What happens when women stop treating money as taboo — and start using it as power?

In this eye-opening episode, I sit down with Marcia Dawood, author of Do Good While Doing Well, TEDx speaker, host of The Angel Next Door Podcast to talk about the real story behind women, wealth, and financial confidence — and why we’re standing at a turning point.

Together, we unpack:

• How generations of conditioning shaped women’s relationship with money

• Why financial independence is about more than numbers — it’s about choice

• How angel investing is opening doors for women to support women

• The mindset shift required to move from “money avoidance” to “money ownership”

Marcia shares her personal journey into angel investing, breaks down the myths that keep women on the sidelines, and explains how investing — even at a small level — can create meaningful social impact and financial return.

This conversation is empowering, practical, and deeply validating for any woman who’s ever thought: “I’m not good with money.” (Plot twist: you are.)

You’ll walk away knowing:

• Women are far more capable with money than we’ve been led to believe

• Access to investing has changed — and it’s more available than ever

• Community and collective action are key to closing the wealth gap

• You don’t need to be rich to invest — you need to be informed

• Doing good and doing well can absolutely coexist

If you’re ready to rewrite your money story — and step into financial confidence with curiosity instead of fear — this episode is a must-listen.

🎧 Press play and join the financial rebellion

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I think at some point all of us have fantasized about what it would be like to leave everything and start over with a clean slate. I know I have.

But not many of us actually do it.

Let me introduce you to Jacqueline Das who at the age of 54 realized that her life no longer felt like hers. There was so much more that she wanted to do and experience so she made a bold midlife pivot to leave everything and move across continents to Budapest to start over.

After moving, she took a full year “off” — no job, no safety net, just space to breathe, explore and re-center. She calls her gap year the most transformative time of her life — giving her confidence, resilience and a renewed sense of identity.

In this episode we dig into what it means to step out of your comfort zone mid-life, learning to trust yourself, and how to embrace the unknown as fertile ground for transformation.

We also talk about the gifts of getting out of you comfort zone and what she has gained from this experience:

• • A broader worldview — immersing herself in a new culture, making friends, building community among people she initially didn’t know and didn’t speak the language.
  • Adaptability and what she calls “FIO” — “Figure It Out” — skills that forced her to get resourceful and rise to unknown challenges.
  • A deep re-connection with self-belief, confidence, and freedom. As she says: “the more we get out of our comfort zones, the more confident and liberated we feel.”

If you’ve ever asked, “Is this all there is?” or “What if I started over?” — this conversation may just give you the courage to try.

The word WISDOM is used so often when we talk about this midlife chapter. Bit what is wisdom? Do we all have it? Can we learn it? And how does it impact our lives?

In this episode, I sit down with Common Wisdom author and ER physician-turned-researcher Dr. Laura Gabayan for a soulful deep dive into what wisdom really is — and why it might just be our greatest superpower in midlife.

We unpack the eight elements of wisdom (think resilience, kindness, curiosity, spirituality, and more), how life experiences shape us, and why self-awareness is the doorway to a wiser, more grounded life. This conversation is a beautiful reminder that every challenge carries a lesson, every emotion has information, and every one of us can grow wiser with time.

You’ll hear about:

• Why wisdom is your greatest life asset
• The 8 elements that make up wisdom
• How to reframe hard experiences as growth
• Why kindness is strength, not softness
• The role of emotions in decision-making
• How to tap your inner knowing for the answers you seek

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