<div class="block">Finance is Cool CEO Haley Sacks joined Cheddar News this week to talk about leading in finance and being a role model in the space for other women. "When you see someone who looks similar to you talking about taboo subjects, it makes them feel more approachable and within reach," she said.&nbsp;</div><div class="block"><i>Updated March 24, 2023 at 10:12 a.m. to correct the spelling of Haley Sacks' name.</i></div>

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Finance Is Cool CEO Talks Trailblazing During Women's History Month

We are celebrating women's history month here at Cheddar News all month long. We will be highlighting trailblazers and change makers making strides across industries. It is important to have conversations about our finances and to fully understand them, that is for sure. But where do we get started? Cheddar News? He do sat down with Haley sacks the finance expert and financial pop star for some fun, financial tips and tricks. Take a look first, I wanna say thank you so much for joining us. I'm so excited to be here. You are the first financial pop star I've met. You know, that's what they call you, right? A financial pop star. Yes, I mean the the word on the street, word on the street. So how do you educate and inspire other women when it comes to finance? So I think that the first thing that I do is I I'm a woman. So when you see someone who looks similar to you talking about taboo subjects, it makes them feel more approachable and within reach. So I think that's the biggest thing. And then honestly, I do not pander and I never create content that's for women I just am a woman and the content Then I think reaches them, you know, but I never wanna be a tampon commercial, you know, don't create for women. I love that. You said I do Wanna talk about your social media following. It's massive, you have over 400,000 followers. That's just on Instagram. What are some of the pressing issues that you hear from your followers in your community when it comes to women? What are the challenges that they're facing? Well, I mean, obviously women face their own challenges when it comes to, you know, child care. And you know, during the pandemic, we saw women taking on so much responsibility in the household and how that gets in the way of their professional law. And you know, there's a lot of statistic and information around that and that's talked about. But I feel like for me, what I see from women is really their desire to grow wealth and their desire to start investing and their desire to be able to make empowered, informed financial decisions. But having never been taught that not really knowing how and you know, they're searching, we're celebrating Women's History Month as you well know, you are a Trailblazer Hilly. What do you think of that, that name or that label? And how do you use that platform for, for the better? I mean, I think that it's really cool and I'm like so excited to be part of this and I think that it's important to just do the best that you can every day and spend your life doing things that are going to help other people and come from like a soulful, high integrity place and just, you know, put one ft in front of another. But I also think that like the world, the word trail blazer, it like everything happens over time. Nothing Rome was not built in a day. So, you know, behind all of this is so much hard work. And so anyone can really become a trail blazer or do these things that they're dreaming of. It really just is about being intentional and not giving up for that. The lineal woman that's watching right now, who may not know where to start, what should they do right now. So the first thing that they need to do is take a trip to Ibiza. I like the way you think, right. So, well, I mean, obviously we should all go to the island in Spain, but Ibiza is also my free five step money mindset program. And, you know, most people would say what's the first thing you should do with your money? And they'd say, oh, go through your credit card statements, look through your bank account. No, in this house, we focus first on your emotional relationship to money because until that is figured out and you've worked through that nothing is going to change. You know, you can make as much as you want, but you're never going to hold on to it if you don't actually understand your values and what beliefs that you're holding on To. So it's a five step program. Each of the letters is a step. So you go through, you know, what am I holding on to you from childhood? What did my parents teach you? What are my beliefs around this? What do I want? And once you have that figured out, then you're, the action is easy, you know, but you really have to work first on yourself and thinking through this a little bit. Is that one of the bigger challenges you see with clients? Yeah, I would say 100%. There's a disconnect in the culture between the emotional relationship to money, but that is integral. You cannot help yourself and improve your relationship to your finances unless you start from your core. All right, last question. And this might be a tough one. What's next for you? Uh Well, I mean, lunch, hopefully. Um And then, you know, I have a lot of great projects in the works. My courses are my passion and being able to connect with my audience closely and help them work through their finances in a more personal way is really where my business is going. So like events, workshops, more courses, just being with the community and also getting the community together. All right. All about community. Our thanks to Hanna do with Haley Sacks, finance expert and don't forget that all month long, we're going to be featuring industry trailblazers in founders and change making women right here on our news.