Personal Finance Advice for Real Life: Mandi Woodruff-Santos of Brown Ambition Is Up+Adam
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What does wealth actually look like?
For years, Mandi Woodruff-Santos thought the answer might be financial security, a bigger paycheck, or climbing the career ladder. After being laid off just three months into a dream job in New York City, she made a promise to herself: never again would she feel financially vulnerable. That promise launched a remarkable journey that led her from journalism to becoming one of the most respected voices in personal finance.
Today, Mandi is the co-host of Brown Ambition, the award-winning podcast helping people build wealth, navigate careers, negotiate better opportunities, and create financial freedom on their own terms. In this conversation, Adam and Mandi dive into money shame, career setbacks, financial planning, entrepreneurship, motherhood, mental health, and the surprising lessons that come from rebuilding after life throws a curveball.
They also explore why so many people tie their self-worth to their financial accomplishments, what those of us in our 30s and 40s should be doing right now to strengthen our financial futures, and the moment Mandi realized the financial decisions she'd made years earlier had given her something more valuable than money: options.
Learn more about Mandi Woodruff-Santos:
• Website: https://www.mandimoney.com
• Brown Ambition Podcast: https://brownambitionpodcast.com
• Listen on iHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-brown-ambition-31122656/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mandimoney/
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