Life's Essential Ingredients
Life’s Essential Ingredients is spinoff of C4 Leaders, a California based non-profit who uses PIZZA to guide all people in RISING TOGETHER. The show is hosted by two best friends who were college roommates at the University of San Francisco – (Jeff with a Mike). Getting ready for the show's 5th season (over 130 episodes), it is currently listened to in 56 countries and 760 cities.
The educational and entertaining show takes a deep, yet humorous look at life’s essential ingredients. The hosts will engage in interesting conversation with some of the world’s best leaders, authors, athletes, musicians, chefs, architects, moms, dads, brothers, sisters, comedians, CEOs, coaches, professors, teachers, and many, many, more industries and professions.
The goal of the show is to have the guest highlight their life’s essential ingredients, who helped them develop the ingredients, and how the guest can help the listeners develop their essential ingredients.
The hosts create space for the guest to be the star of the show and provide an incredible platform to highlight their life, their business, their passion, and most importantly, their gift they share with the world.
Our listeners are diverse and 9% are 18-24, 18% 25-29, 13% 30-34, 18% 35-44, 18% 45-54, and 55+ 24%.
Life's Essential Ingredients
Season 4 Episode #4 Ann Garcia is Guiding Parents Down the College Financial Waters!
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Season 4 Episode #4 Ann Garcia is coming from Portland, OR (inform, inspire, & transform)
You can find Ann via her website howtopayforcollege.com
About our guest: Ann Garcia, aka The College Financial Lady, has helped thousands of families save millions of dollars on college. A fee-only Certified Financial Planner and managing partner of Independent Progressive Advisors, Ann specializes in helping families balance the desire to support their children’s dreams with the reality of funding their own lives.
Early in Ann’s career as a financial advisor, she heard the same two questions again and again from her clients. One group asked, “How can we possibly afford to save for college and retirement?” Another group asked, “How can I save for retirement when I’m paying so much on my student loans every month?” In working with families– including her own– to plan for college, Ann has learned that a good college plan is equal parts good parenting and good financial planning.
Ann has been featured in the New York Times, US News & World Report, CNN Money and countless other media outlets.
Ann, thanks for sharing your financial wisdom with the world, and for guiding people on an important and often overwhelming journey…paying for college. Ann, welcome to the show!
TOTD – “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” Fred Rogers
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In this episode:
What was life like growing up?
What are your life’s essential ingredients?
Guiding families with one of their biggest life decisions…when is the right time to start having the conversations…
Inflation and tuition increases…difference between net price and
529 plan and your child does not go to college – now what?
What do parents need to know about it…
Blog is incredible: FAFSA, thinking of transferring, saving tips, student loans, application process, financial aid, 529 plans, work study jobs,
Congrats on becoming an author, HOW TO PAY FOR COLLEGE… highlights…
Online course… tell the listeners about the benefits of that course…
Balance of saving for college and saving for retirement?
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