Episode 30 Milestone: Go Behind the Scenes of Homeschool Money [The Stats That Shocked Us, the Moment That Tested Us, and What Comes Next]

Have you ever wondered what it really looks like to build a podcast for homeschool families while actually homeschooling, running a business, and navigating everything life throws at you in between?

In this special milestone episode, Crystal and Anthony Obey take you behind the scenes of Homeschool Money as they hit episode 30, the 30% mark on their promise to reach 100. They share what the numbers actually showed them, what surprised them most about this community, and what has been happening at the Obey household that you would never guess from the outside.

They also pull back the curtain on what is coming next, including a brand-new series that families ready to build income have been waiting for, and more targeted wealth-building content designed specifically for homeschool families.

Listen to discover the real story behind building a financial resource for families who deserve access to every tool and strategy that has historically been kept behind closed doors.

Take the full FREE Class: FREE INTRO CLASS: Get $30,000+/Yr to Fund Your Homeschool Without a 9-5 Job

In This Episode, You'll Discover:

Which episodes connected most with this community and what that tells you about what is possible
A behind-the-scenes moment that tested everything they teach about building systems
What real families did after listening, and why it changed how Crystal and Anthony see this show
The upcoming series that homeschool families ready to build income will not want to miss
Why the best content on Homeschool Money has not been made yet

Perfect for you if:

You have been listening and want to know where Homeschool Money is headed
You are curious about what it really takes to build something while homeschooling
You want to be part of a community that treats financial strategy as a family value
You are ready to stop waiting and start building flexible income that fits your life

Join Crystal and Anthony as they celebrate 30 episodes and share the vision for what comes next. The road to 100 is just getting started.

Take the full FREE Class: FREE INTRO CLASS: Get $30,000+/Yr to Fund Your Homeschool Without a 9-5 Job

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30 episodes Three zero, people

we said we're going to 100, and

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I want you to know we meant it.

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But today we stop for a second.

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We look back.

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We look at what happened, what surprised

us, what made us laugh, and what

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honestly made us a little emotional.

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And I wanna say right now before we

even get started, some of you changed

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the trajectory of this podcast.

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You just don't know it yet.

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We're gonna tell you

exactly how, but first

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A fast-growing number of parents

are starting their homeschooling

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journey, while others have

been homeschooling for years.

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All of these parents are asking one big

question: How can I afford to homeschool?

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We're here to answer that important

question once and for all.

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Hi, I'm Crystal Obie.

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And I'm Anthony Obie.

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We've been homeschooling our five kids

for 13 years, and we funded it through

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our online consulting business that

we've been running for over 17 years.

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Now, we're combining Crystal's financial

coaching expertise with my digital

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marketing background, where I help

entrepreneurs launch and sell online.

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We're here to help fellow

homeschooling parents self-fund

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their homeschool journey and create

lifestyle businesses for financial

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freedom without a nine-to-five job.

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Are you ready to start living life

on your own terms and make your

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homeschooling experience a lot more fun?

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Well then sit back, crank up

the volume, and enjoy this

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episode of Homeschool Money.

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Welcome back to the

Homeschool Money podcast.

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I'm Crystal Obie.

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And I'm Anthony Obie.

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And we're so glad you're here

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Okay, so today is a special one.

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This is episode 30, which means

we are officially 30% of the way

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to 100 episodes, and we made a

promise when we started this show.

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We would take you behind the

scenes every 10 episodes.

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We would tell you what's really

going on, what we've learned, what

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surprised us, and where we're headed

We call it The Road to 100, and today,

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episode 30, it's time to check in.

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If you're brand new to the show, welcome.

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We're so glad the algorithm

brought you here today of all days.

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This is a great place to start.

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We're Crystal and Anthony Obey, a

married couple, homeschooling parents

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of five, And we built this podcast

because we believe that every homeschool

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family deserves access to real,

practical, usable financial information.

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No gatekeeping, no fluff, just the tools

you need to fund the lifestyle you're

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building for your kids And if you've been

with us since the beginning, thank you.

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Genuinely.

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You're the reason we hit episode 30.

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You showed up, you shared, and

you sent messages, and you kept

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us going on the weeks when we

wondered if any of this was landing.

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Oh, it's landing.

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We're going to prove it to you today

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Okay, Anthony, it's scoreboard time.

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Are you ready?

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I'm ready.

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Let's see it.

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Let's talk about what this show has

actually done in 30 episodes, because the

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numbers tell a story, and it's a good one.

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Let's hear it.

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The most listened to episodes

on this show, by a significant

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margin, are our TEFA series.

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That series went viral, Crystal.

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It went viral, multiple episodes.

