In this solo episode of Built to Radiate, Nicki explores a question that feels especially meaningful around July 4th: what does freedom actually need in order to feel sustainable?

Whether you are moving toward retirement, entrepreneurship, a career pivot, a creative season, or simply a life that feels more aligned, freedom can be beautiful — but it can also feel destabilizing when the old structures fall away.

Many of us crave more space, autonomy, and choice, only to discover that total openness can bring a new kind of uncertainty.

Nicki reflects on why freedom needs a container: rhythms, routines, cash flow systems, boundaries, planning conversations, and support structures that help us feel steady enough to make decisions from clarity instead of panic.

This episode explores the emotional and practical side of building a life with more optionality, including what it means to redefine success, understand enoughness, protect the work and people you love, and create structures that support the person you are becoming.

This episode is for you if you are questioning an old definition of success, craving more freedom, navigating a transition, building something of your own, or wondering what kind of structure would help your next chapter feel both spacious and grounded.

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Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. This content is for general educational and informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as individualized financial, investment, tax, legal, accounting, medical, mental health, therapeutic, or business advice. Listening to this podcast or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no outcome is guaranteed.

In this episode of Built to Radiate, Nicki Slattery sits down with Natalie Martin, co-founder of Equus Manege, the company that created Barncat, an app designed to help horse owners manage their horses’ health, performance, and overall well-being.

Natalie shares her unconventional path from a brief chapter in corporate life to building a career rooted in horses, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving. She opens up about leaving the cubicle behind, navigating the financial realities of self-employment, learning to price her services sustainably, and eventually identifying a technology gap in the equine industry.

This conversation explores the real-life transition from traditional employment to entrepreneurship, including the mindset shifts, pricing lessons, operational challenges, and personal courage that come with building a life and business outside the standard corporate path. Natalie’s story is a reminder that meaningful work often begins with listening to what keeps calling you — and then learning how to make it financially and operationally sustainable.

You can find Natalie on Linkedin

Disclosure: Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. This episode is intended for educational and inspirational purposes only and does not constitute individualized financial, investment, tax, legal, or business advice.

Listening to this podcast or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no financial, business, or personal outcome is guaranteed. Please consult appropriate financial, legal, tax, mental health, or other qualified professionals regarding your individual circumstances.

In this solo episode of Built to Radiate, Nicki explores the role decision-making can play in personal growth, life transitions, and financial planning conversations.

She reflects on lessons from a recent women’s retreat, the energy of decisiveness, the concept of “command,” and the idea that seeking support can be a practical form of leverage rather than a sign of weakness.

From personal pivots to financial planning conversations, this episode offers a reflective look at how making a decision can create a starting point for action, clarity, and continued refinement. A decision does not have to be permanent or perfect; it can be adjusted as circumstances, priorities, and information evolve.

This episode is for anyone who has been dreaming, analyzing, or waiting and is beginning to consider what a more intentional next step could look like.

Disclosure: Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. This episode is for general educational and informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as individualized investment, financial planning, business, legal, tax, accounting, mental health, therapeutic, or personal development advice.

Listening to this podcast or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no financial, business, or personal outcome is guaranteed. Please consult appropriate financial, legal, tax, mental health, or other qualified professionals regarding your individual circumstances.

In this episode of Built to Radiate, Nicki sits down with Sonya Verma of Inner Radiant Life for a conversation about wellness, identity, entrepreneurship, personal growth, and building a life that feels more aligned.

Sonya is an integrative wellness practitioner whose work incorporates Ayurveda, yoga therapy, sound, meditation, somatic practices, and mindfulness. She shares her personal journey from medical school and corporate healthcare into the wellness space, including the health experiences, life transitions, and inner nudges that shaped her path.

Together, Nicki and Sonya explore what it can feel like to question the “supposed to” path, how practical work can support life transitions, and why entrepreneurship often becomes a journey of self-awareness, resilience, and trust.

They also discuss sound baths, co-regulation, redefining success, investing in your craft, and the relationship between spiritual trust and practical financial structure.

This conversation is for anyone reflecting on what it means to create a life, business, or next chapter that feels more spacious, intentional, and personally aligned.

Sonya offers individual and group experiences that include sound meditation, Ayurveda, yoga therapy, somatic embodiment, retreats, and restorative community events.

In Cincinnati, you can find her at Practice Yoga Cincinnati, located at 7745 Five Mile Road, Cincinnati, OH 45230. She also travels to nearby locations and community spaces.

