The Rich Hippie Thu, 14 May 2026 22:14:59 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2443092 en-us © 2026 The Rich Hippie yes b6bcd644-7f54-5f50-9c84-1157a0afaa51 Meera Shireen Meyer episodic false You don't have to choose between being rich and being good.

The Rich Hippie is a podcast for conscious women who are done with the version of finance that was built for someone else, by someone else, for goals that probably aren't theirs.

Hosted by Meera Shireen Meyer, CFP® and founder of Full Body Finance, each episode explores what it actually looks like to build real wealth - in a way that feels good in your body and does good in this world. 

We talk money strategy, money psychology, values-aligned investing, and the quiet revolution that happens when women stop apologizing for wanting both.

This isn't your father's financial advice. Welcome to The Rich Hippie.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Meera Shireen Meyer https://storage.buzzsprout.com/1cvg9z79wl1y44elgg4y9hsxq7zr?.jpg The Rich Hippie Budgeting Advice is Keeping You Small Budgeting Advice is Keeping You Small In this episode I share why I will never make a "how to budget for your summer vacation" episode, what I actually do instead (including how my family buys one-way tickets to Delhi every summer and wings it from there), and why the thing you actually need to work on probably isn't a spreadsheet.

Also: we hit 100 downloads! Ahh! Thank you for being here.

]]> In this episode I share why I will never make a "how to budget for your summer vacation" episode, what I actually do instead (including how my family buys one-way tickets to Delhi every summer and wings it from there), and why the thing you actually need to work on probably isn't a spreadsheet.

Also: we hit 100 downloads! Ahh! Thank you for being here.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-19180273 Thu, 14 May 2026 22:00:00 -0400 1009 1 8 full false The Budgeting Advice You Didn't Ask For The Budgeting Advice You Didn't Ask For In this episode, we're talking about why traditional budgeting advice might actually be keeping you stuck - and what to do with that energy instead. If you've built something real, you're earning well, and you're still financially anxious despite doing all the right things, this one is for you. We get into the real opportunity cost of the subtraction mindset, why ikigai is actually a financial framework, and what it looks like to stop making your budget the main project and start making yourself one instead.

]]> In this episode, we're talking about why traditional budgeting advice might actually be keeping you stuck - and what to do with that energy instead. If you've built something real, you're earning well, and you're still financially anxious despite doing all the right things, this one is for you. We get into the real opportunity cost of the subtraction mindset, why ikigai is actually a financial framework, and what it looks like to stop making your budget the main project and start making yourself one instead.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-19072398 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0400 1296 1 7 full false A Week of Indulging A Week of Indulging The first thing I did this week was eat an Egg McMuffin. And that somehow managed to create a theme that I'll be exploring in this episode.

What happens when we decide to indulge ourselves? What happens when we drop a ball? How do we reconcile wanting to live a rich, full life with the fact that we have responsibilities that demand more of us?

I'm exploring all of that and more today. Be sure to listen to the end where I share the reframe that changed how I think about dropped balls, and why it has nothing to do with what we believe we deserve.

]]> The first thing I did this week was eat an Egg McMuffin. And that somehow managed to create a theme that I'll be exploring in this episode.

What happens when we decide to indulge ourselves? What happens when we drop a ball? How do we reconcile wanting to live a rich, full life with the fact that we have responsibilities that demand more of us?

I'm exploring all of that and more today. Be sure to listen to the end where I share the reframe that changed how I think about dropped balls, and why it has nothing to do with what we believe we deserve.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-19033931 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:00:00 -0400 1133 full false The Desire Experiment The Desire Experiment What if the most effective financial strategy isn't a budget? What if it was desire?

This week, I ran an experiment. Every financial decision I made, I asked myself one question first: do I actually want this?

Not should I want it. Not is it in the budget. Just... do I?

What I found was counterintuitive and genuinely useful.

In this episode:
- Why there are three kinds of desire (and only one of them is actually yours)
- The lunch I skipped, the dinner I went to anyway, and the iced tea that changed how I think about spending
- Why forbidden things feel more urgent than they are, and what happens when you stop making them forbidden
- The one-purchase experiment you can try this week

Turns out, tuning into what you actually want isn't indulgent. It might be the most honest money move you make.

]]> What if the most effective financial strategy isn't a budget? What if it was desire?

This week, I ran an experiment. Every financial decision I made, I asked myself one question first: do I actually want this?

Not should I want it. Not is it in the budget. Just... do I?

What I found was counterintuitive and genuinely useful.

In this episode:
- Why there are three kinds of desire (and only one of them is actually yours)
- The lunch I skipped, the dinner I went to anyway, and the iced tea that changed how I think about spending
- Why forbidden things feel more urgent than they are, and what happens when you stop making them forbidden
- The one-purchase experiment you can try this week

Turns out, tuning into what you actually want isn't indulgent. It might be the most honest money move you make.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-18996868 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0400 1431 1 5 full false The Missing Piece Nobody Puts in a Financial Plan The Missing Piece Nobody Puts in a Financial Plan Do you feel fine about money - until you actually look at it? Or maybe you have a plan, you trust it, and somehow money conversations still make you tense. You're not broken. You're just missing one piece. This episode is about what that piece is, why it matters more than anything else in your financial life, and what it looks like when all three finally click into place.

