Listen to our conversation with nutrition expert Rachel Brief, MS RD, about three intertwined topics – food, friends, and finances – and hear her advice on setting sustainable wellness goals in 2025 and beyond.
Hosts:
Eric Sutton, Laurel Road Head of Design & Content
Guests:
Rachel Brief, MS RD
Eric Sutton [00:00:07] Hi everyone, this is Eric and you’re listening to Financing AmbitionSM , a Laurel Road podcast.
So, in the spirit of the new Year and new beginnings, I’m excited to kick off season four of our podcast with a lively discussion about food and finances and friends, three fundamental and intrinsically connected aspects of our lives that I know we’re all thinking about as we plan our year ahead and set our goals for 2025.
So, joining me in the virtual podcast studio here today to discuss these topics is Rachel Brief, a Laurel Road member and a registered dietitian based here in New York City. We’re very fortunate to have Rachel join us to impart her dietitian’s wisdom on all things health and wellness and to get her expert advice on setting realistic, affordable, and sustainable nutrition goals. So welcome to the podcast, Rachel.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:01:12] I’m so happy to be here. Thank you so much. As you said, I am a member of Laurel Road and think so highly of the company and it’s really such an honor to be here with you.
Eric Sutton [00:01:24] Well, we’re very excited to have you on the podcast. And I know we’ve been talking about finding the right opportunity for you to join us as a guest for a while. And I think this month’s episode is the perfect topic.
So, let’s just jump right in with a quick introduction, if you wouldn’t mind. Would you mind telling us like a bit about your background and your work and what led you into the field of dietetics?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:01:48] Yes, of course. So, as you said, I’m a registered dietitian. I have a master’s degree from New York University. I did my dietetic internship through NYU with hospital rotations at Stanford Hospital. You know, many people don’t know the difference between a registered dietitian and a nutritionist. So, I think I want to start with that. An easy distinction is that all dietitians are nutritionists, but not all nutritionists or dietitians. Okay. So, registered dietitians are as they go through years of school, it’s basically pre-med prerequisites like organic chemistry, anatomy, microbiology, all of those, you know, baseline science classes. We have a master’s degree, so RDs require extra schooling and then to sit for our board exam, we have to complete a residency in a hospital in a clinical setting where we’re really a part of the medical team. So, rotations in renal, cardiac, ICU, oncology and so on. And I like to talk about this distinction because clearly RDs go through a lot of schooling, whereas nutritionists, they may not have any credentials, that word nutritionist, it’s not protected at all. So, if you’re going to get nutrition advice, you want to make sure there is an RD at the end of that person’s name.
So, I got into nutrition. I was in high school, and I remember hearing a commercial that pistachios can lower cholesterol, which is actually true. There is a plant sterol, which we can get into in pistachios that can lower LDL cholesterol. And I remember thinking to myself, okay, I think my dad has high cholesterol. I need to go get him some statues. And then from there, it was just how is food related to how we feel with never was diet or vanity or anything like that, but it was just a natural progression of pure interest in how food can really be medicine if we allow it. And now we work in a private practice, and I’m so passionate about helping people live their healthiest and happiest life. And ultimately, I truly believe that starts and ends with nutrition and wellness, because proper nutrition is the foundation for everything from longevity, mood, weight, appearance, hormone, health, immunity, energy, all of that.
Eric Sutton [00:04:16] Awesome. Okay. That sets the stage perfectly, I think, for our discussion. Thank you so much for like, filling us in on your expertise and how you got to where you are today. So, you know, we’ve had a ton of medical professionals from different specialties on this podcast, but this is the first episode where we’re actually talking in depth about the subject of nutrition. And it’s like hard to believe because it’s a really incredibly important topic. And I think in the field of medicine, it’s often a really overlooked component of health and wellness. Would you agree with that statement?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:04:53] I couldn’t agree more. Do you mind if I go on a soapbox really quickly?
