Anybody can start Growing Bolder, but it’s nearly impossible to totally get there if you have financial pressures hanging over your head.

But you can dig out with the right advice, so we turned to “America’s Money Answers Man” Jordan Goodman.

For nearly two decades, he wrote for Money Magazine, he’s been a guest on Growing Bolder Radio and he’s written more than a dozen books, including his latest “Master Your Debt: Slash your Monthly Payments and Become Debt Free.”

Jordan joins us via Skype to discuss some financial issues facing us all and offers his advice for staying ahead of things, including tips for surviving financial hardships like those we’ve faced over the past few years.