In today's uncertain job market, layoffs are happening across every industry. If you're lying awake wondering if your position is safe, or if you've recently been let go and feel like your world just crashed down, this episode is for you.

Everyone's pushing the 'start a side business' solution, but what if you need income NOW? What if you have no emergency fund and bills to pay?

In this episode, I share my personal story of losing my job with zero financial buffer - and the strategic moves I made that transformed my biggest career crisis into my greatest breakthrough. You'll learn why your job loss isn't about your worth, how to calm your nervous system enough to think clearly, and practical steps to take when you're starting from scratch.

This isn't feel-good fluff. This is real-world wisdom from me who's been where you are.

Key Topics Covered:

Why Job Loss Feels Personal

• How we confuse our job with our identity and worth
• The emotional betrayal when relationships at work end in business decisions
• Understanding employment as energy exchange, not validation

My Personal Story

• Getting laid off with zero emergency fund
• The 2 AM panic and shame spiral
• Swallowing pride to take a "smaller" job as nervous system strategy
• How temporary work became a decade-long passion career

The Neuroscience of Financial Fear

• Why panic mode shuts down clear thinking
• The critical role of meditation in rewiring your brain
• How to calm your nervous system enough to make smart decisions

Practical Action Steps

• Emergency planning when you have no buffer
• Strategic networking without desperation energy
• Taking temporary work as bridge, not failure

Want to go deeper? Join my free training 'From Financial Panic to Financial Peace' at https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/peace

Are you tired of feeling overwhelmed by your finances but don't want to become a financial guru to figure it out?

In this episode, I break down the exact 3 steps that transformed my relationship with money—and they have nothing to do with budgeting apps or investment strategies.

What You'll Learn:

Must-Do #1: Get Out of Survival Mode First 

• Why you can't make good financial decisions when you're in panic mode 
• The first step to take if you've been laid off or need money urgently
• How to get an honest snapshot of your financial situation (even when it's scary)
• Why facing the truth is always better than living in fear

Must-Do #2: Learn to Let Go of Fear and Panic

• The connection between your money beliefs and your financial reality
• Why your current money story is creating your current money situation
• How to create space in your heart and mind for clear thinking
• The difference between reactive fear-based actions and intentional dream-based actions

Must-Do #3: Paint the Vision of Your Financial Future 

• How to shift from running away from fear to moving toward your dreams 
• The power of feeling your future financial reality before it happens
• Why visualization isn't just "woo-woo"—it's belief-building
• Tools for daily practice: meditation, journaling, and the MAP process

Key Takeaway: You have to BE the financially confident woman first, then you'll naturally DO the things financially confident women do, and finally HAVE the financial freedom you want.

Connect with me: 

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsinghsidhu/
• Join my program waitlist: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/5m
• Subscribe to my podcast: https://sharonsinghsidhu.com/podcast

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Busy working moms straddling a job, side business and family don't have time to waste! That's why I love time and energy saving hacks like this one I share in today's episode.

People always ask me how I get so much done as a full-time working mom, primary earner and caregiver, and business owner. Well, listen to this week's episode to find out how!

Building your dreams doesn't have to cost you your sleep, energy, and mental wellbeing once you learn how to do things in creative ways. 

Remember, if you found this episode useful, please rate the show and share with other moms struggling with work-life balance, thank you!

This week I speak with Snehal Ponde, Life & Career Coach and a certified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) practitioner. What makes Snehal’s journey from an HR professional to a Coach special, is how she decided to pursue her passion for Coaching while battling Stage 4 breast cancer.

Snehal and her husband moved to Singapore from Mumbai in 2019. In April 2020, the couple welcomed a healthy baby boy. She got detected with breast cancer when her baby was five-months old and had to initiate her treatment immediately since the cancer had spread to her lungs, liver and bone. 

The last 16 months has seen her undergoing chemotherapy, hormonal therapy and radiation. Despite the pain and problems associated with cancer and its treatment, Snehal was determined not to allow cancer to define who she is and what she does.

While her treatment is still on, she is keen on speaking about her journey, in her quest to spread awareness about breast cancer, finding her passion and not treating cancer like a death sentence. 

We go beyond talking about her cancer to discuss spirituality, one of my favourite topics. No one would fault Snehal if she had a negative perspective on life, but what’s so inspiring is that in spite of everything she’s going through - the uncertainties, fears, doubts and more - Snehal remains positive and determined to live life fully.

If you’re at a place where you feel everything is at a deadend, listen to this episode to get a wider perspective on life and your incredible power to make a difference. You’ll be inspired by Snehal’s story.

RESOURCES

Snehal’s Instagram @blue_lotus_coach and website

Snehal’s mobile: +85-88309484 

Sofie Hon’s LinkedIn Post

The Channel News Asia article I referred to:

Fighting stage 4 breast cancer: New mum shares her story while still in chemotherapy

This week, I spoke with Dr Deborah Ward about the consequences of basing our self-worth on financial success. I was interested in this topic because I wanted to understand why some people place so much importance on financial success compared with others. I learned from Dr Ward that it’s because some people derive their sense of self-worth from how financially successful they are. We also discussed what to do if you’re someone like that.

Besides the topic of deriving self-worth from financial success, Dr Ward also shares her insights and experiences about why she decided to pursue a career in academia and what you’ll need to be aware of if you’re considering going into academia. We talked about the key to success for a career in research, like the need for collaboration, of finding good mentors, how to view failure differently, and the tenacity, independence and balance needed to thrive. 

Dr. Deborah Ward recently graduated with her Ph.D. in Social-Personality Psychology from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She earned her B.A. in Liberal Arts from Muhlenberg College, where she double majored in Psychology and Russian Studies, and her M.S. in Psychology from Villanova University. Currently, Dr. Ward is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Saginaw Valley State University.

Broadly, Dr. Ward studies topics related to identity threat. People are susceptible to identity-threat when they receive negative feedback related to important aspects of the self (e.g., competence, appearance). Much of her work revolves around the consequences of basing self-worth on financial success. 

More recently, she has applied this work to academic contexts with the goal of understanding how to identify circumstances – in the classroom or university-wide – that could threaten students’ self-esteem or self-efficacy, and potentially discourage them from meeting or pursuing academic goals. Dr. Ward has also conducted research on numerous other topics, including romantic relationships, economic inequality, cultural norms, and coping with stressors.

I’m grateful to Dr Ward for sharing her perspective, wisdom and insights from her work and her own journey and I know you’ll enjoy this one!

You can connect with Dr Ward through email at deward@svsu.edu

This week’s episode is with Ashleigh Rennie. Ashleigh is a conversion copywriter and copy strategist. She works with high-performing business women all over the world, who are looking to increase their impact, expand their audience, and connect with their communities in the most authentic and human way imaginable.

