Seneca Women’s Conversations: Secret Money Tips

It wasn’t until she was in her 20s that Giovanna “Gigi” Gonzalez learned about the power of being intentional with her money. But once she did, she discovered she had much more control over her life. The daughter of immigrants, Gigi went on to found The First Gen Mentor, which helps first-generation students and young professionals of color entering the workplace to confidently manage their money. Here, she shares the four important tips that can help young women gain control over their finances.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You’re never too young to start a savings account or to learn about investing, says Jamila Souffrant, founder of the podcast Journey to Launch. She tells why it’s so important for young women to have their own savings, and reveals the magic of compound interest: it’s the way to invest so that your savings work harder for you—earning money on your money.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Financial educator Berna Anat--author of the new book Money Out Loud—tells how she went from confusion and shame about money to taking control of her finances. Among her tips: Budgeting is a powerful and empowering tool, one that can make you CEO of your life--and even help you change the world.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When she was in her 20s, Carmen Perez thought she’d always be in debt. In fact, at one time she owed $57,000. But she paid off her debts, and gained a fresh perspective. Today, the CEO and founder of the Much budgeting app and creator of the personal finance blog, Make Real Cents, shares tips on how to use debt as a tool to further your goals. As she says, "you're only one decision away from a totally different life."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you want to get control of your finances, you need to understand your relationship with money. That’s one of the valuable pieces of advice we learn from Marsha Barnes, CEO and founder of The Finance Bar Members Club. Marsha shares four must know tips that will help any young woman develop a “money mindset” that can be the start of lifelong financial wellness.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a special two-episode series, the New York Times best-selling author, scientist and physician tells why women’s health needs are different from men’s, and shares her female-focused plan to help women live a healthier life. On today’s episode: The focus is on food, as Dr. Sara takes us through her achievable and empowering healthy-living plan created especially for women: The Gottfried Protocol. She tells why the protocol works so well for women, how to do it, and how it can make a difference in your outlook and even your weight in just four weeks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a special two-episode series, the New York Times best-selling author, scientist and physician tells why women’s health needs are different from men’s, and shares her female-focused plan that can help women live a healthier life. On today’s episode: Dr. Sara busts the myths about women’s health, and reveals why keeping hormones in balance and maintaining metabolic health are the key to a brighter mood, more energy and even achieving one’s healthy weight goals.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg remains an inspiration—including to NFT artist  Mercedes deBellard, who created a striking portrait of RBG for the Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway. We’re sharing the inspiration today with a past episode of Seneca’s 100 Women to Hear, featuring the Justice in her own words.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Women Rule Web3, Kim Azzarelli speaks with Mercedes deBellard, a Spanish illustrator known worldwide for her colorful, expressive portraits, including those of legendary women. Now her latest NFT is part of The Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway, in which six amazing women artists represent their vision of equality. Learn more at senecawomen.com or follow on social media @senecawomen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Women Rule Web3, Kim Azzarelli speaks with Miss AL Simpson. Blending glamour, punk and tech influences in her work, this Scottish lawyer-turned entrepreneur-turned-digital artist is a bold advocate for Web3 and the financial independence it can bring to women. Now her latest NFT is part of The Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway, in which six amazing women artists represent their vision of equality. Learn more at senecawomen.com or follow on social media @senecawomenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Women Rule Web3, Kim Azzarelli speaks with Monica Rizzolli. She's from Brazil, but her digital art has won a worldwide following. Her nature-inspired generative collection, Fragments of an Infinite Field, sold out in an hour. Now her latest NFT is part of The Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway, in which six amazing women artists represent their vision of equality. Learn more at senecawomen.com or follow on social media @senecawomenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Women Rule Web3, Kim Azzarelli speaks with Izzakko. Only 20 years old, Bay Area artist Izzakko has already become a standout in the digital art world for her bold designs that seek to uplift the beauty of the Black community and illustrate the Black experience. Her latest NFT is part of The Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway. Learn more at senecawomen.com or follow on social media @senecawomenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of Women Rule Web3, Kim Azzarelli speaks with Ola Volo. Born in Kazakhstan, and now living in Canada, Ola Volo originally made a name for herself as a muralist. Today she’s a star in the NFT world, and her distinctively patterned NFT is part of The Seneca Women Equality Collection in partnership with Nifty Gateway. Learn more at senecawomen.com or follow on social media @senecawomenSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosted by Ambassador Melanne Verveer and Kim Azzarelli, co-founders of Seneca Women, this podcast features fascinating conversations with leaders who are using their power for purpose to accelerate women while building a better world. In this Special Edition we talk about all things women and Web3, from the Metaverse to DeFi, from crypto to NFTs. We'll break it down for you through interviews with incredible leaders, experts and artists in this space. To join the conversation go to senecawomen.com or follow us on Twitter and other social media @senecawomen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode features Michael Johnson, Clare Balding, Andrew Parsons, Bebe Vio, Sarah Hirshland, Justin King and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 volunteer, Shigeru Kudo. After such bleak times and such uncertainty we reflect on what hosting the Tokyo Games has achieved. We will explore what is in store for the Paralympic Movement across the next decade and what this can help achieve for the wider 15% of disabled people.Following the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Beijing in early 2022, the Games head to Paris in 2024, Milano Cortina in 2026 and LA in 2028. Will host cities like Paris become better places for disabled people to live in as a result of hosting the Games? Will holding the Games in LA lead to better representation for disabled talent in Hollywood? Will the Paralympic Games help to change attitudes towards disability? To wrap up the series, Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke reflect on what they have learned through the making of this podcast and what this can mean for the future.Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started. Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode features Liz Johnson, Charles Catherine, Haben Girma, Esther Verburg, Hank Prybylski, Facundo Chávez Penillas, Christina Mallon, Dan Brooke, Eddie Ndopu and Nilofar Bayat. When Sir Ludwig Guttmann formed the Paralympic movement after World War II, his vision was to use sport to rehabilitate Disabled people back into society to become taxpayers. 70 years later, how much has his vision been achieved? We will talk to experts, brand representatives, entrepreneurs, activists and athletes about their experiences, the challenges and inequality facing Disabled people around the world but also the progress and aspirations for a more equal world moving forward.Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started. Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Episode 4 we’re focussing on how our modern world was not built to include everyone. The big question in this episode is - If the world around us enabled us instead of disabled us, what would that look like? Sophie Morgan speaks to Yoshihiko Kawauchi, Katie Pennick, Dr Victor Pineda, Haben Girma, Michaël Jérémiasz, Sam Latif, Christina Mallon, Esther Verburg and Sinéad Burke to find out what is being done to design a world for everyone.Featured among the guests is Yoshihiko Kawauchi, an architect and wheelchair user who championed universal design in Japan, and who advised Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on the design of venue construction for the Games. We’ll hear from him about his hopes for greater accessibility in Japan. Katie Pennick talks to us about the difficulty of inaccessibility in London, and how accessibility extends beyond just being able to get on public transport. Christina Mallon, head of inclusive design at Wunderman Thompson, works with brands on their inclusive advertising and marketing, and tells us about the revolutionary products she’s worked on. Esther Verburg, head of Sustainable Business and Innovation at Tommy Hilfiger, gives us the lowdown on Tommy’s groundbreaking accessible fashion line. Sam Latif, Company Accessibility Leader at P&G and a blind British woman, tells us how her lived experience and expertise resulted in company wide innovation.Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started. Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 3 we turn the spotlight on the fashion and film industries to find out why they are still playing catch up on becoming truly representative of the disabled community. We’ll hear from Jameela Jamil, RJ Mitte, Sinéad Burke, Eryn Brown, Keely Cat Wells, Jim LeBrecht, Christina Mallon and Ellie Cole, who each have their story to tell about ableism in fashion and media.Jameela Jamil tells us about battling entertainment industry ableism as a performer with an invisible disability, while RJ Mitte tells us about how he purposefully normalized his disability in the early days of his career. We talk to CEO Keely Cat Wells, who was denied an acting job due to her disability, and now runs a talent agency for disabled talent and LA mega talent agent Eryn Brown, who herself has a disability and knows discrimination only too well, and has just started a 1 in 4’ campaign ‘aimed at instigating change in Hollywood. What will it take to change? In fashion - if 15% of the world is disabled, why aren’t 15% of catwalk models? Sinéad Burke who advocates for accessible design in fashion and was the first Little Person to feature on the cover of Vogue, speaks to us about what can be done.Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started.Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode two in the series will explore how the rights of disabled people are changing and what more needs to be done to create a more equal world moving forward. Featuring Jameela Jamil, Chantal Petitclerc, Eddie Ndopu, Pilar Jauregui, Deborah McFadden, Haben Girma and Tatyana McFadden, we’ll discuss the legislative progress that has been made but also why some current legislation may not empower or protect disabled people as much as they should.In this episode, we talk to sports stars, politicians and activists about their experiences, the laws they are fighting to change, the barriers they are trying to break down and their greatest achievements in this space so far. Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started.Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the first episode in a series of conversations asking how we achieve equality for disabled people. This episode takes a look back at the history and the legacy of the Paralympic Movement and the impact it has had on host cities and beyond. Featuring Paralympians, Olympians and influential figures in the Paralympic Movement, including Michael Johnson, Tanni Grey Thompson, Xavi Gonzalez, Dai Tamesue, Juan Pablo Salazar, Dan Brooke and actor RJ Mitte. Hosted by Sophie Morgan and executive produced by Sophie Morgan and Sinéad Burke, Equal Too has been created by Harder Than You Think, the award winning team behind Emmy award winning Netflix documentary Rising Phoenix, and P&G Studios. The podcast aims to continue the conversation that the documentary started. Equal Too: Achieving Disability Equality is a new special six-part series, featured on Seneca's Conversations on Power and Purpose series, that explores the biggest challenges faced by the disabled community and starts a conversation about what is needed to drive equality. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.