Art of Abundance with Leisa Peterson

This is a first!  I was approached by the lovely Isabella Allard to be on her new podcast and I ended up learning so much through my conversation that I asked to be able to repurpose it here.

Because of her own spiritual awakenings, Isabella is able to transmit and transmute at a deep level through this conversation and as a result we all get to benefit from what transpired.  

Take a moment to breathe deeply and then feel into the experience, allowing it to do its magic on your soul.  While it may appear to the mind that Isabella is interviewing me, in truth she is interview each of us to step into our own natural brilliance — so be sure to open yourself to this possibility as you listen in.

Now is the perfect time to open up to the love, awakenings, magical energies and epiphanies that we are inviting to pour into you through this conversation…

Namaste, Leisa

About Isabella…

Isabella Allard is an intuitive coach that specializes in empowering people to connect to their brilliance.  She is devoted to bringing to light the special gifts and soul purpose we each have to offer. Her spiritual awakening brought her to embrace the beauty that lies within all and now she heart fully shares that on her soon to be launched podcast and show ‘Awaken to Brilliance’.  She now resides in Portugal and is soulfully dedicated to living and sharing a prosperous life — write to her at [email protected] 

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I met my guest today Kendra Wright after hearing her speak at World Domination Summit in Portland this year.  I couldn’t wait to share her story about overcoming incredible odds and the journey to starting her Year of Fear Project 

During this conversation, Kendra shares:

You can find Kendra on Twitter at @freehighfives 

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I’m So Excited!!  Todd Herman, THE mentor who has inspired me to take my business from ‘okay’ to a thriving coaching practice in about 6 months and increase my profitability by about 400% is here to share his wisdom with you!

Todd Herman is a performance coach extraordinare and creator of the 90 Day Year program — a program that changed lives for the better as a result of helping entrepreneurs become way more effective in how they DO business.

Todd could have easily kept what he learned about peak performance while working with professional and olympic athletes and only made it available to his high paying clients but instead he created a program that helps all of us operate at our peak potential.

During this powerful and dynamic conversation, Todd shares:

Scoring this interview with Todd was a big deal.  I even got choked up when it hit me just how big of a difference the 90 Day Year has made in my life and how cool it was to share my experiences with Todd directly.  

I am sucker for any and all success stories and I’ll admit that it is extra cool when it is your own.  Which is why I am such a fanatic about inviting people to learn more about Todd and the amazing work he is doing in the world.   

As you may know, I am not one who does much in the way of affiliate marketing.  I get invitations all the time but it just hasn’t resonated with me and I won’t promote things that I am not investing in personally.  So when I got the opportunity to bring Todd’s work to you, I jumped at the opportunity because I am proud to partner with someone who does group coaching really well and backs it up with incredible values that are deeply aligned with my own. 

My clients already know how much I appreciate this program and I strongly encourage you to check it out.  I am compensated for my promotion of the program and love this opportunity as it helps me to keep doing more of what I do best.  

So here’s what you can do now:  Listen to the Podcast by Clicking Below…

 …and then sign up for Todd’s free training that starts Monday, November 28, 2016.

Todd is also offering a free Facebook community to help you learn as much as possible FOR FREE over the next few weeks.  That way you’ll have a good idea if this is something you want to seriously consider (or not).

Let me know if you have any questions or want to hop on the phone to learn more — write to me at [email protected].

Finally, I would love to know what you think about this conversation – so please leave your comments below

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Investors would all love to have a crystal ball that helps them predict whether or not a stock is going to do well.  My guest today is Cindy Zu from Kavout a company using machine learning to help investors better make investment decisions.  I thought you’d love to learn how it works and how much it costs and how you can use this solution right away to check out how Kavout rates your favorite stocks for FREE! 

Kavout’s artificial intelligence driven platform makes finding and validating investment opportunities fast, easy, and intuitive for investors of all levels. Powered by AI, machine learning, predictive analytics and big data, Kavout transforms comprehensive and complex financial data into actionable investment intelligence.  Learn more at https://www.kavout.com

Cindy and I are both veterans of the banking industry and we also had an interesting chat about some of the challenges and solutions faced as women in a male dominated industry. Enjoy!  

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As much as I share as a blogger and podcaster, I am always amazed at how much is still held back from being shared with readers and listeners.  Perhaps it is my generation but every once in a while I come out of my shell and share more of myself and my backstory.  Which is what I decided to do with this short story I’be been working on as part of my upcoming book about being nonjudgemental.  

