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Money
December 2023 - Double Feature: Stephanie is featured in two linked articles. The first article is a Money Checklist To Help You Crush 2024, and the second features 7 New Year Money Mistakes To Avoid.
Investment News
December 2023 - From Hedge Funds To Impact Investing: Stephanie shares the Mana origin story and explains why impact investing is a key part of our business. Read the article here.
ThinkAdvisor
October 2023 - 7 Client Portfolio Nightmares, Resolved: Advisors' Advice: Stephanie is featured in this set of spooky stories, sharing wisdom on how to fix a “not so safe” portfolio. Read the stories here.
Investopedia’s 100 Top Financial Advisors of 2023
July 2023 - Investopedia’s 100 Top Financial Advisors of 2023: Stephanie and Cristina are recognized in this prestigious list of advisors who are making significant contributions to critical conversations about financial literacy, investing strategies, life-stage planning and wealth management. See the list here.
Wealth Management Magazine
February 2023 - Human First: The Rise of FinPsych, Financial Therapy and Life Planning: Cristina is featured in an article that discusses the increasing importance of connecting emotions to money, and how focusing on the “human” side of financial planning has influenced her work at Mana and beyond. Read the feature here.
myStockOptions.com
February 2023 - Webinar and Article on tax guidance: Stephanie presented in a webinar focused on preventing tax return errors with stock comp and stock sales. Read the article here.
Amy Snider
November 2022 - Snider Shoutout on Mana FLD: Stephanie and Cristina are featured on Amy Snider’s blog, discussing a range of financial topics from real estate to market volatility. Read the post here.
Nerd Wallet
October 2022 - 4 ways investors can make the most of inflation: Stephanie offers her take on targeting sectors that perform well during inflationary times. Read the article here.
Nerd Wallet
September 2022 - Get kids set to invest with custodial accounts: Cristina gives advice on how to share money values with your children. Read the article here.
Get In The Groove IG Live
August 2022 - IG Live with Get In The Groove (@getinthegroove1): Cristina talks about how to get financially fit. Watch the recording here.
May 2022 - The rich link between financial planning and Psychology - and its vast potential: Cristina speaks to the heart of our business at Mana - the connection between finance and emotion. Read the article here.
Financial Planning
Forbes
March 2022 - Pro Tips: 4 Tax Return Errors To Avoid With Stock Options, RSUs, And Stock Sales: Stephanie offers advice about tracking your cost basis accurately and effectively, helping readers avoid overpaying on their taxes. Read the article here.
February 2022 - UNDERSTANDING MONEY AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH BBXX AND MANA: Stephanie and Cristina partake in an event to empower participants around money and relationships. See the event details here.
General Assembly
July 2021 - Meet Cristina Livadary | CEO and Financial Life Planner: Cristina’s talks success, defines financial life planning and offers up her best LA tips and secrets. Read the article here.
ShoutOut LA
The Wall Street Journal
May 2021 - How to talk retirement savings with your spouse: Stephanie and Cristina discuss how couples can avoid friction in their conversations about investing, even in a volatile market. Read the article here.
Jenni Kayne Rip and Tan
Morningstar Podcast
January 2021 - George Kinder: A financial plan needs to be a life plan: Cristina is featured on the Morningstar podcast. Listen here.
Bloomberg
November 2020 - How to plan for your child’s financial future: Cristina joins other financial experts to help listeners plan and prepare for their futures as parents. Watch the video here.
Mamas Talk Money
October 2020 - Mamas Talk Money Personal Finance Summit: Stephanie and Cristina were joined by over 200 mothers to answer questions and share enthusiasm for personal finance. Learn more about the summit here.
Next Advisor, in partnership with TIME, Inc.
September 2020 - Can credit-building products like Experian Boost improve your credit?: Cristina discusses credit scores, and touts the importance of expanding resources to assist people with little access to traditional credit. Read the article here.
TIME, Inc.
August 2020 - You Can Get a Loan with Bad Credit - but Watch Out for the Risks: Cristina gives advice in a Next Advisor publication on lending. Read the article here.
40 Under 40
June 2020 - Investment News 40 under 40: Cristina is named in Investment News’ prestigious list of 40 individuals profiled who exemplify talent. These young advisers and associated professionals are building and expanding the financial advice industry. What each has achieved – before turning 40 – will astound and entertain you. Read her bio here.
Women in Music
June 2020 - Workshop on building financial wellness: Stephanie and Cristina empower participants to identify and share their money stories. This workshop invites personal connection and growth. Participants are given tools to feel more equipped to talk about money and evolve the role it plays in their life. Read more here.
Rip & Tan
May 2020 - The Experts' Guide to Managing Finances Through Crisis & Beyond: Cristina and Stephanie give their best advice for maintaining financial wellness in the new reality of unknowns. Read on to hear how we recommend tackling economic uncertainty, government programs and more. Read the article here.
CalCPA
April 2020 - Workshop on building financial wellness: identifying your money story: Stephanie and Cristina offer proven, practical tools to empower anyone around their money, regardless of income or circumstance. Read the abstract here.
