Your Money Your Purpose
Your Money Your Purpose
The Financial Freedom Podcast
Dig deep into all things money with financial coaches Greg Hammond & Scott Iles
They’ve helped generations of families and individuals be free to live their dreams and retire without worrying about money. Each week, Greg and Scott offer straight talk and fun, unique twists and viewpoints from inspiring influencers, entrepreneurs, and legacy builders. From getting started, to investments that work harder for you, Your Money Your Purpose can help you create the future you imagine and feel confident about money and investing.

Ep 81: Teach Kids About Money
Now is the time to teach your kids about money and investing to give them a brighter financial future.

Ep 80: How To Get Financially Fit
Early each year many people recommit to improving their health and fitness. Hear tips on getting your finances in shape.

Ep 79: Three Current Trends that Can Impact You Financially
Hear how you can best navigate inflation, taxes, and constant change with your finances in 2022.

Ep 78: Purpose Driven Resolutions Worth Making and Keeping
Hear how you can make inspiring changes that make a meaningful difference for in your own life and for and others too.

Ep 77: What to Expect from a Financial Coach
Like a personal trainer, your coach keeps you and your money on track so you can live with freedom and fulfillment.

Ep 76: Smart Ways to Maximize Your Inheritance
An inheritance has the potential to change your life—so make it count! Here’s our advice to make the most of it.

Ep 75: Estate Planning: 5 Simple Steps Part 2
Estate Planning is often difficult for families. Attorney Joan Reed Wilson walks us through what is most essential.

Ep 74: Estate Planning: 5 Simple Steps Part 1
Estate Planning is often difficult for families. Attorney Joan Reed Wilson walks us through what’s most essential.

Ep 73: Year End Financial Planning Checklist
Build a rock-solid financial foundation with these planning tips.

Ep 72: 20 Things You Must Know to be a Confident Investor
Fast-forward your retirement planning with these tips on when to start and how much to save.

Ep 71: Are You an Above Average Investor?
The average investor performs poorly compared to the stock and bond markets. How does your portfolio compare?

Ep 70: 5 Steps to Retire Smarter During Times Like These
Create the future you imagine, feel confident about money, and worry less by knowing the answers to these 20 questions.

Ep 69: CT Cancer Foundation’s John & Jane Ellis Living Their Purpose
Former NY Yankees player John Ellis and his wife Jane talk about Mickey Mantle and the Foundation’s miraculous work.

Ep 68: 5 Mistakes to Avoid when You Give to Charity
Avoid these 5 mistakes when giving so you benefit from your generosity and make a greater impact for charity.

Ep 67: Take Charge of Your 401(k)
When you change jobs, what do you do with your old 401(k)? Learn about your options and the pros and cons of each.

Ep 66: 20 Things to Do After a Loved One Passes Away
Most people aren't sure what to do after someone dies and the funeral takes place. This list can be indispensable. Listen below & read the blog.

Ep 65: ESG, SRI and Impact Investing
Learn the best ways to potentially grow your portfolio and make a lasting impact with your investments.

Ep 64: Ways You Can Save for College
Hear how you can receive free money for your college savings and learn the pros and cons of various types of college funding investment accounts.

Ep 63: 10 Things You Shouldn’t Worry About as an Investor
Avoid big mistakes and get more freedom and fulfillment with your investments by focusing on what actually matters.

Ep 62: The Biggest Mistakes People Make With Social Security
Many people make mistakes when taking their social security benefit. How do you get the most from your social security?

Ep 61: Avoid a Mess & Arguments After Your Death
Money can and will change family relationships. Here’s how you can help your heirs.

Ep 60: You Can Live Longer with a Purpose
When you live with purpose you are happier and your life becomes more meaningful and fulfilling.

Ep 59: Are You Ready for the Next Crash?
Impending doom and fear of a market crash leads many investors to take their money out of the stock market. But can this help or hurt your investments?

Ep 58: Are Target-Date Funds a Good Choice for Your Investment Portfolio?
Don’t become too conservative with your investments as you approach retirement.

Ep 57: How Can You Invest to Combat Inflation?
Prices are Going Up. Inflation is a thief, stealing your purchasing power. Find out how you can protect yourself.

Ep 56: Do You Have Bitcoin FOMO?
Why Cryptocurrency Should NOT Be Part of Your Portfolio.

Ep 55: What You Absolutely Should Know About Your Investments & Why
Smart investors understand how their investments work! Before you invest in anything, listen to this episode.

Ep 54: The New NCAA NIL Rules: Student Athletes Financial Gain or Stress
ESPN’s Ben Darnell discusses new freedoms for student athletes and how they can avoid bad financial info from untrustworthy sources.

Ep 53: Create Financial Abundance & Prosperity, with Ellen Rogin, CFP®, CPA
Speaker, money expert and NY Times bestselling author tells us how we can create even more prosperity and financial success. https://www.ellenrogin.com/

Ep 52: Roth IRAs: One of the Best Ways to Invest for Your Future
Learn the truth about IRAs and how they can help you over the long term.

Ep 51: How to Become a Millionaire & Keep It
You can become a millionaire—and it’s remarkably simple. Listen in and find out how.

Ep 50: Blue Earth Compost – Building a Community and Business with Impact
Blue Earth Compost makes composting easier and more accessible in Connecticut, so we can improve our air, water, and soil.

Ep 49: What NOT to do with Money
What you absolutely should NOT do with your money, despite what the media tells you.

Ep 48: Founding a Family Business: Black Walnut Artisan Bread Co.
What’s it like for a data scientist to take a leap of faith and open a bakery? Master baker Christian Michalowski tells all.

Ep 47: Changing Your Relationship With Money
Each of us have childhood experiences that create our initial relationship with money--and it impacts our future.

Ep 46: Ignite Happiness
Happiness expert Darrin Tulley shares his new book ‘Live Your Possible’. https://ignitehappy.com/

Ep 45: Who You Should, and Should NOT Listen To
Chasing hot stocks and investing tips might seem fun until you lose your hard-earned money.

Ep 44: New Investments and Platforms
From CryptoKitties, to SPACs and Non-Fungible Tokens, when it comes to online investing, find out the traps you should beware of.

Ep 43: Financial Fundamentals
What builds a solid foundation for financial success? Find out on this show.

Ep 42: Family Conversation on Money
Money is often a taboo topic for families. Hear how to ease into a productive and meaningful conversation.

Ep 41: Overcome 6 Daunting Hurdles
It takes courage, humility, and honesty to live into our dreams.

Ep 40: Start a Conversation With Parents
Talking with parents about money and their care can be hard. Here 10 questions to get you started.

Ep 39: Healing Meals Community Project
Sarah Leathers and Ellen Palmer of Healing meals cook and deliver healthy, organic meals to people in a health crisis. https://healingmealsproject.org/

Ep 38: Tim Wirzburger and His Life-changing Cross Country Trip
Tim bravely decided to change his life and the way he worked, all in the midst of the pandemic.

Ep 37: Entrepreneur Bill Kenney
Massively inspiring, Bill Kenney helps entrepreneurs realize their potential, and founded the CT Entrepreneur Awards. https://ctentrepreneurawards.com/

Ep 36: 7 Steps To Realize Financial Freedom & Fulfillment
These 7 steps can help you achieve your vision for the future.

Ep 35: Renee DiNino Good Financial Habits
Our very special guest, Rene DiNino of iHeart Media talks about money, life and giving back to community.

Ep 34: Connecticut’s Lt. Governor Susan Bysiewicz
Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz works to improve the lives of families in Connecticut and continues the commitment she made to being the voice of small businesses while she served as Secretary of the State from 1999 to 2011.

Ep 33: Luis Pérez, LCSW, President and CEO of Mental Health Connecticut
Luis Pérez, LCSW, President and CEO of Mental Health Connecticut talks about the statewide not-for-profit agency and the resources and education it provides for adults to ensure their mental health and wellbeing.

Ep 32: Brent Robertson, co-founder of Fathom, creator of Purpose Practiced
Brent Robertson provokes people and organizations to live into their greatest possibilities.

Ep 31: Myths of Investing
Separating fact from fiction can potentially help you avoid costly mistakes that could wreak havoc in your financial portfolio.

Ep 30: John Jaramillo, Coach it Out!
John Jaramillo founded Coach It Out, to help people maximize their strengths, talents and experience today, and evolve to achieve their performance goals and become who they want to be for tomorrow.

Ep 29: 4 Investment Lessons Learned from 2020
2020 changed everything, but it also highlighted time-honored investing principles in fresh new ways.

Ep 28: Josh Crawford, Matson Money, Align Money with Purpose
Josh Crawford of Matson Money and his team of 100+ financial coaches have transformed the investing experience to help families align their money with their purpose and live with freedom, fulfillment, and love.

Ep 27: The Bolder Company
The Bolder company co-founders Jenny Drescher and Ellen Feldman Ornato are two amazing people on a mission to help people and businesses thrive.

Ep 26: 2020 Holiday Show With Renee Dinino, iHeart Communities
Renee DiNino, advocate for kindness, radio & TV host, blogger, speaker, wife, and dog mom, shares how we can make our world a little nicer. @ReneeDiNinoCT, @reneedinino, @MyCTcommunity

Ep 25: Hop Culture Brewery
Entrepreneurs, Heather and Sam Wilson founded family-owned Hop Culture Farm and Brewery committed to sustainability within the brewing and hop industries.