It was Siobhain Danaher, one of my previous guests, who introduced me to Ashleigh because Ashleigh had written a blog post about how having to adapt to changing financial circumstances has led to the kind of relationship she has with money. We also talked about how she ended up doing what she does now, which is to help women entrepreneurs discover and speak in their truest and most authentic voice. 

These 2 themes of money and authenticity couldn’t have come at a better time as this podcast transitions from one that used to primarily discuss our relationship with money to one that now is all about helping you follow your passions and pursue your dreams to create a life your heart desires. To do that, you have to find who your true self is. You can’t speak in your authentic voice, or say and do what your heart desires if you don’t know who your true self even is.

Ashleigh also recommends a book, The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, which is a 12-week workbook that I’m now halfway through and I thoroughly enjoy and suggest you pick up if you want to find your inner voice and creativity that is essential to living a life of passion and doing what your heart loves.

I see all this happening in perfect timing to support this transition for the podcast and for me personally in finding and speaking in my most authentic, true voice, from my heart. All of which is to say how everything is always happening synchronously for us, if we care to pay attention.

Ashleigh is so much fun to talk to and please check out her website and follow her on Instagram. Her newsletters are always a blast and she has an awesome quiz to find out your brand’s unique voice. The links are found below.

RESOURCES

Ashleigh’s website and Instagram (@thestoryteamldn)

Ashleigh’s blog post - Grateful For Growing Up Poor: AKA Let’s Talk About Money

Take Ashleigh’s Quiz to find out your brand’s voice

The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron

Siobhain’s episode - There Are Multiple Paths to Financial Freedom - What's Yours? With Siobhain Danaher

Natalie’s episode - Create Freedom in Your Business & Adventure in Life with Natalie Sisson

This episode explains why I decided to rebrand The Financially Free Woman Podcast into The Two Point Zero Podcast and what you can expect from the show in 2022 and beyond.

You can listen to these interviews on https://twopointzero.me/podcast

Don’t forget to sign up to my newsletter to be updated whenever new episodes are ready. You can sign up at https://twopointzero.me/newsletter

If my guests helped you in some way, please let them know! I hope you stick around by following the show and please leave a review on Apple Podcast if you enjoyed the show.

Thanks for listening!

This week’s episode is a continuation of where we left off from Episode 052 with Lagom Kids. 

When I asked co-founder of Lagom Kids, Anna if she had any final advice at the end of the episode for you listeners, she suggested for women to ‘freeze your eggs!’. 

Well that intrigued me and we had a brief chat about it after the interview and I found out a little more about her personal journey with IVF. That’s how we also talked about Linda Locke from last week’s episode. Linda was Anna’s mentor through her IVF journey.

If you’re wondering whether you should freeze your eggs, or know a loved one or friend who is considering this, or maybe you just want to learn a bit more about this topic, then I hope Anna’s honest and open sharing will give you some insight from her perspective. 

I really appreciate Anna offering to share this personal experience in the hope of helping someone out there. Don’t forget to let Anna know if what she’s shared helped you in some way. 

Enjoy!

RESOURCES

Episode with Lagom Kids

Episode with Linda Locke

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsinghsidhu/

This week’s podcast is an epic one!

I talked to Linda Locke, accomplished leader in the advertising industry, IVF warrior, children’s book author and great grandniece of Agnes Joaquim, the brilliant woman who created the first hybrid orchid and Singapore’s national flower, the Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid in 1893.

We talked about her advancement as graphic designer to senior leadership in the tough industry of advertising, her heart wrenching and triumphant journey with IVF, how she helped to shape the history of IVF in Singapore and so much more. 

Linda shares her wisdom about succeeding as a woman in a fast-paced, highly demanding industry like advertising and when she switched gears with her decision to become a mom. That decision led her right into her next role as IVF warrior and again, Linda is a trailblazer here, helping to shape Singapore’s IVF policy. 

Here are the key points Linda touches on about that she thinks helped her succeed:

• Be persistent in getting the results you want.
• When things don’t work out the way you want them to or when you encounter challenges, overcome them if you can. If you can’t, find a way to work around them. 
• Look for solutions and learn how to communicate your ideas and solutions effectively so that people buy into your vision.
• Get the results for people so that they trust that you’re the person who can help them.
• Build trust by being authentic so people know what they see is what they get.
• Be transparent and direct with the truth.
• Be self-aware and know your strengths and weaknesses. Use your strengths and have people around you who can complement your weaknesses.
• Have mentors who can guide you and help you get better at what you do.
• Don’t be afraid to ask questions when you don’t know, then apply what you learnt. 
• Think big, have a vision that’s beyond yourself, then find the resources to make that vision happen.

Linda’s tenacity and resilience is clear when you hear her talk about her career and  IVF journey. You will be inspired. 

This was such a wonderful conversation, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it and learn a lot in the process!

RESOURCES

Episode with Lagom Kids

Godmotherbooks website

Godmotherbooks Instagram

Linda Locke’s books on Epigram

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsinghsidhu/

When I embarked on my journey to find out how I could live a financially free life where I could break free from the tyranny of being worried and stressed out about not having enough money for the lifestyle I wanted for me and our kids, I never thought I'd find it in MINDFULNESS.

As I delved deeper into mindfulness, I discovered that practising mindfulness is exactly the thing that brought the peace of mind, confidence and a sense of abundance and gratitude about money that I was searching for. It wasn’t making more money that did it for me. It was through mindfulness that I found the security and reassurance I'd always been looking for externally - be that in other people, my education and qualifications or my job. 

The practice of mindfulness has helped me to stop stressing about money and still enjoy life, even while paying off our 6-figure business debt, even through having my income reduced because of the pandemic, and living with the uncertainties of corporate life during a period of mergers and acquisitions. 

Listen to this episode to learn how mindfulness can help you stress less over your money and financial life.

Finally, if you found this episode useful, please share it with someone you think would benefit from it, and follow the show on Apple Podcast and leave a review.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonsinghsidhu/

This week’s episode is a fun one with Anna & Toni who run Lagom Kids, the first homegrown kids retail and activity brand to use comfort, exploration and experience to inspire play to learn and discover this beautiful world of ours. 

Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just right” and Anna & Toni share how they are using the theme of Goldilocks & The Three Bears to bring children on a journey of self-discovery and growth with the idea of "not too little and not too much" by seeking out what is "just right" for them. This is how our kids will experience and live a life of happiness.

Toni and Anna from Lagom Kids may have grown up worlds apart, but they shared the same free spirit of adventure, exploration, and self-discovery as young girls. They bring their passion and collective life experience as individuals, wives and mothers with their own families to inspire play, stories and confidence to a new generation of children.

I loved this conversation with Anna & Toni because we talked about not just how they came to start, run, grow and evolve their business but also:

• Working as two very different people and learning to complement each other
• Thriving in retail amidst COVID-19
• Evolving a new part of the business that is serving such an important need for our kids by encouraging self-discovery, creativity and imagination
• Making choices, staying present, freezing our eggs and so much more!

