Delyanne Barros didn’t come from wealth, and she had to work hard to get herself through college and law school. After achieving her goals and landing her dream job as an attorney, Barros was still six figures in debt from school and feeling miserable in her work. “I was overworked, uninspired, and stressed all the time,” she wrote on her website . So, at 37, Barros made a shift. She didn’t know much about investing outside of her 401K, but she learned, made a plan to pay off her loans, and started investing in the stock market . Now, she’s debt-free and on track to retire by age 45. After all the success she found in learning to invest her money wisely, Barros wanted to share that knowledge. She began giving financial advice on TikTok and Instagram . So many people were interested in what she had to say that Barros was able to quit her job as an attorney and run Delyanne the Money Coach LLC full-time.
She’s recently taken another big step by starting a finance podcast, “Diversifying,” with CNN. Like her other platforms, Barros uses the podcast to share financial knowledge and offer different routes to financial independence. In an exclusive interview with The List, the money expert shared her experience working with CNN and why she’s hopeful the podcast can be a welcoming space. Her experience starting her podcast
What’s it been like for you to start this podcast?
Oh my goodness, it’s been an incredible journey to see the whole podcast coming to life from zero to where it is now. I’ve really been involved since we’ve started developing it, and that’s what was so unique about this process is that I got to be involved right from the beginning, and I get to weigh in on what we talk about, which guests we bring on, how we shape the episodes, and I work with this incredible team at CNN. It’s been an incredible opportunity, and I’ve gotten to talk to some of the people that I admired for so long, for so many years, and now I get to talk to them on the podcast, and it’s been an incredible experience.
How has starting the podcast compared to other social media and the different ways that you’ve shared this information in the past?
I’ve only been doing short-form social media with my posts on Instagram or TikTok or Reels. This is a much deeper dive into different topics that I usually touch on in social media. That’s the beauty of doing a podcast — you can dive a little deeper, you can give some of the nuance, because you’re always missing the nuance in social media. People think that you can fit everything about a topic in a 60-second TikTok, and there is so much more to say about this. [These short posts are] so you have an idea that this topic exists.
To be able to sit down with people who are experiencing these kinds of issues, with experts, with all these different people from walks of life and talk about it on a much deeper level gives these subjects the attention that they deserve. It gives people the opportunity to really feel heard and seen in a different way than in a quick little snippet, 30-second Reel. You’re not going to be able to capture all of the intricacies and human emotions that go into personal finance the way that you can on a podcast. Did she have any anxiety starting Diversifying?
Was there any intimidation when you first went into making that longer-form content or were you more excited?
I was definitely excited. I was intimidated because it’s CNN. It’s such a big name. It’s such a big platform. I’m like, “What does this mean?” It’s one thing to have your protected little community on Instagram, but then I’m like, “Oh my God, I’m going to be exposed to this much bigger audience.” It’s been phenomenal. I’ve gotten only positive feedback about the podcast. People have really resonated with it. It’s trending really well on all of these charts. It’s one of the top business podcasts out there, and I’m super happy with it.
The reviews that have come in have been super positive. Mostly, it was blending my style with CNN, but it’s been a pretty seamless transition. Any fears that I had when I first started have been quashed since we’ve dove into the process. Why she leads with empathy
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