Financial Autonomy for Women: The Podcast

Working on your 2025 goals and can't believe we're already halfway through the year? 

Same!

Mary Polanco--leadership and wellness expert, thought leader, author, entrepreneur and US Air Force veteran--joins me on the show for our mid-year 2025 Vision Check In episode. 

Mary and I originally talked over New Years about ditching resolutions and the how and why of engaging a "VISION" for 2025 instead. 

And, we committed to meeitng qua...

This 10 min episode tells you everything that you need to know about the investment advisory firm I launched this year: New Paradigm Wealth Advisory, LLC. 

Why start my own firm? 

Because I was sick and tired of being sick and tired of women clients coming to me and telling me that they felt judged, shamed, and overlooked when they met with male financial advisors. 

Plain and simple: my firm is a no-judgement, no-shame space where ...

Begin harnessing the power of your brain's natural capcities to make your goals a reality. 

In this episode, I talk with Tanya Tarr, MS, NBC-HWC, behavioral scientist and executive health coach. She's studied human behavior for over 20 years and her insights will help you understand the "cheat codes" to help your brain help you achieve your goals. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• How our brain is the "original algorithm"--what...

How's your 2025 VISION going? 

Whether or not you listened to my New Years 2024/25 episode with leadership and wellness expert and author Mary Polanco or not, this episode is full of strategies to help you continue pursuing your goals in 2025.

After Mary and I talked at the end of 2024, we committed to talking again quarterly to check in our visions. 

In this episode, Mary and I recap our original 2025 visions and how they're goin...

DIVORCE/UNCOUPLING: A difficult journey and sometimes a necessary one.

If you are considering separation, divorce, or uncoupling from your parnter, this is the episode for you! (Even if you're not...every woman should listen to this episode).

I had the good fortune to talk with Nikki Tucker, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®) and founder of The FIIRM Approach, on what every woman in a relationship should do to make sure sh...

CONSUMPTION: We need to do it to survive...so, how do we make sure it's mindful to support our wellbeing? 

Jaelyn Vickery, LSW and I talk about this question and many others as we explore what "Disordered Consumption" is, how it works, and how it can affect our finances and other aspects of our lives. 

Jaelyn and I talk about: 

• What "Disordered Consumption" means as Jaelyn continues to explore it in her therapy practice and re...

As a human, your nervous system is connected to all aspects of your life--and money is no different. 

In this episode, I have the privilege of talking with Diana Yañez, CFP®, RLP® about how our nervous system wellbeing and our financial wellbeing are intimately connected. Diana is a money coach at All the Colors, a wealth manager at Strategy Squad and the host of the podcast Highly Sensitive Money.

Diana and I talk about: 

• The...

Why on earth would I need to give myself permission to make BIG money? 

On the surface, it seems counterintuitive. Obviously. 

But...there are many social norms and expectations that may be keeping you from giving yourself this permission, especially as someone that has received the gendered conditioning that comes with being assigned the female sex at birth. 

In this episode, I talk with Taylor Gilbert, licensed clinical social wo...

Forget about making resolutions for the new year, and create your VISION for the new year instead.

Mary Polanco, leadership and resilience expert, author, and United States Air Force veteran, joins me on this episode to talk about harnessing something far more powerful, impactful and creative than resolutions to create the life we want--our VISION. 

Resolutions perpetuate the idea that we, as individuals, are problems to be solved-...

In this quick episode of Financial Autonomy for Women: The Personal Finance Podcast, we talk about why voting matters to preserve our Financial Autonomy. 

In this episode I talk about:

• My personal story of understanding my privilege and evolving civic engagement
• The fairly recent milestones and rights US law has created for women and their money
• How our voice at the polls helps to protect our Financial Autonomy and our basic a...

Individuals who experience life with an ADHD diagnosis can often encounter challenges when managing their money.

In this episode, I sit down with Mariah Hudler, LCSW, MBA, CFT-I ™--mental health practitioner, Financial Therapist, business owner and someone who identifies as having ADHD--to talk about positive and often undervalued aspects of ADHD behaviors that can be a benefit in the financial realm.

Mariah supports her clients ex...

Our perception of our financial situation and our actual financial situation are two different things. 

In this episode, I talk with independant Financial Planner and Advisor Katie Kelbrants about the phenomenon of Money Dysmorphia--when the perception of our finanicial situation and our actual financial situation significantly diverge. 

Listen for insights on: 

• How our perception of our financial situation can drive our money...

Can BUDGETING actually be "joyful"?

Hard to believe, but...YES, it can. 

In this episode I talk with Marin Laukka, Joyful Budgeting coach and founder of Yes& by Marin.

So many gems in this episode. Here are the highlights: 

• How too much focus on "restriction" in budgeting can lead to burnout
• Working on the numbers and the mindset--together--helps us get to our goals
• Budgeting and its connection to choice, which naturally leads...

Pop Quiz: What's the longest relationship you'll have in your life? 

Answer: Your relationship with Money! 

That's right. We'll be in a relationship with money longer than any other relationship in our lives. 

To honor that relationship, I sat down with Aja Evans, Financial Therapist and author of the forthcoming book Feel Good Finance (available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble) to talk about the wisdom she's accumulated...

Chances are, you know what you "should" do with your money--it's actually doing it that's the hard part. 

You know why?--you're a human being! 

In this insightful and energizing conversation with Fin Tech founder Jessica Baier, we talk all the ways that mindfulness can support us in better understanding our motivations around money, tapping into our values, and increasing our overall wellbeing. 

This conversation is a GAME CHANGER!...

Research tells us that women end up faring less well than men after divorce.

That was true for my guest for this episode--Abigail Lipson, licensed Realtor® and the founder and owner of SmartEgg Properties. 

But not for long. 

After her divorce, Abigail found herself rebuilding her finances and laying the groundwork for what has become a successful property management company. 

ANd, here's the best part--she's on a mission to bring ...

You CANNOT miss this episode!

Life+work coach, speaker, author, podcaster, Tami Hackbarth--and I break it down for you to kick off a new year: "How to Be Great at Anything." 

Tami and I talk about: 

• How to break through the obstacles that are holding you back (spoiler alert: it's an inside job!)
• Why we need accountability to build the lives we long for 
• Challenging our long-held beliefs about ourselves, the world, what's possi...

If you're making "good money" you still need to do the things in this episode to MAXIMIZE that good money. 

Maximizing that good paycheck leads to more

• wealth
• peace of mind
• stability 

Could you use some of those? I thought so. 

In this episode, I tell you:

• Why we need to maximize our paychecks (spoiler alert!--it has to do with gender pay/wealth inequity...) 
• The 2 things you're not off the hook on just because you ...

Is asking for a raise hard for you? How about raising your prices with customers? Is negotiating a higher salary so anxiety inducing that you avoid it altogether?

If you've answered "yes" to any of the above, then this episode is for you! 

In this episode, I talk about the two main areas we need to focus on in order to step into the empowerment needed to ask for the pay we deserve and feel good about it: our MINDSET and our COMMUNI...