Ep 24: Foodshare, Jason Jakubowski
Jason Jakubowski, CEO of Foodshare talks about ending hunger and living a life of purpose.

Ep 23: Lifer Fitness, Debra Fountain
Debra Fountain, entrepreneur and fitness powerhouse launched LIFER Fitness Studio to help people balance a healthy body, mind and soul.

Ep 22: 3 Dimensions Of Wealth
When you skillfully blend the Financial, Personal and Social dimensions of your wealth, it empowers you to live life on purpose.

Ep 21: Wise Old Dog, Jacob Studenroth
Entrepreneur, Jacob Studenroth left a prestigious job to live into his joy and purpose and realize his dream to start the Wise Old Dog bottle...

Ep 20: Investing Success
Volatile markets are worrisome for investors. Are you asking, “How will the recent election affect my investments, and what should I be doing right now?”

Ep 19: No Shave November
Be a No Shaver in November! iHeart Media’s Renee DiNino shares how we can help Connecticut Cancer Patients

Ep 18: Money Demons and How to Overcome Them in YOUR life!
Money. Friend, foe, tool for good or evil—Kelly Ashton Bradley joins the conversation on unleashing your power over money.

Ep 17: Jenn Grace, CEO, Publish Your Purpose Press; Author, House On Fire
Jenn Grace gives underrepresented voices power and a stage to share their stories, speak their truth, and impact their communities.

Ep 16: Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, President & CEO, Jim Shmerling
2020 was a challenging year for CT Children’s Medical Center. CEO Jim Shmerling joins us to talk about the hospital, the marathon team, gala and more, all in service to families and helping kids get better.

Ep 15: 5 Wealth Creation Strategies
Learn 5 simple secrets everyday people can use to build wealth and learn about common investing blunders people often make—and ways you can avoid these mistakes in your portfolio.

Ep 14: The Importance of Diversification
While it doesn’t guarantee against loss, diversification is an extremely important component of investing over the long-term while minimizing risk. We look at why this is true and how to accomplish diversification in your portfolio.

Ep 13: Jesse Cole, Savannah Bananas
Jesse Cole is a one-in-a-million guy and a wildly successful entrepreneur in a yellow tuxedo who thrills over a million fans. Hear why he gave almost everything for a dream when everyone told him he was crazy.

Ep 12: The Madness of Stockpicking
You may be gambling and speculating with your money and don’t even know it. How does this affect your American Dream?

Ep 11: 1990 World Series MVP Rob Dibble: Stepping into Money & Fame Early
Hear Rob’s journey with money and life from World Series Champion to a meaningful career in broadcasting and parlaying his experience playing for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers into training and mentoring young athletes to reach their full potential.

Ep 10: OMG Global Financial Armageddon: Is It the Right Time To Panic?
Historically speaking what has happened to the economy under Democratic and Republican administrations? Hear about this and the impact of taxes, capital gains rates and recessions.

Ep 9: Javier Colon, Season One Winner of The Voice USA.
A singer, songwriter, family man, animal lover, golf fanatic, vegan and dreamer, Javier shares his journey to fame.

Ep 8: Untapped Potential
What happens when you remove barriers for high caliber women who balance career and family to return value to business? Candace Freedenberg is on a mission to impact the wage gap, gender equity and diversity in the workplace.

Ep 7: A Promise Kept
From celebrity events featuring the Derek Jeter, Yogi Berra, Joe Dimaggio, Mickey Mantle and other sports greats, to cycling and fishing tournaments, hear how John and Jane Ellis make miracles for CT cancer patients.

Ep 6: Third Age Initiative, Leadership Greater Hartford
A United Nations sanctioned program, The Third Age Initiative channels the wisdom and experience of late career and retirees into the community to solve problems and make important things happen. Dr. Doe Hentschel, program leader and program alumnus, John K. Nelson tell the story.

Ep 5: Master Your Money, Defeat Your Money Demons
Money is often associated with power and freedom. Attorney Susan Busby, Alfred Carter, educator, sociologist and educational consultant, and Joe Lander, CFP®, J.D weigh in on how to unleash your power around money.

Ep 4: Nathan Grube, Travelers Championship Recap
2020 was a challenging year for Travelers Championship. Despite the pandemic, the tournament had one of the strongest fields of players and raised $1.6M for over 100 charities. Hear Nathan Grube, Tournament Director tell the story.

Ep 1: Big Questions You Need to Ask When You Invest
We all have dreams, and many rely on financial success. Master interviewer, Rene DiNino, iHeart Media, kicks off the new show with Greg Hammond, CFP®, CPA and Scott Iles on aligning money and purpose and must-ask questions.

Ep 3: The Thrilling Potential of the Tipping Point
Entrepreneur Brent Robertson of Fathom and Purpose Practiced leads us closer to the tipping point where we value, celebrate and idolize those who contribute to the world versus those who take as much as they can.