A Conversation with Co-Founder of Phoenix Community Projects, Jessica Bickford (Episode #38)

Mindfully Awakening Your Wealth with Author & Financial Planner, Julie Murphy (Episode #40)

About Julie Murphy Julie Murphy is all heart, giving hope to millions to create a new life. Julie’s professional designations are CLU, ChFC, CFP®, is an independent CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, author, and media expert who wants you to heal your emotions so you can prosper financially, and in life. Her new book, Awaken Your Wealth, a #1 Amazon best seller in several categories, will transform how you feel about money now into a new mindset that feeds your heart and soul and enriches your financial well-being. Living a life of Real Wealth! People call Julie a financial healer and money therapist. After transforming her own upbringing of scarcity into a life of abundance, she’s on a mission to financially heal the world. Her approach, first expressed in The Emotion Behind Money: Building Wealth from the Inside Out, bridges the emotional right brain and the financial left brain to help people release old beliefs that limit them from achieving greater financial security. Now, you can balance your life and experience money in a new way with the PACT system in Awaken Your Wealth: Creating a PACT to Optimize Your Money and Your Life. Build a better plan from the inside out with this four-step approach that takes you from healing to action. Learn to love yourself, and money will love you! Julie has led a financial services and wealth management firm in Chicago, Illinois, for more than 25 years. Like many others, she had been affected by family beliefs about financial struggle. Once she realized she didn’t have to live under the shadow of those old childhood beliefs about money, Julie created a life plan of her own choosing—one based on sound investment strategies and proven emotional and mental tools and techniques. With an open heart and upbeat personality, Julie lives to share her story and healing energy with audiences far and wide. Her appearances on CNBC-TV, Lifetime TV, Oprah & Friends Radio and her YouTube channel (EmotionBehindMoney), Instagram (@AwakenwithJulie), LinkedIn, and Facebook page (Awaken With Julie) have alerted thousands of people to their emotional connection to money. She has also been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes.com, The Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other publications. Join the conversation about emotions and money at www.JulieMurphy.com [http://www.juliemurphy.com/].

The Mindful Mompreneur's Sons, Tyler & Omni, have a Conversation with the Author of My Money Bunnies, Mike Michalowicz (Episode #39)

BY HIS 35TH BIRTHDAY, MIKE HAD FOUNDED AND SOLD TWO MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES. Confident that he had the formula to success, he became a small business angel investor… and proceeded to lose his entire fortune. Then he started all over again, driven to find better ways to grow healthy, strong companies. Mike has devoted his life to the research and delivery of innovative, impactful entrepreneurial strategies. He is the creator of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit. He is also the creator of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic. His book My Money Bunnies captures the innovative cash management system of Profit First. Kids will love going on an adventure with Sophie, who learns how to save for her big dream, while still having funds for her daily experiences. Today, Mike leads two new multi-million-dollar ventures, as he tests his latest business research for his books. He is a former small business columnist for The Wall Street Journal and a business makeover specialist on MSNBC. Mike is a popular main stage keynote speaker on innovative entrepreneurial topics; and is also the author of, Get Different, Fix This Next, Clockwork, Profit First, Surge, The Pumpkin Plan and The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Check out the link below to learn more about Mike: * https://linktr.ee/mikemichalowicz

A Conversation with Co-Founder of Phoenix Community Projects, Jessica Bickford (Episode #38)

Hey guys! Thanks for tuning in! In today's conversation, as part of our season of Intentional living, we dive into 2nd acts with Jessica Bickford Jessica is the Co-Founder of Phoenix Community Projects a community organization that provides both in-person and virtual programming within Montreal and its surrounding areas. Phoenix provides intergenerational programs, as well as those for children, families, and seniors. It is the goal of Phoenix to break isolation, support emotional well-being and nurture personal/spiritual development. Jessica considers herself a spiritual coach and is ordained through the Anglican Church of Canada. She prides herself on pushing the envelope with traditional religion to explore what it truly means to be a spiritual being. She feels the world is our classroom with messages and opportunities to learn and grow from every facet of life. She is a genuine, authentic soul and we absolutely loved our conversation with her.

A Conversation with Rachèle DeMéo, Living her 2nd Act as Founder of Bella Terra Academy (Episode #37)

Rachèle DeMeo is a multilingual educator. Born in Southern France to English-speaking parents (her father being American-Italian and her mother, British), she was raised bilingual and multicultural. (She also speaks Italian.) As a former college professor, Rachèle felt that in the education field, instructors are forced to teach the “classical” way, not always respecting students’ personality types, learning styles, and other individual factors (such as their strengths, weaknesses, backgrounds, etc). She had a good reputation for her creativity in teaching. But she constantly felt like she was put in a box. She knew there were many ways students could learn and there’s not always one way that works for all. In 2015, she started presenting workshops for other college professors. She received great feedback on how the practical activities she demonstrated in her classes, helped students best learn and use the subject long-term. A few years back she left my successful teaching position, with the desire to define her work on her own terms as an entrepreneur and to be actively hands-on with her two sons. Her passion drove her to launch two businesses, geared toward language learning. One, Belle Terre Academy, where she offers French courses students can take at their own pace. Another one, FLAM San Diego which is a small school providing French classes. She has trained her teachers in creative teaching and online learning as well as other specific tools to best help their students learn while having fun. She is now a mompreneur that is an educational presenter, speaker, author of six published books, and YouTube sensation. Along the way, she has managed to homeschool her children for 3 years, while teaching part-time. She speaks at a variety of conferences and trains other instructors In her own words, “Since age 12, I knew I wanted to teach. I started teaching and loved it. I have a passion for languages and cultures which has influenced me in starting two businesses geared toward language learning. When you do what you love, you don’t feel like you’re “working” per se. Your passion drives you and taking time to understand the “why”, is important to help you navigate your mompreneur journey.” To learn more: https://www.belleterreacademy.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/racheledemeo/en/

A Conversation with Kasey Knose, Living her 2nd Act! as a Wine Viticulturist (Episode #36)

Kasey Knose lives in Carlsbad, California with her husband Bill, her two sons, Liam and Connell, and their dog Lola. She served in the US Marine Corps for four years as an Air Traffic Controller before being honorably discharged and working in the mortgage industry for 13 years as a Senior Loan Processor and Underwriter. She worked for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage for several years before their loan volume slowed and she was laid off with many of her co-workers. At that time her husband ran a successful business and together they decided that Kasey would stay home to figure out what it was that brought her joy. Kasey knew that she wanted to work in the culinary world, but she just wasn’t sure which direction to go. So, she started a food and wine blog called Disholicious and through that blog, she met several people in the industry. One of those people was wine sommelier, Meghan Vergara of Veritas Consultants. In working with Meghan, Kasey met other people in the wine industry and she was invited to join The Women’s Wine Alliance of San Diego. As a member of the Women’s Wine Alliance, Kasey was able to attend the SommCon in San Diego. While attending that conference, Kasey sat in on a Women in Wine event. That’s when Kasey realized that she wanted to work in the wine industry. She went home and talked with her husband about it. She decided to start the Viticulture and Enology program at MiraCosta College to complete an Associate’s Degree and she turned to the Wine and Spirits Trust of London and the Napa Valley Wine Academy to complete her WSET in wine certifications. Kasey is now six classes away from graduating from MiraCosta College and she is about to start her level three WSET with the Napa Valley Wine Academy. After graduating, Kasey looks forward to starting a new career in wine that brings her more joy. To learn more about Kasey: https://disholicioussite.blog/