
Money & Career Mastery: From Overwhelm to Ownership
Are you feeling stuck in the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, juggling debt, career decisions, and family goals while longing for financial freedom?
Welcome to the podcast that helps you take control of your finances, align your career with your values, and build a legacy for your family.
Hosted by Laura Sexton, Abundance & Legacy Coach, this podcast is your go-to resource for actionable advice, simple strategies, and motivational insights. Together, we’ll tackle the overwhelm of personal finances, optimize income, and design a life of freedom and purpose.
This show will provide answers to questions like:
- How do I create a budget and stick to it?
- Should I save or invest?
- What is debt consolidation, and should I consolidate my debt?
- How much should I save for retirement?
- What’s the best way to pay off debt?
- How can I maximize my income and career opportunities?
- How do I start building generational wealth?
- What is a 401(k), as is it the same as an IRA?
- How do I successfully transition from a 9-5 to entrepreneurship?
In each episode, you’ll learn how to:
- Pay off debt without sacrificing your lifestyle.
- Maximize your income and career opportunities.
- Navigate career changes and pivot toward entrepreneurship.
- Build generational wealth through intentional choices.
- Break free from financial stress and live with confidence.
If you're ready to move from overwhelmed to empowered, ditch the 9-5, and own your financial future, this is the podcast for you!
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Money & Career Mastery: From Overwhelm to Ownership
123. How to Make Money Easy
Is money always going to feel hard—or are you making it harder than it needs to be? In this episode, I share why ease with money is more about mindset than math—and how to build a simple, value-aligned system that actually works. Plus, a 3-step roadmap to help you realign your spending and start feeling in control.
In this episode you’ll learn:
- Why ease with money is a feeling—not a dollar amount
- The 3-step roadmap to align your spending with your values
- How mindset (not math) is the biggest barrier to financial peace
- Why fewer payments = more peace
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hello and welcome to money and career mastery from overwhelmed to ownership. I'm Laura Sexton, your abundance and legacy coach here to help you navigate the world of money, debt payoff, and career growth with confidence and clarity. In this podcast, we'll tackle the financial and career challenges, holding you back, optimize your income and build the freedom that comes with true ownership. If you're ready to break free from overwhelm, create a budget that aligns with your values and design a legacy that empowers future generations. You're in the right place. Hey, accelerators, on Saturdays, our family likes to veg out. I tell my kids there are two things that Saturdays are good for. Either being in sports and going and making it a full day of, whatever sport it is. Baseball, soccer, basketball, whatever season we're in, it's a good sports day. But if we're not in sports, Saturdays are really good for sleeping in. I, in fact, enjoy a very lazy Saturday. That being said, a lazy Saturday does not mean that my kids get to do whatever they want. There are still some things that I require before the lazy laziness begins, and this may seem silly to you, but we do need to keep some semblance of order in a home with five children. So before the kids get tv, they have to do two things. They have to get dressed and they have to make their beds. This is not me asking for them to do all the yard work before they get any relaxation time. This is me asking them to put on clothes and make their bed. Why am I talking about this? Well, because I think that these are the two easiest things. like I said, I'm not asking them to do yard work. I'm not asking them to mow and weed, and I'm not asking them to do their chores. I'm not asking them to do anything except get dressed, and I feel like it could be as easy as changing your clothes and making your bed, but they turn it into a whole production. It just depends on whether or not they are in the right head space to let it be easy. You see, the same is true with our money. One of the core values in my business is that money can feel easy. There's a common narrative that says money is always going to be hard. It's always going to be stressful. It's always out of reach. But it doesn't have to be that way. Growing up for me, I was in a lower middle income family, and for my parents it was hard and for a lot of the people in my area, money was hard. Money is only hard. When you let it be, you see, money can feel easy. I talked about my friend Tanya before on the podcast. She started out with$91,000 of debt. She was newly widowed, and believed that it would take her over nine years to get out of debt. But we worked together. She followed this step-by-step system. She stayed consistent and in just two years she paid it all. I. In the three years that we've been working together, a year after she had paid off$91,000 in debt, she cash flowed an$18,000 bathroom remodel. This was crazy to her. She did not like writing the check. It felt very uncomfortable. But of course, of course, writing a giant check feels uncomfortable, especially the first time you do it. So when I asked her how she was feeling about writing this big check, she goes, well, I have the money. So I guess it's, I guess it's fine. You see, that's what EASE looks like. It's not about being rich, it's about being in control. Tanya had the same attitude with this$18,000 bathroom remodel as she did when she went out and bought a brand new pair of hiking boots. She said, well, it was a little bit more expensive than I was planning, but I have the money, so it's okay. This is a complete 180 view of money from when she started and thought she would never be in control. Most people I see over complicate money and, and part of that comes from the mindset and the overall goal. I see a lot of people who. Overcomplicate their credit card situation because they wanna play the game. They want the points and they, this card gives me cash back for food and this card gives me cash back for gas. And