Growing Interest with Mary Holland Nader

What if the reason you're struggling to save money isn't a lack of discipline, but the fact that your brain thinks future you is a complete stranger? Dr. Hal Hershfield, UCLA Anderson professor and author of Your Future Self, joins Mary Holland to explain the surprising psychology behind our money decisions. His research reveals that when we think about ourselves years from now, our brains can respond as if we're thinking about someone else. Which explains why buying something today feels so much better than saving for a future we can't even picture. But how are we supposed to plan for the future when our careers, relationships, the economy, and even AI make tomorrow feel so unpredictable? And is saving always the right answer, or could spending money on experiences today actually be a gift to our future selves? Hal and Mary get into: Why your brain treats future you like a stranger (and what that means for your bank account) Why saving money feels especially difficult in your 20s and 30s How to stop feeling guilty about spending money today Three science-backed ways to make saving easier without relying on willpower Plus, Hal shares a simple exercise to help you get to know future you a little better, starting today. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062 Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haley Sacks, aka Mrs. Dow Jones, has built a career making complicated financial concepts make sense to millions of people. But let's be honest: how many of us actually understand what the Fed does, how the stock market works, or why everyone keeps talking about interest rates?Haley joins Mary Holland to break down the money terms everyone hears but few people really understand. From the S&P 500 and the Federal Reserve to interest rates and inflation, Haley explains what these things actually mean, why they matter, and how they impact your everyday financial decisions.She also gets candid about her own relationship with money, the financial mistakes she's made (and what she's learned from them), and the simple habits that can help you turn financial knowledge into actual wealth.Haley and Mary Holland get into:- What the Fed actually does and why its decisions affect your wallet- The difference between the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones- How interest rates impact everything from your savings to your mortgage- The investing mistakes and money lessons they've learned firsthandWhether you're new to investing or just tired of pretending you understand the financial news, consider this your crash course in the money stuff everyone should know.Because understanding money is the first step to making more of it. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're getting a little witchy with our money.Mary Holland is joined by Dr. Ellen Vora, a Yale- and Columbia-trained psychiatrist and author of Season of the Witch, who's making a fascinating case for something women have been told to ignore for centuries: their intuition.But we're not just talking crystals and manifestation. We're talking biology, neuroscience, hormones, and what actually happens in your body when something just feels off.Can your gut help you make better financial decisions? Is there science behind manifesting money? Why are women called emotional when they trust their instincts? And is the hustle mentality actually working against us?Ellen is breaking down the difference between false anxiety and true anxiety, the science behind those mysterious gut feelings, and how to build a more intuitive relationship with money. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You probably know Chantel Jeffries as a DJ, creator, and fixture in pop culture. What you may not know is that she's also been quietly building a track record as an investor. Chantel wrote an early check into Poppi before its roughly $2 billion acquisition by PepsiCo. She's an early investor in Oura, backed Lolli, launched her own fund, Vizn Ventures, and was talking about Bitcoin back in 2017. So how did she learn to spot opportunities early—and trust herself enough to put real money behind them? Chantel joins Mary Holland to talk about what she looks for before backing a company, the difference between following a trend and recognizing a real opportunity, and how she learned to trust her own judgment even when other people underestimated her. They also get into managing money with an unpredictable income, the lessons Chantel has learned from investing, and how to start thinking differently about the brands you already know and love. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the co-founder and CEO of Good American, founding partner of SKIMS, and one of the most successful self-made women in business, Emma Grede has built an empire. But she didn't come from money, didn't finish college, and wasn't always comfortable with numbers. In this episode of Growing Interest, Mary Holland Nader sits down with Emma to explore the money mindset shifts behind her success—and what the rest of us can learn from them. They get into the psychology of money, from emotional spending and overcoming a fear of numbers to negotiating for more, knowing your worth, and understanding when to prioritize ownership over a paycheck. Emma also opens up about navigating money in friendships, relationships, and business, and why women need to stop apologizing for wanting more. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spend a lot of time talking about how to build wealth. But how do you protect it? This week, Mary sits down with Caitlin Sarian, better known as Cybersecurity Girl, to find out what hackers and scammers know about us that we don’t, and the everyday habits that could be making our money easier to steal. After nearly a decade working behind the scenes in cybersecurity, including leading Global Cybersecurity Advocacy and Culture at TikTok, Caitlin has seen how people actually get hacked, what makes someone an easy target, and why the stereotype that scams only happen to older people could be making the rest of us more vulnerable. Caitlin breaks down: - the money scams she’s seeing right now - the “harmless” online behaviors hackers love - whether it’s safe to give AI your financial information Plus, she gives Mary Holland her 60-second cybersecurity checklist and reveals the changes she’s made in her own life after spending years around some of the smartest hackers in the world. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Download Mary and Pip! With the link to the App Store: ⁠https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mary-pip/id6761160062⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What happens when your sister is also your roommate, business partner—and the person you split the money with? Jean and Cherie Luo, better known as the Tiger Sisters, walked away from careers at Goldman Sachs, Snap, and LinkedIn to bet on themselves. Since then, they’ve built one of the biggest business podcasts on Spotify, launched Sisters Matcha, and say they became self-made millionaires before turning 26. But Mary Holland wants to know what happens behind the numbers. Jean and Cherie get candid about:  - how they actually split money and equity as sisters - whether everything is really 50/50 - putting their own money into their businesses - what happens when one sister brings in a deal.  They also break down the very different goals of starting their media company versus matcha business,  whether four Ivy League degrees were worth the price tag, and the moment they actually started to feel rich. Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Sign up for the Mary & Pip finance app waitlist! Get the free Mary & Pip newsletter. Visit ⁠MaryandPip.com⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vivian Tu, aka CEO and Founder of Your Rich BFF and Ask Dolly (which you can find here: askdolly.com/MHN), has built a career telling millions of people what to do with their money. But building wealth is only half the story. What happens to it when you're gone? Vivian joins Mary Holland to talk about the money decisions most of us would rather avoid: when you actually need a will, who needs a trust, what happens to your money if you die without a plan, and whether you can really control how your family spends an inheritance from beyond the grave. She also gets candid about her own money journey - from translating bills for her immigrant parents and trading stocks at J.P. Morgan to becoming BuzzFeed's top salesperson, and leaving corporate America to build Your Rich BFF. Vivian and Mary get into: - The financial calculation Vivian made before quitting her corporate job - The financial advice Vivian has trouble following herself - Who really needs a will—and how early you should get one - Whether you need to be rich to have a trust fund - The wild things people can put into an inheritance - How wealthy families protect money for future generations Dear Media by Day - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Sign up for the Mary & Pip finance app waitlist! Get the free Mary & Pip newsletter. Visit ⁠MaryandPip.com⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Tartick has lived a few very different financial lives: corporate banker, reality TV personality, entrepreneur, investor, author, podcast host, and creator. He’s become known for breaking the taboo around money—asking the questions most people are afraid to ask and bringing radical transparency to conversations about how we earn, spend, invest, and build wealth. Now, Jason joins Mary Holland with the mic turned on him, getting candid about his own money habits, career pivots, investments, and relationships. They get into:- What it was really like leaving the security and credibility of banking for The Bachelorette- How his relationship with money has changed as his career—and income—have evolved- The business behind his talent agency and how he makes money from it- How he thinks about buzzy investments like AI and crypto- How early you should start talking about money with someone you're dating- The financial red flags to look out for in a relationship From career pivots and investing to salaries, relationships, and the money conversations we’d rather avoid, this episode is a reminder that financial transparency isn’t about having all the right answers—it’s about being willing to ask the right questions. Dear Media by Day - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Sign up for the Mary & Pip finance app waitlist! Get the free Mary & Pip newsletter. Visit ⁠MaryandPip.com⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Private investing is having a moment - but should you actually be investing in startups? Serial entrepreneur and investor Jaclyn Johnson joins Mary Holland to breakdown what you need to know before putting your money into a private company: who can invest, how much risk you should actually take, why your money could be tied up for years, and what really has to happen before an investment pays off. And Jaclyn knows risk from both sides of the table. She built Create & Cultivate from scratch, sold the company for $22 million, and later made the unexpected decision to buy it back. She gets candid about: - what a $22 million exit actually means for a founder - what she did when the money hit her account - how she thinks about knowing when “enough” is enough -  why emotion isn't always the enemy when making big business decisions. Plus, Jaclyn shares what she’s learned investing in companies like Away, Chillhouse, and Crown Affair—and what she looks for before writing a check today. Whether you're curious about angel investing, building a company of your own, or just trying to understand how wealthy people think about risk, this episode will help you ask a better question: What kind of risk actually makes sense for me? Keep Up With Mary Holland Instagram: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  TikTok: ⁠@MaryHollandNader⁠  LinkedIn: ⁠@MaryHolland⁠ A Little More Interest 💸 Sign up for the Mary & Pip finance app waitlist! Get the free Mary & Pip newsletter. Visit ⁠MaryandPip.com⁠ Produced by ⁠Dear Media⁠ DISCLOSURE: This podcast is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. All investing involves risk, including loss of principal. Guests and the host may own securities discussed on this show, and nothing said here is a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Always do your own research and consult a licensed financial advisor before making financial decisions. This podcast is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Mary & Pip Investments LLC, a registered investment advisor, nor its affiliates. Nothing said here reflects the views, advice, or services of that firm. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices