Episode 18
Ep.18 Financial health/ is your debt a secret red flag in your life?
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We all know this topic yet it's the most uncomfortable thing to talk about.
DEBT
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Can destroy lives.
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Transcript
Hello, and welcome to the Borealis experience. I'm so
Unknown:happy to be spending some time with you today. And today we'll
Unknown:be talking about
Unknown:your financial health.
Unknown:Enjoy this interview.
Unknown:I announced it on Facebook the other day that I want to talk
Unknown:about financial health, I feel financial health is something
Unknown:that gets neglected, all too often when it comes to mental
Unknown:health and our overall well being. So I met David a couple
Unknown:weeks ago, and he shared with me that he just became a financial
Unknown:coach. So I don't believe in coincidences. I think the
Unknown:universe brought him to us. Today, he will share with us a
Unknown:little bit what inspired him to become a financial coach, and
Unknown:maybe a little bit of his experiences with his own
Unknown:finances without going too much into detail. What I learned when
Unknown:I moved to North America here is that people are inclined to
Unknown:spend way more money than they own. It's always the huge truck,
Unknown:the huge mortgage, the holidays, everything paid with credit
Unknown:card. And yeah, not really thought of how are we going to
Unknown:pay it off. So maybe you're not the kind of person who easily
Unknown:spends money, but if you know somebody, or if you are that
Unknown:person, then this is for you. So welcome, David Lee today, thank
Unknown:you so much for taking some time to be with us. And can you
Unknown:explain a little bit what a financial coach
Unknown:is
Unknown:learning to
Unknown:become a financial coach? And what do you offer to your
Unknown:clients?
Unknown:How does it look like?
Unknown:For sure, I really appreciate you having me on Aurora. And so
Unknown:what adventure coach does is basically I would be creating a
Unknown:budget a customized budget for my clients, and figuring out
Unknown:where they are financially, and helping them to see how they can
Unknown:pay off any debts that they have. And start to build wealth.
Unknown:Hmm. Okay, so
Unknown:from minus from the right numbers into the green numbers.
Unknown:Exactly. Yeah. And so a lot of the problem is a lot of people
Unknown:have debt from just from everything. I mean, starting
Unknown:from student loans, which is where I came from, and then just
Unknown:mounds of consumer debt, because our whole society tells us that
Unknown:we need debt and we need we need stuff is what their job is, is
Unknown:to sell us stuff, whether it's, you know, trucks or vacations,
Unknown:experiences or just things a bigger house, bigger car. And,
Unknown:and I think they've done a very good job at selling all that to
Unknown:us.
Unknown:Mm hmm.
Unknown:And I remember last time, we talked on the phone, you
Unknown:mentioned someone, it was some celebrity who had lost, like, a
Unknown:significant amount of money, but it still didn't make him a poor
Unknown:fella. He was still one of the richest people ever, but to lose
Unknown:money is so tightly. How do you say, affecting our well being
Unknown:like people can really go through depression, when they
Unknown:feel they can't get out of debt? Would you agree with that?
Unknown:Absolutely. I think a lot of times our identity is wrapped up
Unknown:in that. Yeah. And whether, you know, see who we are by the
Unknown:things that we own, or just a specific status that we hold. A
Unknown:lot of times if that gets shaken, you know, what are what
Unknown:are we left to define who we are? Mm hmm.
Unknown:Yeah, it's very scary. And I mean, a whole society, like you
Unknown:said, is built on money, like you have to have that job to pay
Unknown:the bills. And also, if you lose your job, and you're left with
Unknown:bills, and you were always good with not having debt, and all of
Unknown:a sudden, you're struggling with paying your bills. It's like a
Unknown:huge stress factor.
Unknown:So you came from a very different job. You came from
Unknown:engineering, right? And I did that. To do these studies. It
Unknown:costs a lot of money. How was it for you as a student to I mean,
Unknown:I guess you American You know, from the get go that you have to
Unknown:pay a significant amount to get a degree. Are you being taught
Unknown:how to deal with the debt after you graduate though?