]]> Do you feel fine about money - until you actually look at it? Or maybe you have a plan, you trust it, and somehow money conversations still make you tense. You're not broken. You're just missing one piece. This episode is about what that piece is, why it matters more than anything else in your financial life, and what it looks like when all three finally click into place.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-18952392 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:00:00 -0400 1523 full false It Doesn't Have to Hurt It Doesn't Have to Hurt Meera took a Pilates class this morning and almost didn't go, because the last time she tried Pilates, six years ago, she hated it. What changed wasn't the exercise. It was everything around it.

In this episode, she unpacks why that matters for your financial life. A better financial advisor helps, but what if the whole model is the mismatch? What if the way mainstream finance was built just... wasn't built for you?

Meera talks about moving from the modalities that felt like boot camp to the ones that actually fit her body (hiking, climbing, lifting) and what it looks like to bring that same permission into your relationship with money. She also tells the story of her doula, Flame, who carried her through both pregnancies with zero anxiety and full support, and asks why we curate every important relationship in our lives except this one.

Your financial life doesn't have to feel like pulling teeth. There's a version of this that actually feels good. And that version works better.

]]> Meera took a Pilates class this morning and almost didn't go, because the last time she tried Pilates, six years ago, she hated it. What changed wasn't the exercise. It was everything around it.

In this episode, she unpacks why that matters for your financial life. A better financial advisor helps, but what if the whole model is the mismatch? What if the way mainstream finance was built just... wasn't built for you?

Meera talks about moving from the modalities that felt like boot camp to the ones that actually fit her body (hiking, climbing, lifting) and what it looks like to bring that same permission into your relationship with money. She also tells the story of her doula, Flame, who carried her through both pregnancies with zero anxiety and full support, and asks why we curate every important relationship in our lives except this one.

Your financial life doesn't have to feel like pulling teeth. There's a version of this that actually feels good. And that version works better.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-18881319 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0400 1276 1 3 full false Why Doesn't It Feel Like Enough? Why Doesn't It Feel Like Enough? A friend of mine is retired, sold his company for multiple eight figures, and recently told me that the worst place to be financially is between $10 and $100 million. Too much in taxes. Not enough freedom.

I sat with that for a second. Because for most of us, a net worth anywhere near that range sounds like the finish line. But what that conversation revealed is something I see constantly: the finish line keeps moving. For everyone. At every level.

This episode is about that feeling. Where it actually comes from, and how to resolve it. Because the answer isn't more money. It's something more specific, more accessible, and available to you right now at whatever income level you're at.

Four client stories. Four versions of the same gap. One simple framework that closes it.

]]> A friend of mine is retired, sold his company for multiple eight figures, and recently told me that the worst place to be financially is between $10 and $100 million. Too much in taxes. Not enough freedom.

I sat with that for a second. Because for most of us, a net worth anywhere near that range sounds like the finish line. But what that conversation revealed is something I see constantly: the finish line keeps moving. For everyone. At every level.

This episode is about that feeling. Where it actually comes from, and how to resolve it. Because the answer isn't more money. It's something more specific, more accessible, and available to you right now at whatever income level you're at.

Four client stories. Four versions of the same gap. One simple framework that closes it.

]]> Meera Shireen Meyer Buzzsprout-18831048 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0400 1144 full false I'm Not Your Father's Financial Advisor I'm Not Your Father's Financial Advisor I was not supposed to be a financial advisor. And I became one for the most unexpected reason: because I realized that money might be the most powerful tool for good, and that most women aren't using it yet.

In this first episode, I'm sharing the origin story: the corporate finance firm, the Strengths Finder results that made my coworkers laugh (connectedness, positivity, belief - apparently more yoga instructor than financial advisor), and the accidental, messy, knees-on-the-earth path that led to building something completely different.

If you've ever felt like money was a world that wasn't built for you — you're right. It wasn't. But something else is.

]]> I was not supposed to be a financial advisor. And I became one for the most unexpected reason: because I realized that money might be the most powerful tool for good, and that most women aren't using it yet.

In this first episode, I'm sharing the origin story: the corporate finance firm, the Strengths Finder results that made my coworkers laugh (connectedness, positivity, belief - apparently more yoga instructor than financial advisor), and the accidental, messy, knees-on-the-earth path that led to building something completely different.

If you've ever felt like money was a world that wasn't built for you — you're right. It wasn't. But something else is.

]]> Meera Buzzsprout-18802809 Fri, 06 Mar 2026 13:00:00 -0500 1006 1 1 full false