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Empowered to Invest: Helping Women Build Wealth on Their Own Terms

Nov 25, 2025

On this episode of The Get Ready Money Podcast, I spoke with Sandy Yong, award-winning author of The Money Master, about empowering women through financial fluency.

 

💡 Key Takeaways:

 

🔹 It’s important for women to understand how money works

🔹 Women are fully capable of managing money.

🔹 How women can feel empowered with their money and change their money mindset.

🔹 Your financial planner should understand your needs - listen rather than talk at you.

🔹 How to talk to your spouse about money

🔹 Sharing your experiences and expertise creates a ripple effect for other women.

 

 🎥 Watch this episode below: 

 

🎧 Listen to the podcast below or on your favorite podcast app.

 

 

 

 

 

Connect with Sandy Yong: 

 

Website (here)

LinkedIn (here)

 

Books: 

 

  • The Money Master: Inside Secrets on How to Make Your Money Grow and Stay Safe

 

Resources mentioned: 

 

  • Sandy Yong - TedX talk: "Becoming Financially Independent" (YouTube)
  • Invest for Better (here). Listen to my conversation with the founder of Invest for Better: The Get Ready Money Podcast with Janine Firpo: Invest In Alignment With Your Values (here)

 

Bio:

 

Sandy Yong is a self-directed stock market investor and owns multiple rental properties. As a TEDx and Keynote Speaker, she teaches millennials and Gen Z on how to invest in the stock market and real estate. As a personal finance writer, she’s written for various publications including MoneySense, TurboTax, QuickBooks, Scotiabank and Money.ca. With her award-winning book, The Money Master, Sandy has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including CTV News, Global News, Forbes, Toronto Star, and The Globe and Mail.

 

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