For The Hayters

TW: Infertility, pregnancy loss references, birth trauma, body image, postpartum hemorrhage, medical trauma.
One in six people will experience infertility and most of them will do it in silence. Gel did two rounds of IVF through a global pandemic, went to every appointment alone, gave birth with her husband waiting outside the building, and spent two and a half years not recognizing her own body. She's finally talking about it.

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TW: heart failure, near-death/flatline, suicide loss, domestic abuse, depression.
At three months old, Bree was given six months to live. She's 49 now — the only one left from a group of kids born with the same heart condition. We talk about being a "miracle baby" with the weight of that title, grieving the version of yourself you used to be, and the difference between existing and actually living.
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You make decent money. You're contributing something to your 401(k). You think you're good. But what if I told you there's free money sitting on the table — money your employer literally wants to give you — and most people have no idea they're walking away from it?
This week on Wallet Therapy, Becky admits she spent years contributing 2% to her 401(k) and missing out on her full employer match (oof), and Alex breaks down the part of your paycheck you might not even know you're leaving behind.
We get into:
What an employer match actually IS (explained like you're five)
Why this is step five on your money journey — and when it's okay to skip ahead
The "paycheck illusion" and why contributing $100 doesn't actually take $100 out of your check
Roth vs. Traditional 401(k) — and why Alex has strong feelings about it
Real numbers: what starting at 20 vs. 30 vs. 40 vs. 50 actually looks like at retirement
Why it's NEVER too late to start (and the math to prove it)

Your homework: Log into your 401(k) right now. Check your contribution percentage. Is it hitting your full employer match? If not, increase it today. That's it. That's the assignment.

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TW: parental death, grief, generational trauma, brain surgery, mentions of medical events.
Laura and Este grew up in the same massive Italian family — same Christmases, same wedding tables, same kitchen — and barely spoke for the first 20 years of their lives. Then Laura's dad died. This conversation is about grief, immigrant parents, generational patterns, and the cousin who became her person inside a family she'd known her whole life.
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TW: parental abandonment, complicated grief, dementia, caregiver burnout, complex family dynamics.
Danielle was raised by a single mom with a disability in the same small town as the father who chose not to be part of her life. Now she's parenting her own daughter while becoming a caregiver for the mother who raised her — who's living with dementia. This conversation is about growing up early, grieving a door that never opened, and learning to love in two directions at once.
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