Beyond The Paycheck
Episode 93 Smart Cost-Cutting Strategies for Dining Out and Grocery Shopping
n this episode, Paula shares tales of eye-opening experiences and savvy spending strategies. Whether dining out or stocking up at the grocery store,...
Episode 92 Top 3 Mistakes People Make When Planning for Retirement
Prepare to recalibrate your retirement compass with financial maestro Chris Cyr. In this episode, Chris joins Paula for another insightful...
Episode 91 Mastering the Art of Selecting a Financial Advisor
Embark on a financial enlightenment journey with Paula as she speaks with Chris Cyr, a Financial Advisor. They guide you through the nuances of...
Episode 90 Jumpstarting Your 2024 Tax Savings
Are taxes just a yearly scramble, leaving you wondering if you've missed out on significant savings? In this episode, Paula shares actionable...
Episode 89 5 Strategies to Boost Your Cash Flow
When it comes to increasing your income, the modern world offers many opportunities that don't necessarily require you to take on additional...
Episode 88 Harmonizing Relationships and Financial Control
Is the tension of money matters straining your relationship? In today's episode, Paula speaks with Dana Diaz, a best-selling author, about the...
Episode 87 Building Real Estate Wealth and Fulfillment with David Dippong
Discover the synergy between building wealth in real estate and constructing a more fulfilled life in today’s episode! Paula talks with David...
Episode 86 Getting Ready For Home Buying Season (Part 2)
In this episode, Paula and Marc Edelstein continue to unravel the mysteries of home appraisals and the predicaments they can pose when the numbers...
Episode 85 – Getting Ready For Home Buying Season (Part 1) with Marc Edelstein
Unlock the secrets to a stress-free home-buying experience with the guidance of mortgage virtuoso Mark Edelstein from Russ Mortgage in today's...
Episode 83 How to Find a Job in 5 Days with Annie Margarita Yang
Revolutionize your job search with the tactics of Annie Margarita Yang, the trailblazing author behind the book "The 5-Day Job Search." In this...
Episode 82 Navigating the Maze of Retirement Savings and Inheritance Tax Planning
Ever wrestle with the decision of where to tuck away your retirement savings? In this episode, Paula talks about the tax terrain of traditional IRAs...
Episode 81 Understanding Financial Decision-Making and Wealth-Building (Part 2)
n this episode, Paula and Yvonne Marsh continue their conversation and discuss financial stability and how it can be achieved. It's emphasized that...
Episode 80 Understanding Financial Decision-Making and Wealth-Building (Part 1)
How do you navigate the labyrinth of financial decision-making? Tune in as Paula chats with Yvonne Marsh, a certified financial planner and CPA who...
Episode 79 Empowering the Next Generation By Teaching Kids Financial Literacy
Get ready to equip your kids with the most valuable life skill: financial literacy! In this episode, Paula chats with Mari Collins Harris, the...
Episode 78 Turning College Planning Into A Strategic Mission with Dr. Kuni Beasley
Join us for an engaging podcast episode where Paula dives into mastering college expenses with Dr. Kuni Beasley, an esteemed expert in education...
Episode 77 Heartfelt Gifts That Don’t Break The Bank
Let's shatter the myth that holiday gift-giving must be expensive. In this episode, I discuss the magic of a truly thoughtful, personalized,...
Episode 76 Developing a Wealth Mindset with Financial Expert Chad Hufford
Imagine growing up in a family where open conversations about money and finances were the norm, a place where you're groomed to become not just a...
Episode 75 Intentional Spending: Rethinking Budgets
In this episode of "Beyond the Paycheck," host Paula interviews financial coach Linda Lingo about savings and money tips. Linda emphasizes the...
Episode 74 I’m Getting Divorced – What About My Mortgage?
Marc Edelstein from Ross Mortgage is back with us. We are discussing mortgages for those considering divorce and navigating the high-interest rate...
Episode 73 The Passive Paycheck – Income on Autopilot
In this episode of "Beyond the Paycheck," Paula Christine dives deep into the topic of passive income with her guest, Joey Muré from Wealth Without...
Episode 72 Franchising 101: Is it right for you?
In this episode of Beyond the Paycheck, Paula and Jon are joined by Bob Bernotas, a franchise expert with over 30 years of experience in the field....
Episode 71 Don’t Think You Need Insurance? Think Again!
