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How much money do you actually need to retire?

$1 million?

$2 million?

More?

The answer isn't that simple.

In this episode of iDateMoney®, Lisa Drennon sits down with financial educator, author, speaker, and co-founder of Stonebriar Wealth Advisors, Gary Preisser, to challenge the idea that building wealth is simply about accumulating as much money as possible.

Gary believes wealth isn't a trophy.

It's a tool.

And the value of that tool comes from what you're able to do with it.

Together, Lisa and Gary talk about why cash flow—not an arbitrary retirement number—needs to be part of the conversation when you're trying to determine whether you can afford to retire.

Two people can have the exact same amount saved and be in completely different financial situations based on their expenses, Social Security, pensions, income sources, debt and the life they actually want to live.

That's why the question isn't simply:

"How much money do I have?"

It's also:

"What do I need this money to do?"

• Why there isn't one magic number you need to retire
• How your current and future cash flow affect retirement readiness
• How unintentional spending can quietly consume even a strong income

If you're not intentional about where your money goes, it has a way of disappearing into expenses that may not even matter to you.

Your income can increase.

Your investments can grow.

Your net worth can climb.

But if you don't know why you're building that wealth, you can spend decades accumulating money without ever allowing it to create the life you were building it for.

And eventually, somebody is going to spend that money.

Why shouldn't some of that somebody be you?

Take the trip.

Help your kids or grandkids if that's important to you.

Create experiences.

Give.

Build something.

Retire.

Or simply create enough predictable cash flow that you don't have to worry every month.

Your answer doesn't have to look like anyone else's.

That's the point.

Gary Preisser is a financial educator, author, speaker and co-founder of Stonebriar Wealth Advisors.

https://www.stonebriarwealthadvisors.com/

iDateMoney® is where you learn to OWN Your Money:

O — Organize your cash flow
W — Build Wealth
N — Navigate your finances

So you can uncover money leaks, reduce debt, build savings and wealth, and make confident decisions with your money.

Because it doesn't matter how much money you have—

It's what you do with it that matters. 🗝️🌬️💖💸

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What happens when your health starts draining more than your energy?

It can drain your time, your income, your savings, your ability to work, and even your confidence in the decisions you're making.

In this episode of iDateMoney®, I sit down with Marla Chaffin, founder of Symptoms Make Sense, to talk about something we don't discuss enough:

The connection between your health and your wealth.

Marla spent years searching for answers after chronic pain and unexplained symptoms turned her life upside down. Her journey took her through doctors, hospitals, specialists, medications, lifestyle changes, and ultimately a completely different way of looking at her health.

And as we talked, one thing became very clear:

Health and money have a lot more in common than we realize.

When something isn't working, we often want the fastest solution.

A restrictive diet.

A restrictive budget.

Another supplement.

Another program.

Another financial strategy.

But lasting change usually doesn't come from another quick fix.

It comes from understanding what's actually happening, questioning the patterns you've been operating from, and taking small, intentional steps toward something different.

• Marla's four-year search for answers after her health suddenly declined
• The financial cost of chronic illness—including lost time, lost wages, travel, specialists, and treatment
• Why restriction can backfire in both health and money
• Why quick fixes rarely create sustainable change
• Why understanding the root of a problem can change the decisions you make
• How health challenges can lead to debt when medical expenses and lost income collide

You don't completely change decades of health habits overnight.

And you don't completely change decades of money habits overnight either.

You start paying attention.

You ask better questions.

You learn what works for you.

And then you take the next step.

Because whether we're talking about your health or your money, being intentional about your choices matters.

Marla spends most of her time inside her free Skool community, Symptoms Make Sense: https://www.skool.com/symptoms-make-sense/about?ref=96c634a120914b7b90466c17b957e4f2

Inside The Smell of Money, we're having the money conversations most people avoid.

You'll learn how to organize your cash flow, identify where your money is actually going, make more intentional spending decisions, and give every dollar a job without putting yourself on another restrictive budget.

Join here: https://www.skool.com/the-smell-of-money/about

This episode shares personal experiences and educational discussion and is not a substitute for individualized medical advice. Talk with an appropriate healthcare professional before changing medications, supplements, or treatment.

Your next $25K isn't hiding in more clients. It's already moving through your business; you just haven't claimed it.

Welcome to the debut of The Profit Table: a bi-monthly conversation for established women entrepreneurs who make good money but don't feel in control of it. One question runs the whole room: if you couldn't sign another client for 90 days, what would you change inside the business you already have to create your next $25K?

