Dealing With Debt to Offer its Members TransUnion Credit Monitoring and Identity Protection Benefit

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Press Releases.

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Baltimore, MD – September 22, 2025 — Dealing With Debt (DWD), a nonprofit financial education and social platform, today announced a new strategic agreement with TransUnion to offer its IdentityForce® identity and credit monitoring service as an exclusive benefit to DWD members. This partnership gives members direct access to IdentityForce’s personalized protection suite through the DWD platform, integrating digital security into the same space where users learn about money, complete financial…

Ego, Energy, and Ears: Learning to Listen in a Loud Job

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series The Calling.

This career is loud. Sirens. Radios. Yelling over roaring engines. The constant beat of urgency. What’s the real noise? It’s the stuff in your own head—the pressure to prove yourself, the fear of messing up, the temptation to tune out or show off instead of showing up. To survive this work and to grow in it, you’ve got to master three things: Your ego, your energy, and your ears. Miss one, and you become a…

Dealing With Debt Joins CECU as Allied Partner Member

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Press Releases.

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Expanding Financial Literacy Support to Trade Schools Nationwide (view official release) Austin, TX – June 20, 2025 Dealing With Debt (DWD), a nonprofit financial literacy and wellness social media platform, is proud to announce its acceptance as an Allied Partner Member of the Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU), the national association representing postsecondary career education institutions. This strategic alignment marks a significant step in both organizations shared mission to prepare…

Debt-Free or Die Trying: Why Freedom Isn’t Just About Money

This entry is part 7 of 14 in the series Seeds of Wealth.

There’s a reason they call it financial freedom and not “financial convenience.” Because this thing—this long, slow, grit-in-your-teeth climb out of debt—isn’t just about your wallet. It’s about something far bigger. It’s about freedom. And freedom, as anyone who’s ever fought for it knows, doesn’t come easy. It sure as hell doesn’t come from a cashback rewards program. It comes from saying “no” when the system expects you to say “yes.” It comes from paying…