What happens when you choose to believe in your gift, even when the statistics say otherwise?

In Episode 8 of the Teen Moms Matter Podcast, Success Over Statistics, we sit down with youth empowerment speaker and author Lawrence C. Harris for an inspiring conversation about discovering your gifts, believing in your potential, and making choices that create a bigger future.

Lawrence C. Harris helps teens and young adults think differently about their future, believe in themselves, and make better choices.

In this episode, we talk about embracing your gifts, breaking free from limiting beliefs, and refusing to let your circumstances or statistics define what is possible for your life.

Your story is bigger than the statistics. Your circumstances do not get the final say. And your gift can make room for you.

Listen to Episode 8 and share it with a young person who needs the reminder that there is more in them than the statistics can measure.

Learn more about Lawrence C. Harris at www.lawrencecharris.com

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In this episode of Success Over Statistics, I'm sharing five of the biggest money mistakes I made as a young mother, not with shame, but with perspective. These weren't just financial mistakes. They were decisions rooted in survival, insecurity, and trying to build a life while still growing up myself.

We talk about:

• Using money to fill an emotional void

• Spending money to earn love, acceptance, or validation

• Letting other people control my financial independence

• Giving up too quickly after hearing "no" during my job search

• Spending money on things that didn't move my life forward

These lessons cost me time, confidence, and opportunities, but they also shaped the woman, mother, and entrepreneur I am today.

If you're a young parent, someone rebuilding financially, or simply trying to make smarter money decisions than you did in the past, this conversation is for you.

Because your financial future is defined by what you learn from your mistakes.

If this episode resonates with you, share it with a young parent, leave a review, and follow Success Over Statistics so you never miss an episode.

Keywords: young mothers, teen moms, personal finance, financial literacy, money mindset, budgeting, entrepreneurship, career growth, women and money, financial independence, money habits, Success Over Statistics podcast.

Episode 6: Money Conversations We Wish We Had at 17

What if someone had taught us how money really works before adulthood?

In this episode of Success Over Statistics, we're talking about the financial conversations many of us never had growing up. From credit scores and budgeting to debt, investing, emergency funds, and building wealth, we're unpacking the lessons we wish someone had shared when we were 17.

Whether you're a parent, mentor, entrepreneur, or simply trying to break generational cycles, this episode offers practical insights and honest reflections on how financial literacy can change the trajectory of a life.

Because success isn't just about making money. It's about understanding it.

Topics include:

• Budgeting and cash flow
• Credit scores and debt
• Emergency funds
• Investing and compound growth
• Lifestyle inflation
• Generational wealth
• Teaching teens about money
• Breaking financial cycles

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