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Transform Your Spending and Get More of What Money Can’t Buy
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Jen Smith
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Jill Sirianni
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A relatable personal finance guide that gives a fresh take on how to control your impulse spending so you can stick to a budget and pay off debt, without the guilt and shame of traditional financial advice—from the hosts of the beloved Frugal Friends podcast.
There’s a lot of noise out there about how to spend (and not spend) your hard-earned money. But what if you made financial decisions based on what you value—instead of what others are telling you to value?
This is the empowering approach Jen Smith and Jill Sirianni, hosts of the Frugal Friends podcast, want you to take to improve your spending habits. They believe you can value anything (yes, anything!), whether that’s a daily latte, fancy dinners out, or vacations. But, despite what social media is saying, you don’t value everything.
The Frugal Friends’ wisdom comes from personal experience: Jen paid off $78,000 of debt in two years without a six-figure income, while Jill has a background in social work and downsized to an RV to pay off student loans. Together, their advice is both relatable and actionable.
In their debut book, they share a plan for sifting through what’s not important to find the things you truly love spending money on. You’ll learn how to
- Analyze your current spending and identify what you value
- Prioritize your values when you can’t afford everything
- Identify the root causes of your impulse spending
- Make your habit changes stick long-term
From credit card and student loan debt to the rising costs of childcare and homes; it has never been more important to get control of your spending. Jen and Jill show you how to do it in a way that’s healthy, not shameful, while exploring topics like overconsumption, self-worth, and the insidious history behind our consumption-obsessed culture.
If you want to reach your goals and feel good about your finances, Buy What You Love Without Going Broke offers a holistic approach to reshape the way you think about spending money.
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Worried about purpose? Most people are. But no one has to be. Brené Brown meets Malcolm Gladwell in this ground-breaking self-improvement book that reveals how to make a mark and how to set goals in life without falling into the anxiety traps of conventional success principles books. The ultimate in purpose anxiety relief, and a map for anyone to find happiness.
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Love the approach!
- By WharfRat on 01-21-25
By: Jordan Grumet
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Unraveling Your Relationship with Money
- Ditch Your Money Trauma So You Can Live an Abundant Life
- By: Shannah Game
- Narrated by: Shannah Game
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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In Unraveling Your Relationship with Money, renowned financial expert and Certified Trauma of Money Specialist Shannah Game delivers an inspiring, informative, and at times cathartic guide to improve your behavioral finance skills, gently resolving deep-rooted trauma related to emotions like shame, fear, and panic surrounding money, and finally start reaching your financial goals.
By: Shannah Game
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Things I Wish I’d Known
- My Hacks for a Tidy Home, Happy Kids and a Calmer You
- By: Emily Norris
- Narrated by: Emily Norris
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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I became obsessed with mum hacks when a friend showed me a game-changing tip during my baby days - that baby vests can be pulled down (not up) in the event of an explosive poo. I couldn't believe I had been a mum for so long and not known! Things I Wish I'd Known will bring you hundreds of quick and clever solutions, just like this, all to make the parenting juggle easier.
By: Emily Norris
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Everything but Money
- The Hidden Barriers Between You and Financial Freedom
- By: Jessica Moorhouse
- Narrated by: Jessica Moorhouse
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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For the past decade, Jessica Moorhouse, an Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada® and money expert, has had intimate conversations with strangers from around the world who trust her to listen without judgment and offer solutions to their financial problems. It is Moorhouse’s experience (as well as a fact supported by research) that a lot of stuff prevents you from thinking about money clearly and getting out of your own way.
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Outstanding - foundational for learning
- By Serena on 03-16-25
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Why Are We Here?
- Creating a Work Culture Everyone Wants
- By: Jennifer Moss
- Narrated by: April Doty
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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Work has recently undergone profound changes, not all for the better. Workplace expert Jennifer Moss, author of The Burnout Epidemic, takes listeners to the front lines of this historic shift. Through extensive interviews, she uncovers why work has changed and highlights the leaders and organizations who have managed to build cultures that everyone really wants.
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Worth a Listen
- By Pmick on 03-23-25
By: Jennifer Moss
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Your Journey to Financial Freedom
- A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving Wealth and Happiness
- By: Jamila Souffrant
- Narrated by: Jamila Souffrant
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Our fast-paced world prioritizes the productive busybody—financial security always seems to rule over the insatiable hankering for a Friday night splurge. However, Jamila Souffrant argues that you can in fact spend and save responsibly, all while enjoying that extra side of guacamole.
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Good resource and information!
- By Joanne on 03-14-25
By: Jamila Souffrant
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The PLAN
- Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius
- By: Kendra Adachi
- Narrated by: Kendra Adachi
- Length: 6 hrs
- Unabridged
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Most time-management books leave you feeling inadequate, focusing on greatness and optimization. But what if you want to simply live your life without chasing productivity at every turn? Is there a way to manage your time without being at its mercy?