Eric Sutton [00:04:57] Go right ahead. Climb up.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:05:00] Thank you. I am so passionate about this, and I’m honored to be the first dietician on this podcast representing my amazing field and my amazing, brilliant colleagues. But yeah, I’m so passionate about this. It’s actually a bit alarming how grossly undervalued nutrition can be in the medical field. There was a study done. It was a survey that was published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics back in 2021, and it found that most medical students – ready for this? They receive an average of 11 hours of nutrition training throughout their entire medical school. That’s like four plus years and they only get 11 hours.
Eric Sutton: That’s crazy.
Rachel Brief, MS RD: Yeah, I know. And it’s astounding to me. And it really saddens me because like I said, nutrition is our life force, and it really plays such a vital role in not only prevention but the treatment of illness. 40% of Americans were reported to be or to have obesity, rather, in 2023. Everyone is lost, including doctors. So, we need dietitians and we need personalized care. And then another quick tidbit is that, you know, doctors work so hard, they work so many hours, and they’re really just patients themselves. I see many physicians as my patient. They’re exhausted. They’re working 100 plus hours weekly. I remember when I was in the hospital setting, I would see a physician after a physician eating muffins and junk food and huge baked goods in the cafeteria. And I’m thinking to myself a little facetiously, like, weren’t you just treating a diabetic with neuropathy? Like, what are you doing? What is going on?
Eric Sutton: Right.
Rachel Brief, MS RD: Right. And it’s either that physicians don’t know any better. It’s a lack of education or they’re so exhausted and they’re just trying to stay awake with quick sugar. So, I’m very excited to dive into this deeper because I know a lot of your listeners are medical professionals themselves.
Eric Sutton [00:07:17] Absolutely. And I bet you a lot of them, you know, are relating to the anecdote that you just told about like grabbing a quick, probably mostly unhealthy bite to eat, you know, whenever they can grab the chance. But let’s try to turn the tables on that for them a little bit today. I think, you know, here we are in January 2025. You know, most of us are like in goal setting mode. So, let’s start talking about how our listeners can set realistic nutrition goals that they can actually achieve. Right? So, when it comes to financial goals, Rachel, we talk a lot about setting SMART goals, S-M-A-R-T of course, being an acronym for specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time bound. So, would you say that applies to health and nutrition, too?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:08:09] That is exactly how I set goals with my patients. We use SMART goals. And, you know, so many patients come to me, and they feel motivated and excited. And I love that. I want them to come, you know, feeling ready. But they’ll give me a broad statement like, I want to go to the gym more, which is, like I said, great to feel motivated, but we got to break that down. Otherwise, it’s doomed to fail. I say often saying something like that is like having a map with just the destination, right? It’s not helpful. It’s not giving you any sort of guidance. So, I’m a fan of setting 1 to 2 goals at a time, which some of my patients, you know, disagree with at first, but then they’re happy. I would rather a patient come to me. We practice 1 to 2 things, new things every single day. They’ll practice something new every day rather than giving them, you know, five things. They feel overwhelmed. They’ve seven balls in the air. They drop them all, they ghost me. And then that’s when the discouragement begins. And that cycle of I’ll start tomorrow, all or nothing. And, you know, even, for example, everyone’s doing “Dry January” right now, which…
Eric Sutton [00:09:18] Are they?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:09:20] Well, not me. I know a lot of people are.
Eric Sutton [00:09:22] Yeah, not me, but a lot of people.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:09:24] But I’m going to tell you something. Temporary goals or temporary solutions = temporary results. Permanent solutions = permanent results. Right? So, I’m all for cutting out alcohol, but what are you doing during that time? Because then February 1st, what’s going to happen? You’re going to introduce alcohol and what really changed?
So, using that example, again, if you’re doing Dry January, something quite drastic and a quick fix to maybe lose some weight, sure, you’ll sleep better. You’ll totally feel better. Your skin will get clearer. But I’d rather you than like, look at that. Look at January and say to yourself, you know what? I feel so much better right now. Here’s why. Then in February, March, April, May, I’m going to go from seven drinks to only one. So quick fixes don’t work. Temporary solutions = temporary results. Permanent solutions = permanent results. Quick fixes – they just don’t work.
