October 31, 2025 • 18 mins
Come and listen to our Host, Candace Gish, as she chats with today's guest, Nancy Griffin, for our "Season of Shift: Women on the Edge of Reinvention" Podcast Series.
This series spotlights women who used this reflective season (Oct–Dec) to make major life pivots—career changes, endings, spiritual awakenings, and brave beginnings.
Nancy is a connector and influencer. She attributes her success to personal courage, determination, and joy, when focusing on women’s health and wellness, hence creating Women, Worth & Wellness®. Nancy enjoys every opportunity to inspire and inform women about their personal health and wealth, net worth and self-worth, philanthropy and legacy—so that women feel fabulous, generous, joyful, confident, and on top of their game every day.
Nancy Griffin established Women, Worth & Wellness in 1994 as a Private Client
Wealth Advisor for her female clients and their families.
Nancy continues to promote and inspire Daring & Caring Leaders, encouraging them to step up and lead in the world, following in the footsteps from many other powerful Women Leaders in the past.
Nancy’s overall purpose is to connect and influence for positive impact every chance she gets.
“My Mom was a trailblazer as a women business owner and felt that women should have their own money and wealth – including their own ideas about what to invest in. She was my inspiration for focusing on health, along with wealth, as she would often say “if you don’t have your health, you don’t have anything.” This has always been my focus as I worked with my clients, especially women, as women often have a disproportionate responsibility to family’s health and wellness. An equal focus on health and wealth is inseparable.”
See more about Nancy’s Journey - https://womenworthwellness.com/7000-jars-of-jam/
nancy@womenworthwellness.com
We explore how women’s growing financial power intersects with health, integrity, and community, and why self-worth belongs at the center of every wealth plan. Nancy Griffin shares practical ways to build local circles, de-risk portfolios, and give with impact.
• health as the cornerstone of a resilient wealth plan
• women’s rise in earnings, inheritance, and decision making
• due diligence for philanthropy and legacy planning
• the YOLO storytelling model that fuels trust
• how to start a simple local women’s circle
• vulnerability as a catalyst for confidence and action
• integrity as a strategy, not a slogan
• Rotary leadership, polio eradication, and community impact
• owning your life to create surplus for service
• contact details for staying connected
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SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
It's Divas That Care Radio.
Stories, strategies, and ideasto inspire positive change.
Welcome to Divas That Care, anetwork of women committed to
making our world a better placefor everyone.
This is a global movement forwomen, by women engaged in a
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generations.
(00:20):
To find out more about themovement, visit divas that
care.com after the show.
Right now, though, stay tunedfor another jolt of inspiration.
SPEAKER_01 (00:31):
Well, hello everyone, and welcome back to
the Divas That Care.
My name is Candice Gish.
If this is your very first timetuning in, a huge welcome.
We are now in our 15th year.
We've been we're listening toover 30 countries around the
world, and it has just been apleasure to be able to do this.
We have a wide variety of hostsand guests that have graced our
(00:51):
network here.
And now we are doing a it's kindof like a different type of a
podcasting series.
So this series that we'reworking on right now is called
The Season of Shift (01:00):
Women on the Edge of Reinvention.
So this series spotlights womenwho use this reflection season,
which is between October andDecember, to make major life
pivots, career changes, endings,spiritual awakenings, and brave
beginnings.
So we're really excited becausetoday's guest is Nancy Griffin.
And I'm very excited to bechatting with her.
(01:21):
So welcome to the podcast,Nancy.
SPEAKER_02 (01:23):
Thank you so much, Candace.
Delighted to be here.
SPEAKER_01 (01:26):
So Nancy, let's start out with first.
Why don't you introduce yourselfto our listeners?
SPEAKER_02 (01:31):
Okay, well, I'm Nancy Griffin.
I formed Women Worth andWellness in 1994 when I was a
wealth advisor.
And uh as a wealth advisor, Istarted to focus on bringing new
clients on board.
I focused on women, notexclusively, but during the 90s
was a it was kind of like yourOctober to December time frame.
(01:52):
Women were in the process of uhreally getting their careers in
order.
It's also a time when womenstarted to play golf.
Do you remember that?
Women thought, you know what?
I have to learn how to play golfif I want to be a professional
in this uh business world.