This is a must-listen for all you women & moms. And check out the following resources mentioned on the show.

Resources

• Lagom Kids Website
• Imagination Kits
• Instagram is @lagomkids 

Don’t forget to let Anna & Toni know how what they’ve shared has helped you. Take a screenshot of the podcast episode and tag Lagom Kids (@lagomkids) and me (@sharonsinghsidhu) on Instagram and tell us what you did differently or learned after listening to the podcast!

Finally, if you found this episode useful, please share it with someone you think would benefit from it, and follow the show on Apple Podcast and leave a review.

This week’s guest is Gretta Scholten, a certified life and time management coach. She helps women overcome overwhelm, procrastination, analysis paralysis so they can create habits and routines they love and feel productive and fulfilled every single day. 

What I love about Gretta and her story is her resilience and tenacity around money which comes through so clearly when you talk to her. As a breadwinner and dealing with moments of having a negative account balance, Gretta shares how even despite such challenging times, she’s been able to coach herself and adopt the mindset necessary to create money in her life.

I found Gretta’s grounded energy to be very calming and reassuring. I’m impressed by Gretta’s rapid transition from Occupational Therapist to Life & Time Management Coach and how she’s managed to deal with the financial pressure on a new business in such a calm, rational and spiritual way. 

Gretta shares so much valuable insights about:

• How to go for what your heart wants (also known as desire) and to start before you’re ready even though your brain’s always going to talk you out of it because it’s trying to keep you safe.
• How money can be easy instead of always feeling difficult. Gretta shares openly about how she deals with scary moments of a negative account balance.
• How not to throw money at problems thinking that money will solve them. Learn the process that Gretta uses to ensure whatever money she spends helps her deal with a problem.
• The key to getting the things that are important to you done and how to develop self-trust to become the person who always follows through.  
• And so much more!

A big thank you to Samantha Siffring @samanthahms as well for the introduction to Gretta. I connected with Gretta through Samantha’s podcast and coaching program - both which I highly recommend!

Resources

• Gretta’s website
• Gretta’s Instagram is @gretta_scholten
• Brooke Castillo’s Self Coaching Scholars Program
• Episode 024 with Samantha Siffring - Hear how “Mama to CEO” Founder, Samantha Siffring, Took Her Business from $40 to A Million Dollars in 12 Months
• Samantha Siffring’s Podcast Interview with Gretta Scholten

Don’t forget to let Gretta know how what she shared has helped you. Take a screenshot of the podcast episode and tag Gretta (@gretta_scholten) and me (@sharonsinghsidhu) on Instagram and tell us what you did differently after listening to the podcast!

Finally, if you found this episode useful, please share it with someone you think would benefit from it, and follow the show on Apple Podcast and leave a review.

This week’s guest is Kelsey Kerslake, CEO, Creative Director, and Business Coach at Pinegate Road and the Aligned Business Academy.

Over the last decade Kelsey has helped hundreds of online business owners build their brands and online presences. She believes deeply that everyone has the potential to make their dreams a reality and has a passion for supporting online service providers, coaches, and educators to help them lead business and live lives that are fulfilling AND profitable.

We talked about how Kelsey turned her fun side hustle into her current branding agency while working a corporate job at American Greetings before deciding to strike out on her own as a business owner when she started earning more from her side hustle than her full-time job. 

This was such a valuable lesson in financial mindset, decision making, taking risks, overcoming fears and so much more!

Some of the things we talked about were:

• How to make decisions from your ‘future self’ instead of from fear.
• How to run a profitable business even without having any formal business training or background and how she grew her team to help her continue to grow her business while working her full-time corporate job. 
• Kelsey’s time management process by working from her ideal schedule.
• How to charge the ‘right’ price for your services or products. This was a fantastic crash course by Kelsey on Pricing! I loved this portion of our chat getting business advice from Kelsey including the mindset needed to succeed at this level of financial success
• Getting over the fear of taking risks financially for her business.
• The peace that comes from being financially free.
• And more!

Resources

• https://pinegateroad.com
• https://pinegateroad.com/academy/
• Instagram @kelseykerslake
• The Aligned Business Podcast

Don’t forget to let Kelsey know how what she shared has helped you gain a new insight or try something new - like charging the price you really want instead of what you think people will pay!

Finally, if you found this episode useful, please share it with someone you think would benefit from it, and follow the show on Apple Podcast and leave a review.

Do the work you can't not do. This is how work no longer becomes work, and you work because you want to, not because you have to. 

Isn't that what many define financial freedom to be? Yet, many people don't take this leap due to practical and financial concerns about being able to provide for their family. 

In this episode, I share the wisdom from others with clout and connections, who have become sought after rather than desperately seeking clients. This is something I'm working on to grow my own career coaching business for moms. 

I hope it inspires you to go after your dreams and do the work you love.

Resources

• Show Your Work by Austin Kleon
• Lindsay Kough's LinkedIn post about humans being the algorithm

‘Don’t give up!’

‘Winners don’t quit! Quitters don’t win!’

Don’t you ever sometimes feel so sick of hearing so much ‘ra-ra’ motivational talk?

Especially when you’ve been giving your all, pressing on, never giving up...until now.

You feel like you’ve had enough, and you just want to throw in the towel.

Well, that might actually be a very good idea!

What? 

Yes, in this week’s episode, I talk about how giving up actually helped me achieve my goals.

When you feel like you’ve had enough, it may just be a sign for you to give up the fight.

I mean give up fighting and resisting the current situation you find yourself in.

As much as you don’t like it, and wished you were somewhere else, thinking like that is precisely what’s preventing you from achieving your goals and dreams!

Listen to this week’s episode to learn how to ‘give up’ so that you can actually get what you want.

This week, I talked to Kate Kordsmeier, writer, educator, and creative entrepreneur.

For nearly a decade, Kate was a full-time, freelance journalist for over 125 magazines, newspapers and websites, including USA Today, EatingWell, Cooking Light, Travel + Leisure, The Washington Post, Forbes, Esquire, Women’s Health, Clean Eating, Wine Enthusiast, SELF and Real Simple. She’s also the author of the cookbook Atlanta Chef’s Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Big Peach.

In October 2015, after being diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), Leaky Gut Syndrome (IBS), and hypothyroidism, and subsequently healing her symptoms naturally, Kate created Root + Revel, a holistic wellness blog with a focus on true mind-body-soul health.

After turning the blog into a profitable, six-figure business, Kate started getting questions from people nearly daily about how she did it. So she started The Six-Figure Blog Academy, her digital course where Kate empowers her students with actionable advice and inspirational content to help them make their dreams of being their own boss a reality. 

We talked about Kate’s journey from journalist to blogger to running her 6-figure business, the tactics and strategies, and more interestingly, the money mindsets needed to grow your business and income. 

Listen to the episode here: https://twopointzero.me/kate-kordsmeier

Resources

• Kate’s website and podcast
• Kate’s Instagram
• Get your free gift from Kate
• Root & Revel

What would you do if your job was costing you your health?

