Businesses can be a force for good. In this episode, learn about the B corp movement with guest Adrian Gershom. Adrian is a marketing and sustainability consultant, adjunct professor within Northwestern's Master of Science in Energy and Sustainability (MSES) Program, and Executive Chair of B Local Illinois. As an expert in sustainable branding and marketing solutions, Adrian works with clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies. A particular area of focus for Adrian in this role is the use of healthy culture, corporate values, and commitment to purpose in order to position people a ..read more

When we were struggling with finances after my husband immigrated to the U.S., the HARDEST PART was not knowing the big picture of what we were supposed to even focus on. ?️ It was like trying to put together a puzzle without knowing the picture on the box. ?? It took me years to figure out the core elements of wealth building and financial empowerment to get us on the right track I realized that ?️vision and ?heart are key parts of building a strategic plan for your finances. Learning the below core strategies helped me and my family go from living paycheck to paycheck with no way out to ..read more

Part of tapping into your entrepreneurial heart is realizing you’re ALREADY an entrepreneur. You don’t need to have a business currently. If you’re at all wanting to tap into your entrepreneurial heart inside, trust me, you’re ALREADY an entrepreneur. Listen to this episode to hear 4 key steps how you can TAP FURTHER into your inner entrepreneurial heart that’s already here by clearing the space and energy needed to allow it to EXPRESS itself & CREATE. You have an entrepreneurial heart if something inside dreams of creating, innovating, serving others with larger impact, having a busine ..read more

Here’s a controversial opinion: profit and meaning go hand in hand. Traditional approaches to business focus on profit first, without people and the environment being part of the equation. In this episode, learn how to develop a completely different approach to business that balances people, planet, and profit. Our guest Lisa Geason-Bauer joins to lay out fascinating business concepts in this area around sustainability, Triple Bottom Line theory, the B corp movement, stakeholder capitalism, and the interconnectedness of all systems. Lisa is the president of Evolution Marketing, a Wisconsin-bas ..read more

Choosing between meaning and money is a trap. Have you found yourself feeling stuck needing to decide between the two? Perhaps you’ve been told: >> You can only give back once you make a lot of money.  Or rather: >> That if you focus on money, you are greedy, selfish, and not prioritizing serving others. But having to pick meaning OR money is a FALSE CHOICE. I know because I've experienced this inner dilemma in my own journey. In this episode, for the first time I am sharing my own personal online business story, and the journey I've gone on in "the Meaning vs. Money F*ckloop ..read more

Choosing between meaning and money is a trap. Have you found yourself feeling stuck needing to decide between the two? Perhaps you’ve been told: >> You can only give back once you make a lot of money.  Or rather: >> That if you focus on money, you are greedy, selfish, and not prioritizing serving others. But having to pick meaning OR money is a FALSE CHOICE. I know because I've experienced this inner dilemma in my own journey. In this episode, for the first time I am sharing my own personal online business story, and the journey I've gone on in "the Meaning vs. Money F*ckloop ..read more

I'm SO excited to welcome in Season 6 with you! I'm jumping in by making a BIG call to action to all entrepreneurs in the online space: it's time to incorporate social change -- contributing toward addressing a larger social cause -- in your businesses, in addition to profit making. In this season, we will be exploring creating social change through the vehicle of entrepreneurship. I can't WAIT to investigate some of the following questions with you: *Why are entrepreneurs some of the best leaders for social change? *How can entrepreneurs can go beyond just focusing on making money and use bus ..read more

Seasons 4 & 5 of this podcast have been full of so many messy, beautiful shifts as I have gone through this journey of expansion and integration during the past ~9 months and my second pregnancy! Listen to this wrap-up to hear some reflections on what these two seasons have meant to me and involved to get an inside look behind the scenes of the evolution of the Finance Business & Purpose Podcast. These days, I'm laser focused on my mission to help people break through societal barriers holding them back (whether they be related to finances, business, purpose, and/or mindset) so that, t ..read more

Have you thought about becoming a coach but thought, "there's already too many coaches out there"? This belief stops many people from starting an online coaching business. Here’s the thing. There is no one else out there in the world who has had the same life experiences, perspectives, and life lessons you have had. Read that again.  No one else can offer the same guidance the way you can, because they have not lived the way you have. And there are people out there who only YOU are meant to help and serve at this moment in their journey. When you understand this, you’l ..read more

There does not need to be any secret to financial freedom. But why do people make achieving financial freedom sound like such a mystery? It's because we are never taught the foundations of personal finance and wealth building in school or society. Here’s the thing. While financial freedom means something different for everyone, there are certain building blocks that are helpful for all to learn when building their own unique path to get there. In Ep. 179: 5 Steps to Achieving Financial Freedom, I’m going to show you 5 steps how to start to achieve financial freedom so you can move past the mys ..read more