SPEAKER_01 (02:07):
Why did you decide really to do this women with
wellness networking out ofOntario?
SPEAKER_02 (02:13):
Well, I was based in Toronto.
Now I live out of the city.
But um, as I started intobuilding my practice focusing on
women, I started to partner withnot-for-profit health-related
organizations that were focusingon women.
So in Toronto, you probablyremember Women's College
Hospital, which is over 100years old.
(02:35):
It's an amazing place wherereally the focus is simply on
women's health.
And as you know, Candace, inevery family, mom is supposed to
be the nurse practitioner.
So, how knowledgeable is sheabout all the health-related
issues that can happen in afamily?
And so that's when I decided topartner with these organizations
(02:57):
and do different events to bringwomen to to increase their
awareness about health.
And of course, in building awealth plan, if we don't have
our health, we're not goinganywhere anytime soon.
So health is the cornerstone ofthat overall fabulous wealth
plan.
SPEAKER_01 (03:16):
I love that.
And you established in 1994,have you seen a big change in
the demographics?
SPEAKER_02 (03:23):
Huge.
Huge.
Because in 1994, um, as Imentioned, this was just when
women were really gettingstarted of putting down roots
and building up their own careerand understanding what's
involved and completing a fullscenario.
You know, in the past, with ourmoms and grandmoms, they were
homemakers.
(03:44):
And Mr., more often than not,looked after all the financial
aspects of their uh well-being.
Now, uh, 31 years later, womenhave incredible power with their
wealth.
They're earning a whole lotmore, but more importantly,
they're inheriting wealth with awhole lot more to come.
(04:04):
And that's when I really, reallyemphasize you need to be working
with a trusted advisor who canhelp you have your best wealth
plan.
And in that wealth plan, youneed to have anticipated
health-related challenges sothat if you end up with a
critical illness or uhdisability, you're not drawing
(04:25):
down your uh investmentportfolio to look after your
monthlies.
So here we are 31 years later,with women having this
incredible power with theirwealth and thinking about being
philanthropists, legacyplanning, but a trusted advisor
is someone who will help youwith those organizations to whom
(04:46):
you're thinking of donating.
Because the last thing that wewant to do is be surprised,
having directed dollars to thatorganization, not having done
our due diligence and findingout that something terrible is
has gone wrong in thatorganization, so that our
dollars are not having theimpact that we had intended them
(05:06):
to have.
SPEAKER_01 (05:08):
This organization grown by word of mouth mostly?
SPEAKER_02 (05:10):
No, we do events all the time.
Uh, we did a lot of events, asyou can imagine, uh, virtually
during COVID.
And that was terrific becausethen you can bring in speakers
from all over the world.
And then since then, we've doneseveral in person, uh, and as I
mentioned with uh women learninghow to golf in the 90s, we've
(05:31):
done several golf tournaments.
So various and sundry in personover time, focusing on uh
different topics.
SPEAKER_01 (05:39):
Well, and you had mentioned through COVID, has
your business model changed abit?
Do you do more things withpeople outside of that local
area?
SPEAKER_02 (05:49):
We do, well, during COVID, that's when the whole
virtual came to the fore foreverybody.
And uh it's a blessing becausethere's so much that you can do
online, like we're doing now.
But in-person really is uniqueas well.
In-person really can make a hugedifference.
For example, one in-person eventthat I did with um this one
(06:13):
person from uh RBC who wassponsoring my events, we did a
YOLO event with women in um forstarters in a business owned by
a woman.
And YOLO is you only live once.
So we had four women teed up tobe guest speakers, and we
actually asked each of them tobe prepared to take 10 minutes
(06:34):
to share their story.
Well, it was so incredible thatin our audience we had women
putting their hands up saying,if you're doing this again, I
would like to be a guestspeaker.
So we ended up doing five ofthose events, each one hosted by
a woman who had her ownbusiness.
(06:54):
So really amazing.
And and the key to that successwas that nobody interviewed that
person.
That person took 10 minutes totell their own story and brought
forward all sorts of challengesand vulnerabilities that they
had experienced.
And I said, what woman wouldn'twouldn't love to have an
audience who's prepared tolisten to her for 10 minutes?
SPEAKER_01 (07:17):
Sounds like so much fun.
It was.
