Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Shannon and Mark Grainger. Mark & Shannon are the World’s Leading Authority on the “Business of Speaking,” helping their clients land some of the most coveted stages. They specifically help Speakers, Experts, and Politicians create a movement and monetize their message. They‘re famous for creating “Signature Talk Marketing” to help Speakers, Experts, and Coaches stop spinning their wheels with technology and get paid what they’re worth through the power of speaking. Together they successfully own and run My Big Impact and are what I’ve dubbed the “Couplepreneurs”.
In this episode Shannon, Mark, and I talk about spirituality and money, and how to reconcile the two. We discuss spirituality quite a bit in this conversation and really dig into the meaning and power of words. Mark and Shannon have such a wide array of knowledge we discuss examples of topics ranging from handling household finances as a couple to gaining the confidence necessary to have a profitable business. Mark and Shannon emphasize public speaking, and why it is still the most powerful connection and message. If you’re a public speaker or anyone looking to get your voice heard be sure to listen to this conversation.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Mary Shores. Mary is a no-nonsense businesswoman and best-selling Hay House personal development author who overcame adversity and trauma in her life to discover a roadmap for getting in control of your own life. As the founder and CEO of what has been called the most unique collection agency in the country, her philosophy of empowerment through positive, thoughtful communication in both life and business has re-framed her entire organization and the lives of those she’s trained.
In this episode, Mary and I discuss the power of language and the power of specific words we use and how it affects our lives. Since that Mary owns a collections agency, we also talk about debt and the mindset of debt. Mary gives us another perspective on how to get out of debt from a debt collector’s point of view. If you have debt or if you love the idea of language and you'd like to shift your mindset when it comes to money and other categories of life you won't want to miss this episode.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Neil Cannon. Neil is an award winning health coach, speaker, podcast host of MoJo Fit and a best selling author of The Vitality Secret, a book inspired from witnessing the health of his father deteriorate unnecessarily. Neil made it his quest to understand chronic inflammation and discovered that so many ailments stem from inflammation.
In this episode Neil and I discuss the 3 parts to healing and the most important healing factor that is totally missed by western medicine and dogma. Neil best known for helping reverse illnesses like diabetes, arthritis and even cancer. If you’re dealing with chronic inflammatory conditions you’ll want to listen to this conversation.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Peter Lazaroff, CFA, CFP®. Peter is a financial advisor, speaker, and author of the book Making Money Simple. Peter is also Co-Chief Investment Officer at Plancorp, which manages over $4 billion of client assets, and a digital advisor called BrightPlan that emphasizes financial planning. Peter is the first digital advisor to be a certified fiduciary by the Centre For Fiduciary Excellence.
In this episode Peter shares so much knowledge, as well as the importance of seeking advice and guidance when planning your financial future. We discuss his thoughts on money and marriage and how he and his wife were successful at creating an open conversation about money. Peter and I talk about how to turn career success into financial success, and what makes these two totally different things. And best of all, he shares models for getting your financial household in order to build long-term wealth and financial security.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Gayle Reaume. Gayle is the Founder and CEO of Moolah U, a company that teaches kids how to be responsible with money while providing a fun and challenging environment. She started Moolah U after noticing children are not equipped to manage their money, which turns into poor money habits in the future. Gayle’s programs create opportunities for youth to empower themselves to build the financial habits that will lay the foundation for a secure future.
In this episode Gayle and I discuss ways to instill good finance practices in children. She gives some interesting ways for dealing with kids who say “but all my friends have it”. We discuss how many parents unknowingly handicap their kids financial future despite having the best intentions. Gayle discusses her thoughts on chores and allowances and she shares some tips for talking to your kids about money, to help them develop solid financial values that will last them for the rest of their lives.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Mark Willis. Mark is a Certified Financial Planner™, a #1 Best Selling Author and the owner of Lake Growth Financial Services, a financial firm in Chicago, Illinois. He specializes in building custom-tailored financial strategies that are unknown to most financial planners. Mark works with people who want to grow their wealth in ways that are safe and predictable, become their own source of financing, and create tax-free income in retirement.
In this episode Mark and I discuss many different financial vehicles that one can invest their money into. He gives different ideas for many places one can start thinking about investing, and shows us there are so many options for where we place our money that most aren't aware of. Mark tells entrepreneurs they should fire their banker, which really matches the same principal I teach when I tell clients to become your own banker. This episode is a wealth of information I really love this conversation Mark and I really are aligned in the way we think about money, financing, and investing. I hope you enjoy!
