In this powerful and deeply personal solo episode, Evie shares the unexpected news of being laid off—and why she's meeting it with peace, purpose, and a powerful plan. From triathlon triumphs to guided visualizations and podcast consistency, August was full of momentum—and this curveball was no exception.

Evie opens up about what it means to be laid off (again), why she’s not trippin’, and how she’s turning this moment of redirection into a season of reinvention. You’ll hear the story of her first layoff at age 25, how that moment sparked her commitment to financial stability, and the exact steps she's taken to recession-proof her life today.

This episode is an invitation to see uncertainty not as failure, but as divine redirection. 

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

Whether you've been recently laid off or fear it's around the corner, Evie breaks down:

• The 3 reasons she's financially unfazed
• The power of an emergency fund and severance negotiation
• Why your network is your net worth
• How this is the push she needed to go all in on her business
• The mindset shift that changed everything—from victim to visionary

Timestamps:

• 00:00 – Life updates and recent wins
• 01:40 – The unexpected layoff that changed everything
• 03:00 – Flashback: Her first layoff at age 25
• 05:30 – Why this time is different (and better)
• 06:45 – Ego hits and healing after rejection
• 07:30 – The 3 reasons she’s not worried
• 10:00 – Reframing fear into fuel
• 12:45 – What’s next in her business journey
• 14:00 – Affirmations for anyone facing layoffs

This isn't just a layoff story—it’s a masterclass in preparation, self-worth, and turning unexpected endings into powerful new beginnings.

Tune in if you're ready to redefine what success (and security) looks like—on your own terms.

1:1 Coaching

I’d love to support you in building the confidence, clarity, and career strategy that makes you truly layoff-proof — and sets you up to negotiate your worth. Let’s get you into a season of abundance, self-trust, and opportunity. Book here.

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Latinas make just 52 cents for every dollar a white man makes—and we’re done staying quiet about it. In this powerful live workshop, I’ll teach you how to shift your money mindset, negotiate your worth, and finally get paid what you deserve.

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In this powerful conversation, Evie sits down with Ilze Gideons to talk about what it really means to let go. From her upbringing in apartheid South Africa to her journey of building a life in Seattle, Ilze shares deeply about money, trust, and the mindset shifts required to welcome in bigger dreams. Together, they explore what it takes to release old beliefs, redefine our relationship with money, and create space for aligned opportunities.

This episode is for anyone who has ever felt weighed down by family expectations, money trauma, or the fear of trusting again. Ilze’s wisdom will inspire you to pause, breathe, and embrace the practice of letting go—so you can respond differently when life calls you higher.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• Ilze’s powerful money story growing up in apartheid South Africa.
• How family dynamics and cultural expectations shaped her relationship with money.
• The belief she’s currently unlearning: not giving trust away so easily.
• The life-changing principle of responding instead of reacting.
• Why “letting go” is not just a mindset, but a daily practice.
• How to welcome in bigger opportunities by releasing old expectations.

Key Takeaways:

• Our money stories run deep. Healing them requires acknowledging the roots and deciding which beliefs no longer serve us.
• Trust is earned. Protecting our time, energy, and resources helps us advocate for ourselves in work, business, and life.
• Letting go is a principle. Breathing, pausing, and responding (instead of reacting) allows us to move forward with clarity.
• Bigger dreams require new responses. To step into abundance, we must release outdated ways of thinking and behaving.

If this episode resonated with you, share it with a fellow amiga who might need this reminder. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review—it helps us reach more Latinas ready to reclaim their power.

About Ilze Gideons

Ilze Gideons is a Luxury Travel Curator at Ubuntu Travel, crafting unique experiences in her homeland of South Africa. From luxury safaris to cultural immersions, she ensures each journey is seamless, intentional, and unforgettable. A Stellenbosch University graduate and former athlete, Ilze blends leadership, creativity, and cultural fluency to design travel that inspires transformation and connection.

