Syren Thriving

Welcome to our new series: Financial Fitness with Syren and Sasha where we help absolute beginner investors get started on their journey to financial freedom by making investing accessible for any and everyone through digestible, organized and action-oriented content.

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- Money's deep roots in the human behavior of trade
- How "specialization" and a complex network of bartering led to the problem of "coincidence of wants"
- How precious metals rose up as a form of money
- The technological advancements of money, including gold to paper and paper to digital
- Money's contemporary history of getting off the "gold standard" - and its effects on your money today
YOUR ACTION ITEM:
- Write down the 7 traits mentioned in this episode that make "good money"
- Find examples throughout history of goods used as money - and how they did or did not exhibit these traits
- The goal is to have an understanding of the fundamentals of money with how and why it has progressed technologically
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Blog: ninjanomics.wordpress.com
Seeking Alpha: cryptonomics
Twitter @ninjanomics1INTRO:
Raghav Bhandari
MUSIC:
Summer of 1984 by RKVC

Welcome to another episode of our Thriving Thirties Series. Our guest today is the talented, the fabulous, the ray of sunshine, Christine Jordan. She graduated from the University of California Davis with a degree in Computer Engineering. Right after college, her career took a different turn, as she began working at one of the biggest accounting firms in the world, and through natural talent for working with teams, an excellent eye for detail, and her ability to lead with humilty and grace, her career trajectory began as an admin assistant at age 24, then slowly but surely moved up the ranks to executive assistant at 32, to manager, and then regional manager when she turned 38 a couple years ago.

Literally everyone that ever meets her say she is one of the nicest people they’ve ever met, and that is no exaggeration. To be around her is to have your day brightened up, and to interact with someone who will genuinely choose to see the best in you.

One small detail, is that she happens to be my big sister, so I have known her all my life and I can tell you that she is a gem for our family who selflessly takes care of everyone and makes quality time with her family her first priority.

She also makes self-care a priority and stays fit by eating healthy, thanks to a healthy addiction to cooking shows, and in 2021 is still obsessed with the backstreet boys and exercises by dancing to them and many other of our favorite pop songs from the 90s and 2000s.

We are bringing her on today to reflect on her 30s as she is at the very end of this incredible decade, what it has been like to grow in her career, the joys and challenges of raising teenage daughters and how she lives a life of true peace and happiness. We recorded this episode at 9pm on the day before her 40th birthday so this is an incredible and extra special moment that we are capturing, right here on Syren thriving, that she is of course giving us, because I will forever be the spoiled little sister.IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- how getting older makes you think about the next decades and phases of your life
- the joys and challenges of motherhood and raising teenagers in your 30s
- the lifelong journey of gaining confidence in yourself and overcoming fears
- the importance of self-care and renewing your spirit
-how calling someone a "human being" can be a "self-check" to send compassion for others
- the power of gratitude and the exact process our guest uses for dealing with the inevitable hardships of life
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Sunny Travel by Nico Staf

Welcome to Episode 2 of our Thriving 30s Series featuring special guest Tanya Mahrie. She is a master stylist who creates looks that are innovative, edgy, deeply creative and elegant. She has been in the industry for over 10 years and has worked in some of the biggest events in the world such as NY Fashion Week, The Grammys, and numerous national beauty campaigns.
We are bringing her on today to talk about what it’s like to be in your 30s and growing your career, taking the leap to move to a different country for the first time, and some insights from her unique perspectives on self-care and friendships.

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
-Why getting older means *Freedom*
-Being a creative person: embracing your uniqueness, committing to expressing yourself, and being unapologetic af about all of it.
-How we don't only follow our passion, but how our passion follows US
-Deep insider experiences of the beauty industry
-How inspiration for finding your Element can come from a Sci-Fi movie of the same name
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CONNECT WITH TANYA:
You can find Tanya on Instagram @eclectic3rdeye.
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MUSIC CREDITS:
"Keep it 98 Plus 2" by RAGE

Today our special guest is one of my dearest friends and previous bandmates from New York, Lara Liberstein.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Lara has been in bands for the last decade and a half and stays active by playing softball and just got her boating license. She earned a degree in television production and business and she’s worked in television as a graphics operator at virtually all the major news networks for the last 15 years

Besides being a badass rock guitarist, she is also one of the realest people I know, not only fearless in what she says, but she does it matter of fact way, which makes her a loyal and powerful friend. She's also hilarious and we have both the deepest and the raunchiest conversations ever.

We’re bringing her one today to talk about her philosophy on getting old, why she will be a musician for the rest of her life and how not to be afraid to say what the fuck you feel.

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- A healthy debate on joking about age
- How our conversations around food and nutrition change as we get older
- Women choosing to be child free and the pressure and judgement society places on women surrounding childbearing.
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CONNECT WITH LARA:
Facebook: Mad Tea Party Band
Instagram: madteapartyband
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MUSIC CREDITS:
Finland by TrackTribe

Welcome to another episode of our Thriving 30s Series featuring special guest Joel Fontaine. They graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor’s in English and Gender & Women’s Studies with a minor in creative writing, and let me tell you they are utilizing all of it. We met when they starred in my musical 5 years ago and they gave their incredible performances to all 6 productions so far. They are deeply passionate about empowering marginalized communities by founding Urban Rezilliency, whose purpose is to alleviate the homelessness crises plaguing the Bay Area and those most at risk, which include LGBTQ + BIPOC youth and domestic violence survivors. They are also an accomplished artist and have won such awards such as the Phineas Literary Magazine for poetry with their “Welcome to America 2” piece, and produced and wrote their own film called "Post Prismatic” for the 2020 premier of the Queer Women of Color Festival.

Aside from being an amazing artist, academic and activist, Joel is also one of the funniest people I know, cracking me up with smart-ass jokes, and they can recall and reference movies and theater shows with as much detail as if they wrote it themselves, and they are one of the most creative people who give their heart and soul in every performance writes poetry that speaks to the soul and uplifts marginalized voices.

We are bringing them on today to talk about how they feel about just turning 30 a few months ago, living their passion for community work by founding a non-profit and growing their passion as an artist by continue to pursue theater and co-founding a writers group (with me), and recent acceptance to their dream school Columbia to pursue their masters degree.

IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- What drives you to be highly-accomplished in your 20s and how you can maintain that ambition through your 30s and beyond.
- How Gen Z and Boomers (lightly - and maybe not so lightly) make fun of us Millennials.
- How we must obliterate the notion of "nice guys finish last" and the importance of building a support system around your true identity and your biggest dreams
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CONNECT WITH JOEL:
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: misc.jone.fontaine
Facebook: Joel Fontaine
Podcast: Swallow This
Writers Group:
WritersBuildingBlocks.com
Instagram: @writersbuilding blocks
Facebook @Writers' Building Blocks
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MUSIC CREDITS:
"Unstoppable" by Spence