A Life Filled with Judgment

17 years ago I came home from work one day to find my mom and grandmother waiting for me.  I took one look at them and knew something was very wrong.  They asked me to sit down and proceeded to tell me that my father had been killed.  They didn’t know all of the details but they did know he had been murdered.

As I tried to get my head around what they were explaining to me I was swimming in a huge pool of emotions.  I could actually feel myself breaking apart from the inside out.  I had been estranged from my father for about 10 years and had only recently accepted his request to connect.  To appease his request I had written him a short letter to update him about where I was living and that I had married my college boyfriend whom he had met once before.  I left off the fact that I had a baby daughter and that he was a grandfather as I hadn’t been ready to share that piece of information.  When my brother went to collect my father’s things he found the letter on my dad’s desk and it looked as if it had been read many times over.  

Since my father and I had not spoken in all those years I could only imagine how terrible things had been for him leading up to his death.  His entire family had disowned him and no matter what he had done, it was not worthy of this sort of ending.  I couldn’t believe that I had let this happen to my father who, in hindsight, had always done the best he could to care for me and my family.  The guilt and sadness I felt about what had happened to him were worse than anything I had ever felt before.  I found myself sobbing for hours as I couldn’t believe this had happened.

The events surrounding my father’s death were so shocking that they caused my already intense fears to skyrocket to the point where I broke down at the innermost level.  My fears about not being safe were being confirmed by what had happened to him and it was at that point I found myself with no choice but to let go of all that I had ever been afraid of without restraint.  It was just too much to handle any other way.

Growing up in a home where I never felt safe meant that I was someone who was always on guard and and easily suggestible to anything that brought my fears to the surface.   This translated into my having lived a life where I had married the man I thought would help keep me safe, I took the career path that would bring me to stable jobs, and I choose my friends according to whether or not they were reliable.  I had even kicked my dad out of my life because of how reckless he had been known to be.  

We later found out that my dad had been killed by his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend after they had felt like they were being threatened by my father.  In court it would come out that there had been several hate-filled letters back and forth between my father and his ex-girlfriend.  Both of them were found guilty of premeditated manslaughter and I can’t help but think about how much the judgment of one another played into my father’s death.

In the days that followed the news I was so traumatized that I found myself not just being triggered about my fears about death, but also my fears about living a life filled with regret.

By all appearances I had everything I had ever wanted. I had my MBA, was a mother of a 2 year old daughter, married to my college sweetheart and was quickly climbing up the corporate ladder in my dream job in San Francisco.  My husband and I had also started our home flipping business and our future was looking bright. 

On the other hand, I was a mess inside.  I would go through periods of intense sadness and disappointment that would wear down even my closest friends who tried to help.  I would find myself in disagreements with my family, co-workers and even with my employees which often led to feeling like people were out to get me.  Overall I did a fairly good job of hiding this from the world but inside I would spend hours in judgment towards myself.  When I wasn’t beating myself up then I was feeling defensive, reactive and easily hurt by anything the I perceived as being derogatory behavior towards me.  It breaks my heart to remember how much I suffered during these times and yet I did not know how to change the situation for the better. 

After my father’s death I wasn’t in a position of being able to leave my job but I did start over when it came to learning how to cope through life better.  I think I was drawn to meditation because all of the sudden I could see how I did not have the tools I needed to live the life I wanted to be living.  And other than trying to control everything in my life I didn’t have a clue about what it meant to become more resilient.   

It didn’t take long for all of this understanding to lead me to Stacy’s bookstore in downtown San Francisco on my lunch break to see what books I could find that could possibly help me.  I had always had a fascination with Buddhism after taking a class about it in college which led me to purchased several books on the topic that day.  For the next several months I devoured everything I had purchased and more.  The books were filled with revelations and I was excited beyond belief to learn more about the magical powers of having greater self-understanding and peace of mind.

As a result of these studies, I began meditating and looking to discover the reasons I had been going through such intense feelings of highs and lows for most of my life.  I could see how I had accumulated many limiting beliefs that were causing me a great deal of pain. The roots were so deep and frightening to me that I had to tell myself it would be okay if it took me many years to understand it all and be able to put it into practice. This new found ability to take my foot off the gas pedal and be patient with the process was proving that things were already starting to shift for the better.