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubuntu.travel/
• X: https://x.com/ilzegideons
• Website: https://www.ubuntutravel.us/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilzegideons/

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In this workshop-inspired episode, Evie walks you through the powerful practice of reconnecting with your inner niña—the younger version of you who dared to dream big. You’ll learn how healing childhood fears, shifting your mindset, and practicing audacity can help you manifest a career that aligns with your worth and values.

Whether you’re navigating self-doubt, fear of success, or money trauma, this episode will guide you to claim your power, release what no longer serves you, and step into career opportunities that light you up. This is a guided visualization; make sure to find a quiet place to visualize, bring a journal and most importantly, bring an open heart. 

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• Why connecting with your inner niña is key to unlocking courage in your career.
• The role of self-worth and healing in career manifestation.
• How to move through fear of success, failure, or “being greedy.”
• Practical tools for shifting limiting beliefs into empowering ones.
• A guided reflection to step into audacity and align your career path.

Key Takeaways:

• Audacity is required: Manifesting a dream career means moving with courage, not waiting until fear is gone.
• Your inner niña already knew: The younger version of you held dreams and truths worth honoring today.
• Release the old to welcome the new: You can’t manifest aligned opportunities while carrying outdated fears or beliefs.
• Manifestation requires alignment: It’s not just about vision, but also about daily practices, habits, and beliefs.

Send this to a friend who needs the inspiration to take aligned action in her career. 

Until next time amigas ✨

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Have you ever looked at your paycheck, realized you’re making more money than your parents ever did, and still felt broke? That was me. 

At 22, I hit a financial rock bottom. My credit score was in the 400s, my bank account was constantly empty, and even though I was earning $50k as an engineer in San Diego, I was living paycheck to paycheck. It wasn’t until a casual comment from a white male coworker about his salary opened my eyes—I was wildly underpaid. That moment was the wake-up call I needed.

By 2015, I decided enough was enough. I went from being broke, overwhelmed, and scared of money to becoming financially empowered, negotiating higher salaries, and building a six-figure investment portfolio by 2019.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the exact steps I took to transform my money story, reclaim my financial power, and set myself up for long-term wealth.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• The wake-up call: how a 450 credit score shook me into action.
• My 9-step game plan for turning my finances around—everything from auditing my expenses to negotiating my salary and investing consistently.
• Why financial boundaries matter (especially with family) and how I created mine.
• The role of mindset + financial education in overcoming money trauma and building wealth. 
• The power of side hustles and brainstorming new streams of income.

Key Takeaways:

If you’ve ever felt ashamed of your finances or wondered how to get started on your wealth-building journey, this episode is for you.

Remember, my friend: asking for your worth is not being greedy—it’s the first step toward financial freedom.

**This episode was pulled from our archives and recorded on March 18, 2024**

Until next time amigas ✨

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Imagine being eight weeks pregnant, still in those tender early days of protecting your peace, and then getting the email no one wants: HR meeting — please prioritize.

That’s exactly what happened to my guest, Jenn Jamali — a multicultural career and money coach who, at the time, was working at her dream company, counting on their generous parental leave to support her during her first pregnancy. Instead, she found herself navigating a layoff, severance, and the most vulnerable chapter of her life… all at once.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• Jenn’s early money story, shaped by watching her mom get laid off when she was a child — and how that shaped her fierce financial independence.
• The exact moment Jenn knew she was being laid off, and the mental/emotional tools she leaned on to get through it without losing herself.
• How Jenn recession-proofed her finances before she ever knew she’d need to — and why every woman should do the same.
• The mindset shifts that helped Jenn see the layoff as a redirection toward building her own business and living in alignment.

Key Takeaways:

Whether you’re in the middle of your own career curveball, feeling anxious about job security, or simply want to learn how to prepare for the unexpected, this episode is packed with strategies and soul. Jenn’s story is proof that you can take a moment that could break you… and turn it into the foundation for your next, most empowered chapter.

