Financial Autonomy for Women: The Personal Finance Podcast

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

Same!

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

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

And, we committed to meeitng quarterly to talk about our progress.

Even if you haven't set formal goals for the year, even if you haven't listened to the prior episodes with Mary, this episode is one you MUST listen to!

Consider it a "vitamin boost" for your soul!

We talk about:

• What's been nourishing us along the way and sustaining us through the first 6 months of 2025--the practices, the commitments we've made, etc.
• The many interesting SUPRISES that have popped up along the way in our 2025 VISION journeys--Mary's got new programs coming! and I've got an Etsy store!
• How and why our quarterly check in help us energize and enlighten us to all the great things that have been happening along the way
• How leaning into the energy of having the goal already achieved and allowing ourselves that experience is a game changer for pursuing any goal/dream you have

You can find out more about Mary and her crafting business at https://www.marypolancodesigns.com/

Mary just released a couple of new programs: 1) "Creative Calm" which you can access here and 2) "Passion to Paycheck" for anyone curious/wanting to make their hobby a source of income, coming up soon in both July and August. Mary creates safe, supportive spaces for her creative community members. Be sure to join one and let me know how it goes!

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

Why start my own firm?

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

Plain and simple: my firm is a no-judgement, no-shame space where you can ask all the questions you've been too afraid to ask, get the education and advice you need to pursue and reach your goals, and dream big and bold about your financial future.

I want clients to walk out of their meetings with me feeling seen, heard, and energized about the possibilities in front of them.

I offer FREE, 20-min Zoom conultations to anyone interested in working with me. To book a call, fill out this quick form.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

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

In this episode we talk about:

• How our brain is the "original algorithm"--whatever we feed it (negativity, self criticism, positivity, self confidence), we get more of
• Why some positive affirmations don't work--we need to affirm ourselves based on things we have already accomplished rather than what we haven't
• How to access the "cheat codes" for the brain--which will help you increase the chances that you'll get to your goals
• The evidence and science behind how high performing individuals--olympians, entertainers, etc--stay at that high performing level for the long term
• The value of a "reset" for your body and mind
• How consistent, incremental progress helps you get to your goal
• Practical examples of what these actions look like in real life and related to personal finances
• What "manifestation" and "the law of attraction" misses and how to use research based insights to help what you want in life to materialize

If you're interested in getting to your financial goals in an authentic way--and like a little humor too--this episode is for you!

To learn more about Tanya and her work, you can find her on IG @tanyatarr and at her website: Cultivated Insights.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

How's your 2025 VISION going?

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

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

In this episode, Mary and I recap our original 2025 visions and how they're going. More important, we discuss:

• Why vision/goal check-ins are necessary to keep us going
• How feeling joy about being the the process of pursuing a goal is the true reward
• Why everyone needs a safe person/community to check-in with
• How we're giving ourselves grace in the process rather than beating ourselves up
• What it's been like to let go of all or nothing thinking and embrace the emotional aspects of achieving our goals

Get ready for another authentic conversation that will inspire you to continue building your best life this year.

For more information about Mary's work, visit liveandleadwell.org.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

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

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

Nikki and I talk about:

• The current economic environment and how that should be a motivation for every woman to get her finances in order
• The importance of basic awareness of your finances: too often, we might avoid our finances or outsource them to our partner in relationships--we need to be in touch with them so that we have clarity on what's actually going on
• The reality that most women leave a relationship and experience poorer financial outcomes than their male ex-partners
• The importance of getting usernames and passwords organized and running your credit to make sure you have access to your financial systems and records
• How preparation can support you in weathering the emotional aspects of divorce/uncoupling
• The importance of connecting with your future self when we're in the middle of divorce proceedings and negotiations; remembering that you want your future self to say: "Thank you for looking out for us."

I have been wanting to talk with a CDFA® for a long time so that our community of podcast listeners can have tools they can use to take action when considering and navigating the divorce and uncoupling process.

You can find out more about Nikki on IG: @thefiirmapproach and at her website.