Eric Sutton [00:10:20] Okay. That makes really good sense. Thank you. Do you think you could share, like a couple examples of SMART nutrition goals that you have seen patients have success with?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:10:32] Yes. Yes. So, I mean, I’m going to do something kind of basic. I think that off the top of my head. But this is I’m sure I’ve dealt with this. So, let’s say a patient says I want to eat more vegetables, or I want to start exercising like the example I said before, let’s make them smart. So. I’m going to have one cup of mixed greens with dinner three days a week for the next month. Or I’m going to get on the Peloton bike every Monday at 8 a.m. for 20 minutes for the next three weeks. So, we have small steps that are going to lead to realistic changes. So, we have specific mixed greens with dinner measurable. We’re having one cut. Attainable. It’s just three days per week. It’s realistic. You didn’t already. Maybe you like salad and it’s timely. Just the next three weeks. I also want to highlight, though, the importance of knowing yourself and being truthful. If you don’t like a rug a lot, that’s not going to be your goal. If you don’t like cycling, that’s not going to be your goal. If you like walking instead, let’s do that. I actually want to say also, what do you think the driving force of consistency is? Do you know?
Eric Sutton [00:11:46] I guess repetition? I don’t know.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:11:49] Yes. But I like to say the driving force of consistency is enjoyment.
Eric Sutton [00:11:54] Right, sure. Of course. Right. You have to want it.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:11:56] Exactly. So, if I’m going to say if someone’s going to tell me you don’t have to run four miles every day, I’m not doing that.
Eric Sutton [00:12:04] Not happening.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:12:05] Exactly.
Eric Sutton [00:12:06] Unless I’m being chased.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:12:08] Correct. So SMART goals are great. But within that, we have to be very truthful. We have to know thyself and, you know, really make it realistic for who we are.
Eric Sutton [00:12:19] Totally. Yeah, that makes sense. That seems like something. Something you can commit to because you actually want it and enjoy it. That makes a lot of sense. Okay, so something else I would love to hear your thoughts on. You know that that reminds me of is, is you know, how to make sense of the whole information landscape around food and wellness. So, you know, we might be telling ourselves or trying to, I guess, come up with our goals. But there’s so much out there. You know, we’re constantly bombarded with messages about food and, you know, whether it’s like meal kits and juice cleanses or health and wellness influencers who are proponents of, you know, this new type of diet or lifestyle or that or like even from government health organizations and sorting through their recommendations.
So, sometimes it feels like there isn’t much expert consensus on what’s healthy, you know, or one moment one thing is healthy and then the next year it’s not. I just I see that being really confusing for folks. I mean, I know it has been for me in the past. So, you know, with that in mind, what are your thoughts and maybe some tips, if you have any, on how people can make sense of all of the health and wellness advice out there?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:13:36] Well, first of all, Eric, I’m confused myself and I do this for a living. It’s very confusing. And the wellness industry is a trillion industry. It’s bright, it’s shiny, it’s expensive. It’s confusing. Right. I also want to point out, though, that the first vitamin was only discovered in the early 1900s. So, nutrition is a young science. It’s nascent. We’re really still learning so much.
So, there is going to be information that contradicts itself. For example, you know, coffee can improve cognition. Coffee. Coffee causes cancer. Red meat is great for you. It’s high in iron. Vitamin B, vitamins. It helps you. It makes you strong. It’s going to cause heart disease. If you if there’s information that you want to find, you will find it when it comes to food. So, you know, if any of your listeners that are medical professionals and are going through research on, you know, want a quick tip, if you’re reading a study or a journal article, you want to see who funded the study. So that’s the first thing. If a study is pushing that red meat causes cancer, but it’s funded by a vegan organization, then that study could be potentially influenced.
Eric Sutton [00:14:52] Biased.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:14:53] Right. The other piece of advice is we have to trim the fat in terms of how we’re getting information. So, following accounts on social media that are ideally led by professionals going back to that, making sure they have an RD at the end of their name, not someone who is, you know, posting on TikTok as a hobby. Again, I’m sure there’s great TikTokkers and you know, so many of my patients love to get recipe inspiration, but if someone is saying to you, I lost, well not saying it to you, but putting it information out there like, “I lost 30 pounds on the keto diet and you can too” – unfollow.