No hot seats. No pressure to share private numbers. Just real money talk you can put to work the same day because it's not how much money you have, it's what you do with it.

🪑 Want a seat at the next table? It's by application: https://forms.gle/D4uxd6Vx9m9fQHbP9

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Hosted by Lisa Drennon — Wealth Activator, iDateMoney®

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What if your biggest money problem isn’t actually the money?

Your money mindset, cash flow habits, and beliefs about wealth can influence how you respond to business debt, slow revenue months, profit, and even how much money you allow yourself to keep.

In this episode of iDateMoney, I sit down with Lisa Somers, CEO of Marketplace Superheroes, to talk about the side of entrepreneurship that doesn’t always make it onto social media.

Lisa shares how she went from training to become a psychologist to helping build a multimillion-dollar online education company—and what happened when that successful business suddenly had to deal with more than $1 million in debt.

And yes—they paid it off.

But this conversation isn't just about debt payoff.

It's about what happens between your ears when the numbers don't look the way you want them to.

💸 How childhood and cultural beliefs about wealthy people can affect your ability to receive and keep money

💸 Why making more money doesn’t automatically eliminate your money fears

💸 The difference between a financial problem and the emotional story you attach to it

💸 How Lisa and her brother approached more than $1 million in business debt

💸 Why a multimillion-dollar business doesn't necessarily mean the owner has massive personal cash flow

💸 Separating business finances from personal finances

💸 Why entrepreneurship isn't supposed to feel amazing 100% of the time

💸 The danger of comparing your financial life to what another entrepreneur appears to have

💸 Why following a proven business model can shorten your learning curve

💸 Creating additional income streams without immediately quitting your 9-to-5

One of my favorite takeaways from this conversation:

Revenue being down is financial information.

It doesn't automatically mean your business is failing.

It doesn't mean you're unsafe.

And it doesn't mean everything is falling apart.

The question becomes:

What does the number tell you—and what action can you take next?

That distinction can completely change the way you make money decisions.

Lisa Somers is the CEO of Marketplace Superheroes, an online education company that has helped more than 10,000 people build additional income streams through online business.

After working across virtually every department in the company, Lisa now specializes in scaling education businesses, building high-performing remote teams, strategic partnerships, and direct-response marketing.

Her own journey has included everything from learning entrepreneurship from scratch to helping navigate and eliminate more than $1 million in business debt.

Marketplace Superheroes: marketplacesuperheroes.com

iDateMoney® is where women entrepreneurs learn to OWN Your Money:

O — Organize your cash flow

W — Build Wealth

N — Navigate your finances

So you can uncover money leaks, pay yourself consistently, reduce debt, build wealth, and make confident financial decisions.

Because it doesn't matter how much money you make-It's what you do with it that matters.🗝️🌬️💖💸

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What if the experiences you've lived through could become the foundation of a profitable business?

In this episode of iDateMoney®, Lisa Drennon sits down with Dr. Lisha Antiqua, founder of Your Own University and creator of the Amazing YOU Method, for a powerful conversation about identity, healing, expertise, entrepreneurship, and getting paid to be YOU.

Dr. Lisha shares how her own experiences with trauma, healing, education, and entrepreneurship ultimately became part of her life's work, and why your lived experience can become valuable intellectual property when you learn how to turn it into a message, methodology, program, or business.

We also get into an important conversation about coaching: When is your personal experience enough? When do you need additional education or certification? And why is staying within your expertise so important when you're responsible for helping someone else transform their life?

You'll discover:

• How your lived experiences can become valuable expertise
• Why identity matters when building a business around YOU
• The difference between coaching, mentoring, and teaching
• When education and certifications actually matter
• How to turn your story into a message, methodology, or offer
• Why authenticity can be more powerful than following someone else's marketing formula
• How to identify your zone of genius
• Why entrepreneurship requires a financial plan—not just a desire to make more money
• The importance of setting a profit-margin goal
• Why tenacity and purpose matter when business feels like a roller coaster
• How to build a business that pays you for the wisdom you've already earned

As Lisa explains, entrepreneurship isn't a shortcut to fast money. You need a business plan, a financial strategy, and a clear understanding of what you want your business to produce.

Because you can make as much money as you want but if you don't know what to do with it, making more won't solve the problem.

Visit Your Own University: http://www.lishaantiqua.com/ and take the Soul Purpose Quiz to discover whether you're in the Rebuilding, Messenger, or Architect stage of turning your experience and expertise into a message, movement, and profitable business.

iDateMoney® is where women entrepreneurs learn to OWN Your Money:

O — Organize your cash flow
W — Build Wealth
N — Navigate your finances

So you can uncover money leaks, pay yourself consistently, reduce debt, build wealth, and make confident financial decisions.