Listen, give us a rating, and share it with a friend who needs it.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

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

Jaelyn and I talk about:

• What "Disordered Consumption" means as Jaelyn continues to explore it in her therapy practice and research
• The "Three Cs" of Disordered Consumption: Compulsion, Consumption and Control including case examples so you can understand how they show up in your experience
• The importance of "Lassoing the thought" in order to get to a mindful and intentional decision making with your consumption which inevitably supports your financial goals
• Jaelyn's "LBP" Practice: Limiting Belief Purge that helps her get out from under limiting beliefs and get back in touch with her values (only takes 60 seconds!)
• The importance of developing empathy for your future self and your you want to feel after your reach your financial goals as a way to build momentum to help you get there

This episode is packed with insights from both of our personal experiences with consumption and money.

You can find out more about Jaelyn on IG @jaelynvickery, @financialfitnessfinesse, @dimensionalwealth and at her LinkedIn page.

Listen, give us a rating, and share it with a friend who needs it.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

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

Diana and I talk about:

• The four main reactions of our nervous system: fight, flight, freeze fawn and how they show up around financial situations
• What it's like to negotiate a salary as a woman who may have been conditioned to rely on fawning as a strategy to seek safety
• How social justice issues and oppressive systems interact with our day-to-day financial wellbeing
• Startegies to encourage nervous system regulation which can allow for more creativity, joy and freedom in our financial lives
• How doing the internal work of supporting our nervous systems can move the collective forward to a more regulated state for our world
• What it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person and how that shows up for Diana in her life and financial practice

For more information about Diana and ways to work with her, visit her website at allthecolors.net. You can also find her podcast--Highly Sensitive Money--on all major podcast platforms.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

On the surface, it seems counterintuitive. Obviously.

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

In this episode, I talk with Taylor Gilbert, licensed clinical social worker and author of the blog Social Work to Wealth where she tracks her journey to pay off over 250k+ in debt--she's already paid off 85k!--and retire in the next 15 years.

Taylor and I talk about:

• Why we don't talk about money and we associate making BIG money with greed
• The lack of strong role models for women making big money
• Why helping professionals specifically might struggle with giving ourselves this permission and how to move past it
• Adding up all of your debt and feeling all of the strong emotions that come with it: shame, overwhelm, embarrassment--and why this is a necessary first step to get to the goal of being debt free
• Normalizing making BIG money and setting and achieving big financial goals so that we can see that it's possible and then become the person that makes BIG money and has achieved those big money goals
• Ensuring we still go out to dinner and take vacations while we're pursuing big goals like paying down debt

Taylor posts regularly about her journey on her blog and on Instagram @socialworktowealth. She's also the co-host of the podcast Social Work to Wealth.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional. Listeners should consult with a qualified professional regarding their individual circumstances before making any financial decisions.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com.

Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. ***20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me.

Daily Money Affirmations for Women Entrepreneurs now available on Amazon.

Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach.

Visit my Etsy shop for budget-friendly resume and cover letter templates, budget trackers and more.

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

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

Resolutions perpetuate the idea that we, as individuals, are problems to be solved--rather than creative beings with choice and autonomy.

In this episode, Mary walks us through three steps we can take to create our New Year Vision:

1) Throw away "all or nothing" thinking (it only sets us up for failure!)

2) Sit down and write out your vision--be bold, be audacious (no one's looking over your shoulder!)

3) Tap into the emotion of your vision (and give yourself permission to get excited about it...this is the glue that makes your vision stick!)

Mary shares the power of taking small steps in the direction of your vision and how to handle those little voice in your head that tell us we can't do it.

Get ready for an authentic conversation that will inspire you to build your best life.

For more information about Mary's work, visit liveandleadwell.org.

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Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.

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

In this episode I talk about:

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

Listening outside the US? This episode still has relevant information for you in how you can frame voting as your advocacy for continued autonomy for women.

Note: Information in this podcast 1) is informational/educational in nature; 2) does not constitute financial or personal advice of any kind; 3) is never a substitute for clinical care from a health professional.

Check out my FREE Mini Course: "Know Where the Money Is Going" to help you get back into the driver's seat with your monthly spending.

Find more ways to work with me, download free resources, and join my e-mail list at maureen-paley.com. Financial Autonomy for Women 30-Day Workbook now available on Amazon. 20% off the E-book when you buy directly from me. Follow me on IG @maureenpaleycoach. Visit my Etsy shop for career-focused products.