this one if I buy clothes. And I'm like, there's a lot of thinking that has to go into that, and the amount of points that you get are incredibly low for what you're hoping to receive. The points system in credit cards are constantly fluctuating up and down. You are not actually going to make the money back that you think that you're going to make, and in the process, you are going to spend more money than you need to. So why do we over complicate it? Because we think the system is complicated. We think it has to be hard. In order for somebody to make millions of dollars, they have to go through the hard system, and they have to know something that we don't know. No. If you want your money to work for you, and you don't wanna have to do all the stressing out, the system itself is very simple. It is not complicated at all, but you see easy and simple. They're different things. I think that what's missing here is not some overly complicated system. What's missing is your mindset about money. We confuse hard with complicated. We think that there should be some complicated system, and if I'm not putting in the effort, I'm missing out on the game. But clarity. Clarity is what could make money simple. We get clear on what our values are. We get clear on what our outcomes are, and when we put those together, we can create an easy money system. You see, if you think that money will always be hard. You are going to resist the simplicity of the system and you are going to resist the peace that it can bring. I don't want that for you. I want you to see and hear over and over again that I am telling you that money can be easy. It can feel easy for you. You just have to stop trying to make things hard. I have one client that I work with, and the number of payments they have to make every month is incredibly high, and at this point they have to make them because they're debt payments, but they also have the regular bills that people pay. And they've added many different things on top of that, and I know this because I manage their money for them, and we're looking at upwards of 45 payments a month. And that's not buying food. That's not buying gas. We have 45 probably more payments every month that are required because of decisions that they have made in their past that is hard and there's not a lot of peace there. But for me, the number of payments I have to make every month, six. Which of those is easier, do you think? It's this simple system not having payments, not owing anybody anything. There's an ease that comes with that. I wanna give you a three step roadmap to realign your spending with your values. Once we have clear values, and we have clear outcomes, everything can start to feel easy. So here's a three step roadmap to realign your spending with your values. The first is to list out three to five core values. This can be something as simple as saying, well, my family is my most important value. Generosity is a most important value. One of the core values in my family is that we don't do debt. That's not an option. That is a core value of my family. So lists out three to five core values. Then I want you to track your spending for 30 days. If you're like, I don't want to do the work of a 30 day challenge here, Laura, great. Print out your bank statement for the last 30 days. Print out your credit card statements if you have those for the last 30 days. What have you spent your money on? I want you to just observe this. I don't want you to judge anything. Don't judge your spending. Don't judge whether or not you think it was easy. Just observe. But then after you've done the full observation and you've looked at what you've been spending, I want you to compare. Does the way that you have spent your money match what you say matters most? Then from there you can adjust accordingly. How do we make it easy? How do we say what easy money actually looks like? Because it's not about being rich, it's about being in control. Easy money isn't effortless. It's intentional and it's aligned. And when your systems reflect your values, confidence will replace the chaos. That's what Easy Money actually looks like. Easy and simple. They're not the same. Easy is how you feel. Ease is a feeling. Simple is a sustainable system. How do we make it simple? We put sustainable systems in place and peace with your money comes when you know where it's going and why. So I want you to try the three step roadmap. I want you to list your three to five core values. Track your spending for 30 days, and then compare and realign. And then if you'd like, a bonus challenge, because sometimes people, they're just extra. And if you're one of those people, here's your bonus challenge. I want you to ask yourself, what would easy feel like for me? What do you want your money to feel like? If you're ready to start your journey to simplicity, you sat down and you figured out what easy would feel like for you, and you said, that's actually what I want. How in the world do I get there? Well, the first step on the journey is to tell your money where to go. And to do that, you have to make a budget. You need to make a budget to tell your money where to go so that it follows your why. It has to be aligned with your values. I want you to make a budget that tells your money where to go so it can follow your why. It needs to follow your values and what you want the most in the long run. The best way to do that is to join the Better Budget Bootcamp. You can download this@accelerateyourlegacy.com slash resources. Scroll down and click on Better Budget Bootcamp. All right, accelerators, that's it for this week. Your money can feel easy, go out and make a difference. thank you for spending time with us today on Money and Career Mastery from Overwhelm to Ownership. Remember, your legacy isn't just about financial freedom. It's about living with purpose, taking action, and building a foundation that lasts for generations. Don't just listen, implement what you've learned and share it with someone who could use a financial or career breakthrough. If you found value in today's episode, help us grow by rating, reviewing, and sharing the podcast. I'll be back next week with more strategies to help you master your money and career. Until then take ownership of your future and build your legacy with intention.