And I I like that you you'vereally grown a community of
amazing individuals that areworking together to benefit one
another.
And I just love that you're ableto do that.
I know that you are specificallyin that area, and I wanted to
ask you what what kind of advicecan you give maybe some of our
(07:37):
listeners right now, if ifthey're thinking, oh my gosh,
this is a great idea.
How can I do something like thatin my area?
SPEAKER_02 (07:44):
Very simple.
Very, very simple.
It's and your point is rightabout a community.
Um, you know, start off with adozen people, like a dozen, and
just do it in a coffee shop.
It doesn't have to be a reallybig deal.
Or do it as a fundraiser, raisesome money for an organization
and just say, okay, let's havetwo or three who volunteers and
(08:06):
we really want to know aboutyou.
And even if you think you knowthat person well, guess what?
When they tell you their ownstory over 10 minutes, they'll
probably tell you things thatthey had not shared with people
previously.
And I'm sure, Candace, throughall of your experiences, once
people share theirvulnerabilities, then they've
(08:28):
got a whole new connectednesswith others.
SPEAKER_01 (08:31):
Well, and I like that they're able to then
inspire others.
It's that ripple effect, right?
If your can help one otherperson, you can work with one
other person, they build thatconfidence, and then they can
now work with others.
SPEAKER_02 (08:42):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (08:43):
You've inspired a lot of people, I can imagine,
over these years.
SPEAKER_02 (08:47):
Well, it's been my pleasure.
You know, I talk about net worthand self-worth, and self-worth
is really when you're giving oryou're sharing.
It's lovely to be in thatposition, but more often than
not, the person who is sharingis often the recipient of the
gift because it all comes backto you.
(09:08):
You know, the one yeah, the onething you see is these people
really enjoying themselves andreally feeling better about
themselves.
Well, that's kind of what youset out to do to begin with, and
now it's happening.
So that's my point.
It comes back to you because youwere the catalyst to tee it up
and make it happen to beginwith.
SPEAKER_01 (09:26):
Who inspired you to be who you are today?
SPEAKER_02 (09:30):
Uh, well, it's kind of a it's kind of a group of
people all the way along theline.
Um, I just thought about mymother recently.
She died a long time ago.
And um, I think about her andthink about how, you know, even
though when you're a kid andsometimes your mother is really
annoying, I never saw her beingreally mean.
(09:52):
She just always off um operatedwith kindness and generosity,
lots of humor.
Like she would get the biggestkick out of things that nobody
else thought was funny.
But just a really good person.
And so when I think about her, Ithink, you know what?
She was a really good person.
With my women worth andwellness, we're just in the
(10:14):
process over the next couple ofmonths of launching a whole new
focus.
And it's women's age ofintegrity.
And so when I think of peoplewho I've thought as being
operating with lots ofintegrity, I think about her.
And integrity is just beinghonest, like just bringing the
best out of yourself, but moreimportantly, finding a way to
(10:37):
bring the best out of others.
SPEAKER_01 (10:39):
It's something that I really focus on too, you know,
being surrounded with peoplethat are authentic.
SPEAKER_02 (10:44):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (10:44):
Um because it it brings out the best in you.
Um I think when people have atendency to almost put on a
front, they they're scared toput to almost share their
vulnerabilities because they'reafraid what people are going to
think.
And I I always I want to givethose people a big hug because I
I want them to know it's goingto be okay.
You know, we we all go throughthat, we all have our own unique
(11:06):
journeys, and it's thatvulnerability that really helps
others.
SPEAKER_02 (11:11):
Precisely.
And it's interesting that youmentioned that, Candace, because
one of the areas that I've spenta lot of time on that I had not
anticipated I would be is withthe worth word, is it's worthy.
You are worthy.
You are always worthy.
You've got a right to be here,you've got a right to be your
best, and never apologize.
(11:32):
Really, you are the number oneasset.
So really treat that asset as aspecial as it truly is.
SPEAKER_01 (11:39):
So, Nancy, tell me something else.
Something else that you aredoing besides the women worth
wellness.
SPEAKER_02 (11:46):
I'm a Rotarian, and so that's a great spot to be
because you can go local or youcan go global, and you can do
all sorts of different things.
Like you can be a you can takeon big leadership roles or you
can take on little leadershiproles.
