What are the known and hidden costs of getting sick?

What about a medical emergency?

Are you prepared for the cost of unexpected health issues and how can you protect yourself, your family, and your bank account?

On this week's episode of the Crushing Debt Podcast, Shawn & George talk about Shawn's son, who broke his arm recently, requiring surgery to fix. His son is expected to make a full recovery but the incident taught Shawn a few things about the costs of staying healthy and what to do when an accident happens, including known and hidden costs like:

• Emergency Room visit
• X-Rays and other tests
• IV
• Surgery
• Anethesia
• Pain medicine and pain management
• After-effects, like cancellation of future plans, medicinal needs after the fact, and other necessary care supplies.

We also talk about insurance coverages and how those play into the analysis, and what to do to mitigate the out of pocket costs of a medical incident.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

Are money problems spilling over to work?

What can you do for your employees to reduce stress? Reduce down time?

What can you do for employee retention?

What is a "stop for this" purchase?

As an employer, how can you reduce the chance that you get asked to give advances of payroll to employees?

In this week's episode of the Crushing Debt Podcast, Shawn & George talk to Barry Sanborn about the cost of employee turnover, and what to do about it.

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What are some of your more expensive habits?

What impact does summer have on your spending?

In this week's episode of the podcast, Shawn & George talk about summer's most expensive habits, including:

• Weddings / Vacations / Family Outings
• Summer Camps & Kids Activities
• Concerts
• Home Improvement Projects
• Pets
• Subscriptions
• Back to School Shopping
• Cost of Living Changes

What other summer spending habits do you have?

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team (until June 30, 2026) at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

It is officially the start of Hurricane Season in Florida!

Are you prepared?

What are some funny hurricane truths? How much water should you have? Toilet paper? Flash lights and batteries?

How should you prepare your family and your business for the financial impact of a storm?

On this week's episode of The Crushing Debt Podcast, Shawn & George talk about these topics, including whether you are financially ready personally and professionally for a storm, what you need to know or do to protect your family and your business, all with our unique Crushing Debt spin!

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026. The link will be open through the end of June!

Why do people think bankruptcy is bad?

True, it has a negative stigma and it will be a hit to your credit score, but why is bankruptcy perceived as a massive negative?

Is bankruptcy the best solution for everyone? Put simply, no it is not, but it is better than most people will admit.

On this week's episode of The Crushing Debt Podccast, Shawn and George talk about rising debt levels, rising gas prices, rising grocery prices ... prices increasing everywhere, and what that means for someone considering bankruptcy.

Plus what are some of the negatives of waiting too long to file? What is the difference between bankruptcy and negotiating the debt? What is the impact of the automatic stay? And what is life like after bankruptcy?

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And there is still time, until June 30, 2026 to donate to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's 2026 PanCAN team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

Are you celebrating your freedom this weekend?

Or are you still trapped by debt?

Or are you spending like you're out of control?

• Plan before you shop
• Watch the "little leaks, and
• Build in recovery time

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And although the 2026 PanCAN Purple Stride walk is over, you can support PanCAN year round! We'll re-start our team in a few months as we prepare for the 2027 Purple Stride Walk.

How is that summer body, bathing suit body coming along?

Every year around this time… people start talking about getting their summer body ready; eating better… hitting the gym… cutting back… but nobody's talking about their summer budget. Just like your body, if you ignore it all year and panic in May, things get uncomfortable real fast!

Summer bodies vs. summer budgets!

On this week's episode of the Crushing Debt Podcast, Shawn & George talk about how to get back on track with your finances as we approach summer, including

• Things that prevent you from getting your finances under control, like "I'll start Monday," "I'll start next paycheck," gym membership, budget apps you don't open, cheat meals, "It's just one swipe," no plan, no tracking, quick fixes, or balance transfers & "later" thinking;
• Where summer wrecks your budget, like vacations, kids out of school (extra spending), events, weddings, parties, travel + eating out, or "It's summer, I deserve it" mindset.

We talk about a simple 30-Day Reset to get your money back on track before summer gets out of control, including (1) awareness, (2) clean up, (3) building a simple plan, and then (4) execute and adjust as needed.

This doesn't happen without a mindset shift, so celebrate those small victories and, before you know it, you'll have a summer bod AND a summer budget !!

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

And although the 2026 Purple Stride walk is over, please consider a donation to Pancreatic Cancer research and education by joining Shawn's team at MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026

What is one piece of advice you received that is really useful?

What about advice that you would rather ignore?

On today's episode of The Crushing Debt Podcast, as Graduation 2026 nears closer, Shawn & George talk about financial advice you may have received - good, bad or otherwise - like:

• Follow your passion
• Do what you love
• Take risks while you're young
• Money will come later
• You deserve it - put it on a card

What advice should you follow? What should you ignore?

Let us know if you enjoy this episode and, if so, please share it with your friends!

Or, you can support the show by visiting our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/crushingDebt

To contact George Curbelo, you can email him at GCFinancialCoach21@gmail.com or follow his Tiktok channel - https://www.tiktok.com/@curbelofinancialcoach

To contact Shawn Yesner, you can email him at Shawn@Yesnerlaw.com or visit www.YesnerLaw.com.

Although PanCAN 2026 is over, there's still time to donate to the 2026 team, MY Legacy Striders: http://support.pancan.org/goto/MyLegacy2026