Unleash Your True Value®

Have you ever felt like you were labeled and put in a box? If so, this podcast interview with Lauryn Williams is for you!

Lauryn is known as a gold and silver Olympic medalist, but like most powerful women that is only one dimension of her true self. Listen in to hear her story, why I was blown away by her keynote presentation, and how you can recognize and overcome stereotypical thinking about women of color and money.

Special Breaking Money Silence® Offer: Lauryn has a new course that includes three topics Money Mindset, Budgeting and Debt Management, and Other Financial Topics (estate planning, insurance, taxes, investing). She has offered a 20% discount for Breaking Money Silence® podcast listeners with the code BMS2020 when you sign up. The discount code is good through June 2020.

Lauryn Williams is a financial planner, author, podcaster, motivational speaker, and volunteer. But that’s not why most people recognize her name.

Over a period of twelve years, she competed at the elite level in two Olympic sports. Lauryn secured a spot on four US Olympic teams earning one gold and two silver medals. She is also the first American woman to earn medals in both the Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

While the sports journey has been amazing, Lauryn always wanted to be prepared for a life off  the field of play. To prepare, she earned a BA and an MBA in Finance and Business while competing. After retiring, she was struck with a passion for empowering others with financial literacy and became a Certified Financial PlannerTM .

Lauryn now runs her own financial planning company, Worth Winning, and hosts the podcast Worth Listening. For more information, visit her site Worth Winning.

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Do men find it easier to ask for a raise than women? Research supports the notion that gender determines how you are perceived when negotiating salary and women tend to be offered less money than their male counterparts. But is that really true? Listen in to this episode as part of our Breaking Money Silence® podcast series on Women, Money and Power as I interview Rei Lemashov, an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, about his experience negotiating a salary as a woman, then as a man.

Rei Lemashov is a Practice Management Consultant for a regional wealth advisory firm. He works with financial advisors to maximize productivity, leverage technology, and uncover new business opportunities.

When he first entered the financial services industry, Rei was living as a woman. At 25, he came out as a transgender man and underwent medical gender confirmation. He now uses his experience to promote intersectional diversity and inclusion, and advocates on behalf of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Rei completed his studies in Rhetoric at The Pennsylvania State University. He is a licensed rescue diver, an avid runner, and an amateur houseplant enthusiast.

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Being a mom, entrepreneur, and a powerful woman can be tricky. Listen in to this episode of our Women, Money, and Power series as Natalie Taylor shares a pivotal teachable moment with her young son that helped him change his relationship with spending. Learn how you can examine your money mistakes and be compassionate to yourself and your children when it comes to talking about finances and changing habits. Hint: Discussing feelings really helps!

Natalie Taylor is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and Behavioral Financial Advisor™ who is passionate about helping people cultivate a plan for their finances based on their values and goals. She helps people not only make progress, but find confidence, balance, and peace along the way.

Frequently quoted in major publications such as the Huffington Post, Forbes, Business Insider, and Lifehacker, Natalie draws on over 15 years of comprehensive financial planning experience, 7 years in fintech, and a decade of professional speaking to share advice that works in real life, not just on paper. For more information, visit https://www.natalieanntaylor.com/

Special Announcements: Natalie will be opening an RIA in early 2020 to serve clients directly. She'll focus on serving young professional parents.

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Do you struggle with work-life balance? If so, you are not alone as many busy professional women do. In this episode, Kathleen welcomes Donna Sowa Allard and Lauren Robbins, two powerful women in the financial services industry, to explore the concept of balance and to look at how this goal can fuel unnecessary shame and guilt. The latest in our Women, Money and Power series, this episode is not to be missed!

Special Announcement: The Life Rebalanced Podcast launches in the first quarter of 2020. Please email Lauren to receive notification when the first episode airs.

Donna Sowa Allard and Lauren Robbins are Certified Financial Planners and co-hosts of the Life Rebalanced Podcast.

Donna lives and works in Rhode Island at Sowa Financial Group and co-hosts the weekly "Back to Basics" edition of the MoneyTalk Radio program. She is an active member of the Financial Planning Association and when not working, Donna, a proud parent, can be found cheering on the sidelines of whatever sport is in season. For more information, visit Sowa Financial.

