Do you feel like you want to lean out, make a career transition, or change your work-life balance, but your financial situation is holding you back? If so, the most recent Lean Out Podcast episode is for you! Dr. Disha Spath, also known as The Frugal Physician, is a primary care internist in Upstate …
Lean Out Podcast: Investing with Savannah Arroyo
Money is a funny thing. If you don't have a lot of it, you can have significant stress. But the opposite is not necessarily true. Having a lot of money will not erase your stress. It will not solve your problems or give you happiness, freedom, or anything else. At the same time, most of us want …
Lean Out Podcast: Freedom with Harmony Smith
When her fourth child turned out to be twins and there were three young children who needed daycare, she knew something had to change. On two salaries (one an attorney at a large law firm), the childcare costs they incurred were not sustainable. At the same time, Harmony Smith felt like she wanted …
Podcast Interview: The Scope of Practice
While I wouldn't say I have a phobia of public speaking, it definitely doesn't feel natural or easy. A very visual person and not one to extemporaneously engage an audience with a compelling story, interviews or any type of improvisation feel scary to me. So I decided to challenge myself in 2018 by …
Gaining Community Through Conferences
What is Community? When I contemplated it as one of the four realms of balance in my writings here, I found it the most difficult to describe. What does Community look like for you? Family is very important to me and is definitely a part of my Community, but it’s also a part of my Home. Many people …
Why a $700 Coffee Machine Is Still Aligned With Frugality and Minimalism
After 11 years of almost daily service, she finally bit the dust. I was in mourning. We bought her during my busy intern year, and at the time, the purchase seemed extravagant. Fully automatic espresso machines can go for thousands, and after sampling the mahogany colored nectar from many of the …
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