And I like that freedom andflexibility to do exactly that.
Uh, last year I was thepresident of the club and ended
(12:08):
up with a leadership award,which was a surprise.
But I was truly honored, andduring the year, it was my
pleasure to be the leader ofthat club with all the
challenges that occurred.
Well, the challenges and the andthe successes.
Um I'll share one examplequickly.
You know, when you're new as thepresident and now you've got
(12:30):
this board and you want to goforward with all the things that
you have set out to do, um,those board members are picked
very, very carefully.
I had this one board member whowas in charge of the foundation,
and he said, Nancy, I reallydon't want to do this.
He wanted to do uh the youthportfolio.
Well, the person that was inthat portfolio had one more year
(12:52):
to go, and he's not moving.
Like that's it.
So I said, okay, let's see whois on that committee, because
maybe there's someone who canhelp you.
So we kind of took a look atthat.
Well, then of course, about aweek later he came back and
wanted to meet with me inperson, and again said, Nancy, I
really don't want to do this.
So I said, and of course, I'mtrying to deal with all the
(13:14):
different things that are goingon.
I said, okay, leave it with me.
Anyway, today, as a matter offact, is World Polio Day, and
Rotary's number one goalglobally is to eradicate polio.
We're almost there.
We're not 100% of the way there.
Anyway, last October in ourclub, we put out a plea for
(13:35):
donations from our membersbecause of the Gaza situation.
There were children there thathadn't been vaccinated.
So this is a group of retireesthat have means.
So they came forward, made big,made big donations.
Well, about a month later, hesees that these donations are
(13:56):
just a little bit short of$1,000per person.
So with a thousand dollardonation, you can then have a
Paul Harris award, which meansyou can take that thousand and
give it to some worthy leader inthe community who is doing
exceptional things.
So this fellow took it uponhimself to call them all up,
(14:17):
each of them, and said, youknow, if you put in another$121,
or if you put in another six,whatever.
We ended up just blowing ourgoals right out of the wall.
The end of the year, this guywas the number one hero.
And um gosh, that's wonderful.
It was wonderful, reallywonderful.
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
Well, and I love that.
I was gonna, I do apologize.
I was interrupting you there fora second because I wanted you to
explain what the Rotary Club wasto some of our younger um
individuals or people that mightnot be from Canada.
SPEAKER_02 (14:49):
Okay, well, Rotary is the largest service
organization in the world.
It's everywhere.
So wherever your listeners are,I would I would suspect there is
a rotary club in that countryand Maine, maybe not too far
from where you are.
Um, one of my new best friendsis in Beirut, really lovely
lady.
(15:09):
And the international conferenceis in Dubai, was in Calgary this
year in Canada, which wasterrific.
And um, two years from now it'sin Dubai.
So she and I hope to meet upthen.
But just a great organizationand and involved with all sorts
of different things.
So it isn't just one, it isn'tjust, for example, one focus
(15:31):
only.
It's a whole plethora, a wholebuffet of opportunities where
you are supporting um raisingmoney to support these different
in-need organizations.
SPEAKER_01 (15:46):
I I I love the explanation of what that is.
I've always been a big volunteerand of different organizations,
and I love hearing about otherones because people are like,
okay, what's out there?
What can I do?
And if they have an idea, ifsomebody explains it to them,
then they're more likely to getinvolved.
So thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:03):
You're welcome.
Thank you for asking.
SPEAKER_01 (16:05):
So is there any other things that you'd love to
share with us today, Nancy?
SPEAKER_02 (16:10):
Well, I think uh just in summary, is no, is to
own your life.
I mean, obviously, we're runningour lives so fast that we forget
to just simply own it.
I mean, the fact that we'restill alive when we see what in
the world's going on is a tripleA1 privilege.
And so don't feel that you'rebeing too selfish when you make
(16:30):
yourself the priority to be thebest that you possibly can be.
Because when you're at yourbest, then you're able to share
and give back to others, and notjust financially, but also in
terms of your time and yoursupport to make that other
person feel on top of theirgame.
SPEAKER_01 (16:48):
Oh, I love that.
Thank you so much.
I've actually really enjoyedthis.
Uh, do you have do you want toshare your website with our
listeners today?
