UnNiched

On this episode of UnNiched, we welcome Tessa Keena. Tessa is a CPA with Hungerford Nichols and is a tough as nails overcomer. Tessa's the total package. She's a brilliant mind, a gifted professional, a selfless giving mom, and she has a knack for making you feel like her best friend. Join Andrea as she chats with Tessa, and by the end of the show, you'll want to be her best friend too.

On this episode of UnNiched, we meet Megan Carpenter. As the co-founder and CEO of FiComm Partners LLC, Megan knows what it takes to build a business. Join Andrea as she chats with Megan about how financial advisors can build their own business, what it means to have fierce personal leadership, and why understanding perception and communication are the keys to everything.

On this episode of UnNiched, Andrea meets Dana D’Auria. Dana does her research and facts don't lie. Women are amazing ambassadors in the financial services industry both on the advisory side and the money management side. And Dana would know, she's the Director of Research at Symmetry Partners. Please join Andrea and Dana for a chat about doing the research, having difficult conversations, and staying disciplined and investing and in life.

On this episode of UnNiched, we meet Beryl Ball. Beryl knows how to command a room. And not just any room. A boardroom surrounded by windows and filled with male banking executives and their cigarette smoke. Beryl swallowed the nerves and self-doubt and made her presence known. And she’s been doing it ever since. Join Andrea and Beryl and they talk about overcoming fear and doubt, creating a network of support, and paving your own path.

On this episode of UnNiched, meet Lindsay Faussone. Lindsay means business: business development, business planning, and successful business management.  As Vice President of strategic programs for E-Trade advisory services, she has made her mark cultivating not only her employers’ business but advisers’ businesses as well. She’s a problem solver, a long-term strategic thinker, and a quite simply...a force.

On this episode of UnNiched, Andrea chats with Lorraine George-Harik. While Lorraine has an impressive list of job titles, educational accolades and professional accomplishments, it’s how Lorraine has built herself, her career and now mentors other women that is truly impressive. She is moving the needle forward by encouraging other women to always ask for a seat at the table, stand boldly and confidently in what they have to present and demonstrate that they are capable.

On this episode of UnNiched, Andrea discusses the challenges that come with raising a family while running a business with Kathy Colby. The two are joined by Kathy's daughter, Morgan as they explore the sacrifices that are made by working parents, the risks that they make as business owners, and the drive to overcome barriers while helping others along the way. This episode focuses on the question: "are family and professional accomplishment mutually exclusive?"

On this episode of UnNiched, we meet Ray Befus, high level executive coach and owner of Highpoint Training and Coaching. After witnessing the professional experience women have that Ray describes as “death by a thousand cuts,” he felt compelled to help women find their voice and confidence. Join Ray and Andrea as they discuss leveraging your relationships, telling it like it is, and the next social revolution.

On this episode of UnNiched, Flo Affatato Flo shares not only her experience and perspective but her thoughts on how to maintain gender identity when surrounded by the opposite sex. Flo knows a thing or two about succeeding in male dominated professions. Flo serves and CCO and CLO for Planning Alternatives, but before her success in the securities industry, she worked for the FBI. Flo became a member of the FBI’s Possible Club, an elite group of the Bureau’s best sharp shooters.

In this episode of UnNiched, we hear from Samantha Arsenault-Livingstone as she describes the terrifying moment that changed her life. It was every parent’s worst nightmare as Samantha sat helplessly in a corner as emergency medical staff responded to a code on her young daughter. And in that moment Samantha’s lifelong belief that if she just tried hard enough, she could control all the things came crashing down. From a young athlete struggling with body image to young woman standing on top of the Olympic podium wearing a gold medal around her neck, Samantha struggled with perfectionism. She believed that if she just tried harder, she could achieve the result she wanted until the moment she couldn’t. And as her daughter’s heart began beating again, Samantha’s heart began beating again. She gave herself permission to feel pain, accept and welcome failure, and begin her journey toward a more joyful and present life. Join me for an empowering, soul-stirring conversation with Olympic gold medalist, high performance coach and consultant, transformational speaker, educator, and creator of the incredible Rise Free Academy, Samantha Arsenault-Livingstone.