Sep 21, 2026 · 59 min · 17 segments
Today’s guest is Crystal Paine, founder of MoneySavingMom.com and a longtime advocate for helping families save money, manage their finances, and live with greater…
You haven't been on before, and I don't know how, 'cause we've known each other a long time, but welcome.
I am so excited to get to be here and be with you, and I have met you in person.
I had you on my podcast, so it feels really fun to be, like, on the other side.
We'll put all the links in the show notes, because for over 20 years, you have been helping women with something that can bring a lot of fear, a lot of trepidation.
I even get really nervous talking about it, so I haven't had a lot of [laughs] episodes on finances, but I know I'm not truly supporting a mom if I'm not addressing it.
And like you say in your intro, like, people need to know they're not alone, even in their fears of this.
So before we get into your newest book, Seven Habits of Financially Healthy Women, I would love for you to kind of give your backstory.
You know, it's so interesting that you say, like, there's this fear around money, and honestly, there's fear for me of writing a money book, which, like, my blog is Money Saving Mom.
Like, this is what I have talked about for years and years and years and years.
But to put it out in a book form, it's scary, because it feels like there's this, oh, like I know what I'm talking about, when I share in the book how I really struggle with math.
You haven't been on before, and I don't know how, 'cause we've known each other a long time, but welcome.
I am so excited to get to be here and be with you, and I have met you in person.
I had you on my podcast, so it feels really fun to be, like, on the other side.
We'll put all the links in the show notes, because for over 20 years, you have been helping women with something that can bring a lot of fear, a lot of trepidation.
I even get really nervous talking about it, so I haven't had a lot of [laughs] episodes on finances, but I know I'm not truly supporting a mom if I'm not addressing it.
And like you say in your intro, like, people need to know they're not alone, even in their fears of this.
So before we get into your newest book, Seven Habits of Financially Healthy Women, I would love for you to kind of give your backstory.
You know, it's so interesting that you say, like, there's this fear around money, and honestly, there's fear for me of writing a money book, which, like, my blog is Money Saving Mom.
Like, this is what I have talked about for years and years and years and years.
But to put it out in a book form, it's scary, because it feels like there's this, oh, like I know what I'm talking about, when I share in the book how I really struggle with math.
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