This week's episode is with Sally Pasley Vargas, a Chef, Writer & Photographer whose creative career spans 5 decades.

A multi-talented creative, Sally currently works as a cooking teacher, coach, photographer, recipe developer, and personal chef, and writes a weekly recipe column for The Boston Globe.

Together we reflect back on Sally's career journey and dive into the wisdom she acquired along the way.

After losing her father as a teenager, then training as a teacher, but with limited career options available to women in the early 1970's, Sally decided to opt out and join an ashram & build her internal muscles instead.

Sally launched her culinary career as a line cook at Rudi's Big Indian Restaurant near Woodstock, New York. Her country neighbor at the time, Chef Eugene Bernard, frequently visited the kitchen to advise and mentor the cooks, and eventually arranged for Vargas to intern with pastry chef Albert Kumin at the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY.

This move would become the beginning of her culinary career, which eventually led to becoming the author of 4 published cookbooks: Food for Friends, The Tao of Cooking, The Cranberry Cookbook & The Blueberry Cookbook.

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At the start of the year I celebrated my 50th birthday with an epic trip to Colombia, but if the truth be told a part of me didn't want to commemorate this landmark birthday, because it felt like a mismatch.

I didn't feel 50

I wasn't excited about turning 50

It felt like a badly fitting suit, one that didn't suit me

One that I didn't want to wear.

One that I wasn't ready to wear.

I was called to be both accepting of this new chapter of my life, hitting 50, and at the same time questioning it, challenging it.

And so I stayed with the discomfort, I stayed with the questions, I stayed in the unknown.

In this solo episode I share with you the process I went through, and the powerful questions I am asking myself at this life stage.

If you are in your 40's or beyond, I think you will find this a powerful & thought provoking episode.

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This week I interview Susana Ferreres, the co-founder of my all time favourite drink: Umyko Kombucha, an artisan kombucha hand made in Ibiza.

Susana, a psychologist & gerontologist, founded Umyko Kombucha in 2019 with her husband Milko, following an inner calling, and is currently doing research on the gut brain connection, psychobiotics, and linking her 30 years of psychological experience with the wisdom of kombucha.

Kombucha is a whole body-mind experience and has super powers for your gut microbiome. Umyko set out to make the very best kombucha through sourcing the world's best teas, and an artisan fermentation process, and embracing the organic flow of nature.

The connection between the body and mind has been a theme throughout Susana's life's work & in this fascinating episode, we dive into how she founded the company, addressed the challenges of creating & bringing an artisan product to market, and what goes into creating the best possible product.

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The path of solo entrepreneurship is a rollercoaster in so many ways: including financially.

So how do you handle the inevitable ups and downs of money flow when you run your own business?

How do you develop a resilient and resourceful mindset that's also expansive and optimistic, when the flow slows down or even stops?

This episode will show you how to do exactly that with 9 steps to follow to strengthen your money mindset in challenging times, or times of growth.

Learn how to create a resilient money mindset and you will develop a much greater ability to ride the waves of entrepreneurship and money flow, and maintain faith and trust and emotional stability during the leaner times.

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Do you ever feel like your manifestation isn't working?

Do you ever feel like you're doing everything right, but somehow what you want isn't coming to you?

Today I share the fun story of my energetic state when I was manifesting my little dog Teddy Pom Pom & the mindset & actions I took, that you can adopt too for whatever you choose!

I'll also lead you through a short but powerful visualization to manifest your future dream home.

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Did you know that the time of your menstrual flow (or the full moon if you are post menopause) can be a gateway to accessing your deep inner, feminine, spiritual wisdom?

When we work with our cycle adapting our pace and activities to the phase of the cycle we are in, it can make things much easier.

This month for me, flow week coincided with slow week, and an empty schedule, so I was given the chance to surrender more deeply to this phase of my cycle and be truly present for the bleed….for it's gifts and messages, and the unique energy available at this time.

