Last year I was asked by personal finance writer Jonathan Clements, who founded and edits the blog https://humbledollar.com/, to submit an essay about my own financial journey. The process required considerable personal reflection. His recently published book My Money Journey – How 30 People Found Financial Freedom provides many interesting stories. It inspired me to conduct interviews with other contributors. This is the fifth episode of a series of talks with these writers.
My guest Anika Hedstrom is a certified financial planner who co-founded the advisory firm Uplevel Wealth. Her previous work experience included international and domestic investment trading. In her essay “Margin for Error” written for the book My Money Journey, Anika shares how she faced unexpected medical and financial challenges with her young family. This profound experience helped shape her business vision, while she grew her advisory practice.