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Debt Free Degree

Debt Free Degree

Denise Thomas

There’s a student loan debt crisis in America, but “College Doesn’t Have to be a DEBT Sentence.”~Denise Thomas; Each Thursday, join Denise Thomas, author, speaker, & creator of Cracking the Code to Free College as she brings clarity and wisdom to what’s real, and what’s not, shattering the myth that college debt is inevitable. We’ll talk about scholarships, student loans, financial aid, academics, college admissions, and what it takes to succeed. Denise is a homeschool mom of more than 20 years whose children attended college on 17 scholarships for 4 years debt-free with cash left over. If your children are college-bound or you just want to hear some great education and financial advice, this is the podcast for you.
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Debt Free Degree - Welcome! This show is for you!
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08/10/20 • 4 min

Parents and educators need to know the truth about college admissions, scholarships, college rankings, and everything in between. There's more misinformation, outright lies, and myths, that need to be dispelled once and for all. Navigating this new territory is hard enough without all that.

In this episode, you'll discover who I am and who this podcast is for, and who it's not for. What should you expect, and when?

You can go to DebtFreeDegreePodcast.com to find out how you can work with Denise and follow the Cracking the Code to Free College plan.

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I'm Denise Thomas, Your Kids Can Get Paid to Go to College Coach. If you don't have a mentor to guide you through the high school to college process with college scholarships as the goal, let's get on a call to see if Cracking the Code to Free College is a good fit for your family. If not, I'll see if I can recommend someone who is. Https://www.GetAheadOfTheClass.com/apply

If you'd like the 12 Scholarship Secrets checklist, go here: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/ScholarshipSecrets

Lynda Harlos is a Sex Trafficking and Abuse Prevention Educator for Parents and Professionals who are in contact with children between the ages of 2-25. She is also a Keynote speaker, Author, and Family Coach and has hosted a Parenting Talk Show. As a mother of a sex trafficking victim, she endeavors to turn their ‘Pain into Purpose’ globally in the hopes of preventing victimization. In doing so, she works with many organizations, including several Victim Services across Canada, Covenant House, and many more. She is an ambassador for ‘Courage for Freedom,’ ‘Timea’s Cause Inc,’ and ‘Global Presence.’ She has given many interviews to spread awareness with CBC, Global News, CTV North, 360 Kids, the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, the Toronto Star, and many more. You can check out her work and watch training videos on her website or YouTube channel, ParentWithPurpose.ca.
Read the first two chapters of her book here:
https://www.parentwithpurpose.ca/free-chapter-walk-a-mile/
To Pre-order the Kindle version:
https://www.amazon.ca/Walk-Mile-Mothers-Journey-Daughters-ebook/dp/B0CP6HVKY9?ref_=ast_author_mpb
If you don't have a Kindle, follow the author's profile and when it comes out you will see it.

Follow Lynda:
Website: https://www.parentwithpurpose.ca
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndaharlos/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFyBY5L8gEUP9sfARSK7mww

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Debt Free Degree - Healing Parent-Child Relationships with Riana Milne
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01/19/23 • 33 min

Coach Riana Milnewas Selected as “One of the Top Coaches to Follow in 2022” by Wealth Insider Magazine and is also featured in FORBES Magazine. She’s a Certified, Global Life, Love Trauma Recovery & Mindset Coach, Advanced Certified Clinical Trauma & Addictions Professional (CCTP-II), a #1 Bestselling Author, the Host of her Podcast called Lessons in Life & LoveTM, she’s an Educational Speaker, and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for over 23 years living in Palm Beach County, Florida.

There’s more to Cracking the Code to Free College than just getting good grades and test scores. In order for your teen to succeed in high school, college, and in life,

You can start now with Riana’s Free eBook - How to Have the Love You Deserve

Grab it here: https://bit.ly/EbookonLove

You can find more about Riana and her services on her website.:

https://RianaMilne.com

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Riana has a fabulous training this week that you don't want to miss!

Worried about Your Teen's Future? Are You Feeling Stuck in Excelling in Life, your Love Relationship, or in Business? 😮It's Time to Create the Life You Desire & Have the Love You Deserve - for You and your kids! ❤️ It all begins with Learning The Mindset for Success & My Goal setting System! 👉- FREE CLASS Sat 1/21 at 1 pm EST -or- TUES 1/24 at 7:30 pm - Register Now https://bit.ly/BestYearinLifeLoveBiz

🎉FREE 38 pg book: Planning Your Best Year Yet! when you attend Live on zoom - Space is Limited!

💋See you on Saturday! XO #CoachRianaMilne

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About your host, Denise Thomas:

Denise coaches parents of college-bound middle school, high school, and college kids on the little-known strategies she used that got her 2 homeschooled teens 17 scholarships totaling $199,000 for 4 years of college debt free with cash left over. They got paid to go to college.

