Kirsti McNabney. Learn more about the episode!

personal finance, mindsetAnastasia BarbuzziNovember 3, 2023personal finance, financial literacy, financial empowerment, financial education, self-help, money mindset, women and money, female friendshipComment

What Is Girl Math? What Is It Good For?

In this blog post, we discuss whether it’s tongue-in-cheek dialogue, a seriously harmful concept, or a step backward or forward for feminism.

personal finance, budgetAnastasia BarbuzziAugust 25, 2023financial education, money, women, women and money, girl math, mathComment

The Current State of Motherhood (2023)

On top of everything else, so much financial responsibility falls on moms. The statistics in this post help reiterate why women’s financial literacy and financial education are so important.

lifestyleAnastasia BarbuzziMay 19, 2023financial education, money, women, moms, motherhood, working moms, unpaid labour, life, lifestyleComment

Top 10 World's Richest Women (2023)

While you may recognize some names on this list of the world’s wealthiest women for their philanthropy or net worth, it might also be the first time you read about some last names that carry “old money.”

lifestyleAnastasia BarbuzziMay 10, 2023financial education, mindset, money mindset, money, women in finance, world's richest women, women in business, womenComment

Top 10 Female Finfluencers to Follow (2023)

If you’re setting out on a journey to improve your financial situation and relationship with money, these are the best women finfluencers to follow.

personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziMay 5, 2023financial literacy, financial education, mindset, money mindset, money, money trauma, finfluencer, top finfluencers, women in financeComment

Women, Math, and Money: You’re Better With Numbers Than You’ve Been Told

I recently had Erin B. Haag, a serial entrepreneur, mom, author, and creator of Pricing Overhaul, on the podcast. Here are some tidbits from our chat about how the stereotype that women are not as good with numbers is perpetuated.

mindsetAnastasia BarbuzziApril 13, 2023financial literacy, financial education, math, math trauma, fear of math, women in business, business, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, female entrepreneur, mindset, money mindsetComment

The Gender Pay Gap, Ask Gap, and Reality Gap in 2023

Presenting, The Gap Report for 2023. Details on the current gender pay gap, ask gap, and reality gap, plus ideas about progressing.

mindset, personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziMarch 17, 2023gap report, gender pay gap, pay gap, gender gap, ask gap, reality gap, finance, personal finance, financial education, financial literacyComment

Claire Wasserman’s Top 3 Tips for Self-Advocating & Negotiating At Work 💼

Claire Wasserman is the founder and author of Ladies Get Paid. I asked Claire about her top 3 tips for advocating and negotiating for yourself at work, and here they are!

mindsetAnastasia BarbuzziNovember 18, 2022career, negotiation, mindset, financial empowerment, findependence, financial educationComment

Lookout! $HMONEY Radio Is On Perfectly Unfiltered 🎙️

It was a great pleasure to be a guest on Build A Dream’s podcast, Perfectly Unfiltered, hosted by founder Nour Hachem-Fawaz.

personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziOctober 27, 2022personal finance, financial literacy, financial empowerment, financial educationComment

I Made It Through My First-Ever Podcast Interview 💚 Tune In!

This was my first-ever podcast episode as a guest/‘interviewee’ and it was so much fun! As someone who’s used to doing the questioning, this was a whole new experience.

personal financeAnastasia BarbuzziOctober 26, 2022financial empowerment, financial literacy, personal finance, mindset, financial educationComment