SPEAKER_02 (16:57):
What um what I encourage people to do is send
me an email, which means it goesinto our database.
And as we come up with newthings, you'll be the first to
know.
And uh, you can alwaysunsubscribe.
We're on all the social media,and so when you send through
your podcast recording, we'llpush it out on our social media.
But my email is nancy atwomenworthwellness.com.
(17:23):
Nancy at womenworthwellness.com.
SPEAKER_01 (17:26):
Perfect.
Thank you so much, Nancy.
It has been such a pleasurechatting with you today.
Likewise.
Likewise.
Have a great day.
Thanks, Candace.
You also, and to all of ouramazing listeners, thank you so
much for listening to Nancy andmyself.
We had a great time chatting,but I also want you to go check
out the other women on thispodcast series, Season of Shift.
(17:47):
There is so many extraordinarywomen doing so many things out
there.
And the Diva Set Care is allabout support, encouragement,
and just being authentic andhelping one another.
So if one of these women reallyreaches out to you and they pull
at your heartstrings, pleasereach out with to them because I
think it's really important tomake those connections.
Also, make sure that you're outthere doing something kind
(18:08):
today.
All right.
Take care, everyone.
Have a wonderful day.
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This is a global movement forwomen, by women engaged in a
collaborative effort to create abetter world for future
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(00:20):
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Right now, though, stay tunedfor another jolt of inspiration.
SPEAKER_01 (00:31):
Well, hello everyone, and welcome back to
the Divas That Care.
My name is Candice Gish.
If this is your very first timetuning in, a huge welcome.
We are now in our 15th year.
We've been we're listening toover 30 countries around the
world, and it has just been apleasure to be able to do this.
We have a wide variety of hostsand guests that have graced our
(00:51):
network here.
And now we are doing a it's kindof like a different type of a
podcasting series.
So this series that we'reworking on right now is called
The Season of Shift (01:00):
Women on the Edge of Reinvention.
So this series spotlights womenwho use this reflection season,
which is between October andDecember, to make major life
pivots, career changes, endings,spiritual awakenings, and brave
beginnings.
So we're really excited becausetoday's guest is Nancy Griffin.
And I'm very excited to bechatting with her.
(01:21):
So welcome to the podcast,Nancy.
SPEAKER_02 (01:23):
Thank you so much, Candace.
Delighted to be here.
SPEAKER_01 (01:26):
So Nancy, let's start out with first.
Why don't you introduce yourselfto our listeners?
SPEAKER_02 (01:31):
Okay, well, I'm Nancy Griffin.
I formed Women Worth andWellness in 1994 when I was a
wealth advisor.
And uh as a wealth advisor, Istarted to focus on bringing new
clients on board.
I focused on women, notexclusively, but during the 90s
was a it was kind of like yourOctober to December time frame.
(01:52):
Women were in the process of uhreally getting their careers in
order.
It's also a time when womenstarted to play golf.
Do you remember that?
Women thought, you know what?
I have to learn how to play golfif I want to be a professional
in this uh business world.
SPEAKER_01 (02:07):
Why did you decide really to do this women with
wellness networking out ofOntario?
SPEAKER_02 (02:13):
Well, I was based in Toronto.
Now I live out of the city.
But um, as I started intobuilding my practice focusing on
women, I started to partner withnot-for-profit health-related
organizations that were focusingon women.
So in Toronto, you probablyremember Women's College
Hospital, which is over 100years old.
(02:35):
It's an amazing place wherereally the focus is simply on
women's health.
And as you know, Candace, inevery family, mom is supposed to
be the nurse practitioner.
So, how knowledgeable is sheabout all the health-related
issues that can happen in afamily?
And so that's when I decided topartner with these organizations
(02:57):
and do different events to bringwomen to to increase their
awareness about health.
And of course, in building awealth plan, if we don't have
our health, we're not goinganywhere anytime soon.
So health is the cornerstone ofthat overall fabulous wealth
plan.
SPEAKER_01 (03:16):
I love that.
And you established in 1994,have you seen a big change in
the demographics?
SPEAKER_02 (03:23):
Huge.
Huge.
Because in 1994, um, as Imentioned, this was just when
women were really gettingstarted of putting down roots
and building up their own careerand understanding what's
involved and completing a fullscenario.