How would you transition into the next phase of your professional and personal life?

This is what we discussed in this episode with Cara Chace, former Special Agent, Metalhead, and a Pinterest Expert and most recently, helping business owners find balance between their business and their personal life.

Cara helps online entrepreneurs triple their Pinterest traffic so they don’t have to market their business 24/7. Talking to Cara, I felt like she was the embodiment of work-life balance!

Every move in her business has been focused working smarter, not harder, whether it’s through her work of helping business owners use of Pinterest as a marketing tool or with her latest venture, Work Better, Live Well

Cara has been balancing her aversion to rules and bosses with the need for structure since 2013, when she had her first child and took on the role of social media manager for Megadeth and their 13 million online fans. After realizing being a work-from-home entrepreneur was the best fit for her life, she built a digital marketing agency from scratch, had another kid, navigated constantly shifting priorities and life demands...and made it her mission to Work Better Live Well.

Listen to this week’s episode to learn how you too, can begin to put systems in place in your life to work better and live well!

https://twopointzero.me/cara-chace

Amber Bruseke is a Registered Nurse, Personal Trainer, Crossfit Level 1 Coach, the founder of MACROS 101 and the host of the Top 15 nutrition podcast: Biceps After Babies Radio. Amber is also a wife and a mom to 4 kids. Amber works with women who need to jump start their fitness goals, from losing fat, gaining muscle, or simply developing a better relationship with food.

We talked about how Amber transitioned and evolved from stay-at-home mom to becoming a one-on-one personal trainer and now, a 7-figure entrepreneur running her business, Biceps After Babies.

Find out how in order to achieve success you sometimes have to go ‘backwards’ before you can move forward, what the biggest thing Amber had to do to grow her business to 7-figures and more!

Connect with Amber @bicepsafterbabies on instagram or her website at https://bicepsafterbabies.com

In this episode, I speak with Natalie Sisson. Natalie is a New Zealand entrepreneur, three times bestselling author, speaker, host of the ‘Untapped’ podcast and handstand lover. 

After ditching a successful corporate career and co-founding a technology company, Natalie decided to monetise her humble, 6-month old blog, The Suitcase Entrepreneur, into a multiple-six figure online education platform back in 2010. 

In her efforts to continuously innovate, Natalie, the OG of digital nomads, turned that content and knowledge into 8 different revenue streams including digital products, courses, workshops, international retreats, and coaching. These days, she’s passionate about helping women tap into their potential and get paid to be them, so they make an income and impact, simply by being them. 

Listen to the episode as we explore Natalie’s journey and find out how you can make a living with your talents and passions! 

RESOURCES

Main Website: nataliesisson.com

Book Website: thefreedomplan.co

Website: suitcaseentrepreneur.com

Episode mentioned ‘When Too Much Change is Dangerous

Link to Natalie’s books

Kate Saffle is a life coach for moms, host of the Streamlined Motherhood Podcast, and a mama of 3. She coaches moms on how to use mindset and brass tacks strategy to create a happier and more purposeful life for themselves and their families. 

We talk about how Kate went from feeling stuck, disconnected, and disillusioned as a mom to creating and living her dream life today.

Today, Kate runs her business that supports her family, right out of their RV! Learn the exact steps and mindset strategies Kate adopted to make her dream an everyday reality.

Connect with Kate:

Kate’s

Podcast: Happier in Motherhood 

Website: thestreamlinedlife.com

Instagram: instagram.com/happierinmotherhood

Facebook: facebook.com/happierinmotherhood

Get Kate’s Visualization Toolkit

What would it be like if you no longer have to worry about your weight?

You could eat whatever you want, whenever you want, and be healthy.

How freeing would that be for you?

This is exactly what my guest today, Beth Smeeton, Intuitive Eating Coach helps you with.

We talk about the similarities between the disordered behaviours so many women have with food and money that’s defined by deprivation, shame, guilt and control.

Plus Beth shares practical advice and tips to anyone who wants to try Intuitive Eating, or help someone they love get a healthier relationship with food.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

• How Beth became an Intuitive Eating Coach and the evolution of her own relationship with food
• What is Intuitive Eating?
• How does one start Intuitive Eating?
• The biggest challenge most people face when they start Intuitive Eating
• How to overcome challenges with Intuitive Eating
• And more!

Listen to the episode to hear more about Beth’s journey.

RESOURCES

• www.bethsmeetoncoaching.com
• @beth_smeeton - instagram
• @beth_smeeton - TikTok

This week’s episode is with Elizabeth Lee, or Liz as she is known. Liz left her corporate job as Head of Consumer Planning with Diageo right before the pandemic, to start her coaching business which she had been doing for the past 8 years as a side hustle.

Liz offers coaching services to professional women who are looking to find their passion and purpose in life. She offers 2 signature programs, ‘Reigniting your Passion for Life & Living' and YB12 (Having the Best Year of Your Life). 

We talk about Liz’s interesting journey going from employee to entrepreneur and her unexpected success as a face yoga teacher too!

This was a fun conversation with a new friend and we got honest and transparent about the path of entrepreneurship. It’s not always what you’d expect, but every step is worth it because you get to learn a lot about yourself. 

RESOURCES

Check out Liz’s work and connect with her:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-lee-5204704/
• https://lizleecoaching.com/
• https://www.instagram.com/lizleefaceyoga/
• Contact Liz at liz@lizleecoaching.com

Monica Louie is a Facebook and Instagram Ads strategist and helps ambitious online entrepreneurs increase their impact with high-converting ads. Facebook and Instagram Ads wasn’t where Monica first started though. Monica made the switch from corporate employee in financial services to entrepreneur because of her desire to spend more time with her kids while making money so that she could continue to contribute to the family income. 

We talk about her journey from corporate employee, to personal finance blogger and finally to what she does with passion today. Along the way, she and her husband also paid off $120,000 of debt in 2 short years on a single, middle-class income!

Monica’ story is inspiring on so many levels that I could relate with as I’m sure you will too. 

Key Takeaways from this episode:

• The steps towards reaching your dreams and desires aren't always all laid out in front of you before you take the first step. It’s the twists, turns, detours, backtracks that are the necessary steps to take towards them. Keep trying and have faith it will work out.
• It’s possible to be a sought after expert in a space where you could be a beginner in now. Monica never saw herself as a Facebook & Instagram Ad expert back when she was thinking about starting her own business. It was paying attention to the feedback from other people she was getting and the results she was seeing that led her there.
• Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there to tell people what you do and how you help.
• How Facebook Ads can help you grow your business and the common questions Monica gets about Facebook Ads.
• And so much more!

Listen to the episode to hear more about Monica’s story!

RESOURCES

• Learn more about Monica’s online training program, Flourish with Facebook Ads.  
• Download Monica’s free Facebook Ads Starter Kit here.
• Listen to Monica’s coaching call with Michelle Vroom that we mentioned in the episode here.
• Connect with Monica on Instagram @flourishwithmonica.

Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, is a blogger, former teacher, and mom of 4 kids who founded the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, recommended by The Wall Street Journal in 2020 as the best online cooking class for kids. Her blog, Kitchen Stewardship helps families stay healthy without going crazy, and she’s on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child to cook as part of the Kids' Meal Revolution.

Connect with Katie:

• https://kidscookrealfood.com
• https://kitchenstewardship.com
• https://www.instagram.com/kidscookrealfood
• http://facebook.com/kidscookrealfood/
• http://facebook.com/kitchenstewardship
• https://youtube.com/kitchenstew
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/katie-kimball/
  
  

Whenever people hear that I work full-time, run a coaching business on the side all because I prioritize family, they wonder why and how.

Listen to this week's episode where I share why I do what I do.

I hope it inspires you to get really clear on what you truly want and why you do what you do.

Money goes beyond just the dollars and cents. 

We kinda know this in our heads, but do we live and apply this knowledge in our everyday lives?

Especially when we’re pressed a little bit financially?

As someone whose instinctive knee-jerk reaction to any kind of news that seemed to threaten my financial well-being was fear, worry and anxiety, I can tell you that unless you make a conscious effort to stay aware of how life is making you feel especially around money, it’s easy to let money worries completely take over.

So how can we live with more conscious awareness when it comes to something as practical and tangible to money?

This week’s podcast episode goes into greater detail to look at the spiritual and energetic side of money with financial freedom coach, Cindy Shaw. With over 30 years of corporate experience in financial services, Cindy now teaches you how to get your mind straight with money. Cindy empowers driven women to upgrade their money wellness so they can build their legacy and do good in the world. 

Key Takeaways from this episode:

• Taking practical actions with your money is important, but so is looking at money from a spiritual and energetic side, and how you’re using money to leave your legacy. Cindy calls it a marriage between financial literacy and understanding who we are.
• What blocks us from achieving the financial results we want in our lives.
• 8 sacred money archetypes and how knowing what yours is can help you achieve the vision you have for your financial life.
• Exercises you can do to help you develop money wellness
• And more!

Listen to the episode for even more great ideas on how you can start experiencing money wellness today.

RESOURCES

• You can find Cindy online at https://moneymasterseries.net
• Instagram @savvy.sacred 
• Facebook @SavvySacred by Cindy Shaw.

It’s easy to confuse the way to wealth and well-being as more ‘doing’ and ‘action’ alone, when actually, it’s when we’re able to do the inner soul work that everything else falls into place.

That doesn’t mean all you have to do is close your eyes and think about riches for it to land your lap. What it means is to find the balance between achievement externally that’s aligned to achievement internally in your soul.

My guest this week is Genecia Alluora, former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner, Business Coach and Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia.

Genecia talks about how she’s overcome being bullied and mocked in school to how she’s accomplished so much in her life today.

Genecia’s network connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program the F-word meaning - Being Fabulous, Having Freedom, Financial Independence and Family. 

Key Takeaways from this episode:

• The importance of aligning your inner soul with your external life for your well-being
• How starting from wherever you are, rather than waiting for perfection is what gets you the results you want
• The things that happen in your life happen for a reason - what are you learning from it and how are you using them to move forward?
• Failures are never just failures. They are stepping stones to real and true freedom.

I learned a lot from Genecia and I’m sure you’ll do too!

RESOURCES

• Connect with Genecia Alluoca on Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook
• Check out her website http://soulrichwoman.com/
• Download Genecia’s free ebook on Personal Branding and 7 Steps to Delegate 80% of Your To-Do List.
• The Straits Times article on Social Selling that Genecia talks about is here.

Do you grapple with reconciling your rational, logical mind and your intuitive, inner wisdom?

I know I have! Those of us raised in Western education have been trained to use our rational, logical minds much more than using our inner, intuitive, ‘sixth sense’. 

Dr Shirin was such a joy to talk to because she has combined her training in dentistry to do healing, energy work with her clients to help them reach a higher level of well-being.

Key Takeaways from this episode:

• The most successful business idea or the most successful lifestyle is when your heart, your head and your soul are in alignment - you don’t have to choose one over another.
• True health is when all 5 aspects of your being are functioning well - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic.
• How we all have living guides on what Dr Shirin calls the Voyage of our Soul
• Discovering and doing what really moves you rather than what you’ve been told you ought to do

Dr Shirin’s own story about how she ended up going from dentistry to coach, healer and teacher is gripping and a must listen, especially for those of you still believing you must choose either head over heart or heart over head!

Listen to Dr Shirin's story video here!
 

RESOURCES

• Connect with Dr Shirin on Facebook or email.
• Check out her website www.soulconnectionmastery.com

Today’s episode is all about what to do when things don’t go as planned.

I recorded this solo episode in real time as I was dealing with something with this podcast not going as planned at the very last minute this very episode was supposed to go live. 

It wasn’t even supposed to be this episode, but I wanted to show you exactly how I deal with things that don’t go as planned in real time. 

Key Takeaways

• The 4 things I did to get this podcast episode out
• How you can apply this to any other area of life that isn’t going the way you want it to.
• I also took the chance to share some exciting things coming up, that you don’t want to miss!

Listen to the episode here.

RESOURCES

• Get the free ebook I mentioned ‘5 Simple Steps for Busy Moms to Live A Financially Free Life Now’

Join the waitlist for the Moms Who Profit Program

Val Nelson is a career and business coach helping introverts with big hearts to hear and activate their true calling.

It is possible to do work you love with ease and tap into your values and strengths as an introvert or highly sensitive person (HSP).

Join me on this episode to learn more how you can do so.

In this episode, we discuss:

• What introversion and high sensitivity is and is not
• How to thrive in cultures where the opposite - extroversion - is dominant
• You’re not weird or have a disorder if you’re an introvert and highly sensitive person
• How you can be successful in your career or business as an introvert or highly sensitive person
• And so much more!

You don’t want to miss this episode - you’ll learn more about yourself if you’re an introvert or how to live with one if you’re an extrovert!

RESOURCES

• Connect with Val at www.valnelson.com
• Val’s instagram is @valnelson
• Get her Career Clarity Course.
• Dr Elaine Aron

I enjoyed this chat with Samantha so much especially when you hear how she took her business from $40 to a million bucks in 12 months! When you look behind the curtain though, this was an 'overnight' 17-year success story of lots of trial and error, discoveries and failures before Samantha found her sweet spot and how she could help. 

I took Samantha’s recent pop-up training course, Time Redesigned, on Facebook LIVE and Samantha truly walks her talk. She has the ability to focus on the core essentials to get real results. This is so critical for busy moms where it’s easy for us to get distracted with seemingly important stuff that doesn't really get us closer to our goals.