Eric Sutton [00:15:32] Right.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:15:32] Nutrition doesn’t work that way. Red flag. And then lastly, I would be remiss if I didn’t say this, you know, see a dietitian. Personalization is everything. You know, my 2 p.m. today was a mom of three who has very different needs than, you know, my 3 p.m. who was a 20-year-old college student.
So, you have to get educated on what your body needs once you’re educated. I always say this you become empowered and once you’re empowered, you’re confident. And when you’re confident, your you know, your body, you know what your body needs. And you don’t have to look to the left or TikTok, Instagram. And, you know, it may come down to calling in an objective lens and having an RD work with you one-on-one. You would never question going to the dentist, right, to get your teeth cleaned. Come see a dietitian for a little wellness checkup.
Eric Sutton [00:16:32] Absolutely. That makes perfect sense to me. Yeah. Thank you. Thanks for the insights on that. That’s going to be really helpful, I think, for me and for our listeners. So, listen, since it’s a personal finance podcast, let’s get into some financial topics here. And you know, starting with the cost of eating healthier, which, in my experience is not low, right? It’s just facts that ultra-processed and junk foods are cheaper than their healthier options typically.
And, you know, that cost gap between cheap and healthy may only get worse as prices continue to outpace inflation. Right? I mean, to put it into perspective, we’ve seen an increase of 28% in food prices since 2019. And, you know, of course, there are other factors that impact food prices, like lingering supply chain disruptions from the pandemic, climate change, infectious diseases, the potential tariffs, to name just a few. So, taking all of that into consideration, do you have any thoughts or tips on how folks can make healthier food choices in these current economic conditions without breaking the bank?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:17:50] This is a real issue, and it affects everyone, myself included. And, you know, like I said, the wellness industry is $1 trillion business. Everything is expensive. But eating a wholesome and balanced, nutritious diet does not have to break the bank. So, I have a few tips that we’re going to go through. Okay. So, the first is go to the frozen foods aisle, not the package Lean Cuisine, but frozen fruits and vegetables produce. Frozen produce is just as healthy, if not healthier, than its fresh counterpart.
Eric Sutton [00:18:23] Okay.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:18:23] Let’s use a blueberry, for example. A fresh blueberry. Let’s say it’s grown in Peru is picked. It’s gone to the manufacturer. It then travels to the United States. It then gets to the grocery store, then sits on the shelf, and you then pick it up. You know, the nutrient content does decrease a little bit, not, you know, eat fresh fruits and vegetables for sure, but frozen. If you’re picking a frozen blueberry, it’s or a blueberry, you flash fruit, you flash freeze them. The nutrient density remains at its peak ripeness. Okay, so it could be argued that frozen vegetables and fruits are even a little bit healthier than their fresh counterpart. Okay, so frozen fruits and vegetables and they’re going to be cheaper, which is the biggest win of all. Like, I love frozen berries. I put them in a smoothie. It’s great. I don’t bother with the fresh.
Eric [00:18:47] : Yeah, I love that.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:18:48]: There we go. So frozen fruit and vegetables are amazing. And then also on that note, I would recommend going to the Environmental Working Group’s page they put out every year. It’s a list called the Clean 15 and the Dirty Dozen, and it categorizes every year on the fruits and vegetables with the most pesticides and the least pesticides if you’re looking to buy organic. So clean 15, you don’t need to really do organic. It’s melons, it’s bananas, things with a big peel. And then the dirty dozen, which tends to be berries, spinach, things like that. You perhaps want to go organic with that.
Eric Sutton [00:19:59] Root vegetables and things that are like touching the dirt and all that.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:20:02] Yeah, I’m going to say that that’s going to be a clean 15. Yes. Yeah. I’m sorry. A dirty dozen.
