How Do You Afford This?
How Do You Afford This? answers the question everyone is already wondering: how do people actually afford their lives?
Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, CFP®, founder of the Fiscal Femme and award-winning author is on a mission to find out and bring you along for the ride.
Each episode takes the inspirational, and makes it tangible. Whether that’s international travel, buying a dream home, raising a family, a fabulous wardrobe, or building a million dollar business, Ashley and her guests will break down the numbers - what it costs, how they make it work, and the financial strategies behind the lifestyle.
It’s part voyeuristic, part practical, and completely judgment-free. Come for the tea. Leave with a financial blueprint to start building your dream life.
How Do You Afford This?
Latest Episodes
#08: The Finances Behind a Top 10 Netflix Comedy Special
Jared Freid is a stand-up comedian, host of The JTrain and U Up? Podcasts, the author of his new book Walking Red Flag and his special, 37 & Single, hit the Netflix top 10. In this episode, he breaks down how he actually affords the life of...
#07: This Founder Raised $20M. The Exit Was a Zero
Helaine Knapp is a serial entrepreneur, the author of Making Waves, and the host of the Step Into Next podcast. She founded CityRow, the rowing-based fitness brand that landed in studios across the country and homes around the...
#06: The $100K She Saved To Fund Her Book and First Years of Motherhood
Stefanie O'Connell is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Ambition Penalty. She has run her own business for a decade, and is now doing it while raising a toddler in NYC. But this episode is a little different, because St...
#05: $143K Worth of Family Travel Using Credit Card Points (In One Year)
Rachel Lipson takes 12 to 15 trips a year with her family of four, her kids have visited 25 countries and they haven’t even finished elementary school, and she lives in one of the most expensive zip codes in the country. She’s the founder of Th...
#04: Her Money Blueprint: Living Abroad With a Kindergartener
Ashley Torres spends three months per year in a new country with her family, takes five other trips a year, salsas with her friends one to three times a week, and runs multiple businesses. She's been a full-time content creator for over 15 year...