Wealth Redefined

Gopi Nair

Francine Poole of The Face of Chicago Business sits down with friend and colleague, LaShondra Harmon, also known as “Financial Mommy,” to talk about redefining ‘wealth.’

These two ladies get into a candid conversation about how so often we have a misconception as a society that those with nice things are the ‘chosen people.’ We don’t look at the struggles and the hustle that came before the material wealth. They unpack how in reality, wealth comes from health, the right frame of mind, and being driven. 

LaShondra recounts her own obstacles and shares on of her biggest demons; second guessing herself.

“It’s our mental clarity. A lot of times that can slow us down because we get afraid and we're worried.”

One of the key components these two discuss is once you have an idea and write it down, stay quiet and do. “A lot of people every time you see them, they’re saying: oh, I got this going on.

Most of the time, those people really have nothing going on because they're not executing what they have in their mind.”

The conversation goes deeper than the surface of redefining wealth as Francine explores her own childhood trauma of racism and lack of confidence. As she astutely puts it, “A lot of times the person that we are when we start this entrepreneurship journey stems from something that's happened in our childhood and people need to go and deal with that before you decide to take on this entrepreneurship journey, because if you don't, it's going to come out.”

Join these two phenomenal ladies as they each share their own tips and advice on what it means to have true wealth and how to achieve the success you’ve always dreamed of by starting with taking care of yourself.

Jen Coffel sits down with her longtime friend, Rachelle Ferguson, to talk about the journey they've been on together over the last 15 years and what Living an Admired Life means to each. From the very beginning of the conversation it's clear what it means to each of them, with Rachelle paying homage to two women living admired lives:

"What I would have said 15 years ago and what I would say today are completely different. I feel like I was on a hamster wheel and I was trying to achieve what people were telling me was an admired life. But when I really look at an admired life, I am reminded of two Supreme court justices: one is Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the other one is Amy Coney Barrett. What's so interesting about them is they come from completely opposite sides of the aisle. Politically they couldn't be any more different. Yet, when I look at those two women, I look at women that I admire."

The two go on to talk about creating boundaries in your life, maintaining self-care practices for your personal health, protecting your spiritual time and learning how to balance it all.

Jen adds that women who want to live in admire life want to serve and fulfill their purpose. However if you all you do is give, but you're not spending time filling yourself back up it leads to our physical body having a lot less to give. Then you wake up to feel overwhelmed, because there's not enough time refueling.

Join Jen and Rachelle as they discuss what true wealth means to each and send them a message to let them know what it means to you!