In this episode, I share about how to access the inherent wisdom that's available to you during menstruation, and a story about how I pierced the veil and accessed incredible insights during this time.

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So how do you find time to bring new projects into the world?

How do you make progress on new ideas when your schedule is already full?

To have both more than enough time and more than enough money can seem to be an impossible goal at times.

It's a challenge I love to explore, because in finding answers it empowers us to take even more control of our life and destiny.

In this episode, I support you in a reframe around time, and share 3 tips to help you embody this new mindset.

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For so many reasons we judge ourselves as unworthy of all the good in life – or too much good, which includes too much ease, fun, money, love, pleasure, rest or relaxation.

We consciously and unconsciously limit the amount of "love" we can receive and experience.

Family programs, the love we received from our mother and father in the first year of life, childhood, beliefs about love, experiences in love in adult life, our beliefs about ourself and our inherent worthiness are just some of the factors impacting our experience of love.

Now I love a spa visit and a bouquet of beautiful flowers as much as the next woman, but how can we attain a greater level of self love, generated from within?

This week I share 5 practices & perspectives to support you to cultivate more self love - love which will ripple out into every area of your life from work, to relationships, to your health and your body.

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This week I am delighted to welcome the most renowned Feng Shui Master in the world today, Marie Diamond, star of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, global bestselling author and one of the planet's premiere transformational leaders. She is here on the Feminine Millionaire Show to talk about her brand new book from Hay House - Feng Shui Your Life: A Beginner's Guide to Using Your Home to Attract the Life of Your Dreams & open up the powerful world of feng shui for you all.

Join us for a powerful and fascinating conversation all about how to manifest more abundance & success in your life and work through the art of feng shui.

Feng Shui is all about energy and how it flows around you and your spaces. The greater the flow, the more advantageous your prospects in business, love, health, family and more.

Did you know that your home is acting as a 3D vision board for your life and work? Yes, it's already impacting the results you are creating in your life right now…..and did you know that you can actually change the energy in your home through specific techniques, so that you create different outcomes?

Sometimes it doesn't take much—just the repositioning of a desk, the removal or addition of a picture, the placement or covering of a mirror, the display of a candle in the right place—and your fortunes, your health, your love life, or your family dynamics can radically change in a very short time!

Some of the topics we dive into include:

- The key that many people miss when it comes to manifesting more abundance

- The 3 top things to change in your home to manifest more success & abundance

- How to access the quantum field through your home

- How to attract more money by letting go of the past

- Why finding out your success direction is a gamechanger

Marie has built an incredible worldwide following. She has taught more than one million students over the past 30 years and is a sought-after speaker in more than 30 countries. She is a personal, business and spiritual mentor and consultant to a who's who of celebrities in film, music, C-suites, global leadership, sports and even in royal palaces. Counted among her clients are Steven Spielberg, Jodie, Foster, Dan Aykroyd, Big Sean, Paula Abdul, Jason Bateman and luminaries Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Dr John Gray, Marianne Williamson, Rhonda Byrne and Vishen Lakhiani.

Join us in conversation & learn all about how to optimise your home for abundance!

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Create the environment to attract the life of your dreams, with Marie Diamond's unique Diamond Feng Shui system. This book offers exercises, tools and practical guidance, and will become your go-to resource to help you attract a life of abundance beyond your wildest dreams. Buy the Book on Amazon

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What if a Wrong Turned out to be a Right?

Travel always brings the unexpected…. so many situations, unpredictable aspects where things do not go as planned… so much out of our control.

I kicked off 2024 with a very adventurous 2 weeks celebrating my landmark birthday in Cartagena and Isla Baru in Colombia with some dear friends.

Today I am going to share a couple of stories from my holiday about pivoting your mindset when things go wrong….. and how what initially seems like a wrong can turn out to be a really really right!

I share 4 tips to shift your perspective when things go wrong, so that you can allow life to surprise and delight you in any situation!

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