Episode 490: Love, Money + Navigating Difficult Conversations Before You’re Ready With Myra Strober & Abby Davisson REWIND

2026-08-05

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Myra Strober, labor economist and Professor Emerita at Stanford University and Abby Davisson, social innovation leader and career development expert, join the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss how to make conscious decisions about money with love as the primary framework. We chat about the intellectual roadmap for life's biggest decisions, why we need to have difficult conversations before we're ready and how love and money are intertwined in all of life's challenges and phases. In this episode, you'll learn more about: Making...

We chat about the intellectual roadmap for life's biggest decisions, why we need to have difficult conversations before we're ready and how love and money are intertwined in all of life's challenges and phases.

In this episode, you'll learn more about:

Making decisions about money with love at the forefront of consideration
What the 5 C framework is and how you can implement them in your life right now
Why you should be having conversations about personal topics alongside the professional ones
How to be an agent of change within the institutions you participate in
The importance of checking in with those you admire and trying to anticipate the consequences of life's choices + more

What's New in the Paperback Edition of Your Journey to Financial Freedom:

A bonus chapter: When Life Happens: Staying on the Path to Financial Freedom Through Setbacks, Shifts, and Uncertainty
A book club and discussion guide with prompts, exercises, and action steps
Updated corrections from the original hardcover
Exclusive bonuses when you purchase the paperback, including:
- The Fire Starter Course
- The Find Your FIRE Number Worksheet

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