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People were sharing them in Facebook

groups, in church group chats, in

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homeschool co-ops across Texas.

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We had families who had never heard of

us find us specifically because someone

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forwarded a TEFA episode to them.

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That series exists because we saw a need.

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Texas family needed someone to

break down the education savings

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account program in plain language.

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No jargon, no confusion, just

here's what it is, here's who

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qualifies, here's how you can apply.

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And people responded because

they needed exactly that.

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So if you're one of the people who

found us through TEFA, welcome.

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You're in the right place.

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There's so much more here for you Now

here's the part that I found fascinating.

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What's the second most

listened to episode?

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The wealth affirmations episode.

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People really connected with that one.

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They did, which honestly, I say this

with love, those two episodes together

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tell you exactly who this audience is.

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You want the practical strategy

and you want the mindset work.

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You want the numbers and the

belief system behind the numbers.

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That combination is exactly

what this show is built for.

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Now, I do wanna point something out.

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Oh, here we go.

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My background story episode,

which I was very proud of, I

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put a lot into that episode.

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It's a great episode, Anthony.

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I got beat.

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I mean, my episode actually finally got

beat by Tifa and wealth affirmations.

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Come on now.

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It got beat.

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Hey friend, quick break.

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If you're ready to fund your homeschool

without relying on a nine-to-five

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job, you have to check this out.

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We're giving you instant

access to our free class.

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It's called Get 30,000 a Year to Fund Your

Homeschool Without a Nine-to-Five Job.

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In just 90 minutes, you'll learn how

to create consistent income, afford a

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world-class education for your kids, and

get the lifestyle freedom you deserve.

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That's gonna give you more time

to invest into the people that

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matter the most, your children.

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This is the system that changed everything

for us, and it's changed everything

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for hundreds of other families too.

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Go to homeschoolmoney.com

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to register and watch the free

class on demand and get our

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newsletter full of tips and support.

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Don't wait.

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Your freedom starts right now.

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So apparently the people want

financial strategy and mindset shifts.

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They don't just wanna hear about Anthony.

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That's not what I said.

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No, no.

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I hear the audience loud and clear.

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I'll bring the content.

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I'll stay in my lane.

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He's joking, mostly.

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Anthony's episode is genuinely

excellent, and it's in the show notes.

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Go listen to it.

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But yes, Tifa and affirmations are

your current favorites, and we hear you

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Okay, behind the scenes.

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What has been going on at the Obi

household for the past 30 episodes?

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Okay, so do you wanna tell

it, Crystal, or should I?

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Oh, I'm gonna let you tell it.

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So, you know how I said my

background story episode got beat?

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Mm-hmm.

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I may have taken some drastic

measures to get the attention back

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on where it's supposed to be, on me.

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Anthony broke his ankle.

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I broke my ankle, y'all.

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So for the last month, this

man has not been able to walk.

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Now, we got five kids.

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We homeschool.

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We run a business, and Anthony, who is

supposed to be my co-pilot, has been

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on the couch with his foot elevated.

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In my defense- There is no

defense, Anthony ... well, I

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was not trying to break my ankle

to get attention, to be honest.

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That is a very serious

accusation, Crystal.

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I'm just saying the timing is suspicious.

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His episode gets beat, and

suddenly he needs to be waited on

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hand and foot, no pun intended.

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I want the record to show that

I did not plan this, you guys.

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The record shows whatever

the record shows.

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What I will say, and I mean this

sincerely, is that even in this

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season, even with everything that has

been on our plate, we have kept going

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because that is what this family does.

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That is what this podcast is about.

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You build even when it's inconvenient.

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You show up even when life is loud

and messy and your co-host cannot

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physically walk to the microphone.

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For the record, I am healing.

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I'll be back on both feet very soon.

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We are grateful.

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We really are.

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It has been a full season, and we

are handling it, and that honestly

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is its own kind of testimony.

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Yeah.

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One thing I wanna share from, uh, a

behind-the-scenes standpoint, and this

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is real, is that building a podcast while

running a family and a business teaches

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you something about systems very quickly.

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You either build the structure to

support the work, or the work falls

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apart the second life gets hard.

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And life got real hard.

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Life got hard, and the show continued.

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That's the system working.

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Yeah, that's the system working, so

whether you're building a podcast, a

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business, a homeschool, or a financial

plan, build the system before you

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need it because when you need it,

you will not have time to build it.

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Now let's talk about what matters most,

not the downloads, not the rankings,

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the people This is my favorite part.

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We've heard from multiple families,

multiple, who reached out to tell us that

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the TEFA series changed their school year.

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Not inspired them, changed it.