Jenn Jamali is a Financial Empowerment Coach helping women and first-generation professionals build confidence with their money, grow their income, and align their finances with their values. With a decade of experience in tech recruiting and a personal journey that includes self-funded maternity leave and investing in real estate by age 30, Jenn blends mindset, strategy, and systems to help others make more, keep more, and feel good doing it

Connect with Jenn:

Instagram: @FirstJennMoney

Connect with Jenn on LinkedIn

Jenn's Website:  https://www.firstjennmoney.com/

Join Jenn's Payday Club: https://stan.store/firstjennmoney

Until next time amigas ✨

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In this deeply personal and soul-stirring episode, Evie shares the transformative power of Inner Niña Audacity — the bold, playful, limitless energy of your inner child before the world taught you to shrink. She reflects on a powerful moment of full-circle manifestation, from listening to the Yo Quiero Dinero podcast on her commute to work... to being featured twice on the show and name-dropped in a best-selling book.

Evie also opens up about recent healing experiences, including a breathwork and Reiki session that helped her release generational pain and step fully into her highest self. If you've been holding yourself back, playing small, or questioning your dreams — this episode will shake you out of your doubt and reconnect you with the version of you that believes anything is possible.

Plus: details about her Inner Niña Audacity Career Manifestation Workshop happening August 14th.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:
✨ What "Inner Niña Audacity" means and how to embody it
✨ Why being “delulu” is actually a manifestation superpower
✨ The beliefs we inherit as kids — and how to let them go
✨ A powerful full-circle manifestation story you won’t believe
✨ The magic of being in rooms with women who are DOING the thing
✨ How you can tap into this energy at her upcoming workshop

🎟 Workshop Details:
Inner Niña Audacity: Career Manifestation Workshop
🗓 August 14th, 2025
🕔 5PM PT / 8PM ET
🔗 Sign Up Here

Until next time amigas ✨

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In this episode, I sit down with Sage Ke’alohilani Quiamno, a nationally recognized DEI leader, founder, and angel investor who has helped over 2,500 WOC negotiate higher salaries. But her story didn’t start in boardrooms and conference stages—it started with a childhood experience that shaped her mission to advocate for women of color.

We dive deep into the why behind our negotiation fears, how childhood money stories influence our worth, and tactical tips for taking up space in rooms not built for us.

What We Cover:

• Sage’s journey from painfully shy to powerhouse speaker
• Navigating money shame as an Indigenous and immigrant-raised woman
• How to build your "mana folder" to prep for negotiations
• Political power mapping inside corporate systems
• Using negotiation skills beyond the workplace

Timestamps:

00:00 – Meet Sage & the story of how we met

03:58 – Growing up in Hawaii & early fears around public speaking

10:46 – Intergenerational money stories & guilt around success

20:18 – How Sage built her negotiation skills

33:03 – Power mapping, documenting wins & timing your ask

38:58 – Building trust to fundraise & build a business

41:53 – Advice Sage would give her 22-year-old self

About Sage:

Sage is a Native Hawaiian leader, global advisor, and national speaker dedicated to creating pathways for women of color in leadership. She’s the award-winning co-founder of Future for Us and a former Global DEI Leader at Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, where she led talent strategies across 12 countries.

Her work on pay equity and inclusive leadership has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, and Entrepreneur. Today, she serves as an angel investor focused on Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian women founders, while advising boards like Hawaii Peoples Fund and Natives Rising.

Sage brings deep expertise in negotiation, equity strategy, and Indigenous values to help build community-driven, transformative change.

Follow Sage on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sage-quiamno/

Speaking Events: May 22 at Waikiki Yacht Club & June 13 at Women by Women Summit.

Invitation to Inner Niña Audacity Career Manifestation Workshop
Join me as we channel our inner niña audacity as we reframe limiting beliefs and build trust in ourselves to call in our audacious career dreams. Sign up here.

Until next time amigas ✨

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If I could go back and tell my younger self just one thing, it would be this: Asking for your worth is not asking for too much—it’s the new standard.

In this solo episode, I get real about my first-ever salary conversation (spoiler: I didn’t negotiate), the cultural conditioning that made me feel lucky just to get an offer, and the myths that keep so many of us from asking for more. If you’ve ever felt guilty about negotiating, doubted your experience, or thought working harder would eventually get you paid more, this episode is for you.

