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My guest on the podcast this week is the fabulous Jay Zigmont.

Jay is the founder of Childfree Wealth which focuses on helping childfree people figure out their finances. He has been a life and business coach for over a decade, and is a certified financial planner and a Childfree Wealth Specialist. He’s also the author of the book ‘Portraits of Childfree Wealth’ the co-host of the ‘Childfree Life and Money Podcast’, AND he has a brand new book out called The Childfree Guide To Life & Money. 

Topics that we cover are:

• the cost of being single and childfree;
• some of the ‘no baby’ steps in Jay’s new book, The Childfree Guide To Life & Money;
• how the first three steps to building wealth are actually very simple, but not necessarily easy;
• my own journey of leaving the 9-5 & my London flat, and moving to Dorset;
• why the first step is to work out what kind of life you want, and the impact you want to make;
• how we sometimes have to make sacrifices to get to where we want to go;
• why we need to ask ourselves — honestly — what it is that we want;
• why Jay always asks his clients what the second line of their obituary would say;
• two very important questions we should all ask ourselves;
• Jay’s words of advice for women worrying about their finances;
• the option of community housing;
• why we have to have a budget, and a plan for our money before the month starts;
• Jay’s budgeting system which consists of ‘musts’, ‘shoulds’, ‘coulds’ and ‘won’ts’;
• why it’s so important to have insurance to cover you if you can’t work;
• the high costs of longterm care in later life;
• why having your next-of-kin in place is crucial;
• thinking outside the box when it comes to making more money;
• how the gender wage gap is actually much smaller for single, childfree women than women who are married with kids;
• ‘head trash’ and why we need to be aware of the things that are holding us back;
• Jay’s thoughts around investing.

Check out Jay’s website:
https://childfreewealth.com/

Buy Jay’s book, The Childfree Guide To Life & Money:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Childfree-Guide-Life-Money-Finances/dp/1728297346 

Follow Jay on Instagram:
@childfreewealth

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