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Essay stretched to book length
- By R on 12-17-24
By: Kendra Adachi
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You Need a Budget
- The Proven System for Breaking the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Cycle, Getting out of Debt, and Living the Life You Want
- By: Jesse Mecham
- Narrated by: Jesse Mecham
- Length: 4 hrs and 54 mins
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For most people, budgeting conjures up the same feelings as, say, prison and dieting. But your initial instinct couldn't be further from the truth. You just haven't budgeted the right way. You Need a Budget will teach you four simple rules to completely revolutionize the way you think about managing your money. With a budget, you'll break the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, get out of debt, and save more money. A liberating, enabling, empowering budget will actually make you feel more free, not more restricted.
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Worth the preorder
- By Jonathan on 01-02-18
By: Jesse Mecham
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The Power of Enough
- Finding Joy in Your Relationship with Money
- By: Elizabeth Husserl
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Husserl
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by money—bewildered by the complexities of building wealth and frustrated by the persistent sense that no matter how much we earn, something crucial feels missing. But what if the key to financial freedom isn’t found in striving for more but in redefining what “enough” truly means? Financial growth expert Elizabeth Husserl’s The Power of Enough invites you to rethink your relationship with money, offering a groundbreaking blueprint that replaces chasing financial success with cultivating a life of meaning, balance, and fulfillment.
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buy a copy of the book if you want the full experience.
- By Clifford Bell on 02-18-25
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The Forgotten Sense
- The New Science of Smell—and the Extraordinary Power of the Nose
- By: Jonas Olofsson
- Narrated by: Adam Verner
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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Our sense of smell guides our lives far more than our screen-heavy, sight-privileged era would suggest. It animates our experience of food and drink, helps us access memories, and strengthens our intimacy with each other. But, long considered our most “beastly” sense, the inner workings of smell have stumped scientists for centuries. Now, cognitive scientist and leading smell researcher Jonas Olofsson uncovers the sophisticated biological processes that animate our olfactory system, with profound implications for how we perceive the world around us.
By: Jonas Olofsson
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The Joy of Connections
- 100 Ways to Beat Loneliness and Live a Happier and More Meaningful Life
- By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, Allison Gilbert - contributor, Pierre Lehu - contributor
- Narrated by: Tovah Feldshuh, Allison Gilbert, Pierre Lehu
- Length: 3 hrs and 51 mins
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When Surgeon General Vivek Murthy sounded the alarm that loneliness “represents an urgent public health concern”—exacerbated by social media overuse, the residual effects of the pandemic, and the lack of meaningful relationships—trusted therapist Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer knew that her unique perspective and expertise could help. Long beloved for breaking stigmas around sexual problems, Dr. Ruth made it her mission to help individuals break free from the bonds of hopelessness and isolation.
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Dr Ruth’s Goodbye message to the lonely
- By JustMe on 11-17-24
By: Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer, and others
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Inspire
- The Universal Path for Leading Yourself and Others
- By: Adam Galinsky
- Narrated by: Will Damron
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Social psychologist and leadership expert Adam Galinsky has spent three decades building a method for determining when we are inspiring versus infuriating, and where various leaders—presidents, CEOs, coaches, teachers, parents, and a wealth of others—currently land on that spectrum. Galinsky shows how inspiring leaders can fill us with a wellspring of hope and possibility as they guide us to become better versions of ourselves. In contrast, infuriating leaders disappoint and annoy, fueling seething cauldrons of rage.
By: Adam Galinsky
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Money for Couples
- No More Stress. No More Fights. Just a 10-Step Plan to Create Your Rich Life Together.
- By: Ramit Sethi
- Narrated by: Ramit Sethi
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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From the bestselling author of I Will Teach You to Be Rich, go from financial frustration to joy with the the aid of this book about navigating money while in a relationship. Personal finance juggernaut Ramit Sethi’s program addresses the most common money issues in relationships without using boring budgets or restricting plans.
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No judgement
- By BobbyJ on 04-15-25
By: Ramit Sethi
Fresh, New Take on Finances!
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A Finance Book for Everyone
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Relatable and easy read
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Happy Reading!
Listen for relatable values-based finance advice
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I highly recommend this audiobook and Jen and Jill’s amazing podcast Frugal Friends. Change your approach – change your net worth!
Great Audio Book -A Modern Take on Wealth Building
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Excellent listen for "normal" people
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As the book continues Jen and Jill finally start to sound more like themselves but the whole book is great. Informative and realistic. I find myself using the words they use when talking to my kids about spending. “We have enough toys right after Christmas, but yes I’ll spend $40 on a children’s news magazine, because we VALUE being aware of the world around us.”
I’m excited to recommend this book to others who want to spend according to their values. It is pretty entertaining.
The meat of the podcast all in one place
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The narration between the two authors was very well done and natural.
I appreciated how relatable the stories & examples they gave are, as well as how actionable the takeaways are. 10/10 recommend!!
Relatable & Actionable!
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A Refreshing Take on Personal Finance!
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Realistic, Actionable Financial Guidance
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