This is a new kind of conversation about money.
I’ve been a personal finance journalist and author since 2015. I’ve learned a ton of “rules” about money throughout my career, and they never seem to work for me — or a vast array of folks who aren’t like the typical middle-class dudes who peddle most financial advice.
I created Healthy Rich to find and connect with the artists, queers, autistics, feminists, leftists, self-employed, marginalized, racialized, paupers, activists and other misfits who are tired of struggling and striving against a system that’s not made for us.
What if we didn’t have to follow their rules?
Typical financial advice offers up broad strokes and binaries, a one-size-fits-all approach that doesn’t leave room for the diversity of our relationships with money. Through Healthy Rich, I shine a spotlight on the nuances of work and money and critique conventional advice by making space for perspectives we don’t hear enough in conversations about money.
In this newsletter, you’ll find:
Essays that reflect on, explore and respond to our culture of money. (Like ‘Should I put that $1,000 into penny stocks?’, how to avoid overconsumption without restriction, anti-fat bias in hiring and how gerrymandering effects personal finances.)
Money Misfits: Conversations with community members about their relationships with money. (Like financial educator Yanely Espinal, editor Amanda B Hinton and writer Kel Schulze.)
Money Dates: A behind-the-scenes look at my personal experiences with money. (paid only)
Classes: Resources, events and programs to guide you through sticky money questions. (paid only)
P.S.
Some other places you’ll find me: I write the Dear Penny advice column for The Penny Hoarder, I’m a founding member for Kiplinger Advisor Collective, and I’m a regular contributor to Business Insider, Fortune, Forbes and Salon.
My book, You Don’t Need a Budget, examines toxic budget culture and offers an alternative, budget-free approach to money for those of us who’ve been left behind by the personal finance industry.
📚 Visit the Healthy Rich bookshop for books from all of our Healthy Rich guests!
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