Are you celebrating your freedom this weekend?

Or are you still trapped by debt?

Or are you spending like you're out of control?

• Plan before you shop
• Watch the "little leaks, and
• Build in recovery time

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And although the 2026 PanCAN Purple Stride walk is over, you can support PanCAN year round! We'll re-start our team in a few months as we prepare for the 2027 Purple Stride Walk.

How is that summer body, bathing suit body coming along?

Every year around this time… people start talking about getting their summer body ready; eating better… hitting the gym… cutting back… but nobody's talking about their summer budget. Just like your body, if you ignore it all year and panic in May, things get uncomfortable real fast!

Summer bodies vs. summer budgets!

On this week's episode of the Crushing Debt Podcast, Shawn & George talk about how to get back on track with your finances as we approach summer, including

• Things that prevent you from getting your finances under control, like "I'll start Monday," "I'll start next paycheck," gym membership, budget apps you don't open, cheat meals, "It's just one swipe," no plan, no tracking, quick fixes, or balance transfers & "later" thinking;
• Where summer wrecks your budget, like vacations, kids out of school (extra spending), events, weddings, parties, travel + eating out, or "It's summer, I deserve it" mindset.

We talk about a simple 30-Day Reset to get your money back on track before summer gets out of control, including (1) awareness, (2) clean up, (3) building a simple plan, and then (4) execute and adjust as needed.

This doesn't happen without a mindset shift, so celebrate those small victories and, before you know it, you'll have a summer bod AND a summer budget !!

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And although the 2026 Purple Stride walk is over, please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What is one piece of advice you received that is really useful?

What about advice that you would rather ignore?

On today's episode of The Crushing Debt Podcast, as Graduation 2026 nears closer, Shawn & George talk about financial advice you may have received - good, bad or otherwise - like:

• Follow your passion
• Do what you love
• Take risks while you're young
• Money will come later
• You deserve it - put it on a card

What advice should you follow? What should you ignore?

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

Although PanCAN 2026 is over, there's still time to donate to the 2026 team, MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

Buying a house? Can you get assistance with your downpayment?

Are there income requirements for getting downpayment assistance?

Do you have to be a first time homebuyer to get downpayment assistance?

What is the difference between MIP and PMI?

On this week's episode, we talk to Michael Banner for his fourth appearance on the show. You can hear Michael on episodes:

• 400 - Sleeping Giant of the Senior Real Estate World - HECM for Purchase
• 384 - The Secret to Moving Forward in Reverse
• 120 - Safely Using a Reverse Mortgage

Michael is also the host of the 62 Who Knew Podcast, which you can find where you listed to the Crushing Debt Podcast. He is also a national speaker on logevity. You can reach Michael at MBanner@APMortgage.com.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

Although the PanCAN Purple Stride walk is over, we will be gearing up soon for the 2027 walk. The link to donate for this year's walk will be active until June 1, 2026, MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

AI is becoming a financial "advisor"… but does it know you?

Are you using AI for budgets, investing, medical or even legal advice?

Should you trust AI with your money?

AI can give you answers… but it can't give you accountability."

On this week's episide Shawn & George asked AI for Financial Advice:

• What AI Gets RIGHT (Be fair and exciting)
• What AI Gets WRONG (or Dangerous)
• AI & Investing: Opportunity vs Risk
• AI & Bankruptcy / Debt Decisions
• AI & Jobs
• The Money Impact Everyone Feels
• How to Actually Use AI the RIGHT Way in finance and debt situations.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

If you get this on the day or it's release, there is still time to donate to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What are some confessions about money that you don't want to admit?

What were you taught about money versus what is reality about money?

If you could start over with money, or had to start over with money, what would you do?

Financial literacy isn't about being "smart with money"… it's about unlearning bad habits we picked up growing up, on TikTok, or just by surviving life. April is Financial Literacy Month… so we're confessing all the things we should've known but didn't—and what to actually do about it.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

Are you using personal credit cards to run your business?

Are you traking what you spend by category?

Do you have multiple "deferred interest" or "90-days same as cash" debt balances?

If so, then this week's podcast episode is an interview by Shawn & George of Nancy Ward, of www.WeeklyDebtPlan.com.

There's a moment a lot of solopreneurs hit: they're putting in the work, the business is moving, and yet the financial reward just doesn't match the effort. Nancy Ward built her entire practice around that moment. As a financial coach and founder of Weekly Debt Plan, Nancy helps small business owners who are running on personal credit cards and avoiding their finances get clear on where their money is actually going, so they can stop the cycle and start paying themselves what they actually deserve. No budgeting lectures, no accountant speak. Just real clarity and a path forward.

You can contact Nancy at the website above, or at Nancy@WeeklyDebtPlan.com. Her website also has a TON of useful resources for solopreneurs that need budgetary help.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What does TikTok get right, and what does it get very wrong?

Girl Marth and Boy Math, what could go wrong?

On this week's episode of the podcast, Shawn and George doomscroll ... um deep dive into some TikTok advice. What do we agree with? Disagree with? Laugh with, and laugh at?

You can watch the videos directly on TikTok at these links:

• https://www.tiktok.com/@rachelcruze/video/7603832525630246175?q=rachel%20cruze%20advice&t=1774184650776

• https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviasever/video/7308840450155171114?q=girl%20math%20advice&t=1774184451026

• https://www.tiktok.com/@usatoday/video/7601154994749902111?q=financial%20advice&t=1774184742839

• https://www.tiktok.com/@raitryna/video/7594914162141138190?q=financial%20advice&t=1774184777473

• https://www.tiktok.com/@antrobo10/video/7329939633234677038?q=girl%20math%20advice&t=1774184986859

• https://www.tiktok.com/@moneywiselawyer/video/7576439832587554062?q=bad%20bankruptcy%20advice&t=1774185045372

• https://www.tiktok.com/@nikolegalanes/video/7618294100831259917?q=bad%20financial%20advice&t=1774185073171

• https://www.tiktok.com/@baddiesandbudgets/video/7569293608944160013?q=bad%20financial%20advice&t=1774185239819

• https://www.tiktok.com/@terri.tangg/video/7605733466935725325?q=girl%20math%20advice%202026&t=1774185703548

• https://www.tiktok.com/@danirosemusic/video/7577118504843775246?q=girl%20math%20advice%202026&t=1774185858475

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026