Unknown:Well, it's funny, because that's the big problem. Yeah. are never
Unknown:really taught how to handle money. I mean, when I was a kid,
Unknown:I came from a pretty good family, middle class family.
Unknown:And, but they never taught me how to money. Yeah. I mean, how
Unknown:to balance a checkbook. But that was in. So when I was 18. And
Unknown:going off to college, I signed for these giant student loans.
Unknown:And it was just like, all of a sudden, I had, you know, $1,000
Unknown:in my checking account, and what are you going to do that
Unknown:semester? Yeah. And so I graduated school, I had been in
Unknown:and out of school, because at first I went through engineering
Unknown:school, found out I was hard and dropped out for a couple years,
Unknown:ended up going back to school and finishing with a different
Unknown:degree, actually finished with a recreation degree. And went back
Unknown:a couple years after that to finish up a engineering
Unknown:associates. And so 2004, I had my associates and my bachelor's,
Unknown:and also had about $32,000 in debt. Oh, my God. Yeah. And so I
Unknown:never really took my loans student seriously until about
Unknown:2009 when I was working with a food ministry, and I told her, I
Unknown:had student loans, you know, at this point, and she asked me how
Unknown:much I had. And I told her, and then she asked me how much I was
Unknown:paying per month. And I told her, and she said, you're gonna
Unknown:have those loans for the rest of your life. And she was right.
Unknown:And so I figured out how to do something. So I started
Unknown:searching around and had one buddy that had some kind of
Unknown:computer program that was going to help you pay off my loans.
Unknown:And I wasn't quite sure about it, because it costs like 1000
Unknown:or 15 $100, another buddy of mine introduced me to Dave
Unknown:Ramsey, and his Financial Peace university course. And it
Unknown:sounded, it was 100 $100. I think for the course, I ended up
Unknown:taking that and that's the first time I really learned about how
Unknown:money works. Everything is just a bunch of ideas and
Unknown:philosophies, right? The same thing that they tell us every
Unknown:time safe your future, get out of debt. You know, we know all
Unknown:this stuff. But the thing is, a lot of people just don't do it,
Unknown:or they don't know how to do it. Exactly. That's
Unknown:I found that close to being cruel to to throw a young human
Unknown:being right into death, after hustling through college or a
Unknown:university, like, what kind of start into the work? Like the
Unknown:mindset that you have when you start the work life your work?
Unknown:How do you say routine? Is Oh, um, I have to pay off these
Unknown:debts first, because they're going to cripple me for the rest
Unknown:of my life. Otherwise, and it's not all I'm working towards
Unknown:having a business or growing it's, it's first No, I'm a slave
Unknown:to the system. And I find that so mean that? Yeah, there's no
Unknown:course nothing provided for the students to help them to get out
Unknown:of it as fast as possible. You found something but it was
Unknown:because you woke up and you were interested in it. There might be
Unknown:people with a different mindset with the mindset, oh, I'm
Unknown:avoiding stuff that scares me. And that I don't know how to
Unknown:deal with and those people. Like I was taught, right when I got
Unknown:to Canada, you cannot run away from taxes and from student
Unknown:loans, ever, taxes I knew from Germany, but student loans. I
Unknown:didn't know that. It was such a huge part of young people's that
Unknown:I've here. So very intense.
Unknown:Yeah, that's totally true. I mean, what you said about being
Unknown:a slave to your debt. And that's one of the main verses that that
Unknown:they talked about in Financial Peace is proverbs 22. Seven, the
Unknown:debtor is slave to the lender. Mm hmm. And so and so you're
Unknown:just really a slave to those loans that you've taken out?
Unknown:Yeah. And
Unknown:ever. Everybody always says that it makes sense to take out
Unknown:loans, because you're going to make more money in your career.
Unknown:But the fact is, a lot of people don't even graduate college,
Unknown:which I didn't the first time. I believe it's 40 people who
Unknown:attend college don't graduate. Yeah. So they might have
Unknown:3040 $50,000 in student loans and no degree. But just like you
Unknown:were saying, yes, you start off on the negative side of things.
