In this eye-opening episode of The BASIC Show, beauty executive and certified financial educator Anna Manukyan breaks down the essential money moves every freelancer, creative, and beauty professional needs to make — from investing smarter to protecting your future with the right insurance.

Host Viktorija Pashuta dives deep with Anna on how to overcome financial fear, plan for retirement (even in your 40s), and create generational wealth — even if you’re living paycheck to paycheck.

You’ll learn:

💸 Why you can’t retire just by saving — you must invest
👩‍🎤 How freelancers can legally pay their kids and write off $12,000/year
📈 The easiest low-risk ways to start investing today
👶 How to build a million-dollar portfolio for your children
🛡️ The 3 types of insurance every creative needs to protect their income
💡 The mindset shift that will change your relationship with money forever

Whether you're a hairstylist, makeup artist, designer, or any kind of self-employed creative — this is the financial education you should’ve gotten in school.

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🔗 Resources Mentioned:

• Instagram: @amanukyan
• Anna’s Financial Course: Beautiful Wealth Academy
• Recommended App: Compounder
• Brokerage Accounts: Vanguard, Robinhood, Fidelity, E-Trade

🎙️ Hosted by Viktorija Pashuta, Editor-in-Chief of BASIC Magazine
📍 Recorded at The Maybourne Beverly Hills

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