You know, in the past, with ourmoms and grandmoms, they were
homemakers.
(03:44):
And Mr., more often than not,looked after all the financial
aspects of their uh well-being.
Now, uh, 31 years later, womenhave incredible power with their
wealth.
They're earning a whole lotmore, but more importantly,
they're inheriting wealth with awhole lot more to come.
(04:04):
And that's when I really, reallyemphasize you need to be working
with a trusted advisor who canhelp you have your best wealth
plan.
And in that wealth plan, youneed to have anticipated
health-related challenges sothat if you end up with a
critical illness or uhdisability, you're not drawing
(04:25):
down your uh investmentportfolio to look after your
monthlies.
So here we are 31 years later,with women having this
incredible power with theirwealth and thinking about being
philanthropists, legacyplanning, but a trusted advisor
is someone who will help youwith those organizations to whom
(04:46):
you're thinking of donating.
Because the last thing that wewant to do is be surprised,
having directed dollars to thatorganization, not having done
our due diligence and findingout that something terrible is
has gone wrong in thatorganization, so that our
dollars are not having theimpact that we had intended them
(05:06):
to have.
SPEAKER_01 (05:08):
This organization grown by word of mouth mostly?
SPEAKER_02 (05:10):
No, we do events all the time.
Uh, we did a lot of events, asyou can imagine, uh, virtually
during COVID.
And that was terrific becausethen you can bring in speakers
from all over the world.
And then since then, we've doneseveral in person, uh, and as I
mentioned with uh women learninghow to golf in the 90s, we've
(05:31):
done several golf tournaments.
So various and sundry in personover time, focusing on uh
different topics.
SPEAKER_01 (05:39):
Well, and you had mentioned through COVID, has
your business model changed abit?
Do you do more things withpeople outside of that local
area?
SPEAKER_02 (05:49):
We do, well, during COVID, that's when the whole
virtual came to the fore foreverybody.
And uh it's a blessing becausethere's so much that you can do
online, like we're doing now.
But in-person really is uniqueas well.
In-person really can make a hugedifference.
For example, one in-person eventthat I did with um this one
(06:13):
person from uh RBC who wassponsoring my events, we did a
YOLO event with women in um forstarters in a business owned by
a woman.
And YOLO is you only live once.
So we had four women teed up tobe guest speakers, and we
actually asked each of them tobe prepared to take 10 minutes
(06:34):
to share their story.
Well, it was so incredible thatin our audience we had women
putting their hands up saying,if you're doing this again, I
would like to be a guestspeaker.
So we ended up doing five ofthose events, each one hosted by
a woman who had her ownbusiness.
(06:54):
So really amazing.
And and the key to that successwas that nobody interviewed that
person.
That person took 10 minutes totell their own story and brought
forward all sorts of challengesand vulnerabilities that they
had experienced.
And I said, what woman wouldn'twouldn't love to have an
audience who's prepared tolisten to her for 10 minutes?
SPEAKER_01 (07:17):
Sounds like so much fun.
It was.
And I I like that you you'vereally grown a community of
amazing individuals that areworking together to benefit one
another.
And I just love that you're ableto do that.
I know that you are specificallyin that area, and I wanted to
ask you what what kind of advicecan you give maybe some of our
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listeners right now, if ifthey're thinking, oh my gosh,
this is a great idea.
How can I do something like thatin my area?
SPEAKER_02 (07:44):
Very simple.
Very, very simple.
It's and your point is rightabout a community.
Um, you know, start off with adozen people, like a dozen, and
just do it in a coffee shop.
It doesn't have to be a reallybig deal.
Or do it as a fundraiser, raisesome money for an organization
and just say, okay, let's havetwo or three who volunteers and
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we really want to know aboutyou.
And even if you think you knowthat person well, guess what?
When they tell you their ownstory over 10 minutes, they'll
probably tell you things thatthey had not shared with people
previously.
And I'm sure, Candace, throughall of your experiences, once
people share theirvulnerabilities, then they've
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got a whole new connectednesswith others.
SPEAKER_01 (08:31):
Well, and I like that they're able to then
inspire others.
It's that ripple effect, right?
If your can help one otherperson, you can work with one
other person, they build thatconfidence, and then they can
now work with others.