Unknown:Just go Going into your first career? Yeah, six months loan
Unknown:payments that are gonna come due.
Unknown:Yeah. When to start a business, you have to loan money, right?
Unknown:It's not? Yeah, it's, it's not logic at all to me. So you just
Unknown:started taking on clients? How How was it? Like your first
Unknown:encounter? Is that like you expected your job to be or or
Unknown:this experience to be? Or is it a little more trickier? Or can
Unknown:you see that people are very different minded and to to reach
Unknown:them sometimes can be tricky, or was it pretty easy going so far?
Unknown:Well, it's definitely a challenge. And I've coached
Unknown:people just kind of on my own. I've talked to people before
Unknown:about saving for the future and betting for retirement. But as
Unknown:far as when you start talking to somebody about their personal
Unknown:finances, it's a taboo subject in America. I'm not sure how it
Unknown:ended up. But people just don't talk about money, or how much
Unknown:and so to initiate the conversation can be a bit of
Unknown:troublesome.
Unknown:Yeah, yeah.
Unknown:But I mean, there's a lot to finances. And to guide somebody,
Unknown:when they really don't have any kind of background, it's just
Unknown:like, I have so much to tell them, You can't do it all in
Unknown:just a one hour session. So normally, I tell people, it's
Unknown:gonna be a three or a six month session, session time period, an
Unknown:hour every month. But there's just so much wrapped up in it.
Unknown:You know, when you talk about finances, it's not just debt.
Unknown:It's insurance, life insurance, health insurance, retirement
Unknown:investments, it's all kinds of stuff.
Unknown:Yeah, it's a lot to cover. But it is so important to start
Unknown:addressing. And in order for people to be you say, literate,
Unknown:like to to know their stuff, and to not turn a blind eye to
Unknown:something that might be challenging your ego? Because
Unknown:you don't know nothing about it is not the solution. What would
Unknown:be your dream? client, maybe so to say? Or do you have an age
Unknown:group that you're targeting? Or is it people from all kinds of
Unknown:backgrounds that that you would like to work with? Because
Unknown:you're just starting out, like, maybe you have dreams or ideas
Unknown:there, or where you see a need more than, like, maybe for young
Unknown:people more than for older people?
Unknown:Well, my ideal client is somebody who has debt, consumer
Unknown:debt or student loan debt. I would imagine the age ranges
Unknown:anywhere from 20s to 30s, to 40s. could be any age range,
Unknown:really, though. But somebody who has been in debt for a long time
Unknown:and is just tired of it, you know, that saying is you're sick
Unknown:and tired of being sick and tired? somebody doesn't exactly
Unknown:have any investments, or if they do, you know, it'd be something
Unknown:that I don't know, they're just not celebrate. But my job would
Unknown:be to just take all their finances and basically
Unknown:streamline the process. So it could be most any person just
Unknown:just trying to figure out what their budget is and how to make
Unknown:it work best for him.
Unknown:Mm hmm. Very good. And do you only work with us citizens? Or
Unknown:can you work internationally?
Unknown:I could certainly work internationally. Because I mean,
Unknown:after all this stuff with the COVID. A lot of stuff is going
Unknown:virtual. All I need to communicate with with either
Unknown:video or over the phone, and then some form of payment. And
Unknown:using Venmo. And PayPal would be just an easy way to do that.
Unknown:Mm hmm. Oh, that's awesome. Yeah, cuz we have listeners from
Unknown:all over the world here in case they want to reach out and get
Unknown:some advice from you. That's wonderful. No, I think what like
Unknown:the path you're choosing is so critical, so important, and like
Unknown:very, very timely. Because maybe you have been affected by COVID.
Unknown:I don't know how your life looked like before, but mine was
Unknown:certainly affected deeply and my work. And I know I'm not the
Unknown:only person like a lot of people lost their jobs and don't have
Unknown:any income but still bills to pay. How was it around where you
Unknown:live, where people heavily affected by COVID or not so
Unknown:much?