TEDx speaker, international best-selling author, and coach to parents of college-bound teens, Denise Thomas inspires, educates, and equips parents to take an active role in supporting their children to live a life of financial freedom. Using her Cracking the Code to Free College strategy, her mission is to ‘flip’ the student debt statistic in the U.S.

Denise says you can keep your money. Send your kids to college on other people's cash!

Connect with Denise and become a Cracking the Code to Free College client.:

Website: https://GetAheadOfTheClass.com

Articles: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/blog

TEDx Talk- College Myths that Cost You Money YoutubeLink

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentsTalkCollegeAndScholarships

Facebook @denisethomasdebtfreecollege

https://www.facebook.com/denisethomasdebtfreecollege

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debt-free-degree/id1527024935

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisethomasdebtfreecollege/

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More About Riana!

Riana just won the 2022 GIVA International Award for Top Female Entrepreneur of the Year and Top Global Wellness Coach, and was selected in 2021 as “One of The 100 Most Successful Women Around the World” by The Global Trade Chamber. She was also a Life & Dating Coach for the 12-show Docu-Series; Radical Dating – Finding Lasting Love Over 40 (and her client is now happily married!). Riana specializes in those who have had past Childhood or Relationship Trauma and offers Group & VIP Coaching programs for Singles & Couples globally.

Riana’s 5-star rated books; the #1 Bestseller, LOVE Beyond Your Dreams – Break Free of Toxic Relationships to Have the Love You Deserve - and - LIVE Beyond Your Dreams – from Fear and Doubt to Personal Power, Purpose, and Success addresses Life Difficult Transitions, Personal Transformation, The Mindset for Success, and having Loving, Conscious Relationships with yourself and others.

Riana’s flow page: https://flow.page/rianamilne

Website: https://RianaMilne.com

Riana’s Podcast https://www.LessonsinLifeandLove.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/CoachRianaMilne

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Debt Free Degree - Declutter and Organize Your Life
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01/19/23 • 13 min

For years, Julie Coraccio worked as a professional organizer and taught people how to clear clutter, whether it was for hire, barter, or rescuing family and friends from their clutter nightmares. What started the professional organization and clutter-free living ball rolling? Many years ago as a nanny in Massachusetts, she juggled two children and their busy schedules, as well as running a household. From her experiences as a nanny, her need to organize grew. Soon, not only was her home organized but family and friends were asking for my help. It’s been her experience that being organized and clutter-free brings peace and reduces stress.

To get the best results from Cracking the Code to Free College you need to be organized. You can start now with Julie's "10 actions you can take right now to declutter your life". Grab it here: https://bit.ly/GAOTCPod

You can find more about Julie and her services on her website.: https://reawakenyourbrilliance.com/

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About your host, Denise Thomas:

Denise coaches parents of college-bound middle school, high school, and college kids on the little-known strategies she used that got her 2 homeschooled teens 17 scholarships totaling $199,000 for 4 years of college debt free with cash left over. They got paid to go to college.

TEDx speaker, international best-selling author, and coach to parents of college-bound teens, Denise Thomas inspires, educates, and equips parents to take an active role in supporting their children to live a life of financial freedom. Using her Cracking the Code to Free College strategy, her mission is to ‘flip’ the student debt statistic in the U.S.

Denise says you can keep your money. Send your kids to college on other people's cash!

Connect with Denise and become a Cracking the Code to Free College client.:

Website: https://GetAheadOfTheClass.com

Articles: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/blog

TEDx Talk- College Myths that Cost You Money YoutubeLink

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentsTalkCollegeAndScholarships

Facebook @denisethomasdebtfreecollege

https://www.facebook.com/denisethomasdebtfreecollege

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/debt-free-degree/id1527024935

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisethomasdebtfreecollege/

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Debt Free Degree - IT IS POSSIBLE: 2 Debt-Free Degrees!
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01/19/23 • 49 min

Jason Brown is the author of Margin Matters: How to Live on a Simple Budget & Crush Debt Forever. The book chronicles the journey of his and his wife’s efforts to pay off $75,000 of debt in three years. Additionally, the book shares Jason’s thoughts on how to create more margin in your life no matter how much money you make. In 2021, he released IT IS POSSIBLE!: How I Earned Two Debt-Free Degrees...and How You Can, Too. The book serves as the answer to the student loan debt crisis and provides strategies, tips, and hope to individuals who desire a higher education without debt.