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This was an excellent conversation, unfortunately my audio interface had some issues and I’m sorry for the feedback from my mic, however this is a great interview and is full of so many nuggets.
On today's episode of Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Eric Satz. Eric is a former investment banker and he's an early stage investor with a passion for nurturing startups and raising Capital. Eric is living out his mission of delivering 21st-century investment opportunities to everyone, including non-accredited investors. Eric together with his team at AltoIRA, are making alternative asset investing available to all by giving people the support they need to choose and make their own investments using their IRA savings.
In this episode, Eric and I discuss different types of IRAs, especially the difference between what he calls an alternative IRA and a regular IRA. We talk about the benefits of using IRAs as a retirement vehicle and alternative places to invest including missed opportunities with crowdfunding options and insurance. Eric’s genius is the IRA, I personally don't use IRAs but I learned a ton from our conversation. If you'd like to learn more about IRAs be sure to listen!
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Nagina Abdullah. Nagina is a health & food coach for ambitious women and the owner of masalabody.com. She's lost 40 pounds by eating delicious foods and now she coaches others that losing weight and dieting doesn’t have to be a flavor sacrifice. Nagina has created several diet frameworks that guide people towards their weight loss goals with tasty ways to eat healthy, natural, and anti-inflammatory foods. Nagina has been featured in Business Insider, People.com, Huffington Post and on Fox News.
In this episode Nagina shares her journey of weight loss and her love for spices. She uses spices not only for taste but for weight loss, energy, and mental clarity. We discuss first steps to widening your palette with new spices and some unique frameworks Nagina created. In addition to spices we talk about easy ways to be healthy as a busy entrepreneur, spouse, and parent.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise Moneeka Sawyer. Moneeka has been investing for nearly 3 decades and has been through all the cycles of the market. She has turned $10,000 to over $2,000,000 in net worth, working only 5-10 hours per month with very little stress. Moneeka loves teaching others how to build wealth like she has so they can create the life of their dreams. She’s helped so many people become millionaires. And they’ve all done this Moneeka’s blissful way. Moneeka is also the host of the top-rated podcast Real Estate Investing for Women.
In this episode Moneeka and I discuss what's required to be blissful. Moneeka is often described as the most blissful person you’ll ever meet. We talk about ways to have more fulfillment and more joy with less stress. Moneeka also shares her professional passion, investing in real estate, she offers the tips and tricks you’ll want to know if you're just getting started and thinking about real estate as an investment.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Dr. Joan Rosenberg. Joan is the creator of Emotional Mastery™ and Emotional Mastery Training™. She is a highly regarded expert psychologist, master clinician, trainer and consultant. She just released her book 90 Seconds to a Life You Love, a book which three decades, tens of thousands of hours research have been put into writing.
This is an exceptional conversation Joan talks about the secret to happiness and confidence is gaining a skill of being with and moving towards our feelings. She shares the eight unpleasant feelings most of us try to avoid. Joan explains the self love and personal joy that comes from moving out of avoidance and towards those unpleasant feelings for full embrace and no longer being scared of them.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise is Kerry Johnson. Kerry is both a business man and a researcher having both an MBA and a Ph.D. He’s an internationally acclaimed speaker thats has been touted as the nation’s “Sales Psychologist”. Kerry is the author of 7 best selling books.
In todays episode Kerry shares the most lucrative business and sales tactics used by top performers in commission based businesses he offers a methodology for increasing sales by 80% within 8 weeks and we talk money. He shares a list of money tips from his book Behavioral Investing: Why Smart People Make Dumb Mistakes with Their Money.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Natali Morris. Natali is a broadcaster, writer, speaker, and the Co-Founder and CFO of Morris Invest. Her mission is to empower couples and families to take control of their money, stop living paycheck to paycheck, and start building real long-term wealth.
In this episode Natali shares new ways to think about your money and how to use it to effectively build legacy wealth for you and your family. She and her husband felt like they were in the rat race, the paycheck to paycheck hamster wheel, and they wanted to get out of it. Natali and her husband made it their mission to learn about money and how to become an investors. Even with only one modest income they were able to build long term wealth, now Natali shares her mission by teaching others to do the same.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Jeff Kreisler. Jeff is the Editor and Chief of People Science and the co-author of a must read money book, Dollars and Cents. He is a Princeton educated lawyer turned author, speaker, pundit, comedian and advocate for behavioral science.
In this episode Jeff exposes the hidden forces that secretly drive our poor choices we make with our money. He explains how irrational behavior interferes with our best intentions when it comes to managing our money, growing our savings, and building our investments. Why don’t value our future comfort and security as much as we value our present pleasure and spending?