Unknown:Well, I think it's all about the same You know, there's a lot of
Unknown:people out of work. And a lot of people struggling with debt
Unknown:still. And you can encounter the same thing all over the world.
Unknown:Yeah, and it's still like very restricted right now.
Unknown:It's getting less. So I think the thing is, a lot of people
Unknown:are just kind of getting tired of it, you know, I there is,
Unknown:obviously, a pandemic out there. But I don't think it's as
Unknown:drastic as people say it is I got sick December 23. And for
Unknown:four days, it was really bad. After the fourth, though, is
Unknown:pretty much just had a nagging cough, and that was about it.
Unknown:And so our state, Virginia has actually had a whole lot of
Unknown:restrictions placed on it. There's a lot of other states in
Unknown:the US that aren't as restrictive. But are has limited
Unknown:the groups that can get together. And a lot of events
Unknown:have been cancelled because of it. And so we're starting to see
Unknown:some signs of it getting better now and those regulations
Unknown:loosening up. But it's just going to take some more time.
Unknown:Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Here, too. If you had one or two, that
Unknown:start with one advice for his student, who didn't have the
Unknown:chance to win the lottery, or a scholarship was coming out of
Unknown:university with that huge bag of debt, what would you recommend
Unknown:them to do? First thing, second thing third? Well,
Unknown:if they've already been through school, and they have debt, the
Unknown:most important thing is to is to get out of debt. There was a
Unknown:study done of 10,000 millionaires. It's in the book,
Unknown:everyday millionaire by Chris Hogan. They study millionaires
Unknown:and ask them, how they made their millions how they got
Unknown:rich. And the biggest thing was to get out of debt instead of
Unknown:debt. And so if they're coming out of school, I'd encourage
Unknown:them to take on a second and a third job and work as quickly as
Unknown:they can to pay off that debt. As soon as they get rid of that,
Unknown:hopefully, in the end a year or two, then they can actually
Unknown:start building well.
Unknown:Okay. Yeah. And that job would be in their field that they
Unknown:studied, or just any kind of job
Unknown:where they're going to be looking for anything, whether
Unknown:it's in their study, or out of study, you know, go buy a lawn
Unknown:mower and start cutting lawns, pick up a rake, start raking
Unknown:leaves, work at the start, or anywhere just to make extra
Unknown:money. It's what I've discovered, too, is, I mean,
Unknown:I've done all kinds of crazy jobs in the past. And it's not
Unknown:that you don't make a ton of money is that you need to make
Unknown:money consistently. And all of those little amounts are going
Unknown:to add up. It's just a matter of time. I mean, I've been working
Unknown:with Uber Eats doing food delivery, and it doesn't make
Unknown:money. But if I'm working extra 20 hours a week, I can get 1500
Unknown:to $2,000 a month.
Unknown:Yeah. So yeah, what you're saying is that don't
Unknown:underestimate the small jobs that you can do in between jobs.
Unknown:And those numbers will add up. And also be aware of how you
Unknown:spend your money, marry, like, keep it to groceries and
Unknown:housing. And don't be too extravagant.
Unknown:Yeah, totally. And that's another big thing, too, is the
Unknown:budget. Yeah. household has to have a budget. And some people
Unknown:say, Well, I don't make enough money to have a budget. But the
Unknown:truth is that the household has money in it. And there's two
Unknown:arrows into the budget when that goes out of the budget. So you
Unknown:have to figure out where that money is to go and work with it
Unknown:and do it on purpose. On paper every month, every month,
Unknown:budget, write it out, and then stick to the budget. Yeah, and
Unknown:the great thing is doesn't really limit you. You can put
Unknown:whatever you want to in the budget. But the thing is, you
Unknown:have to stick to it.