Financial Planning News
March 2020 - Mana FLD and Cristina are featured in a Financial Planning article on the response to COVID-19: Cristina speaks on what financial planners can do to help clients during the coronavirus crisis. Read the article here.
That’s So Retrograde Podcast
November 2019 - Stephanie and Cristina are featured on the That’s So Retrograde podcast: Cristina and Stephanie discuss bringing consciousness to the forefront of our wellness routine in this important and needed convo.
LAtfUSA
November 2019 - Mana FLD mentioned in LAtfUSA article: Read more here.
Covenant House
November 2019 - Financial empowerment: Cristina and Stephanie share wisdom and advice with youth at Covenant House of California.
Minority Money Podcast
October 2019 - What school never taught you about money: You want to understand and take control of your finances. You want to reach your goals and live the life you want. But what you don’t want is to have to pay tons of money for your financial education, or feel like understanding finances is beyond your reach. Fortunately, financial literacy doesn’t have to be complicated. Tune in as Cristina Livadary, CFP®, RLP®, and Stephanie Bucko, CPA®, CFA®, talk about how they’re simplifying the world of financial planning.
XYPN
2019 Firm of the Year
September 2019 - Mana FLD is presented with XYPN’s Firm of the Year award: Cristina and Stephanie were selected out of more than 500 financial advisors. This award was presented publicly at the XYPN Live! Conference in St. Louis.
XYPN Live!
September 2019 - Conversation with George Kinder and Fellow Registered Life Planners® with George Kinder & Panel: Seen as one of the leading next-generation financial life planners in the industry, Cristina sat with her mentor George Kinder in front of hundreds of financial planners at the XYPN Live! Conference in St. Louis. The conversation focused on why financial life planning is a growing methodology for financial planning practitioners around the world.
CityWireUSA
September 2019 - Women in Wealth: Cristina Behrens Livadary of Mana Financial Life Design: Courtney McQuade chats with Cristina about how she surfed the waves of wealth to launch her own fledgling firm. Read the article here.
Zen Money Monday Podcast
August 2019 - Cristina Livadary & Stephanie Bucko on Wealth Planning & Biz Building: in Episode 18, Liz welcomes to the podcast business partners and friends, Cristina Livadary and Stephanie Bucko. Cristina and Stephanie are the co-founders of Mana Financial Life Design, a financial planning firm that aims to build deep client relationships, change attitudes towards spending, and democratize financial advice. Cristina, Stephanie and Liz talk about the current state of the financial services industry, why they started Mana Financial and how it’s grown over the past year, and how they work with the Zen Money concept in their company. Finally, Cristina and Stephanie speak to the importance of having fun while serving clients to the best of their ability.
Ready to Succeed
August 2019 - Finding Meaning in Money: Cristina hosted a conversation with college students and young college grads, all of whom belong to Los Angeles-based organization Ready to Succeed, on why it’s cool and critical to talk about money from an early age. Money affects every aspect of our lives, yet so many of us carry feelings of shame and fear around money, which leads to behaviors that detract rather than add to our relationship with it. This presentation meets young adults where they are and challenges participants to think about money in an entirely new way.
Deloitte
May 2019 - Discover Your Money Mindset: for Heat of Deloitte Digital. In this workshop, Cristina served as a guide for the participants as they found their personal AHA around their money stories. In this workshop, Mana provided participants with tools to examine and explore their money mindset to forge a more intentional relationship with money and navigate finances with greater confidence.
Ikigai Stories Podcast
April 2019 - Rational Right Brain 2: in this podcast, Cristina talks about Mana Financial Life Design. "Mana" means "power" in Hawaiian, which holds a special place for Cristina personally and professionally. She discusses the unique experience of Mana Financial Life Design and her passion to bring compassionate finance to the world.
PwC Panel
April 2019 - The Road to Scalability: improving efficiencies by identifying competitive edge, automating processes, and building strong networks: Cristina served as a panelist on a conversation about entrepreneurship and building scale alongside a Partner at PwC and a founder of a successful business travel startup. Cristina represented the voice of an early-stage financial services startup and spoke about her story and what led her to build Mana Financial Life Design from the ground up.
Rip & Tan
November 2018 - The Experts' Guide to Managing Finances Through Crisis & Beyond: Stephanie and Cristina talk crisis mitigation, and how to manage your money with less anxiety. Read the article here.
The Advice Movement Podcast
October 2018 - Cristina and Stephanie – in Episode 23 life long friends who decided to bring Mana to those needing financial empowerment.Their story begins way back in college, where one junior and one senior became best friends – even if one of them could come across a bit snarky at times (by her own admission), and then journey’s through their blossoming careers on different sides of the Financial divide – one in Funds Management and one Auditing Fund Managers, to where they are today – only 2 months into their new Financial Planning firm – Mana FLD.
NAPFA Fall Conference
October 2018 - NAPFA: Presentation at The National Association of Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA) Fall Conference, “A new generation of financial advice”.
CNN
September 2018 - CNN Wealth Coach: Stephanie is featured in an interview on how to protect your investments against inflation. Read the article here.