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Amanda McMillan. Amanda is in the top 1 percent in the field of real estate. I’ve known Amanda for years and always held her in the highest regard as one of the best real estate professionals in the industry. Last year she sold over 50 million dollars in real estate. She’s a mom, a wife, and even an equestrian. Amanda consistently ranks among the top 50 agents in Chicago and has been in the top 1 percent of Chicago Realtors for closed volume and closed number of transactions every year since 2006.
In this episode Amanda and I focus on earnings as part of my ESI (Earn, Spend, Invest) financial model. She shares her mindset and practices for how she earns over a million dollars per year while still balancing being a mother and wife. Amanda leaves us with her overall strategy of how simplifying things usually works best.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Rebecca Walser. Rebecca is recognized as a top 100 financial adviser in the US. Not only a Certified Financial Planner® and an experienced wealth strategist, but also a Tax Attorney. She is uniquely qualified to assess, structure and implement the best income maximization, wealth maximization, tax mitigation/minimization and optimal legacy strategies for her clients.
In this episode Rebecca and I cover a variety of topics surrounding unconventional wealth building. She warns about the biggest threat of the 401k, the danger most aren’t aware of. We discuss how to find your non-negotiable retirement number and why it’s important. Rebecca also teaches us the two biggest threats to building and keeping your wealth.
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Today on Wealthy Wellthy Wise I interview Travis Hornsby. Travis is an expert on Student Loans. Since a good percentage of my listeners and clients have student loan debt -- Travis helps educate and consult people on how to best structure their debt to meet their current financial situations as well as long-term financial goals.
In this episode, Travis shares the common pitfalls and simple loopholes that can save thousands of dollars in student loan interest. He gives us real world examples of everyday people suffering from student loan debt, and how unique student loan debt really can be. Travis outlines many different options for eliminating student loan debt faster, if you have student loan debt, you’ll want to know about them.
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To close the year I'm sharing my personal favorite interviews, these conversations left me with pages of notes and contemplations for ways to improve my own life. The fourth episode in this series is "Sexpert" Susan Bratton, she is the author of over 20 best selling books is known as the "Dear Abbey of hot sex" and her manatra is couples who play in bed together stay together.
This conversation was a blast, she's full of passion especially as she emphasizes how important good sex is for the long term relationship. Susan shares techniques for better sex, who doesn't want that? She talks about how fulfilling it is when you know how and make time to enjoy more intimacy with your partner.
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To close the year I'm sharing my personal favorite interviews, these conversations left me with pages of notes and contemplations for ways to improve my own life. The third episode in this series is Vanessa Van Edwards, whose mission is to crack the code of human behavior. She's been featured on NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Today Show, USA Today, CNN, Fast Company, Forbes the list goes on.. Vanessa's latest book Captivate is a national best seller and shares the secrets of how to succeed at business and life by understanding what makes people tick.
If you want to win the deal, get the date, negotiate the sale or influence others, then understanding the science of people is critically important.
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To close the year I'm sharing my personal favorite interviews, these conversations left me with pages of notes and contemplations for ways to improve my own life. The second episode in this series is in loving memory of Robert Rabbin, the author of a beautifully written collection of books, my favorite being The 5 Principles of Authentic Living: How to Live an Authentic Life in 10 Words. I featured Robert in my cancer series as a source of inspiration, he shares his story of how he was given a diagnosis of stage 4 lung cancer and was told to get his affairs in order with a max 6 months to live. Robert as a result of not accepting the doctor opinion and choosing not to identify as a cancer patient went on to live another 5 years.
I'm replaying this episode because it is a year ago this month he passed, only a couple of weeks after I interviewed him here. Robert leaves us with so many gems in this conversation, mostly around the power of language and using love as a language that can change not only a diagnosis, but our entire lives.
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To close the year I'm sharing my personal favorite interviews, these conversations left me with pages of notes and contemplations for ways to improve my own life. My first favorite is Dan Millman, the author of my all time favorite book, Way of the Peaceful Warrior. Which was made into a major motion picture and is based upon incidents that happened during his life.
This conversation is full of golden nuggets for living a meaningful, joyful life. Dan shares some of the inspiration behind his writing and what led him to a more present life.
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Krisstina welcomes to the podcast John Howard. John is a couples therapist and he's focused on what he calls the new science of relationships. As a relationship therapist and educator with over 15 years of experience helping people have awesome relationships. He is dedicated to helping spread love in the world by helping people have stronger, healthier relationships.