SPEAKER_02 (08:42):
Exactly.
SPEAKER_01 (08:43):
You've inspired a lot of people, I can imagine,
over these years.
SPEAKER_02 (08:47):
Well, it's been my pleasure.
You know, I talk about net worthand self-worth, and self-worth
is really when you're giving oryou're sharing.
It's lovely to be in thatposition, but more often than
not, the person who is sharingis often the recipient of the
gift because it all comes backto you.
(09:08):
You know, the one yeah, the onething you see is these people
really enjoying themselves andreally feeling better about
themselves.
Well, that's kind of what youset out to do to begin with, and
now it's happening.
So that's my point.
It comes back to you because youwere the catalyst to tee it up
and make it happen to beginwith.
SPEAKER_01 (09:26):
Who inspired you to be who you are today?
SPEAKER_02 (09:30):
Uh, well, it's kind of a it's kind of a group of
people all the way along theline.
Um, I just thought about mymother recently.
She died a long time ago.
And um, I think about her andthink about how, you know, even
though when you're a kid andsometimes your mother is really
annoying, I never saw her beingreally mean.
(09:52):
She just always off um operatedwith kindness and generosity,
lots of humor.
Like she would get the biggestkick out of things that nobody
else thought was funny.
But just a really good person.
And so when I think about her, Ithink, you know what?
She was a really good person.
With my women worth andwellness, we're just in the
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process over the next couple ofmonths of launching a whole new
focus.
And it's women's age ofintegrity.
And so when I think of peoplewho I've thought as being
operating with lots ofintegrity, I think about her.
And integrity is just beinghonest, like just bringing the
best out of yourself, but moreimportantly, finding a way to
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bring the best out of others.
SPEAKER_01 (10:39):
It's something that I really focus on too, you know,
being surrounded with peoplethat are authentic.
SPEAKER_02 (10:44):
Yes.
SPEAKER_01 (10:44):
Um because it it brings out the best in you.
Um I think when people have atendency to almost put on a
front, they they're scared toput to almost share their
vulnerabilities because they'reafraid what people are going to
think.
And I I always I want to givethose people a big hug because I
I want them to know it's goingto be okay.
You know, we we all go throughthat, we all have our own unique
(11:06):
journeys, and it's thatvulnerability that really helps
others.
SPEAKER_02 (11:11):
Precisely.
And it's interesting that youmentioned that, Candace, because
one of the areas that I've spenta lot of time on that I had not
anticipated I would be is withthe worth word, is it's worthy.
You are worthy.
You are always worthy.
You've got a right to be here,you've got a right to be your
best, and never apologize.
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Really, you are the number oneasset.
So really treat that asset as aspecial as it truly is.
SPEAKER_01 (11:39):
So, Nancy, tell me something else.
Something else that you aredoing besides the women worth
wellness.
SPEAKER_02 (11:46):
I'm a Rotarian, and so that's a great spot to be
because you can go local or youcan go global, and you can do
all sorts of different things.
Like you can be a you can takeon big leadership roles or you
can take on little leadershiproles.
And I like that freedom andflexibility to do exactly that.
Uh, last year I was thepresident of the club and ended
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up with a leadership award,which was a surprise.
But I was truly honored, andduring the year, it was my
pleasure to be the leader ofthat club with all the
challenges that occurred.
Well, the challenges and the andthe successes.
Um I'll share one examplequickly.
You know, when you're new as thepresident and now you've got
(12:30):
this board and you want to goforward with all the things that
you have set out to do, um,those board members are picked
very, very carefully.
I had this one board member whowas in charge of the foundation,
and he said, Nancy, I reallydon't want to do this.
He wanted to do uh the youthportfolio.
Well, the person that was inthat portfolio had one more year
(12:52):
to go, and he's not moving.
Like that's it.
So I said, okay, let's see whois on that committee, because
maybe there's someone who canhelp you.
So we kind of took a look atthat.
Well, then of course, about aweek later he came back and
wanted to meet with me inperson, and again said, Nancy, I
really don't want to do this.
So I said, and of course, I'mtrying to deal with all the
(13:14):
different things that are goingon.
I said, okay, leave it with me.
Anyway, today, as a matter offact, is World Polio Day, and
Rotary's number one goalglobally is to eradicate polio.
