Graceful Investor

What if your closet held thousands of dollars in untapped value? Katie Palencsar went from selling her car to fund her first startup to building a venture capital fund for female founders—and now she's helping women see their wardrobes as real financial assets. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - How to shift from a "survival savings" mindset to confident investing - Why starting with just $1 can build your inves...

If your cash is sitting in a savings account earning almost nothing, this episode is for you. Tasia explains why a basic savings account can quietly cost you money as prices rise, and walks through two simple ways to keep your cash liquid while it actually earns: a money market account at an online bank, and a money market fund you can hold in a brokerage or ask your advisor about. She also covers...

Tasia talks with Brittany Rayburn about giving generously and getting confident with your whole financial picture — how donor-advised funds work, the smarter ways to give, the signs your advisor isn't really listening, and the small steps that build real confidence with your money. For educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Consult a qualified professional before making investment decisi...

A Vanderbilt heir signed away millions five days before her wedding. Tasia walks through the financial lessons inside Belle Burden's bestselling memoir Strangers — the prenup change, the trust money turned marital property, the $10M account hidden in plain sight, and the slow drift Tasia names acquired financial passivity. Practical takeaways for any woman building or inheriting wealth. For educat...

Most women in a marriage breakdown are not financially clueless. They are intelligent women who never had the chance to be involved in the money, and that gap becomes dangerous the moment a marriage ends. Tasia sits with divorce attorney Drew Soshnik for part two of their hot takes on the book "Strangers" by Belle Burden, and the focus is one thing: financial agency. Subscribe for more conversatio...

A 19-year marriage. Two luxury homes purchased with inherited trust money. One prenup signed under pressure five days before the wedding. When divorce attorney Drew Soshnik breaks down the financial decisions in the NYT bestseller "Strangers," the lessons for protecting your wealth become impossible to ignore. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN - Why liquidating a trust to purchase property with your spouse can el...

Did you know you only have 60 days after a divorce or loss to secure new health insurance—or risk months without coverage? In this episode, Tasia breaks down the health insurance blind spots that catch people off guard during major life transitions. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN The 60-day qualifying event window and why missing it can leave you uninsured for nearly a year COBRA coverage: the real costs and t...

Greg Friedman has made over 800 private investments. In this episode, he shares the exact questions every woman should ask before trusting anyone with her money—and the red flags that signal it's time to walk away. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN How to evaluate whether a sponsor is trustworthy before investing The difference between committed capital and called capital What "preferred return" actually means an...

Most women have never been told you can grow charitable capital tax-free before giving it away — Kim Moeller breaks down exactly how. Subscribe to Graceful Investor for weekly strategies that help high-net-worth women build, protect, and deploy wealth with confidence. In this episode, Tasia sits down with Kim Moeller — Area Director for San Diego at the National Christian Foundation and a leader a...

Annie Belanger spent her career inside Wall Street, hedge funds, and Blackstone. Now she teaches women what she wishes she'd known sooner — and in this episode, Tasia walks through the real playbook for angel investing, due diligence, and private markets. Subscribe to Graceful Investor for weekly conversations that help women take the co-pilot seat in their financial lives. Annie's first angel inv...

You've heard about private investing, but nobody's walked you through how it actually works — until now. Dana Auslander spent a decade at Blackstone, turned her first $10,000 private investment into a 10x return, and now runs Luxus, a luxury-focused wealth management and alternative asset platform. She's breaking down every step so you can invest with confidence. Subscribe for weekly conversations...

Divorce attorney Drew Soshnick has helped thousands of women protect their wealth through high-net-worth divorce cases. Subscribe for more on investing and financial independence. Tasia sits down with Drew Soshnick, a matrimonial law attorney with 38 years of experience across four states, to break down what every woman needs to know about protecting her finances during and after divorce. Drew rev...

Impact investing for women starts with knowing what to look for before you write a check. Subscribe for weekly investing insights. In this episode of Graceful Investor, host Tasia sits down with Bo Parfet — Managing Principal & Head of Growth at DLP Capital, Everest climber, and co-founder of Denali Venture Philanthropy — to break down how high-net-worth women can confidently evaluate private...

Private investing isn’t just for Wall Street insiders — and this episode proves it. Subscribe for weekly strategies to help high-income women invest smarter. Arielle Patrick made her first private investment at 28, betting $25,000 on a female founder she believed in. That company was acquired twice, and the holding company now counts Jay-Z and Kevin Hart among its investors. In this episode of Gra...

How do you set up a trust account for your kids? Subscribe for weekly wealth-building strategies. In this episode of Graceful Investor, Tasia breaks down exactly how to create an irrevocable trust for your children using the annual gift tax exclusion — and how $217,000 in contributions can grow to $1.9 million by the time your child turns 40. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ✓ How the annual gift tax exclusion...

Paying off $30,000 in debt by 28 might sound impossible — but Tasia did it, and she’s sharing exactly how. Subscribe for weekly money strategies for women. In this deeply personal episode of Graceful Investor, Tasia pulls back the curtain on her own debt payoff journey — from signing up for a sorority credit card for a free T-shirt to accumulating seven store credit cards and over $30,000 in debt...

Could you wear every single sweater you own before buying anything new? 🧣 Subscribe for weekly money conversations for women. The average American woman buys 68 garments a year — that’s 5-6 new items every month. In this episode of Graceful Investor, Tasia breaks down exactly how her 2025 Sweater Challenge changed her spending habits, rewired her dopamine response to shopping, and helped her fini...

Feeling curious—but cautious—about private investing? In this episode of Graceful Investor , Tasia opens the door to a side of investing most women never hear about: private deals. From real estate funds to early-stage startups, she breaks down how to evaluate opportunities, ask the right questions, and avoid overcommitting when the stakes (and minimums!) are high. Subscribe for smart, grounded in...

You have the wealth — now it’s time to learn how to invest it. Subscribe for weekly strategies to help you grow your money with confidence. If you’re a woman with money sitting on the sidelines and you’re ready to finally understand investing, this episode is your starting point. You’ll walk away with four clear pillars to build on — no jargon, no judgment, just honest guidance from someone who’s...