Ignited by Inner Beauty

Shari Rash is a Financial Advisor and the founder of Greenway Wealth Advisory, a virtual financial planning firm. Shari helps women build a strong financial foundation, grow their wealth, and understand their money.

She discusses how our relationship to money growing up subconsciously creates our money personality and how taking control of our finances can be a source of empowerment. With her support and advice, she helps clients get the information they need to know about their finances so they don't have a stomachache anytime they open up their bank accounts.

In the episode, she also shares some great financial tips, including why budgets aren't helpful (and what we should do instead) and why we don't need to cut out our avocado toast.

You can learn more about Shari's financial planning firm podcast, and blog below:

www.greenwaywealthadvisory.com

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Learn more about Ignited by Inner Beauty, buy merchandise, and join my body-positive book club for women at ignitedbyinnerbeauty.com

At the age of 50, Jennifer found herself an empty nester, unemployed, ill, and divorced. No longer able to define herself by external validation and titles, she looked inside to think about the possibilities and what-ifs of what she could do with her life at 50 and beyond.

She took her experience of growing older to start the company Old Chicks Know Sh*t - a podcast and community designed to inspire and support midlife women in chasing their dreams and living their kick-ass next chapter.

Now she encourages women to live as their most authentic selves and provides insights into how we can stop focusing on what we're losing as we grow older and instead focus on embracing who we are on the inside.

You can learn more about her company at www.oldchicksknowshit.com

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Eva learned she had a genetic mutation that gave her an 87% chance of breast cancer and a 55% chance of ovarian cancer. In three months, she had a double mastectomy and hysterectomy. 

Eva talks about honoring traumatic experiences, having resilience during difficult times, and healing through artistry.

She had a "boob voyage" party before her surgery where she allowed her friends to paint her naked body from head to toe. She also coped with her changing body by writing a one-woman musical comedy which she has performed in the US, UK, and via Amazon streaming. Additionally, she has written the novel, "Pinocchio's Guide to the End of the World" which explores his adventures of Pinocchio as a human. You can check out Eva's creative work at evamoon.net 

Growing up as a child model, Leanne faced scrutiny about her appearance. As a result, she struggled to accept her body and know her worth.

Today, she works as a special education teacher where she not only teaches her students life-skills but also teaches them how to embrace their inner beauty and work on their self-esteem.

During our conversation, she discusses the importance of self-care as she strives to put her best foot forward into the world and share good energy with her students.

Check out her micro podcast: https://www.swellcast.com/thems.leanne

Risa was an Ironman athlete, but when she noticed that her body was changing in unusual ways, she turned to doctors for an answer. They ultimately found a tumor at the base of her brain and diagnosed her with Acromegaly.

She knew that her life and body wouldn't be the same, but that has not kept her from living big. Instead of focusing on what she couldn't do, she focused on what she could do. She pushed the limits of her body and ultimately rode her bike from Canada to Mexico down the Pacific Coast. She wrote a memoir about her journey called The Road Unpaved - Border to Border with a Brain Tumor and a Bike.

Risa talks about overcoming challenges, embracing her changing body, advocating for patients, and supporting others as a Gestalt Practitioner with a certificate in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.

You can learn more about Risa and buy her book at www.risaaugust.com

Itto grew up in the rural Atlas Mountains of Morocco. She experienced homelessness, learned to read at age 17, and was abused by her family. As a result of the abuse, she is now blind.

The challenges in her life have not stopped her from becoming a journalist, author, entrepreneur, Fulbright Scholar, Steinbeck Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, and Founding Editor at The DateKeepers, an international media platform. 

Itto shares her inner beauty by talking about overcoming the odds and following her passions. She says, "I believe in the power of dreams and the power of hard work...my blindness doesn't stop me from what I love and what I want to do."

Itto talks about self-love as well as inner and outer beauty across cultures and languages. She also talks about how she and her husband launched the international media platform, The DateKeepers, last year as a media outlet for people all around the world to share their stories.

Learn more about Itto Outini:

Website: https://www.thedatekeepers.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ittooutini

The DateKeepers: https://www.thedatekeepers.com/media

Debbie McCulloch has lost many loved ones before they reached their older years, so she is passionate about sharing her message that life past age 50 is a gift to be appreciated. She talks about retiring from her job as a pharmacist and launching her podcast Older & Bolder, where she interviews women who are "fearless, fabulous, and fifty-plus."

During our conversation, she talks about some of the incredible guests she's had on the show, living a fulfilling life in retirement, volunteering, and embracing her own inner and outer beauty.

In a world of body positivity, Bri is all about body grief.

Bri describes body grief as "the perceived loss that causes distress accompanied with body change." She talks about using the stages of grief when thinking about grieving our changing bodies (or grieving the bodies we wish we had) and how this process puts us on the path to body acceptance.

She also talks about how we've been conditioned to hate our bodies, but by giving ourselves the freedom to grieve our bodies and by being supported by others within a body-grieving community, we can gain the tools we need to live our best lives.

You can learn more about Bri here: https://bodyimagewithbri.com/

From hiding behind trees during a proposal to photographing newlyweds skiing down a mountain, Telluride, CO photographer Palma Caruso has done it all. But most importantly, she makes people feel comfortable in front of the camera.

In our conversation, she talks about people's fears of being photographed and what she does to help all people feel supported and beautiful in photos.

She also talks about how starting her own photography business has been a source of empowerment.

Learn more about Palma's photography business and view her photos here: www.palmacaruso.com

For a long time, Kiran felt disempowered by the people around her. She was in a toxic environment and it took her a while to realize her strength and become in control of her life.

Kiran is now an entrepreneur with a company and a podcast called You Are Not Invisible After 50. Kiran highlights women over 50 doing incredible work all while embracing her own age and inner beauty.

Now at the age of 60, Kiran says she's the person she has always wanted to be.

Learn more about You Are Not Invisible After 50 at https://www.youarenotinvisibleafter50.com/

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