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Launch Your Real Life
This podcast is for young Christians who want to go from total financial dependence to complete independence from parents and family. Anyone who wants to own their own finances so that they can meet their goals and impact the Kingdom.
Episodes
- Launch Your Real Life
Get Your Finances Reviewed on the Podcast (100% Anonymous)
Have you ever wanted an honest, second pair of eyes to look over your income, expenses, and goals without fear of being judged or shamed? In this episode of…
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Becoming a Good Steward: Building Habits that Build You
Most people try to fix their finances from the outside in—focusing only on outcomes like saving an emergency fund or cutting spending. But real, lasting…
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Car Buying: Faith & Financial Wisdom
When transitioning into financial independence, the values we grew up with get tested. How do we balance practical financial wisdom with a biblical, eternal…
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Live & Give Like No One Else - Today
How should we, as Christians, actually view our money? When we read stories in Scripture like the widow’s two copper coins or the rich young ruler, it’s easy…
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The Key to Job Hunting - People
If you're in the trenches of job hunting right now, you know how exhausting it can be. Sending out dozens of resumes online often feels like throwing them into…
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What's Your Retirement Number (and should Christians care?)
How much do you actually need to retire, and how do you get there? While retirement isn't about stepping away from serving God, having a financial safety net…
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When You Struggle
What kind of stories do you tell yourself when times get tough? Is being stuck in financial struggle an unavoidable identity, or just a temporary circumstance?…
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"What's the Point?" - Responding to Reddit
Do you ever look at the world, feel overwhelmed, and wonder, "What’s the point?" It's easy to fall into a defeatist mindset when it comes to your finances…
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Will $100 per Month Make you a Millionaire?
You’ve seen the claim all over social media: "Invest $100 a month starting at age 20, and you’ll be a millionaire by retirement." But is it actually that…
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Too Young and Broke to Give?
We may not be the “Young People” anymore…but we’re just a few years down the road. We know how it goes! Today, we hear the second half of my conversation with…
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Generous for Life with Thomas McCarty
How do we fund the work of the Kingdom and support vital ministries in our local communities? In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast, we sit down…
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Education with Purpose and Wisdom
Education with Purpose and Wisdom with Curtis James In Part 2 of our conversation with Curtis James, Great Commission Pastor at Tate Springs Baptist Church, we…
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Faith, Family, and Finances with Curtis James
What does it actually mean to "launch" into adulthood? Is it simply moving out of your parents' house, or is it something much deeper? In this episode of the…
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Failure to Launch? Reacting to the Ramsey Show
What happens when the "launch" never actually happens? In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast, we’re reacting to a Dave Ramsey clip featuring a…
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Margin Gardening
It doesn’t matter if you make $40,000 or $200,000 a year—if you don’t have margin, you can’t make progress. In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life…
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Pushing Through Shame
Money is a sensitive topic. For many of us, the mere thought of checking a bank balance or sitting down to a budget brings up a physical sense of discomfort…
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You Need Community
Personal finance is often treated as a "private" matter, but isolation is where most financial goals go to die. In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life…
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Baseline Generosity
In the world of personal finance, most experts start with saving or investing. But what if the most important move you can make happens before Step 1? In this…
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The Best Budget System Ever
Ever felt like a "monthly budget" just doesn't work with your bi-weekly paycheck? You aren't alone. Most budgets fail because they don't account for timing. In…
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3 Things That Make Your Budget Work
Good intentions aren't enough to reach financial independence—you need a system that scales as you grow. In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast…
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Having an Eternal Perspective
In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast, we explore the vital tension we all must hold: the call to be diligent stewards who provide for our…
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Do You Know Where Your Money Goes?
Imagine making $300,000 a year and still having no idea where the money went by the end of the month. It sounds impossible, but it happens more often than you…
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3 Tips for Working Well
Welcome back to the Launch Your Real Life Podcast! Our mission is to equip young Christians to transition to independence, not for the sake of glorifying self…
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What Accounts Do You Need?
Welcome back to the Launch Your Real Life Podcast! If you want to move beyond just "getting by" financially and step into a life of purpose, strategy, and…
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Introducing Phase 5
Welcome back to the Launch Your Real Life podcast! We've systematically walked through the first four phases of financial independence, and today we arrive at…
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Introducing Phase 4
Phase 4 is for those who are theoretically ready to launch but have an agreement to stay and conserve resources before the final move. If you have sufficient…
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Introducing Phase 3
Are you ready to stop letting independence happen to you and start making it happen? In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast, we dive into Phase 3…
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Introducing Phase 2
Are you in the awkward stage between total dependency and full independence? This episode is for you! We're diving into Phase 2 of the journey to real-life…
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Introducing Phase 1
Launch Your Real Life: Phase 1 Description: Failure to plan is planning to fail In this episode of the Launch Your Real Life Podcast, we're diving into how to…
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Why Does it Matter?
In this episode we ask the question, "why do personal finances matter?" especially in the context of our faith. As Christian's, we don't get the luxury of a…
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Introducing the Phases of Independence
Workshopping the Phases of Independence, a roadmap to help give language to young people on their journey to complete independence from their parents. Phase 1…
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Why Independence?
What do we mean when we talk about independence? What is the goal? This episode we begin to talk about it, starting from a standpoint of DE-pendence on the One…