Because it doesn't matter how much money you make-It's what you do with it that matters.🗝️🌬️💖💸

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What if the reason you're not making more sales isn't your offer, your pricing, or your audience?

What if it's the way you're approaching the conversation?

In this episode of iDateMoney®, I'm talking with Nicole Kramer, former high school math teacher turned #1 salesperson at a Fortune 500 company—twice—TEDx speaker, sales coach, and founder of TNC Speaking and Coaching.

Nicole didn't start out thinking she was a salesperson.

In fact, she thought salespeople were slimy.

Until one job interview changed everything.

When the interviewer pointed out that she had 15 years of teaching experience and zero sales experience, Nicole fired back:

“I've been selling math to teenagers for 15 years, and nobody wanted to buy that.”

Boom. 💥

She realized she'd been selling all along.

And that's where this conversation gets GOOD.

Nicole went from taking a major pay cut, carrying close to six figures in debt, and then being hit with another six figures in medical bills—to becoming the #1 salesperson in the country.

But her success wasn't built on pressure, manipulation, or memorizing the perfect sales script.

It was built on connection, trust, relationships, and understanding what people actually need.

🗝️ Why “no need = no sale”

🗝️ The difference between selling your offer and solving someone's actual problem

🗝️ Why your past experience may have prepared you for sales more than you realize

🗝️ How desperation for the sale changes the energy of the conversation

🗝️ Why you need now buyers, soon buyers, AND later buyers in your pipeline

🗝️ Why market research should happen BEFORE you spend months creating your course or offer

🗝️ The value exchange that can happen even when money isn't exchanged

🗝️ How better sales skills are really better communication skills

🗝️ Why Nicole believes learning to communicate with influence can change far more than your business

Nicole Kramer spent 15 years teaching high school math before moving into corporate sales, where she became the #1 salesperson at a Fortune 500 company—twice.

Today, she's a TEDx speaker, sales coach, and founder of TNC Speaking and Coaching. Through her program Unscripted, Nicole teaches entrepreneurs and business professionals how to develop the confidence, communication skills, and influence to navigate the conversations that matter—without relying on a script.

Connect with Nicole on Instagram and grab her free Sales Call Template to learn the steps to creating more effective sales conversations.

Making more money isn't the whole answer.

You get to understand what's happening with the money you're already making, what it's costing you to generate it, and whether your business is actually creating the profit you think it is.

Come join us inside The Smell of Money, where we're talking cash flow, profitability, confident money decisions, and building wealth from the business you've already created.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it🗝️🌬️💖💸

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What if the thing you're trying to hide is actually the thing that could help you connect with your next client?

In this episode of iDateMoney®, I'm joined by Laurie Frenza, founder of Limitless Life, for a conversation about turning your lived experiences, skills, passions, and story into income.

Laurie believes that in today's online world, connection is everything. People don't just buy the course, coaching program, product, or service — they buy because they trust the person behind it.

And trust starts with being willing to show people who you are.

Laurie shares how living with chronic pain since childhood shaped her entrepreneurial journey and taught her to continually evolve. Instead of allowing her circumstances to determine what was possible, she found new ways to use her creativity, experience, and strengths to build a business that supports the life she wants.

• Why your story can become one of your greatest business assets
• Why people buy from people they know, like, relate to, and trust
• How old beliefs about money can quietly influence your business decisions
• Why investing in yourself isn't necessarily wasted when you learn from the experience
• The importance of consistency when building an online business
• Why copying someone else's content or strategy can actually slow you down
• How to stop chasing shiny objects and stay focused on your own path
• Why entrepreneurs need a plan — not 20 different strategies
• The value of mentorship and having someone to bounce ideas off
• Why repeating your message is necessary even when you're tired of hearing yourself say it
• How to listen to your audience before creating your next offer
• Why alignment, joy, and self-trust matter when choosing how you market your business

One of my favorite reminders from this conversation:

People don't need you to have someone else's story. They need you to be willing to tell yours.

Your experiences can help someone recognize themselves in you and think:

"She gets me."

And that's where connection begins.

Laurie also shares her Story to Income Challenge, designed to help entrepreneurs turn their lived experience and knowledge into a digital product people actually want.

Connect with Laurie and join Story to Income:
story.loriferenza.com

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of iDateMoney®️!

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it🗝️🌬️💖💸

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What if the story you’ve been telling yourself about money, work, security, and success isn’t actually yours?

