Your Budget Should Not Bully You

The Financial Feminism Podcast · Sep 17, 2026 · 21m · transcript

💰 You make good money.

📋 You handle your responsibilities.

So why does an ordinary month still have the power to make you feel financially behind?

🎙️ In Episode 11 of Financial Feminism, Dr. Tonika Bruce looks at the cost of maintaining the life many professional women worked hard to build.

🚫 This is not another conversation about coffee.

It is about:

👉 fixed expenses

👉 irregular expenses

👉 lifestyle growth

👉 and the financial pressure created when a budget works only during a perfect month.

🔍 Learn how to:

• identify expenses that are irregular but predictable

• complete an Irregular Expense…