This week on Dear Young Queen: The Podcast, your hosts Ashley Weatherspoon and Alexis Stoudemire are coming to you live from #CasaLex with Shea, a licensed Financial Advisor. This successful, confident, boss babe is determined to make us have the tough conversation with ourselves, friends, family, and potential suitors….you know, the ones about money.  In this week’s episode, Shea gives us tips on saving & investing, encourages women to take control of their financial future, digs in deep on the power dynamics between money and relationships, and tells us about the best investment we can make this year.  Shea’s Gems: Free investment platforms: E-Trade, Vanguard, and Fidelity  General Questions That Could Lead to healthy financial discussions:  What are your goals for the next 10,20,30 years?Do you have college debt?Do you have any other financial obligations that I should know about?What is your money style? Are you a saver? Spender? Investor?Did you talk about money with your parents growing up?How did your parents deal with money issues? Did they have money issues?Was it a source of stress and family fights?If you inherited $100,000 tomorrow, how would you spend it?What do you think about prenups?How would you envision splitting up household expenses and who would be responsible for managing these home's finances?Do you have health insurance?Do you have life insurance?—------------------- Follow Dear Young Queen: www.dearyoungqueen.com @DearYoungQueen on Instagram Follow Ashley: @IsThatHer on Instagram Follow Alexis: @Lex_A_S on Instagram ©2022 Dear Young Queen