In this episode, we discuss:

• All the different business ventures Samantha tried out before her current million dollar business.
• How she decided this is what she wanted to do.
• The key ingredient to helping Samantha build her business to what it is today.
• The importance of having confidence and self-belief that somehow, she’ll figure it out. 
• And so much more!

You don’t want to miss this episode that’s packed with inspiration and practical actions!

RESOURCES

• Samantha Siffring IG (tag @samanthahms)
• All of Samantha’s links here: https://linktr.ee/samanthahms
• Smart Passive Income Podcast (tag @patflynn)
• Flourish to 7 Figures Podcast (tag@flourishwithmonica)  

Despite being down and out after a failed health episode in the peak of her life at 31 years old, Chief Painter and a local Crafterprenuer, Amelia is thankful today that she has found healing and solace through her craft business, Sunshine & Love. 

From being a self-taught craft artist to conducting corporate workshops with various institutions such as Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Nan Chiau Primary School, Rainbow Centre; having her first ever art installation “Paper Cut Silhouette Jar Lanterns” with Chinatown Heritage Centre; to seeking out meaningful collaborations with local crafters and businesses to build up the craft community in Singapore, she hopes to journey on and bring about good vibes through her art/work.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Amelia’s slide into catatonic depression - and what does that even mean?
• What it was like during those lowest times in her life
• Amelia’s road to recovery
• How she sees money and financial freedom from a different perspective
• What business means to her
• How she keeps herself going
• And so much more!

I’m really grateful for Amelia’s honesty, friendship and generosity. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

RESOURCES

• Visit Amelia at her website (http://www.sunshinenlove.com)
• Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/sunshinenlove) or 
• Instagram (http://www.instagram.com/sunshinenlove_sg) pages. 

Rita Kakati-Shah is an award-winning, gender, diversity, inclusion and career strategist, speaker, mentor and advisor to Fortune 500 companies. She founded Uma in response to her personal journey of motherhood, transitioning careers and entrepreneurship, and is dedicated to empowering women and minorities around the world. Prior to Uma, Rita lead Business Development globally in CNS healthcare. She began her professional career at Goldman Sachs in London, where she was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Citizenship and Diversity Award. 

Rita has been featured as an expert on multiple international television and news shows, interviewed and quoted in various podcasts and publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Thrive Global, Dell Technology, PRWeek and iHeartRadio. Rita also hosts the popular South Asian television show, The Uma Show, on Mana TV International. She’s a best-selling author, and has co-authored books on women in business, diversity and inclusion. 

Rita is also a trained and accomplished classical Indian dancer in the forms of Bharata Natyam and Xattriya, enjoys Post-Impressionist oil painting, is a foodie and loves trying new spots for afternoon tea around New York City, where she lives with her husband and two young children.

I’m so very honoured to have such an accomplished woman on my podcast so let’s get right to it!

In this episode, we discuss:

• What motivated Rita to leave a lucrative corporate job in Investment Banking at one of the top investment firms to pursue her purpose.
• How skills you learn in motherhood directly translates into skills you can use running a company.
• The number one thing stopping women and minorities from becoming who they want to be.
• How Rita uses scheduling and compartmentalizing to manage her time with her family and her business.
• What financial freedom means to Rita and how Uma embodies the qualities of freedom as well.

RESOURCES

• This is the article where I first interviewed Rita.
• Uma website
• Connect with Rita or Uma on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, 
• Email Uma.

Lisa Canning is a mom of 8 and for the past 10 years, has been running an interior design business that saw her hosting her own HGTV show, working with The Property Brothers, and appearing on lifestyle TV shows like The Marilyn Denis Show.

Lisa is a coach to busy moms, creator of the ‘Conquer your Calendar’ online productivity course and has written the book ‘The Possibility Mom’.

I first heard about Lisa on Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income show, so a big thank you to Pat Flynn as well whose podcast I highly recommend if you’re interested in building your own online business.

What we discuss on the episode:

• Lisa and I talk about how she’s built up her business while raising 8 kids and how she’s overcome the challenges along the way to keep going.
• This episode is loaded with precious nuggets of wisdom, life experiences, advice and such honesty and transparency about Lisa’s own struggles and challenges relating to money and what she did to go from more than $50k in debt to making over 6 figures in her business. 
• If you’re a busy working mom, or just someone finding yourself always short of time, struggling with overwhelm, battling the fear of failure or lacking in confidence in yourself and how to make your dreams a reality, this is a must-listen. 
• Get a pen and notepad and get ready to take notes!

RESOURCES

Connect with Lisa - @lisacanning

Lisa Canning’s Website 

Lisa’s course - Conquer Your Calendar

Lisa’s book - The Possibility Mom

OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED

Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income Episode 452 with Lisa Canning

Marie Forleo’s B-school 

January Donovan’s The Woman School 

Ryan Levesque’s The Ask Method

Today’s guest is Carolyn Law, Founder and Programme Planner for ARThaus a painting studio for enthusiasts from all walks of life. Carolyn’s also been my son’s art teacher for the past 5 years and Carolyn has been instrumental in guiding and nurturing his love and passion in art. 

I found out about Carolyn’s story as we met for coffee one day to chat about how she ended up doing what she’s doing now. It’s a great story of passion, grit, perseverance and resourcefulness to go for her dream and make it a reality. 

Inspired by her own different learning style and personality, Carolyn has had the dream since the age of 14, of one day running her very own unique art studio to teach art in a non-judgemental way that honors and respects all diverse learning styles, interests and personality.

That dream became a reality 11 years ago when ARThaus was born.

This was such a great chat. For anyone looking to hear firsthand from someone who literally took a childhood dream and turned it into a profitable business and turns the conventional notion of ‘starving artist’ on its head to becoming a thriving, inspirational, strong woman going after and living her dream every day, this is a MUST-LISTEN!

In this episode we talked about

• What’s needed to make your dream a reality besides just loving what you do
• What’s important to be able to make money from your passion
• What courage looks like when running your own business
• How serving others to the best of your ability is key to business survival 
• How Carolyn made the most money in the months during the COVID-19 lockdown than all the 11 years running ARThaus in a non-essential, enrichment service like Art!
• And so much more!

Connect with Carolyn or find out more about the programmes offered by ARThaus in the links below:

• ARThaus - Holiday Camps are available from now until the end of April ( Easter) 
• Contact Carolyn directly on her mobile: + 65 90230458
• Facebook 
• Instagram

If you liked what you heard, please

• Leave a review on Apple Podcast or anywhere you listened to this episode. Your review really helps the podcast get known and helps spread this very important message to more people that money doesn’t have to be a source of stress and anxiety. Money can be a source of joy, love, impact and inspiration. By using your talents and doing what you love, anyone can be financially free! Here’s how you can leave a review on Apple Podcast.
• Sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn how to master your relationship with money, have fun making money doing what you love, and be financially free!

I’m super excited to launch my RISE Programme. This is an online course to help you master your mindset and relationship with money so that you can take the right actions to be financially free! Register here to be notified when it’s released and to hear more about it!