In this episode John and Krisstina dive deep into the inner workings of intimacy and connection. John shares a little bit of his own experience with neglect and disconnection which led him on a quest to discover what really makes love and relationships work. John gives a magnified look at some of his professional strategies. Then breaks down the science of relationships, he talk's about how biology gets in the way of love and he shares what he believes are some of the most common disconnects in relationships.
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Krisstina welcomes to the podcast self-made millionaire, financial writer, and co-founder of Future Money Trends, Daniel Ameduri. Holding a very specific view of finance, Daniel is an advocate for financial independence and believes that it is an attainable and worthwhile endeavor. He equates financial independence to the freedom to live the life you want to live. Daniel is constantly searching for future financial trends and is currently researching and investing in the fields of cryptocurrency and cannabis.
In this episode, we talk about wealth preservation and breaking from conventional norms to achieve financial independence. Daniel and Krisstina both share the view that passive income streams are necessary to achieve and sustain financial independence. Daniel recalls his firsthand experience with achieving wealth, losing it in a financial collapse, and struggling to earn it all back. This included a complete and total shift in Daniel’s lifestyle. He details the process by which he graduated from financial stability to financial independence and, eventually, to a liquid millionaire net worth. Finally, Daniel gives advice to financially independent individuals who are looking to invest their money wisely.
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Krisstina welcomes Connie Zack, co-founder and co-CEO of Sunlighten, Inc., a company specializing in infrared saunas. Sunlighten infrared saunas utilize the latest infrared technology to promote natural detoxification and overall general health. Sunlighten products have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, the Dr. Oz Show and Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof Radio Show. Additionally, Connie has been featured in countless other publications on wellness, sauna, and overall health. Sunlighten’s mission is to make a difference in the lives of others by leading them to a healthier lifestyle.
In this episode, Krisstina and Connie talk about health, wellness, and both the known and unknown benefits of sauna. We learn about the full infrared spectrum and the differences between far infrared, near infrared, and mid infrared saunas. Connie breaks down the different healing properties of all three infrared wavelengths and their unique impact on the body. Connie speaks to the specific health benefits that sauna provides, including lowered blood pressure, reduced inflammation, increased joint flexibility and muscle recovery, reduced stress, cardiovascular benefits, and general relaxation. As pioneers in the industry, Connie and Sunlighten continue to strive for new ways to improve health and wellness.
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Youtube link:https://youtu.be/6_g_t4NBW6s
Krisstina welcomes entrepreneur, realtor, podcaster, and author, Karen Briscoe. Karen is Principal of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Group (HBC), one of the most successful real estate firms in Virginia. Perhaps most impressive of all her accomplishments is the fact that she started her real estate career late in life, after her children went away to college. Her motivation and drive coupled with a positive mindset have proven to be vital to Karen’s success. Karen believes that achieving business success can be accomplished through small steps taken each day. She expresses these views and shares tips and advice through the 5 Minute Success Podcast and her book Success in 5 Minutes a Day.
In this episode, Krisstina and Karen talk about the biggest mistakes variable income earners make that obstruct their ability to succeed financially. They dissect the reasons why some entrepreneurs have an aversion to business development and sales and how this can be detrimental to business growth. They also touch on the mindsets and habits required for big business success including the difference between scarcity thinking and abundancy thinking. Finally, Karen speaks to the importance of seizing the present moment and acting now to follow and accomplish your goals. If you are a real estate agent, broker, investor, freelancer, small business owner, or aspiring entrepreneur, this episode is a must-listen.
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Youtube link:https://youtu.be/48jqvOY4fUk
Krisstina welcomes entrepreneur, business mentor, and best-selling author of the book Blast Off, Allison Maslan. Few people know how to create a successful business better than Allison. Over the course of her thirty-five-year career, she built ten companies, became an expert in scaling those businesses, and turned that into a successful mentorship and consulting company, Maslan International. With clients ranging from Ben & Jerry’s to Allstate, Maslan International has helped businesses master the art of scaling and break through to the next levels of exponential growth.
In this episode, we talk all about scaling businesses to maximize revenue and growth. Krisstina and Allison talk about the importance of hiring correctly, building relationships, and having a strong strategic vision. Allison dissects the acronym SCALE and details her step-by step process by which she solves her clients’ problems. Krisstina and Allison discuss leadership styles and how these styles tend to set the tone for many organizations. Finally, they touch on the topic of business growth and the different forms that growth can take. This is a crucial part of the scaling process, as economies are constantly fluctuating and industries are perpetually being disrupted.
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