Unknown:No, very, very good. No, I think that's great advice. And and
Unknown:with those Yeah, little jobs that add up to a good month. A
Unknown:good amount monthly. That's something Yeah, maybe you have
Unknown:to cramp your style a little bit. Your ego, you know your ego
Unknown:who is saying no, I'm not going to deliver food. I'm not going
Unknown:to mow the lawn. But if there is a need and if You have the
Unknown:willingness, then you will always find people who want to
Unknown:pay for your services, and then you pay off your debt with that
Unknown:little bit of money that adds up. That makes total sense.
Unknown:Wonderful. Very, very good. Is there anything you would like to
Unknown:add? At the end here, any advice or anything that you've learned
Unknown:about money that maybe surprised you that you were absolutely not
Unknown:aware of when you went through your coaching program?
Unknown:I think the most important thing is to pay attention to it. Man,
Unknown:my whole adult life, I never really took my student loans
Unknown:seriously. And you were talking about earlier is when people
Unknown:just kind of ignore their their debt. And I've been there I've
Unknown:done that at hand, a lot of times, it can be shame, or
Unknown:embarrassment, lack of knowledge, or just
Unknown:procrastination. But the truth is, it's not going to go away
Unknown:unless you actually face it, or writing it for is the first
Unknown:realization to this is an issue that I haven't any dissolving.
Unknown:So I guess most importantly, don't ignore it and attack it as
Unknown:fast as you can and get it out of your life. Because you're
Unknown:gonna have to be here sooner or later, like you were saying,
Unknown:student loans, student loans aren't being profitable. So even
Unknown:if somebody gets double, and they try to get rid of their
Unknown:debts that way, that's the one kind of loan that you can't get
Unknown:rid of. However, you have it for life. And so my recommendation
Unknown:is just to take care of it. As soon as you can here. That'd be
Unknown:life and start getting on the positive end of earning interest
Unknown:instead of having to pay.
Unknown:Yeah, beautiful. Very, very good. How can people find you?
Unknown:Do you have a Facebook page? Or is it just word by mouth?
Unknown:Ask my wife,
Unknown:my own personal Facebook page right now, I'm kind of hard to
Unknown:find, but I am going to put up a business page. Yeah, still
Unknown:working. I believe I'm going to make it debt free forever. with
Unknown:Facebook business page, get that up and running.
Unknown:Yeah, that's very, very cool. So we'll keep in touch. And you
Unknown:will let me know as soon as that page is up and running. Because
Unknown:I know I'd be interesting, interested to find out what you
Unknown:can maybe give for advice and tips. And people could just get
Unknown:a message to you and ask you questions or make appointments
Unknown:to make it like I feel you are like a flashlight, shining onto
Unknown:a space, a shadow that most of us all are trying to never shine
Unknown:any light. Because it's so uncomfortable. If you sit there
Unknown:and suddenly see those numbers, it is scary. It freaks some
Unknown:people out. And if they can contact you and talk to a person
Unknown:who is very calming and soothing, then it makes the
Unknown:stress less and then yeah, people can feel more confident
Unknown:in attacking that. That little beast called money, or debt. Is
Unknown:there anything you would like to add before I wrap up? Or do you
Unknown:feel we covered everything? Regarding fine?
Unknown:touch the surface and all this stuff? What I've gotten into
Unknown:lately is is retirement, you know, and you can't start
Unknown:contributing to your retirement until you get that debt out of
Unknown:the way. But the sooner you get to that, you know, the better
Unknown:off it's going to be. If anyone has any questions for me, I'm
Unknown:more than welcome to just talk with them. And given a couple
Unknown:minutes, see if they make a good client, see if we're a good fit.
Unknown:Now they can find you through your page or once they get that
Unknown:business page up and running. They can go through that to
Unknown:Wonderful,
Unknown:thank you so much, David. And I'm sure we'll keep in touch and
Unknown:maybe do a second episode here soon. Yeah, thank you so much
Unknown:for listening to the Borealis experience and David Lee on my
Unknown:show today. I really hope you enjoyed this episode. I feel
Unknown:it's very crucial to take money, your financial health into
Unknown:account when it comes to your well being. Alright, take good
Unknown:care of yourself. And I'll be out there very soon again for