#purpose #financialfreedom #financialindependence #money #personalfinance

When you're redesigning your career, money is an important consideration.

You need to know 

• where you are now financially.
• what you need to create the life you want.
• how to get there.

This enables you to redesign your career in a way that supports what you want.

In this episode, I break it down into key steps to take to 

• figure out where you stand financially now
• work out how much you need for the life you want
• create a plan to work towards making the money you need

Listen to this episode to learn more.

Resources

• Book a free consultation call to work on this
• Career Redesign Checklist

I really enjoyed my chat with Siobhain Danaher, Business & Personal Strategist, Lean Practitioner, Travel Photographer, Blogger and most recently Online Course Creator.

Outside of her day job, Siobhain is building a business around her many passions.  In 2012 she launched her first blog ‘The Photographer’s Guide to Travel’  and in 2017, Siobhain launched her 2nd blog ‘The Art of Positive Change’. Siobhain has just launched her signature course 'Kickstart Your Personal Strategy' which supports people with personal, purposeful, positive change.

What’s Covered In This Episode

How Siobhain found her ‘why’ and what’s truly important to her, and how you too must figure out what’s important in your life if you want financial freedom.

• Know what’s preventing you from focusing what’s important in your life.
• Siobhain’s specific plan to transition towards doing work that she loves, including how she makes it work financially.

Resources

To get regular emails on all things Positive Change, download Siobhain's free ebook 'The A-Z of Effective Change'. 

 Find out more about Siobhain’s course, 'Kickstart Your Personal Strategy'. 

 Connect with Siobhain on any of her social media platforms - Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter,  or email and check out her website.

Other resources mentioned

• Money: Master The Game - 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom by Tony Robbins
• Money Grit - Tool to help you master your money and your relationship with money by Karen McCall

If you liked what you heard, please sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes.

I’m super excited to launch my brand new programme, RISE. This is an online course to help you master your relationship with money so that you can stop stressing about money, do what you love and live a financially free life. Register here to be notified when it is released and to hear more about it!

#purpose #financialfreedom #financialindepedence #moneyrelationship #money #personalfinance

In this episode, I talk about what doesn’t really get talked about as much when it comes to good money management and living a financially free life.

Conventional ideas about being good with money focuses on how to cut your spending or stick to a budget. These operate from what’s called a ‘scarcity’ approach - the idea that money will ‘run out’. Even investing and saving stems from this fear that if we don’t invest and save, we won’t have enough for later because we’ll run out.

While having healthy money habits such as not being reckless with our spending is important, what we can do more of is to also pay attention to how we can make more, because there’s only so much you can save and cut.

The first step to making more is to master ourselves, particularly our mindset about how we see our own value. Without recognizing your own value, how are you ever going to convince and demonstrate to others your value to them, so that they will pay you more?

Embracing a more abundant perspective to your life and yourself is how you can start to acknowledge your own inherent value and look at how you can continuously grow to increase your value to others and ultimately, make more.

What’s Covered on This Episode

• Ramit Sethi’s CEO approach to money.
• Why continuing in a scarcity way of life is limiting and unsustainable in the long run.
• My 3-Step Approach to Cultivating an Abundant Mindset to see the value in yourself - a critical first step before you can create value for others and therefore make more.

Resources

• Ramit Sethi’s website and New York Times bestselling book.
• Download the worksheet to my 3-Steps to Cultivate an Abundant Mindset so that you can increase your own value and sense of self-worth to take the actions to get the outcomes you want. 

If you liked what you heard, please sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions to live a life you love and be financially free.

I’m super excited to launch my RISE Programme. This is an online course to help you master your mindset and relationship with money so that you can take the right actions to be financially free! Register here to be notified when it is released and to hear more about it!

Sofie Hon is the founder of Hearty Mums. Sofie is a mother of 2 young girls, a certified coach, MAP practitioner and an advanced trainer at MAP Coaching Institute. Hearty Mums provides mindfulness coaching services  to empower Career Mums and Mums-To-Be to raise resilient, happy children, and to embrace an environment that nurtures happiness and success for their children by mastering their own emotional fitness. In other words, to become Hearty Mums!

In this episode, we talk about how Sofie made a career switch as an Engineer to become a mindset and mindfulness coach, what she wished she’d learned starting up her business and her practical tips on how you too, can find your purpose or ‘why’ to live a fulfilling life.

More fascinating is that mindfulness isn’t just sitting on your meditation cushion and learning how to think positive and feel good. Sofie explains the neuroscience behind what’s actually going on in our brains, how to rewire our neural networks to reprogram our brains and free us from beliefs holding us back so that we can take the steps necessary to live the life we want. 

What We Discuss on This Episode

• How and why Sofie started Hearty Mums.
• How her approach combines both the science-based research with softer aspects like mindfulness to get results you want.
• Potential partnership opportunities in Sofie’s focus to prioritize more time with her kids this year - anyone interested in partnering up with Sofie on technology, marketing or coaching should connect with Sofie!
• The 4 questions Sofie uses to help her clients discover their ‘why’. Knowing your why is important when working towards financial freedom.
• Why looking out for patterns that repeat in your life is an indication and clue to misalignment between what you know in your head and what’s in your heart. Such misalignment may lead you to wonder why despite doing all the ‘correct’ things by the book, you still aren’t getting the results you want.  

Connect with Sofie on:

• LinkedIn 
• Website
• Facebook page
• Facebook group

If you liked what you heard, please sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions to live a life you love and be financially free.

Barbara Fraile is an artist and author. She started her blog, Life with a Mug in 2019 where she shares her experiences of starting her life back after having to deal with PTSD in 2017 and depression.

In this episode, we look at how Barbara approaches life - all it’s highs and lows - to create a life being true to herself and doing what she loves.

What We Discuss on This Episode

• Why Barbara started Life with a Mug to help her get through one of the most difficult periods of her life.
• Her Wheel of Success that has helped her art business thrive despite the pandemic while taking care of her mental health
• We also talk about her new book, ‘Own Your Happiness’ which was a result of Barbara’s process of healing the loss of her sister and reconnecting with her inner self and establishing life priorities. Barbara shares the 5 pillars of her Wheels of Success in her book for anyone interested in living a balanced life from the inside out. Download your free copy here.

Connect with Barbara on:

• Instagram 
• Blog

If you liked what you heard, please sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions to live a life you love and be financially free.

As promised, this was the first interview I had with Deon back in the beginning of 2019. It wasn’t until last month that I got this podcast up and running and had Deon back as my official first guest on the podcast! In case you missed that, you can listen to it here. Life sometimes has other things planned for us! Apologies on the audio quality - this older interview was before I had a professional podcasting team helping with my podcast production.

In this interview, Deon shares 8 tips on how to achieve success as a working mother. I wrote an article summarising our conversation back in 2019. You can read that article here.