In this episode of iDateMoney®, I sit down with Kristy Giarratano, a nurse-turned-coach and host of the Raising Hope podcast, for a powerful conversation about identity, money stories, and having the courage to rewrite your life.

After years of working in high-pressure emergency departments, Kristy knew something had to change. But walking away from a successful career and reliable income wasn’t something she did overnight.

It took her 10 years.

Instead of jumping without a plan, Kristy created a financial runway, saved money, and prepared herself to build a business from a place of intention rather than panic.

We also talk about the deeper transformation behind the numbers.

After 13 rounds of IVF, becoming a mother, and building a business, Kristy began questioning some of the beliefs she had carried since childhood—including the belief that being a single mom meant life had to be a constant struggle.

She realized:

That may have been part of the story she witnessed growing up, but it didn’t have to become her story.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why financial security can keep us stuck in situations we’ve outgrown
• The importance of creating a financial plan before making a major transition
• How inherited money beliefs quietly influence our decisions
• Why making more money doesn’t automatically eliminate financial fear
• Rebuilding your identity after a major life change
• Breaking generational patterns before passing them to your children
• Why true wealth is about far more than the number in your bank account

Kristy defines true wealth as having the time to spend with her daughter while feeling free, healthy, happy, and surrounded by love.

And that’s the reminder I want you to take from this conversation:

It doesn’t matter how much money you have. It’s what you do with it.

You get to question the stories you inherited.

You get to decide what wealth looks like for you.

And you get to create a new financial story instead of repeating the old one.

Visit Kristy Giarratano’s website to learn more about her coaching, reinvention quiz, and free resources: https://www.kristygiarratano.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

If this episode has you questioning the story you’ve been telling yourself about money, start by looking at what your numbers are actually telling you.

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Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of iDateMoney®️!

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it🗝️🌬️💖💸

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Have you ever stopped to ask yourself why you believe what you believe about money?

Many of our deepest financial habits aren't created by us, they're inherited through generations of family beliefs, emotional conditioning, and survival patterns.

In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Sarah Lauren to explore how generational conditioning shapes everything from our self-worth to our spending habits and how healing your nervous system can transform your relationship with money.

If you've ever struggled with emotional spending, scarcity, guilt around making money, or feeling like success somehow makes you a "bad person," this episode will help you uncover where those beliefs came from and how to begin rewriting your story.

• Why generational beliefs impact your financial decisions
• The difference between trauma and everyday survival conditioning
• How your nervous system influences your money habits
• Sarah's three stages of healing inherited patterns:
  • Remembering your true self
  • Embodying worthiness
  • Manifesting from alignment
• The surprising childhood experience that created Sarah's money story
• Why awareness is the first step to lasting financial freedom
• How emotional healing and wealth-building go hand in hand
• Why money isn't the problem—your relationship with it is

Join Sarah's free Skool community:

Freedom Lovers Only: https://www.skool.com/freedomloversonly/about?utm_source=skooldotcom&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=user_profile_page&utm_content=9103925b38084802b6af29bb6b8d1b47

Inside, you'll find daily Bliss Rituals designed to help parents heal inherited conditioning and create emotional freedom for themselves and future generations.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it 🗝️🌬️💖💸

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Save $500–$2,000 in hidden money leaks, organize your cash flow, and create a money system that actually works with the Money Hunt found inside the Smell of Money Community. 

Join here: https://www.skool.com/the-smell-of-money/about

Are you staying in a job because it feels safe, even though it no longer fulfills you?

In this episode of i Date Money®, Lisa Drennon sits down with employment attorney and workplace reinvention coach Natalie Holder to explore what really keeps professionals stuck in careers they've outgrown.

If you've ever wondered whether it's time for a career change, retirement, entrepreneurship, or simply asking for what you're worth, this conversation will help you make decisions from confidence instead of fear.

Natalie shares practical strategies for recognizing when it's time to move on, building confidence before making a leap, negotiating beyond salary, and creating a career that aligns with your purpose.

• Why fear—not money—is often what keeps us stuck
• How to recognize the signals that it's time for a change
• The difference between taking reckless leaps and strategic steps
• Why you need a "Personal Board of Directors"
• How to identify your transferable skills
• Smart ways to negotiate beyond salary
• Why external visibility is one of the most valuable career assets you can build
• How to prepare financially before leaving your job
• The mindset shift that creates lasting career fulfillment

"You don't just leap—you gather the information, take strategic steps, and make decisions backed by confidence."

🌐 NatalieHolderSpeaks.com

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it🗝️🌬️💖💸

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