Frenzied To Financial Freedom

Barbara Brooks and Guadalupe Hirt started SecondAct Women to build a thriving community of 40 and 50+ women who are looking for fulfillment in their careers and lives at this sweet stage of life. This dynamic duo share how they started building this platform for women, which includes events, online resources and a support system to help us live our best lives. 

Echo’s entrepreneurial journey started as a childhood dream while growing up in China. Coming to the US with just $800 in her pocket, Echo shares how she overcame obstacles including  what she calls being a triple minority (an Asian, a woman and a new immigrant). There are so many life lessons in her three pivotal decisions to reach financial freedom. Tune in to learn the benefits from her three big life choices that drove her success.

While we love entrepreneurship, investing, and real estate, we also like thinking and talking about the whole person. Prior to episode 20, we ended each podcast by asking our guests to share a “funny story”. This stumped most guests, so we changed by asking about a good fitness hack to find ways of getting or staying healthy easier.  This has given us a long list of excellent tips and tricks beyond just fitness to include overall health and wellness. In this episode, we share many of the ideas our guests have given us over the last six months along with some of our own ideas about how to focus more on wellness in our lives.

Lisa Tilstra shares her story of sorrow and joy during her journey to become a coach, speaker and an expert real estate investor. Lisa bought her first rental property after losing her husband, and she had no idea this was her first step toward becoming a real estate investor. If you dream of owning a business and traveling the world, hear how Lisa got started and now manages her rental properties and REI concierge business from overseas. 

After a decade of being told that her directness and drive was a liability, Laura turned her frustration into fuel and started her consulting business and entrepreneur journey. She gives the behind the scenes of her speaking business, which is based on her passion to share stories that inspire and heal others to grow into their best selves.

Ali Boone started Hipster Investments to differentiate her company and live a life of freedom on her own terms. Learn about Ali’s story, which begins like many of ours, going to college then grad school to build a solid career. Even though Ali landed at a dream company as an aerospace engineer, the small gray cubicle and the 9-to-5 hours just weren’t for her. Her creative real estate investment strategies paid off and became the idea for her new company -- even after 100s of other ideas didn’t take hold. We can’t wait for you to hear Ali’s solid investment advice with a focus on mindset and perseverance that will help you move forward with your financial freedom goals.

Michelle Bosch combines the flow of spirituality with the cash flow from real estate investing to form an ideal entrepreneurial business in partnership with her husband. We loved hearing about Michelle’s self-proclaimed “immigrant advantage” in building her business. Michelle is from Honduras and her husband is from Germany, and their fresh perspectives helped them identify opportunities, especially in land flipping, and successfully grow the partnership. You won’t want to miss this spirited conversation!

Nikki and Pam share their secrets to success in juggling full time jobs, side hustles AND successful investing in real estate. The key to their partnership is relying on their strengths, being creative, staying flexible, and above all saying “no” to distractions.

Women all over the world want the same thing: Building a life of fulfillment and financial freedom. Listen to Genecia Alluora from Singapore share her success in building businesses and a platform to help women from different countries, different backgrounds and with different types of employment gain the confidence to grow professionally to earn more...

Stephanie and Kristen take time this week to lift up all of our small business friends during this pandemic that has forced us all to stay home. As we continue to shelter at home, many of our entrepreneur friends are struggling to keep their businesses alive. We all can help and find hope. In this episode, we showcase just a few small businesses in our community--many selling nationwide with online stores--with the hope it inspires you to support your own communities too.

Energetic Chris-Tia Donaldson shares her amazing journey from law school to corporate legal counsel to building a successful multi-million dollar business, which began as a side-hustle. Her compelling story outlines the very personal origins of her business along with surviving breast cancer, which was a pivotal moment in her life. This two-time author shares joy, wisdom, advice and even how to find the silver lining during a pandemic to continue the growth of her business and personal life. 

Jennifer teaches us how to reach our goals by digging deep into our souls to find what we really want in life, and use that to reverse engineer a plan. Jennifer shares key strategies for this, including how she grows her business naturally by focusing on relationships--rather than transactions--to successfully serve her clients.

Wendy Barlin is living the American Dream having emigrated from South Africa to start her career, which led her to building her own business helping entrepreneurs of all sizes manage their taxes and improve cash flow -- all based on her real-world experience. Get some great tax tips and learn about how to improve your life outlook even during hard times in this lively episode with Wendy.

In this episode, we tell stories about the unexpected happy moments in our lives and the heartwarming acts we’ve encountered while sheltering at home during this pandemic. Ponder the positive outcomes and get ideas for finding joy daily in our current situation and beyond.

Claire Giovino’s passion for travel led her on a search for the perfect work-from-anywhere business.  Learn how Claire’s background in higher education and counseling allowed her to uncover new ideas resulting in new clients and then serve them with a superior level of communication and empathy. In 2017, she launched InboxDone and grew the business to six-figures in 11 months with zero start-up capital. Claire’s wisdom and calm-but-mighty execution of an idea will inspire you!  

Teri is an educator turned stock trader and then educator, again. Listen in as Teri teaches us how she made $83,000 in ONE day! During this time of uncertainty and volatility, Teri gives us hope and inspiration by showing us how to conservatively invest in the stock market while managing multiple streams of income. A must-listen episode, we not only love Teri’s positivity, but she also provides so much education and tips around money and life. 

Did you know that women make over 85% of household consumer buying decisions? Through Mia Voss’ brand ambassadorship and travel blogging, she shares her secrets to connect brands with women through her own style of fabulous storytelling. Mia teaches us that building and leveraging relationships to fuel our own stories in an authentic way is the key to propelling businesses forward. 

Jennifer Peek left a high-level corporate job to build a business specializing in serving woman entrepreneurs and business owners. Her all-female team is conquering the world of financial advising by helping women get their businesses aligned and increase profitability by managing the cash flow roller coaster, making solid tax decisions and so much more. Join us to hear Jennifer’s inspiring story and fantastic business advice.

At a young age, Rachel left her full-time job as a financial advisor and now lives comfortably off of her passive real estate income. Rachel is the author of two best-selling books, which make saving and investing simple and fun for a new generation of professionals. Learn how you can turn your fears into fuel, and how stepping out of your comfort zone will take you to the next level. 

Dr. Amy Novotny has found freedom in many ways. She embraced a significant trip-of-a-lifetime to discover what she really wanted to do to help others, and through that adventure became an entrepreneur -- on her own terms. The techniques that enabled her to build her business, the PABR Institute, help free others from chronic pain and injury. You won’t want to miss this episode where we practice one key technique step-by-step with Dr. Amy!