Is your money funny right now?
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Hey friends, I know that building a brand is hard, especially in this market where everyone is talking and selling you the ONE product that will change your life forever. I know it feels daunting to create space and find your tribe. And I know you want to "get it right" the first time, so you're not wasting your time and money. I totally get it because I was there. Before launching The Great Girlfriends, I had a few successful businesses that matched my purpose and mission, and felt good for my soul. My greeting card company, Milk and Honey, was in 25 storefronts before we even had a website. Our brand consulting company was built brick by brick, small business by small business, because I wanted to see companies that were stuck get UNSTUCK! With The Great Girlfriends, Brandice and I wanted to curate a podcast where women felt supported in their personal and professional lives, building bridges between worlds that felt far apart. And now, with New Day, I am passionate about proving that your pivots are possible with the right strategies and resources in place. I'm so grateful that my lessons, setbacks, and knowledge can be useful to my community, including you! "Tiffany, I love the work you do as a financial literacy expert. What is your “why?” My why really comes from my own financial rock bottom. I was a preschool teacher for 10years, and I thought I was doing all the right things. But during the 2008/9 Recession, between job instability and bad financial advice, I lost everything and ended up with over $300,000 in debt.
And I remember how that felt. It wasn’t just about the money. It was the shame, the fear, the confusion. I didn’t know where to start, and I didn’t see a lot of people who looked like me talking about money in a way that felt safe and doable.
So I started teaching myself, then teaching my friends, then teaching my students’ parents, and eventually it grew into The Budgetnista.
My why is that I don’t want anyone to feel the way I felt. I want people, especially women and especially Black women, to know that financial wholeness is possible. Not perfection, not overnight success, but real, sustainable progress that leads to peace and options.
"Tell us about your latest masterpiece and what we can expect to learn in this book.” Get Good with Money is really a step-by-step guide to financial wholeness. I wanted to create something that took all the confusion out of personal finance and replaced it with a clear, simple plan.
So in the book, I walk you through ten steps, starting with budgeting and saving, all the way through investing, insurance, and estate planning. But what makes it different is that it’s not just information, it’s a system. I’m teaching you how to organize your money, how to manage it consistently, and how to build a life where your money actually supports the life you want to live.
So whether you’re starting from scratch or trying to level up, the goal is that you finish the book not just knowing more, but actually doing better with your money.
It’s like having me sitting next to you saying, “Okay sis, here’s what we’re gonna do, one step at a time.”
What’s your favorite chapter of the book?
My favorite chapter is budgeting, because that’s where everything begins to click.
A lot of people think budgeting is about restriction, but I teach it as a tool for awareness and alignment. It’s not about saying no to everything, it’s about saying yes to what matters most.
When you understand where your money is going and you give it direction, everything else becomes easier. Saving feels more doable, debt payoff becomes more strategic, and even spending feels better because it’s intentional.
I’ve seen so many people transform just from that one shift, and that’s why that chapter is so special to me.
People are financially fatigued and searching for hope in this turbulent economy. What is your message to the 10,000 people reading this newsletter? I'm cheering you forward from victory to victory! Sybil. P.S. If you were looking for a sign, THIS IS IT! |