Episode 4

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25th Sep 2026

Pounds and Sense! With Sarah McCalden

It can be a financially scary thing starting to home educate. It's hard to know how much it's going to cost and often we have had to give up our job in order to stay at home with our children.

Today's guest, Sarah, knows all about money as it's her job to guide people to make the very best money decisions. This episode is her story.

With Sarah McCalden - Sarah McCalden is a Financial Wellbeing and Identity Expert who helps business owners understand the beliefs, behaviours and decisions shaping their money, their businesses and their lives. A Certified Success Principles Trainer, Sarah brings together finance, mindset, wellbeing and personal development, alongside research conducted with Newcastle University into financial wellbeing and the influences that shape our financial decisions. Sarah’s work is also shaped by her own experience of transforming her life after a life-threatening drug addiction. Her journey gives her a deeply personal understanding of our capacity to change, the power of the decisions we make and what it takes to create a future that can look completely different from our past. Today, through her programmes, membership and writing, she helps people understand themselves more deeply, make more intentional decisions and create greater financial and personal freedom.- Sarah 's Website- Sarah 's Facebook page

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About the Podcast

The Home Earning Podcast
Real stories of combining work and home education in a way that works for everyone
The Home Earning podcast is your regular podcast exploring how to make a living alongside home educating your child. From side hustles to main gigs, each week we interview a home educator who is making this life work for them and their family.

Hear their stories, discover new businesses, services and products, and get inspired to find new, fun ways to make some money whilst being at home with your child.

Motivating, inspiring and empowering - we are here to support your home education choice and to celebrate the many wonderful ways home educating parents earn an income.