What We Discuss on This Episode

• Earn Your Confidence And Credibility By Taking Action And Putting In The Work
• Be Open To New Opportunities And Step Out Of Your Comfort Zone
• Be Kind And Forgive Yourself When Things Don’t Go As Planned
• Discover What You’re Great At And Passionate About By Taking Action
• Be Flexible To Adjust For Seasons In Our Lives
• The Importance Of Financial Independence And Career As A Woman
• Integrate Your Work With Your Life
• Finding The Right Employer, Boss And Mentor Is Essential To Succeed

If what you heard helped you in some way, please let Deon know. Connect with Deon.

Find out more about CLIMB here.

If you liked what you heard, do sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions in your life right now, to experience true financial freedom.

Nerice Gietel is a certified coach and founder of The Career Lounge. Nerice set up her coaching practice with the aim of supporting experienced professionals to access meaningful job opportunities. 

In this episode, we look at how Nerice’s own career transitions have led her to the work she now does to help other people navigate transitions in their career or life events. We explore how it is usually in taking small actions that we gradually learn more about ourselves - our values, beliefs, motivations, and what’s important to us.

What We Discuss on This Episode

• Nerice’s career transition through social work, law, recruitment, human resources and now coaching.
• How Nerice confronted her own beliefs about earning, ‘failure’ and shifted her perspectives about money, business and changing paths.
• The importance of listening to your own intuition of what feels right when making career decisions rather than settling, to help you get to where you’re meant to be.
• Change doesn’t have to involve big transitions, you can make mini adjustments to meet your needs.
• Why protecting your energy is critical to your growth.
• How the pandemic has presented more opportunities and challenged Nerice to do things differently than before.
• Why you should invest in getting to know yourself because it’s with self-awareness that you can navigate your thoughts and what you do.
• Her relationship with money.

Here are the featured resources and links to find out more about The Career Lounge:

• Website 
• Courses

Connect with Nerice on:

• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook

If you liked what you heard, do sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes and free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions in your life right now, to experience true financial freedom.

Marie Kretz Di Meglio is the founder of Uplifters. Uplifters is a non-profit organisation registered in Hong Kong and their mission is to empower underprivileged communities, particularly domestic helpers in Hong Kong and Singapore with online education and peer support.

Listen to this entire episode to learn how Marie tapped into her experience both in the private and nonprofit sector to start and fuel this community movement that is transforming the lives and given the women she serves, hope and real, concrete actions to make their dreams come true.

What we discuss in this episode:

• How it’s actually the lack of self-belief, self-confidence, self-esteem and hope for a better future that makes it so difficult for people to adopt more positive financial behaviours rather than just the lack of financial education.
• Why community and connecting with people who understand you is more important to change than just teaching and telling them to do so.
• How adapting online education to make it relevant to underprivileged communities helped Uplifters grow by 400% in 1 year.
• The unique financial and emotional challenges that women who leave their families and kids back home to make a living overseas face and how these can be overcomed.
• How Uplifters combines social media and community leadership to meet the women exactly where they are, instead of more preaching about sound money management.
• How Marie constantly pushes herself out of her own comfort zone to overcome mis-steps, detours and challenges to gain self-mastery and do what she believes in as the Founder and CEO of Uplifters.
• What drives Marie to continue doing what she does and her vision for her life.
• We also talk about the Fogg Behaviour Model from Dr BJ Fogg’s book, ‘Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything’ that both of us subscribe to in making behaviour change stick.

Here are the featured resources and links to find out more about Uplifters and how you can support and get involved in their cause:

• Find out more about Uplifters, read inspiring stories, and support their cause on their website
• Check out the Uplifters Facebook community
• Connect with Marie on LinkedIn

If you liked what you heard, do sign up to my mailing list to receive updates about new podcast episodes, free training and courses to learn more about your psychology and relationship with money, and how to implement practical, grounded actions in your life right now, to experience true financial freedom.

I first heard this definition about financial independence by Jim Rohn while reading the book, 'Banned Money Secrets' by Richard Dotts. And it shifted my perspective about how we often think about financial independence or financial freedom. 

In the end, financial freedom and independence boils down to what feels right for you. There isn't a specific amount of savings you must have, or a fixed technique you must follow to make money or the best way to make money. 

Beyond a few sound, basic principles, how you go about becoming financially independent and free is really up to you. So make it your own, stop doubting yourself, and let your journey unfold as you take one step at a time.

In this very first guest interview, I speak with Deon Senturk, CEO and founder of CLIMB, a leadership development programme at the Singapore Management University.

Deon talks about how she ended up doing work she's passionate about, and how it doesn't have to be a trade-off between doing what you love and being financially free and secure.

Listen in to hear about Deon's journey, how CLIMB is adapting to the current uncertain and quickly evolving environment, and how you too, can do purposeful work and be financially free.

If you liked what you heard and found it useful, please share and subscribe to be notified on weekly episodes. You can also sign up for my newsletter to receive updates.

Connect with Deon on LinkedIn.
Find out more about CLIMB and Talent Plus.

Ya, I know, you're wondering, 'what do you mean discovering my 'life's purpose' will help me become financially free?'

Your life's purpose isn't where most people will start when they want to be financially free.

Most people will start by finding out how to invest, trade, and a variety of other methods how to make money, or how to get better at making and sticking with a budget, etc.

But you're not like most people now, are you?

In this episode, I share why the last place most people think to start to be financially free is actually the FIRST PLACE you should start at.

Listen in!

Download the free audio guide on Dilts' Logical Levels here.
Download the worksheet here.

Designing a career you love includes getting clear about what you like doing.

You find out what you love doing and if it works by actually doing them.

But how do you find time in your busy schedule for these side projects?

I'm a full-time breadwinning mom and primary caregiver to our 2 kids.

I also have my own dreams and goals I'm working on every day.

This means I've got to be creative about optimizing my time and energy.

Listen to this week's episode where I share how I maintain a daily writing practice.

This daily practice is how I consistently post on LinkedIn, record a podcast like this and send a weekly newsletter.

If you've got something you've been wanting to do but just can't find the time, this episode is for you!

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The results we seek are only a by-product of the person we are. If you want to have abundance and prosperity in your life, you must first begin by living your life as an abundant and prosperous person before you can see that happening in your life. How do you do that? Every moment in life can be a chance for you to practice having an abundant mindset. Here's a simple example of how I did it through an instance when I had to got to court - and I'm not a lawyer!

In today's episode, I answer the question if you can be financially free and pursue your passion doing what you love?

Very often, we think if we want to do the thing we love, we can't make enough money to have the lifestyle that we want.

Well, what if I tell you that you can have both? What will it take to do that? Find out in this episode!

Principles by Ray Dalio
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Have you been burnt by financial mistakes and setbacks before? I know I have. In today's episode, I share how you can turn financial mistakes and setbacks into your arsenal and part of your toolkit for your financial freedom journey.