Lauren lives and works in Southern California at Hawekotte Financial Group and is an active member of the Financial Planning Association. She offers clients interested in taking a deeper dive into the emotional aspects of finances a program called, Plan Well Be Well. When not working, Lauren spends most of her free time rock climbing, volunteering in the kids’ classrooms, and seeking out the best local restaurants. For more information, visit Hawekotte Financial Group.

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Join me as I interview Manisha Thakor, a nationally renowned financial literacy advocate for women and author, about the myth that having more money will make life better. The first in our Breaking Money Silence® on Women, Money, and Power Series, Manisha shares her personal struggle to balance her health with her quest for money and power. Listen in and learn the importance of finding true wealth, or as Manisha likes to say, “True WELLth.”

Show Notes:

Manisha mentioned a few books and her podcast during her interview. Here is more information on these resources:

Michael F. Kay, CFP® is President Financial Life Focus, The Feel Rich Project. Listen to my Breaking Money Silence® interview with Michael here.

Julia Cameron, author of The Artist's Way at Work

True WELLth podcast - click here to listen.

Manisha Thakor is Vice President of Financial Wellbeing at the Seattle-based wealth management firm, Brighton Jones and host of the True WELLth podcast. Her mission is to help clients “Live A Richer Life” – literally and figuratively.

Manisha is the co-author of two critically acclaimed personal finance books: On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance and Get Financially Naked: How to Talk Money with Your Honey. She serves on the board of The National Endowment for Financial Education, sits on Faculty at The Omega Institute, and her works have appeared on The Today Show, Rachel Ray, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, Real Simple, Women’s Day, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health, to name just a few.

Manisha earned her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1997 and her BA from Wellesley College in 1992. She is also a CFA charterholder and CFP® practitioner. She currently lives in Portland, OR, where she revels in the Third Wave Coffee scene and the stunning beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Her website is MoneyZen.com.

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In this Behind the Scenes episode, Pam Andrews and I talk more about we met at #FinCon. Pam is the author of Scholarship Search Secrets, the host of The Scholarship Shark Podcast and the creator of the board game, In Pursuit of College.

In 2020, I will be exploring society’s ambivalence about women, money, and power on the Breaking Money Silence® Podcast and in my work.  As a seasoned entrepreneur, I plan to share with you my personal experiences about my journey to financial success and the questions I still ponder about my worth. I will also interview innovators in various fields about feminine power. My hope is this podcast series will be a catalyst for conversations about gender bias, the need to be transparent in our shared struggles, and how together we can achieve gender parity in the years to come.

You are not going to want to miss a single episode of the Breaking Money Silence® Podcast series on women, money, and power, so if you are not already a subscriber, sign up today (https://podcast.breakingmoneysilence.com/).

Breaking money silence with your teen about the cost of college and how to apply for scholarships can be challenging. Especially if you or your high schooler believes that scholarships are only for talented athletes and A+ students. Listen in and hear how Pam Andrews, host of the Scholarship Shark Podcast, helped her son win over $700,000 in scholarship money that paid for his undergraduate and graduate school. Discover tips for starting a college money talk in your family and how to navigate the complex world of scholarships.

Pam Andrews is the author of Scholarship Search Secrets, the host of The Scholarship Shark Podcast and the creator of the board game, In Pursuit of College. She is a college admissions coach and scholarship strategist that helps high school students get into their dream college and secure scholarships that will pay for it.  Pam has helped her clients win over $1,000,000 in scholarships to date and is passionate about empowering more families to educate their children and save money.

Pam has been married for over twenty-five years and is a mother to four children ranging from elementary school to college. Pam is also a board member of the Parents’ Association for Ringling College of Art and Design. For more information, visit The Scholarship Shark. 

Show Notes:

Check out these books, Pam thinks every parent and future college student should know about:

The Ultimate Guide to Scholarships*

Where You Go Is Not Who You Will Be*

 

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Emily turns the tables on me and starts asking questions about my career path and my super power of getting people to open up and talk about taboo topics. Listen to Emily's Breaking Money Silence® episode, Is the cannabis industry unbanked? here.

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Have you ever wondered who makes Breaking Money Silence® podcast sound so great? Listen to me interview Roger Stauss, co-owner of the Sugarhouse Soundworks studio and my very gifted audio engineer.

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