On the Yes Women’s Network podcast, wealth advisor Ginger Harris of Andina Family Offices shares how her father’s sudden death and her mother’s struggle with probate and unmanaged finances led her into finance. She urges women to stay involved even when a spouse handles money by knowing where assets are and attending regular advisor meetings, noting many women feel detached, find finance terminology boring, or lack a sense of ownership. Harris describes advising couples with differing goals—family security vs. charity—by focusing on facts like annual living needs and inheritance goals to reduce emotion and reach agreement. She discusses the “shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves” pattern of losing wealth in three generations and emphasizes building family culture, traditions, and values to avoid entitlement, structure inheritance thoughtfully, communicate expectations to prevent family division, and define wealth as overall wellbeing, including health and relationships.

00:00 Meet Ginger Harris

01:48 Her Finance Origin Story

03:53 Women Staying Involved

04:48 Why Women Disengage

08:33 Money Values In Marriage

09:53 Mediating With Facts

10:33 Keeping Wealth Across Generations

13:36 Avoiding Affluenza In Kids

15:08 When To Give Inheritance

18:53 Family Bank And Transparency

22:18 Wealth Beyond Money

23:45 Relationships As Investment

26:55 Say Yes To Yourself

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About Ginger

As a Wealth Advisor at Andina Family Offices, Ginger Harris helps business owners and families navigate complex financial transitions by building clarity and confidence through personalized estate planning, tax strategies, and portfolio management. As a super connector, she's always looking for ways to add value — opening doors, cheering others on, or matching aligned interests. She lives in Highland, UT where she enjoys frequent mountain trail hikes, and spending time with her husband and six (mostly grown) children.

Links

Website: https://www.andinaadvisors.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gingerdharris/

Jodi Lemon shares a week in her affordable-housing real estate work, describing a three-hour Zoom meeting with the mayor, five city council members, her two sons, engineers, and a supportive colleague builder in downtown Salt Lake. Although the meeting went well until the last ten minutes when it turned “sideways,” her sons stepped in to help and she reflects on relying on family and strong professional relationships to navigate setbacks. She emphasizes the value of having people in your corner, encourages listeners to find and be that support for others, and notes that relationships are what matter most when life is hard.

00:00 Why Women Get Stuck

01:40 The Meeting Goes Sideways

02:15 Family In Your Corner

03:46 Build Your Support Circle

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Michele shares reflections on how what people consume mentally affects their perceptions, energy, attitude, and ability to live with peace and purpose. Using analogies of the mind as a trash can and a vacuum, she emphasizes that everything taken in—through reading, movies, news, or reels—gets stored and influences how one views the world, family, business, and faith. She admits being guilty of not always choosing beneficial inputs and challenges herself and listeners to be more intentional about what they watch and read to protect their “light,” reach full potential, and make a difference.

00:00 Why Women Feel Stuck

00:37 Trash Can Mind Analogy

01:04 Vacuum and Mental Inputs

01:30 How Inputs Shape Life

01:46 Is It Beneficial

02:29 Checking My Media Diet

03:00 Awareness and Purpose

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Host Michelle Morley welcomes Brandy Vega—Christian US Army veteran, award-winning media executive, and founder of Promise to Live, a global suicide prevention and mental health movement. Brandy shares faith-driven turning points that taught her to trust God through hardship, take proactive steps without seeing the full picture, and lean on prayer, community, and gratitude during difficult seasons, including losing a Promise to Live volunteer to suicide and supporting a child in crisis. She recounts her daughter’s suicide attempt, a perceived miracle recovery, and the promise that inspired Promise to Live in 2021, emphasizing that many people want to end pain, not life. Brandy teaches practical tools: ASKEM (ask, seek, knock, expect miracles), ASK (acknowledge, support, keep in touch), asking “How are you really?”, 1–10 check-ins, and assuming others like you.

00:00 Miracle Second Chance

02:23 Pivot Pressure And Identity

03:36 Heartbreak And Trusting God

05:49 ASKEM Faith In Action

09:15 Hard Weeks And Asking Help

11:23 Prayer Power And Support

12:49 Chinese Farmer Perspective

14:13 Gratitude Shifts Focus

15:15 Hospital Miracle Promise

17:50 Birth of Promise to Live

18:48 ASK Method Explained

20:43 Ask How Are You Really

22:44 Direct Suicide Questions

23:42 Check In 1 to 10

24:58 Carrying the Urgency

27:07 Media Strategy Millions Reached

28:57 Assume Everyone Loves You

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About Guest

Brandy Vega is a wife, mother, Christian, U.S. Army veteran, award winning media executive, speaker and philanthropist. With over three decades in media, storytelling and community leadership, she is the founder of Promise2Live, a global suicide prevention and mental health movement dedicated to saving lives through connection, conversation and trusted resources. Brandy believes her greatest gift is bringing people together, turning pain into purpose and using her voice, faith and experience to create change that saves lives.

Links

Website: www.promise2live.org

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandyvega/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brandygirl000

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandyveg

Valinda Hanks from Yes Women’s Network discusses juggling many roles—business owner or employee, wife, daughter, grandmother, sister, and friend—and the pressure to be available for everyone. She shares that balance isn’t equal and shifts over time, with some seasons requiring more focus on work and others on family. Valinda describes learning to prioritize presence, recalling how she used to come home focused on chores instead of being in the moment with her kids. Now as a grandmother, she cherishes weekly calls and visits, puts her phone down, and listens even when stories repeat. She also schedules dedicated one-on-one days each month with each grandchild. A conversation with strangers at a bar reinforces her belief to never apologize for answering family calls, since those moments can’t be regained.

00:00 Wearing Many Hats

01:35 Redefining Balance

02:07 Be Present at Home

02:54 Grandkids Come First

03:45 Scheduling Quality Time

04:05 Bar Story Life Lesson

05:05 Choose Presence Always

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