🔑 In This Episode, We Discuss:
✔️ The mindset shift that changed how I approach salary conversations
✔️ 3 common myths that hold women back from negotiating (and how to break free)
✔️ Why experience isn’t the only thing that gives you leverage
✔️ How gratitude and asking for more can co-exist
✔️ The importance of setting salary boundaries from day one

It’s time to stop settling and start negotiating like the badass you are. Let’s dive in!

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In this heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Cande from Siempre Evolving, a Latina life coach and blogger dedicated to self-development, spirituality, and conscious growth. Together, we unpack the deeply rooted narratives that push Latinas into hyper-masculine energy, often leading to burnout, unbalanced relationships, and emotional exhaustion.

Cande shares her transformative journey—from growing up with the belief that she should never rely on anyone, to navigating a long-term relationship where she carried the weight of hyper-independence. We dive into how childhood experiences shaped our ideas of self-worth, relationships, and financial security, and how stepping into our feminine energy isn’t about weakness—it’s about reclaiming balance, trust, and authenticity.

What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• How generational beliefs around money and self-reliance impact Latina women
• The difference between wounded masculine energy and healthy masculine dynamics
• Recognizing trauma bonds and breaking free from cycles of over-functioning in relationships
• The importance of rest, reflection, and self-awareness in healing
• Why feeling “safe” is the foundation for true partnership and personal growth

Key Takeaways:

• You can be grateful and still ask for more—in relationships, in your career, and in life.
• Hyper-independence isn’t strength when it isolates you from genuine support.
• Healing requires pausing, reflecting, and allowing yourself to feel safe enough to receive.

If this episode resonated with you, share it with a fellow amiga who might need this reminder. Don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review—it helps us reach more Latinas ready to reclaim their power.

Connect with Cande:

Candelaria (Cande) González is a certified life coach helping First-Generation Latinas in their 30s break free from unfulfilling careers and relationships to create lives they love. She combines mindset, spirituality, and practical strategies to help her clients gain clarity, confidence, and take bold action toward their dreams. Cande is currently accepting new clients to work together via private coaching. Book your complimentary sales call today in the link below.

Website: Siempre Evolving

IG: @siempreevolving

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Episode Summary:

In this episode, host Evie dives into the underrated power of LinkedIn optimization and why it's a game-changer for job seekers, professionals, and even those who aren't actively looking for new opportunities. With 87% of recruiters using LinkedIn daily to scout talent, having a well-optimized LinkedIn profile can put you at the top of their search results and open doors to exciting new roles. Evie shares actionable tips on how to make your profile discoverable, stand out to recruiters, and even use LinkedIn to gather market insights for salary negotiations.

Whether you're preparing for your next career move, trying to gauge your market value, or simply looking to build your professional network, this episode is packed with practical advice to help you maximize LinkedIn's potential.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why LinkedIn is a vital tool for job seekers and professionals alike.
• How keywords and optimization on LinkedIn are like SEO for your career.
• Why keeping your LinkedIn profile updated is crucial, even if you’re not job hunting.
• How recruiters' outreach can provide valuable salary insights for negotiations.
• Tips for leveraging LinkedIn as a networking and personal branding tool.

Resources Mentioned:

• Evie’s Blog Post: A step-by-step guide to LinkedIn optimization with a link to a free LinkedIn grading tool.
• LinkedIn Grading Tool: Analyze your profile and receive actionable recommendations to improve your score.

Ready to revamp your LinkedIn and let the opportunities come to you? Grab a cup of cafecito, visit Evie’s blog post, and get started on creating a standout LinkedIn profile today!

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2025 is the year you make more money at work! I am hosting a free webinar on March 5th covering Equal Pay Day, what the date means and strategies on how to negotiate more money at work. I also cover the top 6 fears that keep most women from negotiating their salary and how to overcome those fears. If you’re someone who is thinking about negotiating your salary this year, this webinar is for you! Sign up today here.

Until next time amigas ✨

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