Today's guest is Bruce Weinstein, aka "The Plan Man." We're talking health insurance, life insurance, and the importance of being financially...
Episode 70 Invest Outside the Box: A Guide to Alternative Income
This episode of "Beyond the Paycheck" explores the importance of diversifying income streams to achieve financial stability. In this episode, Paula...
Episode 69 Conquering Your Fears to Unlock the Success You Deserve
Kevin Palmieri joins Paula Christine to discuss success and how to define and achieve it. Kevin shares his personal journey of redefining success...
Episode 68 Hate Budgets? Here Are Some Alternatives
Jasper Smith, also known as Mr. #Build Wealth, rejoins Paula and Jon today. Together, they delve into the realm of intelligent money management and...
Episode 67 Surviving Life’s Toughest Moments: Navigating the Financial Aftermath of Divorce or the Loss of a Spouse
In this episode, Paula speaks with Rachael Burns from True Wealth about dealing with the challenges of divorce and losing a spouse. Rachael, who...
Episode 66 Turning ChatGPT Chats Into Cash Flow
Get ready to be blown away, folks! We've got a dynamo of a guest today—meet Jonathan Green, the wizard who turned artificial intelligence into a...
Episode 65 Slay Your Dragon With The Warrior Mindset
Today, Paula Christine welcomes Mark Booher, a former soldier with a background in intelligence who is now a licensed attorney. Mark's unique...
Episode 64 Do you REALLY Need to Save for College?
Join us in this thought-provoking episode of Beyond the Paycheck, where we're joined by the charismatic Jasper Smith, aka Mr. Build Wealth. We dive...
Episode 63 Kick Off Your Financial Game with Soccer Tactics!
Get ready for an exciting episode as Paula Christine sits down with Peter Huryk, a genius who switched his cleats for a pen. From the soccer field...
Episode 62 A Bazillion Ways to Make Money
Jeff Kikel of Freedom Nation rejoins us today to expand on his idea of "a bazillion ways to make money." Last week we talked about rental incomes...
Episode 61 – Freedom Day – How to Plan for Your Last Day of Work
The idea of saving a large nest egg for retirement is psychologically ineffective and outdated. Instead, you should be thinking about cash flow....
Episode 60 – Why True Wealth is Time, Not Money
True Wealth Is Time, Not Money. Erik Nero of First-Step Wealth is Paula and Jon's guest today, and he thinks people have many misconceptions about...
Episode 59 The Problems Women Have With Money
Paula welcomes Patti Handy back today to talk about a topic both are very passionate about - women and money. Statistically, women struggle with...
Episode 58 When It Comes to Investing – Where Should You Start?
In this first two-part series, Patti Handy, Financial Coach, covers how to start investing. The first thing is to have a "roadmap" of where you are....
Episode 57 Paula Puts Jon on the Hot Seat
We've been doing this podcast for a little over a year, and today Paula Christine puts Producer Jon in the hot seat. We've talked a lot about...
Episode 56 – Changing Your Career by Betting on Yourself
Today, Paula Christine welcomes Sasha Rogers, a woman who left her career, bet on herself, and now helps others with their mindset. We start with...
Episode 55 David Grew Up In A Cult. This Is How He Changed His Mindset
In this episode of "Beyond the Paycheck," Paula Christine delves into the topic of feeling stuck in life and how to overcome it with mindset...
Episode 54 Understanding SECURE 2.0
Tricia Bailey is back this week to talk about the changes in the SECURE 2.0 Act passed by Congress, and how they will affect you, including...
Episode 53 Self-Employed Retirement Saving Options
Tricia Bailey from Future Plan rejoins us today to talk about savings vehicles for the self-employed. We start with the various limits on SEP IRAs...
Episode 52 Celebrating One Year
Today, Paula Christine and Jon Gay celebrate one year of the Beyond the Paycheck podcast by looking back on some of their favorite topics and guests...
Episode 51 Don’t Make These Mistakes When Applying for a Mortgage
There are many mistakes you can make when applying for a mortgage, Today, Paula Christine and Jon are joined by Aelene Vanderveen of Cross Country...
Episode 50 Payroll Deductions Explained
This week, Paula and Jon are joined by Tricia Chau of Payroll Vault, for a walk through the deductions that come out of your paycheck. The amount...
