The Spending Symposium
20 Speakers, 4 Days, 1 Community of Frugal Visionaries
June 27 - Monday
Stop Keeping Up with the Joneses: How to End Comparison and Jealousy Spending
with Caroline Vencil
Jealousy is a dreadful response that leads to nothing but discontentment. However, as humans, it’s an inevitable response. In this session, Caroline Vencil, a Money-Saving Expert, tackles what we should do about comparison and jealousy spending to become wise in handling money.
How to Identify Emotional Spending Triggers & Work Through Them Without Spending
with Allison Baggerly
Emotions can get ahead of us and it can cause rash decisions such as overspending. Allison Baggerly, a money coach and podcast host of ‘Inspired Budget’, teaches us not only to be smart with money but also with our emotions through working with our spending triggers.
Identifying & Reversing Lifestyle Creep to Pay Off $123,000 of Debt
with Anjie & RJ
Anyone who’s new or not familiar with extensive finance terms will surely pique their interest upon hearing the word, “Lifestyle Creep”. The couple, Anjie & RJ teaches us about Lifestyle Creep, and its strategies, and inspires other couples to intelligently manage their savings.
Finding The Intersection Between Living Fully & Reaching Your Financial Goals
with Chloe Daniels
Being under debt can be restrictive for its attached pressure and responsibility to pay it off right away. But what if it’s possible to enjoy life as you reach your financial goals? In this session, Chloe Daniels shares her journey into living a fun-filled life while paying off her debt and navigating through investing.
Money Can't Buy You What You Really Want, Here's How to Find What That Is
with Lydia Senn
Money usually is seen as a gateway to getting anything and everything you want and dream of. For entrepreneur and debt-free mom, Lydia Senn, she thinks it’s not entirely true. In this session, Lydia dives deep into her journey to stability, money, and saving.
June 28 - Tuesday
3 Steps to Control Your Impulse Spending (No Budget Necessary!)
with Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni
Bombarded with advertisements both offline and online makes it difficult not to impulsively splurge. Join this session together with the summit hosts Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni as they discuss steps in managing impulse and improving mindset when faced with spontaneous thoughts to spend.
Simple Living: How Doing Less Yields Spending Less
with Rose Lounsbury
Living simply and less is almost impossible with the way most of us are used to spending more to live comfortably. Rose Lounsbury, Amazon bestselling author and simplicity coach, discusses her minimalist and simple living in hopes of inspiring others to adopt this lifestyle and spend less.
Organizing Your Finances Without All the Guilt And Shame
with Jade Warshaw
Debt can be overwhelming, insurmountable, and stressful, especially for Jade Warshaw whose debt reached an astounding $460K. In this session, Jade looks back on her journey of paying off her debt and how she was able to overcome it without guilt and shame.
Minimalist Living & Frugality: How Less Clutter Yields Less Spending
with Courtney Florey
Letting go of things that once had value and hold memories are difficult for those who are sentimental. However, decluttering not only lets you adopt a frugal lifestyle but also frees you from any emotional baggage. Courtney Florey shares her current lifestyle, experiences, and feelings after she got rid of 80% of her stuff.
June 29 - Wednesday
Simple Planning Strategies To Save You Time And Money
with Sami Womack
Plan. Plan. Plan. Any excellent project starts with a well-thought-out plan. Planning and saving money go hand in hand to attain your lifelong goals. Sami Womack, a budgeting coach and the host of the chart-topping podcast, ‘A Sunny Side Up Life’ talks to us about the importance of planning goals to save you time and money.
How to Design Your Dream Life And Afford it Today
with Paris Woods
It’s relatively easy for anyone to say “reach for your dream life” but not anyone can afford it right away. Your dream life starts with taking a huge step forward to a lifelong action. Paris Woods, author of “The Black Girl’s Guide to Financial Freedom”. takes us into her dream life which she was able to afford despite being in a low-paying industry.
How to Help Your Brain Make Better Spending Decisions
with Jessi Fearon
Our brain is powerful enough to control us during our most vulnerable moments. In this session, we talk about decision fatigue and how that can gravely affect our spending decisions. Together with Jessi Fearon, we also give insights to help our brain become more capable of making better spending decisions in any situation.
The Small Steps That Get You Big Financial Changes
with Hope Ware
Seeing big financial changes doesn't necessarily mean big changes to how you spend your money. In this session together with Hope Ware, a writer and frugal-living ninja, we give 4 steps towards seeing financial changes through improving how you spend.
Creating Better Spending Habits
with Hannah Morgan & Susanna Ronalds-Hannon
Breaking bad habits doesn’t happen overnight— there must be consistent effort and thorough planning. Hannah Morgan and Susanna Ronalds-Hannon, podcast hosts of ‘Ways to Means’ who believe that financial empowerment is a collective effort, curate helpful spending habits to push us closer to our financial goals.
June 30 - Thursday
Starting a Side Hustle in Your Margin
with Jannese Torres-Rodríguez
What is the true cost of hustle culture? Whether it's a side hustle or a full-time one, hustlers never had it easy. Jannese Torres-Rodrigues of Yo Quiero Dinero shares her side hustle journey and the things to remember when considering doing one.
Save for Retirement Frugally
with Rachel Rivera
Saving shouldn’t only be done as a one-time thing, it should be able to help you in the long run. In this session, we talk about saving for your retirement together with Rachel Rivera, an expert in budgeting and a money coach. In Rachel’s experiences, we learn about investing, saving, and smart money tips to equip us for the future.
The Mindset Behind Paying off $300,000 of Debt and Winning With Money
with Bernadette Joy
A 6-figure debt looks insurmountable and overwhelming to look at but for Bernadette Joy, this was a moment that opened doors towards a growth mindset. Bernadette shares her inspiration to pay off their $300,000 debt and how she has been living since then.
Finding, Affording and Transitioning to Full-Time Work You Love
with Taylor Kovar
Finding a job is difficult enough, let alone looking for a job you truly love. Taylor Kovar discovers and shares with us how to find, afford and become full-time in a work you love. In this session, we also break down the struggles, steps to make, and actionable tips in shifting to a new career.
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