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Before starting her own business, Michelle spent a decade in sales working for 3 Fortune 500’s (yep! nearly 25,000 sales conversations and 2,100 sales presentations!). She went on to open and run a Toastmasters Club that helped high-achieving professionals master their messaging to easily gain new clients. Michelle said goodbye to the stability of the 9-5 to jump feet first into the wild ride of entrepreneurship.

Now as a business owner and the creator Revenue Rascals,  Michelle has taught 1,000+ of online brands and startups to create and sell premium products by mastering sales skills and then building sales teams from the ground up.

Her signature FREEDOM Framework helps coaches, consultants, speakers, agencies, brick and mortar service providers, and professional service providers create, implement and scale a stress-free rinse-and-repeat sales system while freeing up more and more time to do the things they love.

Michelle host’s Revenue Rascals podcast, and advocate for smart ways to grow that create LTV, recurring revenue, and a hybrid sales approach to scaling.

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Mindy is the Community Manager at BiggerPockets.com. She is a Personal Finance Lover, Real Estate Nerd and DIY Gal.

1. What is one fun fact about you that not that many people know?

So a hundred thousand years ago, in 1999, I hopped on my bicycle with a hundred other people. We rode from Seattle, Washington to Washington DC in 48 days.  It was a super fun time. It was a fundraiser for the American Lung Association because when you can’t breathe, nothing else matters.

2. Who inspires you the most and why?

My oldest daughter is incredibly inspiring because she is so smart and she’s so driven. She’s 15. She has the normal amount of 15 year old,  the self-consciousness, but there are other parts of her where she’s like, I know that this is right, and I am not going to be deterred in any way. I don’t care what other people think about me.

3. What books are you reading now or have read and loved that you’d recommend?

The Psychology of Money by Morgan Hausel

Tipped: The life changing guide to financial freedom for waitresses, bartenders, strippers, and all other service industry professionals by Barbara Sloan

4. What is one actionable tip or piece of advice that you can tell our moms out there to help them on their financial independence journey?

Know what you want and write down what your goals. It doesn’t necessarily have to be you plural. It can be you singular. I think that being on the same page with your partner is so valid. Know what you want as a mom, know what you want as a for your financial situation and then work backwards.

Investor Mama: Make some money 

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First-Time Home Buyer: The Complete Playbook to Avoiding Rookie Mistakes by Mindy Jensen and Scott Trench 

How to Sell Your Home: The Essential Guide to a Fast, Stress-Free, and Profitable Sale by Mindy Jensen

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Dee is a CPA, finance instructor at UCLA and a mom of two. After doing some research, she found that there was no one single resource that shared tips on how to talk about money in simple and exciting ways with kids. One that also provides empirical data on the benefits of early childhood financial literacy. So, she created it!

Dee founded Kids Money Academy to fill a huge need that empowers parents from all backgrounds to talk to their kids about money in a positive way.

Her mission is to reach as many parents and kids as possible to instill healthy financial habits that create an abundant money mindset and legacy for wealth. As parents, the greatest gift that we can give our children that has unlimited return is a money mindset that creates an abundant and happy life.

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Episode #92: How to Respond to Your Children’s Money Questions with Dee from Kids Money Academy

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A catalyst, healthy disruptor and unshakeable optimist, Heidi’s passion lies in challenging the status quo, driving change and delivering experiences. Known as a translator between sectors whose background transcends education, health, nonprofits, university, business, philanthropy, design and podcasting. While stacking talents and lived experiences is her superpower, she continually embraces each role with a lens of empathy, trust and curiosity as critical threads embedded in the fabric of designing an authentic and memorable life.

Today she and her husband live in Wisconsin with 3 children and spend a considerable amount of time outdoors, remodeling their third generation farm house, mastering un-tourism, and creating connections with people around the world.  Her podcast Ordinary Sherpa inspires families to connect through simple adventures.

1. What is one fun fact about you that not that many people know?

I have distant family relatives that are tied to Vincent van Gogh.

2. Who inspires you the most and why?

90% of the time I’d have to say my kids because I really get a lot of my energy from them.

I like to think of myself when I was four, and one of the people that was really inspirational to me was my grandfather. He was a retired pastor, but he was a natural outdoorsman that was always making something out of nothing.

3. What books are you reading now or have read and loved that you’d recommend?

Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature by Steven Rinella

4. What is one actionable tip or piece of advice that you can tell our moms out there to help them on their financial independence journey?

Keep it simple. When you start to think about what are the things that bring you joy, they’re usually things that are tangible, that are accessible, that you just have to look around and maybe look at with a new lens. It’s amazing how one little thread, you can pull on it, and it sparks so many other opportunities. So try to keep it simple.

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Heidi’s new book: Beyond Normal: A field guide to embrace adventure, explore the wilderness, and design an extraordinary life with kids 

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Deb Kierstead is a mom of four and an educator with over 29 years of experience who got tired of waiting for schools to teach kids what they actually need to know about money. So she built a financial literacy program that’s practical, playful, and shockingly fun. Her son bought his first house at 24 – proof that teaching money skills young actually works.

Key Takeaways:

1. Start the money conversation NOW — and keep it positive Money habits begin forming as early as age 7. Talk about money openly and often at home, but always frame it in a neutral or positive way. Swap “we can’t afford that” for “we’re choosing not to buy that right now.”

2. Give your kids real cash and let them feel the pinch Hand your child a set amount at the grocery store and let them manage it — including figuring it out if they go over. The embarrassment or problem-solving in that moment teaches more than any lecture ever could.

