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Family Financial Feuds

Family Financial Feuds covers financial topics you may have disagreements within your family, whether that's credit scores, money personalities or setting goals. We cover timely topics to help you discuss your own stance on your family financial feud.
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Latest Episode

In this episode, Personal Finance expert Kathy Sweedler, Extension Assistant Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Camaya Wallace Bechard, and Financial Planning Education Consultant at eMoney Sasha Grabenstetter wrap up the Family Financial Feuds podcast series.

Life Transitions

In this episode, Extension Educator Camaya Wallace-Bechard along with Kathy Sweedler and Sasha Grabenstetter discuss life changes and transitions in their own lives as well as delving into research on the topic. Whether you're moving, changing jobs, having children, retiring, or more, this episode...

Gooooaaaallllssss/REPLAY

REPLAY - In this episode, Kathy, Camaya and Sasha explore goal setting and how it can cause family feuds. Listen, laugh and learn something new in this month's podcast from the University of Illinois Extension.

Eat Your Leftovers

Welcome Jenna Smith, Nutrition and Wellness Educator with University of Illinois Extension to Family Financial Feuds! In this episode, she and Camaya Wallace Bechard (Consumer Economics Educator) discuss tips and tricks to save money on food and reduce our food waste. Learn more about Jenna's work...

Train Your Brain

Welcome Karla Belzer, Family Life Educator with University of Illinois Extension to Family Financial Feuds! Karla teaches and practices mindfulness. In this episode, she and Camaya Wallace Bechard (Consumer Economics Educator) explain how mindfulness strategies can help us manage our money with...

Piggybacking: Utilizing Authorized Users

In this episode, educators, Camaya Wallace-Bechard and Kathy Sweedler discuss in detail the different types of ways you can hold credit. From being an authorized user, joint-card holder, and secured cards -- there is something in this episode for everyone. Each option has it's own pros and cons,...

Financial Transparency

In our very first guest podcast, we introduce Dr. Emily Koochel, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University to discuss her research findings and tool on financial transparency. Join Dr. Koochel and our c-host, Sasha Grabenstetter as they define financial transparency, discuss the findings...

Hey, What's For Dinner?

In this episode, Kathy Sweedler takes Sasha Grabenstetter and Camaya Wallace Bechard down the delicious path of talking about food and food costs. On the heels of our webinar, "Save Money on Food" - we discuss what the Consumer Price Index data shows from food purchases from the pandemic. We also...

Thinking Long Term: Kids vs Retirement

In this episode, Sasha Grabenstetter, Kathy Sweedler, and Camaya Wallace Bechard feud about is it possible to save for your children's college while saving for retirement. We discuss our own past college paying experiences, define 529 education plans, and discuss it is okay to have multiple savings...

Mindfulness & Money

In our first podcast of 2021, Camaya Wallace-Bechard, Kathy Sweedler, and Sasha Grabenstetter examine mindfulness techniques in relationship to money matters. Camaya helps us dive into new research, as well as defining what mindfulness is. In addition to mindfulness, we discuss our upcoming webinar...

Financial Equity in Relationships

In our season 3 opener, Kathy Sweedler, Camaya Wallace Bechard and Sasha Grabenstetter discuss what financial equity is inside of a relationship. We'll work on defining equity, as well as discuss financial abuse in an intimate partner relationship. We learn that money is messy, and that while there...

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