Inner Radiant Life Instagram: @inner_radiant_life
Inner Radiant Life Linktree: linktr.ee/innerradiantlife
Inner Radiant Life Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Innerradiantlife
More about Sonya / Inner Radiant Life: Wise Wellness Guild profile

Disclosure: Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. This episode is for general educational and informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as individualized investment, financial planning, business, legal, tax, accounting, medical, mental health, wellness, or therapeutic advice.

The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Guest information and links are provided for convenience and informational purposes only and should not be considered an endorsement or recommendation of any particular provider, service, modality, treatment, or business.

Listening to this podcast or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no financial, business, health, wellness, or personal outcome is guaranteed. Please consult appropriate financial, legal, tax, medical, mental health, or other qualified professionals regarding your individual circumstances.

In this episode of Built to Radiate, I’m joined by Natalie Deering, a licensed therapist, IFS practitioner, and host of Intuitive Self: IFS + Intuition + Spirituality.

Natalie shares her personal journey from working in a university counseling center to gradually building a private therapy practice that feels more aligned with her values and life. We discuss some of the financial and emotional considerations that can come with leaving a steady paycheck, choosing a private-pay model, thinking through pricing, and building a business gradually rather than through one dramatic leap.

This conversation also explores Internal Family Systems, parts work, intuition, business investments, the temptation to buy or build more than we actually need, and the importance of evaluating opportunities with intention.

Whether you are an entrepreneur, creative, employee, parent, or someone quietly wondering what your next chapter could look like, this episode offers a reflective conversation about change, self-awareness, business-building, and the role money can play in creating more optionality over time.

Your next chapter does not have to be rushed or built from fear. It can begin with curiosity, thoughtful decision-making, and the willingness to let yourself evolve.

Connect with Natalie:
Website: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/
Podcast: https://www.ndwellnessservices.com/podcast
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2v6eOJ0VbJUAJTX9zm7ykB
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intuitive-self-ifs-intuition-spirituality-with-natalie/id1671337885
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nataliedeering/

Disclosure: Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. This episode is for general educational and informational purposes only and should not be interpreted as individualized investment, financial planning, business, legal, tax, accounting, medical, mental health, or therapeutic advice.

The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Listening to this podcast or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC.

Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no financial, business, or personal outcome is guaranteed. Please consult appropriate financial, legal, tax, or mental health professionals regarding your individual circumstances.

Welcome to the very first episode of Built to Radiate, a podcast about money, identity, entrepreneurship, self-worth, and the intentional choices that can help us build lives that feel more aligned and fulfilling.

In this opening episode, I’m sharing why I created this podcast and the deeper questions that inspired it.

After years of working in corporate sales, marketing, and human resources, I found myself professionally successful but internally out of alignment. That discomfort led me into a deep exploration of financial independence, self-awareness, creativity, entrepreneurship, and eventually founding Radiant Wealth Advisory and becoming an investment adviser representative.

What I discovered is that many people are not lacking dreams. They are often lacking the structure, systems, self-trust, and emotional safety to begin moving toward them.

This podcast is about the space between freedom and safety. It’s about questioning the inherited definitions of success we unconsciously live inside, understanding how our emotions and stress responses shape the choices we make, and creating financial structures designed to support more optionality, not just someday in retirement, but in the life we are living right now.

In this episode, I explore:
• Why money can be a tool for optionality, not just security
• The tension between freedom and responsibility
• How self-understanding can help us design lives that fit
• Why entrepreneurship is not the only path to freedom
• How financial planning can support reinvention, creativity, sabbaticals, career pivots, and more aligned choices
• The integration of the practical and the deeply personal in building a radiant life

Built to Radiate will feature conversations with artists, wellness practitioners, founders, professionals, creatives, and people reinventing themselves in real time.

My hope is that each episode offers reflection, possibility, and encouragement as you consider what it means to build a life that truly fits you.

Presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC.

Disclosure: Built to Radiate is presented by Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC, a state-registered investment adviser. Content is for general educational and informational purposes only and is not individualized investment, financial planning, legal, tax, accounting, medical, mental health, or therapeutic advice. Listening to this podcast, submitting a question, or engaging with related content does not create an advisory relationship with Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. Advisory services are provided only pursuant to a written agreement.

Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal, and no strategy, plan, or decision can guarantee any outcome. Guest views are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Radiant Wealth Advisory, LLC. For information about advisory services, fees, conflicts of interest, and disclosures, please visit www.radiantwealthadvisory.com or adviserinfo.sec.gov.