3. Build a saving strategy, not just a savings lecture Instead of just saying “save your money,” use one of Deb’s three systems:

4. Teach the 3-step Spending Test before any purchase Before your kid buys something, ask:

If it passes all three — no guilt, they buy it. This removes the battles and builds lifelong decision-making skills.

5. Stop fixing it — let them own it Whether it’s a budgeting mistake at the register or an impulse buy they regret, resist the urge to bail them out. Kids who earn and manage their own money develop a sense of ownership and pride that money handed to them simply can’t buy.

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Jessie Lang started investing in real estate by “house-hacking” over 10 years ago, and has since grown a substantial rental portfolio that she manages with the help of a small, remote team.

In the last 36 months, she’s grown from 11 doors (bought the wrong way with 20% down), to 70 doors and counting.

She’s laser focused on the BRRRR method, which allows her to put her money to work over and over to create generational wealth.

She partners with private lenders to buy real estate with none of her own money, all while providing them double digit returns on their investment!

Jessie has created a free mini-course—how to buy 1-3 rentals per month on autopilot (even if you don’t own a property yet, don’t have 20% down, and think rates are too high).

When she isn’t managing rentals or coaching, she is traveling with her wife Laura, spoiling her 5 (yes 5!) pets, and getting her hands dirty in DIY house projects and gardening.

Key Takeaways:

Rentals Made Easy: Unlock the Proven Step-by-Step System to Build Wealth Through Rental Properties by Jessie Lang

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Kim Rogne is a Certified High Performance Coach, Keynote Speaker, and the bestselling author of For The Love of Self – How to Change Your Mindset in Just 5 Minutes a Day. With over 25 years in the real estate industry, including 10 years in leadership management, Kim gained the expertise needed to launch her personal and professional development company, For The Love Of. She empowers working moms and small business owners to create balance, achieve more, and discover their own ‘For The Love Of.’

Kim is known for her unique approach to personal growth and productivity, bringing clarity and actionable steps to those feeling overwhelmed by life’s demands. Her passion lies in helping others unlock their mindset superpower through her signature PRP Model (Potential = Reality = Perception), offering practical strategies that work both at home and in the workplace.

As a self-proclaimed ‘mini-library’ of knowledge, Kim shares insights from books, podcasts, and her journey as a mom of two and her 27-year marriage. After a traumatic skiing accident left her wheelchair-bound, Kim took time off for the first time in 25 years. During this forced slow-down, she decided to stop dreaming and start doing, launching her business at age 50.

Her company’s vision is to inspire, empower, and promote action so everyone can live their best ‘For The Love Of’ life—allowing each person to fill in the blank with what matters most to them.

Key Takeaways:

1. CEO Your Home — Stop Doing It All Yourself Treat your home like a business. Assign age-appropriate responsibilities to your kids (laundry, packing lunches, managing their schedule). Your worth is NOT in doing everything. Delegate just like you would at work — and don’t apologize for it.

Start today: Pick one task you do daily and hand it off to your child or partner.

2. Create a Family Email + Shared Google Calendar Set up a dedicated family email that everyone has access to. All school newsletters, activity sign-ups, and events go there — not your personal inbox. As soon as kids are old enough, they update the family calendar themselves.

Start today: Create a free Gmail family account and forward all school/activity emails there.

3. Use the “48-Hour Cart Rule” for Purchases Before buying anything over a set family threshold (Kim uses $50), it must sit in the cart for 48 hours. This one habit fights impulse spending and teaches kids delayed gratification — in your personal life AND your business.

Start today: Set your family’s dollar threshold and make it a household rule.

4. Ask “What’s the ONE Thing?” to Beat Overwhelm When you feel buried, stop and ask: “What is the ONE thing I can do right now that will make everything else easier or unnecessary?” It might be making your bed, clearing the kitchen, or getting up 15 minutes early. Small wins protect your mental energy.

Start today: Identify your one “sacred space” that, when tidy, gives you calm — and protect it.

5. Do 5-Minute Daily Journaling with These 6 Prompts Kim’s PRP journaling method (used to build a six-figure business in 12 months):

Start today: Grab any notebook and spend 5 minutes each morning on these 6 prompts. Download Kim’s free version at floself.com (or floworkingmoms.com for the working mom edition).

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Key Takeaways:

1. Heal Your Money Story Before You Build Wealth Your relationship with money — what you heard, learned, and experienced growing up — is what’s actually blocking you. Until you identify and rewrite those beliefs, no strategy will stick. Janine’s “MIX Shift Framework”: find the message, ask if it’s true, cross it out, and replace it with a new one.

2. There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Real Estate Strategy — Start with Your Goal Airbnb, flipping, house hacking, single-family rentals — they all work. The key is knowing why you’re investing and what you want your life to look like. You only need 3–5 semi-free-and-clear properties to retire. Pick one strategy, start, and give yourself permission to pivot.

3. Not All Debt Is Bad — Learn to Use Leverage Consumer debt takes your money; leveraged debt makes you money. Real estate’s real power isn’t just cash flow — it’s depreciation, tax benefits, equity lines of credit, and using other people’s money (OPM) to grow. Net worth on paper means nothing; cash flow is what matters.

4. Focus on Income, Not the $5 Latte Cutting small expenses won’t change your life — growing your income will. “Buy the Damn Coffee” is a movement away from guilt and scarcity thinking. Temporary sacrifice is okay to course-correct, but the real wealth shift happens when you move from restricting to building. More money in the hands of women changes the world.

Buy the Damn Cofee by Janine Mix