Eric Sutton [00:20:07] A dirty dozen.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:20:08] Right, right. Correct. So that’s one to the second or one and a half tips. The second is to go with a list. I love to food shop, but I also get very distracted very easily. And like I said, the wellness industry, it’s shiny and I love a product, but we want to go with the list, so we don’t get distracted, right? I mean, I can get so distracted I could spend hours in a grocery store, but we want to outline our meals. Okay, so are you meal prepping? How many nights are you cooking versus how many nights are you doing? You know, takeout? Go in with a plan that really has your week food wise outlined No distractions, no temptations. Okay. Okay. The second the third is to cook at home more. It’s going to be so much healthier when you know what’s going in your food. Less sodium, less sugar, less, you know, inflammatory oils. It’s just so much better for you versus takeout, even if it is a healthier takeout choice. But also, even if it’s going to be a big bill from grocery shopping, it could be overwhelming that one big statement. You’re going to spend much less money overall. Tips, delivery fees, Seamless. No, cook at home.
Eric Sutton [00:21:26] Okay. I mean, yeah, I know from personal experience.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:21:29] I didn’t sell you!
Eric Sutton [00:21:30] No, no, you did. I mean, I cook for at home, and it’s 100% true that cooking at home and meal prepping is like a huge money saver. But it’s a lot easier said than done, frankly. Right. I mean, especially if you live in a metropolitan location like New York City, where there’s always a new awesome restaurant to try out. And then you’ve got providers like Seamless or Postmates that will deliver just about anything in the world at just about any time. But still, I understand it’s an option that will work for you if you make a plan and you stick to it.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:22:05] Absolutely. Absolutely. And let me just say, I would never prohibit anyone from eating out at a great restaurant with friends or family. And that’s the experience. Right. But I think takeout. We can do a little bit better, right? Sure. In your sweatpants, in your apartment, like, save the fun for outside.
Eric Sutton [00:22:23] You have to make the decision and stick to it. Yeah, that makes sense to me. All right, so there’s another side of that going out, though. You know, for like many folks in the world, going out to eat with friends or their significant other or what have you, it’s just a big part of their social life. So, I am curious to know what your thoughts are on how to navigate that aspect. You know, given that in-person social contact is such an important aspect of health and wellness. Back in 2023, in fact, the U.S. Surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, called loneliness a public health epidemic. And a recent poll by the American Psychiatric Association found that 1 in 3 Americans report feeling lonely at least one time a week. So, you know, not to put you on the spot, but how can you cook more for yourself at home and follow the tips that you’ve given, which are great tips, but, you know, also maintain a social life and nurture your important personal relationships at the same time.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:23:29] This is such an important topic, and it really is an epidemic, especially post-COVID. So, I’m really happy that we’re talking about this. You know, community is everything. We have so many responsibilities throughout the day. It’s impossible to get everything done without the support of our friends, our family or health care professionals like a dietitian. Right? But we want to spend time with them and, you know, nourish those relationships. And a lot of time, as you said, in a place like New York, it’s shared over food, and food is meant to be enjoyed. So, I don’t want to take that away from people, as I mentioned before, but I don’t think that living a healthy life, I don’t think loneliness has to take away from living a healthy lifestyle. Right? So, you can absolutely be social and maintain friendships while working on your goals. Like I said, eating out and and meeting a friend for a drink – it’s very common, but there are so many other ways to socialize, right?
Eric Sutton [00:24:33] True.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:24:34] We could meet for coffee, meet for a walk, take a new workout class together. The other day I had a cooking date with my friend. She’s in a different state. We we’re going to make the same recipe. We had each other on face time and then we eat together. Isn’t that fun? And it was creative. Yeah. So, there’s definitely ways to be social. And, you know, I’ve met so many friends at the gym, actually. I think if you surround yourself with people that are like-minded. So, using myself as an example. I like to be in bed early. I get up early. So, I would recommend surrounding yourself with people that are going to inspire you and help you stay motivated and bring out that healthiest and happiest side of you.
Eric Sutton [00:25:36] Okay. That makes sense. Birds of a feather.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:25:39] Yeah. Stick together.
Eric Sutton [00:25:41] I love it. Okay. So. Unfortunately, we’re getting close to the end of our time, but I definitely do want to spend some time focusing on key takeaways for our listeners that are immediately and easily actionable. So, you know, in that spirit, what are your top three recommendations that our listeners can start doing tomorrow?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:26:06] Tonight! Not tomorrow. We start tonight!
