Is your money funny right now?
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Hey friends, Sometimes tech can be your best friend. Other times, it can cause you extreme embarrassment! In this case, the draft of the email that you deserve was not what was sent. My apologies! Let's start over... Times are tough, and money is tight. I get it. I'm there with you. Everyone's trying to make a dollar out of $.15, but we're short $.05 short of the $.15! These things are real, but what's true is simple: we can win in hard times. Many people are making significant money moves now that are fueling their funds. You can too! My girlfriend Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche, has the keys for you! Her book, Get Good With Money, is a NYT bestseller and a money Bible for her readers. Tiffany has led hundreds of thousands of people to debt freedom and financial literacy through every season. In a recent interview, I asked Tiffany a few key questions to help you get good with your money! "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? First, I want you to know that you’re not behind, and you’re not alone.
This economy is a lot. Prices are high, uncertainty is real, and it can feel like no matter what you do, it’s not enough. So if you’re tired, that makes sense.
But here’s the hope: you don’t have to fix everything at once.
Focus on what you can control. One habit. One account. One decision at a time.
Maybe that looks like:
💎 Checking in with your money once a week 💎 Saving your first $100 or your next $100 💎 Paying one bill on time consistently 💎 Finally opening that savings account
Small steps create big shifts.
And I always say this, financial wholeness is not about how much you make, it’s about how you manage what you have. You are more powerful than you think.
Give yourself grace, but also give yourself a plan. Because when you have both, that’s where the transformation happens.
Dive deeper into Get Good With Money's paperback edition HERE. I'm cheering you forward from victory to victory! Sybil. P.S. New episodes of the podcast are coming MONDAY! Get ready!!!! |