We're almost there.
We're not 100% of the way there.
Anyway, last October in ourclub, we put out a plea for
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donations from our membersbecause of the Gaza situation.
There were children there thathadn't been vaccinated.
So this is a group of retireesthat have means.
So they came forward, made big,made big donations.
Well, about a month later, hesees that these donations are
(13:56):
just a little bit short of$1,000per person.
So with a thousand dollardonation, you can then have a
Paul Harris award, which meansyou can take that thousand and
give it to some worthy leader inthe community who is doing
exceptional things.
So this fellow took it uponhimself to call them all up,
(14:17):
each of them, and said, youknow, if you put in another$121,
or if you put in another six,whatever.
We ended up just blowing ourgoals right out of the wall.
The end of the year, this guywas the number one hero.
And um gosh, that's wonderful.
It was wonderful, reallywonderful.
SPEAKER_01 (14:37):
Well, and I love that.
I was gonna, I do apologize.
I was interrupting you there fora second because I wanted you to
explain what the Rotary Club wasto some of our younger um
individuals or people that mightnot be from Canada.
SPEAKER_02 (14:49):
Okay, well, Rotary is the largest service
organization in the world.
It's everywhere.
So wherever your listeners are,I would I would suspect there is
a rotary club in that countryand Maine, maybe not too far
from where you are.
Um, one of my new best friendsis in Beirut, really lovely
lady.
(15:09):
And the international conferenceis in Dubai, was in Calgary this
year in Canada, which wasterrific.
And um, two years from now it'sin Dubai.
So she and I hope to meet upthen.
But just a great organizationand and involved with all sorts
of different things.
So it isn't just one, it isn'tjust, for example, one focus
(15:31):
only.
It's a whole plethora, a wholebuffet of opportunities where
you are supporting um raisingmoney to support these different
in-need organizations.
SPEAKER_01 (15:46):
I I I love the explanation of what that is.
I've always been a big volunteerand of different organizations,
and I love hearing about otherones because people are like,
okay, what's out there?
What can I do?
And if they have an idea, ifsomebody explains it to them,
then they're more likely to getinvolved.
So thank you so much.
SPEAKER_02 (16:03):
You're welcome.
Thank you for asking.
SPEAKER_01 (16:05):
So is there any other things that you'd love to
share with us today, Nancy?
SPEAKER_02 (16:10):
Well, I think uh just in summary, is no, is to
own your life.
I mean, obviously, we're runningour lives so fast that we forget
to just simply own it.
I mean, the fact that we'restill alive when we see what in
the world's going on is a tripleA1 privilege.
And so don't feel that you'rebeing too selfish when you make
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yourself the priority to be thebest that you possibly can be.
Because when you're at yourbest, then you're able to share
and give back to others, and notjust financially, but also in
terms of your time and yoursupport to make that other
person feel on top of theirgame.
SPEAKER_01 (16:48):
Oh, I love that.
Thank you so much.
I've actually really enjoyedthis.
Uh, do you have do you want toshare your website with our
listeners today?
SPEAKER_02 (16:57):
What um what I encourage people to do is send
me an email, which means it goesinto our database.
And as we come up with newthings, you'll be the first to
know.
And uh, you can alwaysunsubscribe.
We're on all the social media,and so when you send through
your podcast recording, we'llpush it out on our social media.
But my email is nancy atwomenworthwellness.com.
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Nancy at womenworthwellness.com.
SPEAKER_01 (17:26):
Perfect.
Thank you so much, Nancy.
It has been such a pleasurechatting with you today.
Likewise.
Likewise.
Have a great day.
Thanks, Candace.
You also, and to all of ouramazing listeners, thank you so
much for listening to Nancy andmyself.
We had a great time chatting,but I also want you to go check
out the other women on thispodcast series, Season of Shift.
(17:47):
There is so many extraordinarywomen doing so many things out
there.
And the Diva Set Care is allabout support, encouragement,
and just being authentic andhelping one another.
So if one of these women reallyreaches out to you and they pull
at your heartstrings, pleasereach out with to them because I
think it's really important tomake those connections.
Also, make sure that you're outthere doing something kind
(18:08):
today.
All right.
Take care, everyone.
Have a wonderful day.
SPEAKER_00 (18:12):
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