Episode 49 Finding Your Passion
Monica Fochtman, PhD, is a career clarity coach and resume expert, specializing in helping people find their true passion, with her company...
Episode 48 Employee Benefits Explained
Paula Christine's son just started a new job, and he had a pile of benefits paperwork dumped on him. Today, Paula welcomes Angela from Bridged...
Episode 47 Understanding 401K Plans
401(K) plans are complicated! Today, Paula and Jon are joined by 401(K) expert Tricia Bailey. We're going to cover what employees need to know about...
Episode 46 How to Repair Your Credit
Carolyn Feldman of Nationwide Credit Clearing rejoins us this week to continue the conversation about her services. Nobody intends to get into debt,...
Episode 45 A Deep Dive on Credit Scores with Carolyn Feldman
Carolyn Feldman of Nationwide Credit Clearing joins us for the first of two episodes. We cover a wide range of topics from establishing credit to...
Episode 44 Types of Bank Accounts
Today, Paula and Jon are joined by Sue, a banking expert who will walk us through the different types of bank accounts. We start with an explanation...
Episode 43 All about Credit Scores
March is National Credit Education Month. As it draws to a close, today, Paula Christine and Producer Jon Gay do a deep dive into credit scores. Why...
Episode 42 How Do I Financially Protect My Baby?
Today, Paula Christine is joined by listener Elizabeth, mom to a two-year-old daughter. And she has questions about how to best protect her child,...
Episode 41 How to Protect Your Kids
Recently, Paula Christine was talking to her daughter about an uncomfortable topic - what would happen to her daughter's kids if she weren't around?...
Episode 40 Saving Tips
Shannon Maloney rejoins Paula and Jon this week to discuss savings tips. It's important to save for retirement, but that's extremely difficult when...
Episode 39 Start Saving for Reitrement Early
Today, we welcome back Shannon Maloney of Strategic Retirement Partners to talk about retirement plans - and how important it is to start saving...
Epsiode 38 Do I Have Enough?
Today, Paula Christine and Producer Jon cover two key questions. Do I have enough money to survive on my own? And if not, how do I get there? Paula...
Episode 37 Budgeting for Groceries
On Tuesday, February 28th, Paula Christine will host a webinar on a topic that's become increasingly important in recent months - grocery budgets....
Episode 36 The Resume Rescue’s Angela Buccellato
Angela Buccellato does more than write resumes at The Resume Rescue. She helps clients change companies and careers and always has her finger on the...
Episode 35 Dr. Sally Palaian on Couples and Money
In the second of our two-part series with Dr. Sally Palaian, we take a closer look at couples and money. As with all things in marriage,...
Episode 34 Dr. Sally Paliaian on Breaking Old Mindsets
Dr. Sally Palaian joins Paula and Jon today for the first of a two-part series on changing your mindset. We use money as an example, but these...
Episode 33 – Should We Wait to Buy a Home?
Rising mortgage rates have scared many potential home buyers, but as we will learn today, it still might be a great time to buy a house. Paula and...
Episode 32 – Alternative to Traditional Health Insurance
It's no secret that our healthcare system is broken. It's overcomplicated and too expensive. For years, free market forces that have revolutionized...
Episode 31 – What to Consider When Contemplating a Divorce
Manhattan divorce attorney Lisa Zeiderman is today's guest. Unfortunately, the beginning of the year is when many people begin thinking about...
Retirement Questions from Listener Jamie
Listener Jamie reached out to our show after hearing previous episodes about retirement planning. Jamie is 52, and her husband is 9 years older,...
The Family Love Letter
Nobody wants to talk about their own death, let alone plan for it. But the holidays can be a good time to have conversations with your loved ones...
Alternative Holiday Gift Ideas
Anya Cheng has come a long way from her blue collar roots in Taiwan, coming to the United States to earn multiple degrees, and having led teams at...
Considering a Divorce
When journalist Ilyssa Panitz went through her divorce, she had no idea what to expect. It was as if lawyers and judges were speaking a different...
The Importance of Special Needs Trusts
Today, Paula Christine welcomes back her first repeat guest, Shannon DeWall of DeWall Law. Shannon is an estate planning attorney, and we're...
Advantages of a VA Loan
Today, Paula Christine is joined by Michael Fischer of Ross Mortgage. Michael is an expert in the field of VA loans. Often, veterans don't take...