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They understood what the program was,

they understood how to apply, and they

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moved forward with confidence because

of what they heard on this show.

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That's the whole reason we exist.

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That right there.

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One thing I wanna say about this

though, the TEFA award notifications

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are still going out right now.

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People are still trying to find out

if they've been awarded the funding,

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and families are finding out whether

they've been approved every day.

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And we want you to know, if you

got that notification, if you're

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one of the families who applied

and you are now figuring out what

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comes next, we have content for you.

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Keep listening.

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The next chapter of your family's

financial story starts right now.

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And if you applied and you're

still waiting, keep going.

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Keep listening.

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There's more support coming on

this show for families navigating

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education funding at every stage.

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Beyond TEFA, what has meant the most to

me personally, and I've thought a lot

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about this, is that this show has made

our family's conversations about money

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even more normal than it already was.

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Our kids hear us talk about wealth,

about legacy, about strategy.

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They grow up in a house where money

is not a secret or a source of shame.

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It's a tool, and we

talk about how to use it

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That's generational work right

there in the living room Yeah,

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right there in the living room.

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That's the farm that I was talking about

in the last episode Okay, let's talk

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about what's coming because the next

stretch of episodes, I'm so excited

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You should be excited I am so excited.

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So here's what's on the horizon for the

Homeschool Money podcast So I'm putting

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together a business launch series, 10

episodes dedicated entirely to what

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it looks like to build a business as

a parent, as a homeschool family, as

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someone who wants to create income

that gives you more freedom, not less.

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Real steps, real strategy,

designed specifically for people

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in this community who are ready

to build something of their own.

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And if you've been listening to this

show and you've been thinking, "You

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know, I wanna make some more money.

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I wanna create something.

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I wanna stop trading time for dollars

and start building," that series

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is gonna be exactly what you need.

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We are also continuing our

wealth-building content.

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Crystal has been developing specific

episodes around the wealth tools

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and strategies that homeschool

families can actually use.

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Not generic financial advice, but

targeted, specific, actionable content

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for the way your family is built.

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And there's more.

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We have some information about

programs and opportunities that we

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wanna share with this community,

things that I think a lot of you have

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been waiting for and looking for.

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We're not ready to announce everything

yet today, but I wanna let you know

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that it's coming, so just stay close.

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The summer ahead on Homeschool Money

is gonna be really good, y'all.

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Really good.

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I mean, we're 30 episodes in,

we have 70 to go, and we are

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just now hitting our stride.

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The best content we have ever

made is still ahead of us.

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I believe it.

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I believe that too

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Now, before we close, we wanna ask you

for something, and we do not ask lightly

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because we know your time is valuable and

your attention is something you work hard

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to protect If this show has helped you,

if even one episode gave you something

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you needed, answered a question you had,

or showed you an option you didn't know

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existed, will you leave us a review?

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A review on Apple Podcasts, a rating

on Spotify, it takes two minutes and it

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changes everything for a show like ours.

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It tells the algorithm that this

content is worth recommending.

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It puts us in front of families who

need us and don't know we exist yet.

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Every review is a bridge.

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You're helping us to get to the families

who are still out there looking for

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exactly what we built this show to be.

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And share it.

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Text it to your homeschool

co-op group chat.

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Post it in your Facebook group.

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Tag us when you're listening.

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We read everything, we see

everything, and we show up for every

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single person who shows up for us.

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We're building something here, you guys,

and the more people who find it, the

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bigger the impact and the more we can do.

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So help us find them

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Now we wanna close with gratitude,

real genuine non-performative

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gratitude 30 episodes is not nothing.

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When we got started with this show,

we had a vision and a microphone and

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a whole lot of faith that the right

people would find us, and they did.

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You did.

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You showed up, you listened, you

shared, you sent messages that

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kept us going on hard weeks.

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You applied for TEFA because

you heard us explain it.

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You started having money conversations in

your homes because we had them in ours.

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That is not a podcast.

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That is a movement, and we

do not use that word lightly.

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We're building something that is bigger

than two people and a microphone.

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We are building a financial legacy for

homeschool families across the country.

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We're saying out loud, on record, 30

episodes in, that your family deserves

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access to every tool, every strategy,

every opportunity that has historically

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been kept behind closed doors.

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And we're not stopping at 30.

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We're not stopping at 50.

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We're going all the way to 100, and we're

taking every single one of you with us.

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We're not stopping at 100.

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But thank you so much

for being a part of this.

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Thank you for trusting us with your time.

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That is not something

we take lightly ever.

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If you liked today's episode,

make sure you tap the follow

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And if it helped you, share it with

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Have a great day.

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Bye.

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