🎙 Guest Info: Today's guest, Elise Fillmore, is a queer and neurodivergent financial educator, bestselling author, and the founder of QueerdCo Elise focuses on identity-based finance, helping people navigate money through the lens of their lived experiences, challenges, and strengths. She’s also the author of Keeping Finance Personal and the host of the Dopamine Dollars podcast.

💡 Episode Highlights:

• How traditional financial advice often fails neurodivergent people
• Why financial planning should be tailored to your identity, lifestyle, and brain
• Strategies for making money management less overwhelming and more engaging
• The importance of automation and dopamine-driven finance systems
• Why shame and financial struggles are often systemic, not personal failings
• Common financial myths and why some mainstream advice (like Dave Ramsey’s) doesn’t work for ADHDers
• Practical ways to infuse joy into budgeting and create sustainable financial habits
• How to set up "fun money" accounts and make saving more rewarding
• Why financial tools and strategies “expire” for ADHDers – and what to do about it
• The role of external accountability in managing money

📌 Resources & Links:

• Elise Fillmore's Website: www.queerdco.com
• Instagram: @elisefillmore
• TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ellycefulmore
• Book: Keeping Finance Personal – Available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook https://amzn.to/3FxRpCf
• Podcast: Dopamine Dollars – Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more

🔗 Mentioned in This Episode:

• DOPA Menu: A list of dopamine-boosting activities to help manage impulsive spending

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