CPA on the Different Investment Accounts
Saving money for retirement is important, but where should you be putting that money? Today, Paula Christine is joined by CPA Marty Talty of...
Budgeting Your Holiday Spending
It's hard to believe we are into November, with the holiday season fast approaching. Too often, holiday spending creates debt for us, as we spend...
Goalsetting and Mindset with Coach Jon Dwoskin
Today, Paula is joined by business and executive coach Jon Dwoskin to talk about mindset and goalsetting. We may not realize that our mindset comes...
Episode 21: The Importance of Long Term Care Insurance
Today, Paula is joined by Laura Eliason of Acsia Partners, an expert in the long term care space. She shares some personal stories, from having to...
Episode 20: Money Questions Before I Get Married
In the latest episode of our Q&A series, Paula Christine sits down with Aaron, who's going to get married soon. She answers his questions...
Episode 19: Disability Coverage Explained
Paula Christine is joined today by Angela Mitchell of Bridged Benefit Solutions to discuss disability insurance - what it is, how you get it, and if...
Episode 18: Investing Terms Defined with Lynn Habrowski
After some great audience response to last week's show, we brought CFP Lynn Habrowski, of Great Lakes Wealth Planning, back today to take a deeper...
Episode 17: Lynn Habrowski on The Market and Investing
Lynn Habrowski is a certified financial planner with Great Lakes Welath Planning and LPL Financial. She joins Paula Christine today to cover...
The Making Money Course
Throughout this podcast, you've heard Paula Christine talk about how her perspective as a financial coach is informed by her life experience....
Episode 16: Debt and Divorce with Brooke
Following last week's Q&A with Patty, we welcomed listener Brooke for another round of questions with Paula Christine. A recent divorcee,...
Episode 15: Questions from a 30- Something
Today, we turn the tables on Paula as Patty asks the questions SHE wants to know about financial planning, including: Where Do I Start? What...
Episode 14: Traditional IRAs Explained
This week, Diane Winner is back to talk about Traditional IRAs and how they differ from the Roth IRAs we discussed in last week's episode....
Episode 13: Roth IRAs Explained
Today, Paula Christine is joined by Certified Financial Planner Diane Winner, from Bank of Ann Arbor, to explain Roth IRA's. Diane explains the...
Episode 12: How Much Insurance Do I Need?
Insurance can be very confusing. From homeowners to renters to auto, it's often hard to know how much coverage you need. Today, Paula is joined by...
Episode 11: Buying a Home
Today, Paula Christine is joined by Barbara Biskner of Synergy Realty Group to talk about how a realtor can help in the home buying process. We...
Episode 10: The Importance of Life Insurance
In our 10th episode, Paula Christine welcomes Danielle Workman of Lincoln Financial Group. We're talking about life insurance. Why is life insurance...
Episode 9: The Importance of Estate Planning
Today, Paula Christine is joined by estate planning attorney Shannon DeWall of DeWall Law. Together, they answer a number of common...
Episode 8: Tips on Getting Your Next Car
Buying a vehicle can be a very difficult experience. New or used? Buy or lease? And prices are through the roof since the pandemic. Today,...
Episode 7: Banking Fundamentals
Paula is joined by Ashley Chambers of Chief Financial Credit Union to talk Banking Fundamentals. What is the difference between a credit...
Episode 6: Jan Sherman the “Benefits Tamer”
Jan Sherman of The Benefits Edge is known as "The Benefits Tamer." He helps his clients make sense of the complicated world of insurance, and that's...
Money Coach Eboney Byrne
Today, Paula welcomes Eboney Byrne, Money Coach at Liberty Financial Services. Her tag line is "Have you told your money where to go?" Eboney feels...
Common Questions
As a financial coach, Paula Christine gets many questions pretty frequently. And while everyone's individual situation is different, we dive into a...
Understanding Workplace Retirement Plans
When you start a new job, you often have a massive packet dumped on your desk, explaining your company's retirement plan options. It can be...
What to Know When You Apply for a Mortgage
Paula Christine has seen many people make financial mistakes when buying a home. Just because you've been approved for a $350,000 mortgage doesn't...
Meet Paula Christine
In our first episode, host Paula Christine sits down with producer Jon Gay to talk about her background and why she started this podcast. Paula...
Beyond The Paycheck
Growing up, I witnessed my parents struggle financially. They worked hard to provide for our family, but in reality, they lived paycheck to...