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What happens when you bring together two former financial advisors who are both obsessed with spreading the art of money with the world?  

You get me and Joe Saul-Sehy who is the super engaging and fun-loving host of the wildly popular Stacking Benjamins podcast and today we are talking about all things podcasting, including:

Joe, who is not known for holding back his thoughts, is going to blow your mind at how much he shares including how he got started, the power of failure, and the strategy he used to take his podcast to the top of the charts — in fact just a few days before this podcast was recorded Joe found out that Stacking Benjamins was named the number #1 Personal Finance Podcast by Kiplinger’s — WAY TO GO, Joe!!!.  Here is what Kiplinger’s had to say about the podcast:

“Stacking Benjamins applies a light touch to a variety of personal finance topics, including quirky investments, money habits that waste your time, and how to endure a time-share sales pitch without falling for it.”

I can’t wait to hear what you think of our conversation (I think it is one of the best episodes yet) and learn what you take away from it.

XOXO, Leisa

For more resources and to connect with Joe:

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I heard Mike Vardy speak at the World Domination Summit in August, a worldwide gathering of remarkable people that filled my heart and head up with new ideas.  Mike gave a wonderful talk about becoming more productive in your business and personal life through the use of tools, tips and strategies.  Mike is a writer, speaker, podcaster and founder of Productivityist. 

As a productivityist, Mike enjoys studying the tools and habits of productivity, and he looks at the world differently because of it.

During this conversation Mike shares:

Mike inspired me to take the final step in creating theme days in my calendar – here is what I have so far (and I will keep you posted on how this goes!):

Leisa’s Theme Days:

Saturdays –  Family Day

Sundays – Family Day and ‘Planning My Week’ Day

Mondays – Creativity Day – Blog posts, strategy for new programs, book writing, anything else that needs creativity

Tuesdays – Learning Day

Wednesdays – Meeting Day

Thursdays – Podcast Day

Friday – Client Appreciation Day and Fabulous Finance Fridays!

For more resources and to connect with Mike:

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You’ve probably been hearing me talk about FinCon in recent posts as I attended the conference in September in San Diego and made lots of new friends there.  The community is designed to bring financial bloggers, podcasters and advisors together to learn, network and grow from one another.  It is a spectacular event for a financial nerd like me  

This year I had the opportunity to meet three financial ‘heros’ and I invited them to join me on the podcast to see what financial wisdom we could share with you.  Each of these women started blogging to share their experiences with paying down debt and bringing greater mindfulness into their relationship with money which led to their meeting at FinCon and starting a podcast together.   

During our conversation we talk about:

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Today my guest is The Couples Coach, Stuart Fensterheim and during this call we talk about couples, money, and how to improve your connection and communication.  Having been together with my husband for over 29 years, I feel like there are so many bridges we’ve crossed on the topic of money that I could write a book on the topic!  Stuart helps us sort through the issues to improving our relationships and I think you will enjoy listening in.

Stuart is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, specializing in helping couples to overcome past injuries and correct harmful cycles. By working to redefine their interpretations and emotional triggers, couples can transform the most negative or just an average relationship into one that is positive and flourishing.

Stuart practices in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he lives with his wife and their therapy dog, Ollie.

To visit Stuart’s website, go to www.thecouplesexpertscottsdale.com. There, you will be able to not only view his podcast, read his blog, and take advantage of a list of other exciting and informative resources, but you may book an appointment for a free 30-minute consultation. You can also send a voice message to Stuart directly by clicking on the Ask The Couples Expert link on his Podcasts page.

links referred to in the podcast:

http://www.thecouplesexpertscottsdale.com/podcasts/

www.iceeft.com

w https://www.facebook.com/thecouplesexpert/

thecouplesexpert youtube channel

http://www.thecouplesexpertscottsdale.com/what-is-eft/

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My goal with the Art of Abundance podcast is to help you get more of what you most want in life – with your finances, in your business and in your personal life.  So today I came across an important topic as I was coaching some of my clients about ways to grow their business and when they asked me to give them more detail I realized that a podcast episode was being born!  So here you go – listen in to hear me discuss 5 powerful ways to grow your business like crazy!

In summary I walk you through the following 5 super cool growth hacks:

Let me know what you think and please leave me a review on iTunes if possible – you will be paying it forward so more people can tap into this as a resource  xoxo, Leisa

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