Claudia Mott's guest appearances

Claudia Mott

Financially Empowering Women

Reinvent Yourself

Sallie Krawcheck

Ruth Soukup

Margaret Roach

Gretchen Rubin

Chip Conley

Gretchen Carlson

Tonya Dalton

Susan Hyatt

Patrick Hanlon

Claire Cook

Karen Cahn

Carol Fishman Cohen

Jennefer Witter

Kathryn Minshew

Gina Bianchini

OwlTail

Getting control of your finances gives you a sense of “independence" and “self-reliance” says Claudia Mott, CFP, CDFA (Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst). She should know. After spending 13 years as a sell-side analyst on Wall Street with copious travel, she burned out and decided to stay home to raise her three kids. Her husband, who also worked in finance, did the taxes and like many women, she says she "simply signed off”.  While driving her daughter to preschool, she heard a radio add for financial planning and decided to go back to school.  One day she looked deeper into her family’s finances and discovered her husband had a secret bank account supporting a girlfriend. For that reason, Mott says she can understand the “shame” very successful women feel who have not grabbed hold of their financial wellbeing. “If I had a dollar for every time women say ‘I’ve been stupid’” she says, she’d be rich.  But Mott believes everyone can benefit from taking hold of their financial security. “The first step is acknowledging , ‘Am I going to be all right?’” she says.  “Lots of divorcing women are fearful of the first year and how to manage the financial picture….But you can learn to be on your own and you’re managing.”

Getting control of your finances gives you a sense of “independence" and “self-reliance” says Claudia Mott, CFP, CDFA (Certified Financial Planner and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst). She should know. After spending 13 years as a sell-side analyst on Wall Street with copious travel, she burned out and decided to stay home to raise her three kids. Her husband, who also worked in finance, did the taxes and like many women, she says she "simply signed off”.  While driving her daughter to preschool, she heard a radio add for financial planning and decided to go back to school.  One day she looked deeper into her family’s finances and discovered her husband had a secret bank account supporting a girlfriend. For that reason, Mott says she can understand the “shame” very successful women feel who have not grabbed hold of their financial wellbeing. “If I had a dollar for every time women say ‘I’ve been stupid’” she says, she’d be rich.  But Mott believes everyone can benefit from taking hold of their financial security. “The first step is acknowledging , ‘Am I going to be all right?’” she says.  “Lots of divorcing women are fearful of the first year and how to manage the financial picture….But you can learn to be on your own and you’re managing.”

#121: Claudia Mott (Teaching women about money after your own shocking financial discovery)

Divorce can be devastating, both emotionally and financially.  One joined life becomes two separate lives with separate finances and different directions.  Assets must be split, pensions must be split, custody of children determined, and child support and or alimony established.  Even in the best of circumstances where both parties are in full agreement and both want the divorce, the pressure is on since the same combined income that was used while they were married now must be stretched to pay expenses to operate two households instead of one. Historically most people never attempted to project what effect the various decisions might have on each spouse’s long term financial well-being.  No one was available who fully understood the ramifications of these decisions on:  Your projected lifestyle Your future net worth Your tax liability Your retirement  Today’s guest is Claudia Mott, MBA, CFP, CDFA and owner of Epona Financial Solutions.  As a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA) she has been trained to provide financial assistance to people involved in a divorce.   In this episode she gives us her perspective on the divorce process so that we can be empowered and in control if we find ourselves going through a divorce.  Claudia MottEpona Financial Solutions, LLCFinancial Planning, Investment Management, Divorce Financial Analysis5 Lyons Mall #176Basking Ridge, NJ  07920201 572-2177www.eponafs.com

Divorce can be devastating, both emotionally and financially.  One joined life becomes two separate lives with separate finances and different directions.  Assets must be split, pensions must be split, custody of children determined, and child support and or alimony established.  Even in the best of circumstances where both parties are in full agreement and both want the divorce, the pressure is on since the same combined income that was used while they were married now must be stretched to pay expenses to operate two households instead of one. Historically most people never attempted to project what effect the various decisions might have on each spouse’s long term financial well-being.  No one was available who fully understood the ramifications of these decisions on: <ul> <li>Your projected lifestyle</li> <li>Your future net worth</li> <li>Your tax liability</li> <li>Your retirement</li> </ul> Today’s guest is <a href="http://www.eponafs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Claudia Mott</a>, MBA, CFP, CDFA and owner of Epona Financial Solutions.  As a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (CDFA) she has been trained to provide financial assistance to people involved in a divorce.   In this episode she gives us her perspective on the divorce process so that we can be empowered and in control if we find ourselves going through a divorce.  Claudia MottEpona Financial Solutions, LLCFinancial Planning, Investment Management, Divorce Financial Analysis5 Lyons Mall #176Basking Ridge, NJ  07920201 572-2177<a href="http://www.eponafs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.eponafs.com</a>

007- Taking Control of Your Divorce and Your Life, with Claudia Mott