Eric Sutton [00:26:09] Tonight – there you go. Right on. Start immediately.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:26:13] So. Okay. The first one is produce with every meal. Okay? I want one piece of produce every time you eat. We’re going to be showering our body with vitamins and minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants. If you have a piece of produce every time you eat, you likely don’t need – I mean, this is very general – but you likely don’t need to have a multivitamin. So, let’s say berries with breakfast greens or some sort of vegetable with lunch and dinner, maybe apple with a snack or an orange with your snack. Baby carrots with the snack, you’re set. So, produce every time you eat and you can go and use those frozen produce items. That works for me. So that’s one.
The second – we want to prioritize protein. Protein is a very slowly digested macronutrient. We have three macronutrients protein, fat and carb. The more protein we have, the longer we stay full, the less we feel that sluggish, low energy or maybe hangry feeling, right? So, protein at every meal, we compare those berries in the morning with a bowl of Greek yogurt, which is super high in protein. We can have, let’s say, I don’t know, a grilled chicken or a turkey sandwich with lunch and have a small salad or some bell peppers on the side. That’s our produce item we can do for dinner, some sort of, you know, maybe some grilled salmon. I know that was a very cliche dietitian answer, but we love those omega threes. So, protein, every meal for that elongated blood sugar curve.
And then the third one is we really want to hydrate. We want to stay hydrated. I like to say that water or drinking enough water is the foundation that holds up our foundation. We can’t talk about omega threes or, you know, anything fun until we hit that water. So, I like to say this – it’s very easy. Get either a 32- or 40-ounce water bottle. Okay? You’re going to feel it either in the morning, the top of the day or the night before. And we want to finish one of those fills by 1 p.m. So, one by one, we fill it again and then done by dinner. And then we have between 64 and 80oz. And it’s so much better than having just like a small little cup and forgetting to fill it. And then we lose count. So, one by one, done by dinner. Okay. And that’s our water formula.
Eric Sutton [00:28:47] That is awesome. That in fact, that is going to be my takeaway. And my SMART goal today after talking to you is one by one done by dinner. Drinking water is definitely not my specialty and something I should focus a lot on. I’m sure a lot of our listeners have the same issue. So, thank you. That’s really great tips. And you know, I love how memorable they are and actionable. So, thank you so much for that.
Before we close, because as I mentioned, many of our listeners are medical professionals themselves. What is something that you would like medical professionals to know about the field of dietetics or something you would like to change, perhaps about the relationship between dietetics and medicine?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:29:40] Let’s be friends. Let’s collaborate, right? The patient is the number one goal here. And I think medical professionals and registered dietitians, we hold the power to really helping patients, the population, whoever you want to, you know, whoever we’re speaking to right now really live their healthy, happiest and most confident life possible. We could delegate if you don’t know the answer, send them right to me and you know, and got a little bit of a cheesy quote. I wasn’t planning on it, but I feel like because of that question, I have to ask what Hippocrates said –’Let food be thy medicine and medicine, be thy food.’ And that is really, I think, the strong relationship between medical professionals, registered dietitians and nutrition.
Eric Sutton [00:30:33] That sounds like a future vision that most of us can stand behind for sure. Thank you for that. Rachael, you’ve provided some really great advice for us. We’re so grateful that you were able to join us today to share your perspective and your expertise and to give us some really actionable tips that we can use to set realistic and sustainable health goals for ourselves in 2025. So, thank you so much again for joining us.
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:31:04] This was so much. I can’t believe I mean, I want to come back.
Eric Sutton [00:31:07] We’d love to have you back. Thank you so much again for joining us. Can you just tell everyone before we sign off where they might be able to find you online?
Rachel Brief, MS RD [00:31:18] I am @rachelbriefnutrition. That is my Instagram. And if you want to book an appointment with me, you can find me at Culina Health. And we accept insurance.
Eric Sutton [00:31:31] Excellent. Okay. And a big thanks also out to our listeners for tuning in today. Join us next month for episode two of Financing Ambition Season four. And a quick reminder that if you have a financial question or questions of your own, you can send them to us for a chance to have one of our Laurel Road experts answer them in an upcoming episode. Just visit laurelroad.com/listener-questions or you can send us a DM on Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn.
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