Website. https://yourmarginmatters.com/

The Margin Matters Minute (YouTube) - https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonBrownYourMarginMatters/featured

Looking for a mentor to guide you and your teen toward a debt-free college education? Let's get on a call to see if Cracking the Code to Free College is right for you.: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/apply

Get the Get Ahead of the Class app for iPhone and Android: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/get-the-app

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Debt Free Degree - Work Smarter Not Harder-How to Study for Success
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05/17/22 • 37 min

I’m excited to have Dr. William H. Koenecke with us today. He is going to talk to us about his top ten suggestions on how to Study Smarter, Not Harder. With over 45 years of experience in education as a teacher, school principal, superintendent of schools, and teaching at three universities, he has written and published two books that he’s going to talk with us about today. His first book is a simple guide on English grammar & punctuation. His second book is studying smarter, not harder. He holds five university degrees from three different universities including his Ph.D. and two M.S. degrees. He was a high school principal at the age of twenty-three and a school superintendent at the age of thirty-four. He has published numerous journal articles on educational topics and retired in 2012 as a tenured professor at Murray State University in the College of Education.

Use Notecards
Create your own practice tests
Cornell Note Taking System
To-Do List-Order of priority
Keep a Notebook with key points

Book: Write Well, Write Now

Email - [email protected]
Website & Blog - www.writewellrightnow.org

Gift for you!
Email Dr. Koenecke for this resource: How to read a textbook chapter more efficiently.

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For great articles, videos, and downloads:
Get the Get Ahead of the Class app! - https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/get-the-app

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Ian Foster is a long-time government attorney whose extensive education and training in critical thinking have served him in both life and business. Unfortunately, colleges and high schools are no longer teaching this essential component of adult living and decision-making. Check out my interview with Ian Foster, J.D. about his FREE training for teens and adults next week!

Go here to register!

https://personalempowerment.mykajabi.com/a/43402/x8YY6VoK

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Debt Free Degree - Meaningful communication and parenting with intention
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01/05/22 • 38 min

Meaningful communication and parenting with intention. Melanie Studer is the founder of Parenting High Schoolers, where she shares ideas for parents of teens, mom self-care, resources, insights, and inspiration for you as you travel this road called life. She's a wife, mom of 3 great kids in their teens and early 20s, educator, speaker, and parenting mentor. Join us as we talk about raising teens.

Get Mel's "High School Survival Kit!" https://parentinghighschoolers.com/high-school-survival-kit/

Get Melanie's Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1070858072/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_HDYV7WRAFGN64BV3ABEN?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

Next Phase Parenting Summit January 24-26, 2022 https://deniseldthomas--almostemptynest.thrivecart.com/next-phase-parenting-aap-tw/

Mel's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7T_-4m6MjUwc8hln4ShjrQ

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If you don't have a mentor to guide you through the high school to college process, contact Denise and Get Ahead Of The Class.

Got a middle school child? Don't waste the middle school years. What can you do NOW to prepare your preteen for college acceptance and winning scholarships? It all starts NOW! https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/middle-school-years

Ready to apply to scholarships and colleges? Don't hit the SEND button until you use this checklist! Https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/ScholarshipSecrets

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Debt Free Degree - Fairytale Fortune for College Funding
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12/15/21 • 8 min

A Fairytale Fortune for College is my story of how the Cracking the Code to Free College strategy came about. I didn't set out to build something I could share with the world. No. That came much later. I only wanted to save my own children from the burden of college debt. When friends, and friends-of-friends, learned that my two homeschooled kids attended college on 17 scholarships and essentially got paid to go to college, they began emailing and texting me, asking how I did it. I realized that this strategy is too valuable to keep to myself. "College doesn't have to be a debt sentence," became my slogan, and Cracking the Code to Free College became the method by which other families could gain the Fairytale Fortune for College. Share this with other families who need this information. The earlier you start, the more opportunities there are. I'm Denise Thomas, TEDx speaker, and creator of Cracking the Code to Free College.

Get The Knowledge is Power eBook Bundle: https://www.getaheadoftheclass.com/knowledge-is-power-page

Website: https://GetAheadoftheClass.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisethomasdebtfreecollege/

Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ParentsTalkCollegeAndScholarships

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Debt Free Degree - Episode 14 Scholarship Workshop Q&A
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04/09/21 • 37 min

Got questions about how to find scholarships? Many of the answers to your questions were answered after a recent scholarship workshop.

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How many episodes does Debt Free Degree have?

Debt Free Degree currently has 29 episodes available.

What topics does Debt Free Degree cover?

The podcast is about Parents, Parenting, Parent, Kids & Family, College, How To, Podcasts, Education and Homeschool.

What is the most popular episode on Debt Free Degree?

The episode title 'Healing Parent-Child Relationships with Riana Milne' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Debt Free Degree?

The average episode length on Debt Free Degree is 21 minutes.

How often are episodes of Debt Free Degree released?

Episodes of Debt Free Degree are typically released every 14 days, 9 hours.

When was the first episode of Debt Free Degree?

The first episode of Debt Free Degree was released on Aug 10, 2020.

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