Living Room Wisdom

What do you do when you've finally created the freedom you worked so hard for, but you're still living as though everything needs to be done before lunch? After twenty years of building a crane company from a single crane into an eight-figure business, Sharon Morrish and her husband sold the company and stepped into a new chapter. For Sharon, the surprising part wasn't leaving the busi...

Judy Tsuei had every reason to celebrate. In less than six months, she'd replaced an entire year's revenue. Her net income had increased by more than 6,000% year over year. But when she shared the news, someone questioned whether she should be talking about money at all. Her first thought? “Did I do something wrong?” In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom sits down with en...

You've accomplished so much. But what if you never needed to prove your worth in the first place? For many high-achieving women, ambition can become tangled with perfectionism, external validation, and the pressure to always do more. But what happens when success is driven by curiosity instead of the need to prove yourself? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom sits down with...

What happens when the ambition that helped you build a successful life becomes so familiar that you forget to enjoy what you've created? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom welcomes Jaylin Bailey , founder of Infinity Home and Business Funding and director of San Diego eWomenNetwork, for an honest conversation about money, homeownership, financial independence, ambition, an...

Who are you without the label? Alice O’Connell spent years as a TV and theatre actress before stepping away from a career that no longer felt right. What followed was not a neat reinvention. It was a much harder question: Who am I without the thing I used to tell people I am? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Alice and Patrina Wisdom talk about identity, self-worth, perfectionism, self-comp...

What happens when the life you built still works—but no longer feels like yours? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Valerie Sorrentino for an intimate conversation about identity, marriage, body wisdom, self-trust, over-nurturing, interdependence, and what it means to come home to yourself. Valerie reflects on a season when she had the marriage, the family, the...

What happens when survival mode becomes part of your identity? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Dr. Pamela Juniel for a deeply personal conversation about childhood trauma, foster care, achievement, self-worth, boundaries, healing, and reclaiming agency over your own life. Pamela shares how she learned very early how to adapt, achieve, and keep moving—until sh...

What if you don’t need the whole plan before you make the pivot? This week on Living Room Wisdom™ , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Allie Ramo of Appreciation Financial for an honest conversation about redefining wealth, choosing courage, and stepping into a new identity before you have every answer. Allie never planned on a career in financial services. Her world was health and fitness. She studied...

What happens when you build the life you were told would make you successful… but quietly realize you no longer feel connected to yourself? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom® , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Lakisha Grimes Fletcher — poet, author, advocate, and contributing author of Anatomy of Abundance: From Success to Sovereignty™ — for a powerful conversation about identity, reinvention, se...

What if some of the behaviors that helped you succeed are the same behaviors keeping you from your next level? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Virginia Wilcheck of Transcending Pathway for a deeply honest conversation about the hidden patterns behind high achievement. Virginia shares her journey of learning to become everything her family needed—and how those...

What if pleasure was not just about intimacy… but about your relationship with yourself? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Tiffany Yelverton , founder of Entice Me and creator of Sexy Survivors , for a powerful conversation about pleasure, embodiment, self-trust, and what it means to truly receive. Tiffany shares her journey of redefining pleasure beyond what so...

Have you ever reached a goal you spent years working toward… and quietly wondered: “Why doesn’t this feel the way I thought it would?” In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom speaks with Corryn Kivett , founder of The Evolution Room , about the identity shifts that happen when a successful woman begins to outgrow the version of herself that created her success. Corryn shares her jou...

You can understand money and still have an emotional relationship with it. In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Linda Grizely, CFP® , Certified Financial Planner, financial wellness speaker, and creator of the Me Money Method , to explore what happens beneath the numbers. Linda shares her journey through teenage motherhood, divorce, career changes, returning to sch...

What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like the life you're meant to live? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom welcomes Tiffani Marie , a former teacher turned spiritual guide, for an honest conversation about self-betrayal, people pleasing, intuition, and returning to your authentic self. Tiffani shares her personal journey through divorce, grief, mothe...

What if the biggest barrier between you and your next level of growth is not your ability… but your willingness to ask? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom welcomes Leila Fiorentino , a finance expert with more than 30 years of experience in corporate insurance and finance , to discuss business funding, financial confidence, and what happens when women stop trying to figure ever...

Some challenges shake us—but they can also reveal our greatest purpose. On this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Kenyatta Boone , founder of Iris Studio Jewelry , shares how she transformed the grief of losing her mother into creativity, impact, and leadership insights . Takeaways include: 💡 Transforming personal challenges into purpose-driven action 💡 Why authenticity outperforms polish in leade...

What if the question you are afraid to ask becomes the beginning of your transformation? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Shannan Kym — award-winning author, TEDx speaker, professional speaker, certified life coach, and transformational mentor — for a deeply personal conversation about identity, healing, boundaries, self-worth, and finding your way back to your...

What if confidence is not something you wait for, but something you build through courage? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Sandra Yancey, founder of eWomenNetwork, for a powerful conversation about courage, women in business, entrepreneurship, leadership, scaling, and building the room you could not find. Sandra shares how she moved to Dallas with experience,...

What if being chosen is not the same as truly belonging? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Melissa Mueller Douglas — licensed master social worker, founder of Chocolate Mindfulness, and founder of My Retreat — for a deeply personal conversation about identity, mindfulness, faith, wholeness, and the courage it takes to stop splitting yourself in order to be accep...

Samantha Kris forgot six minutes of her TED Talk. Not in rehearsal. On the actual stage. In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Samantha Kris — founder of STRIDE, executive speaker coach, author, and a woman who turned one deeply human moment into a powerful message about voice, truth, storytelling, leadership, and impact. Samantha shares what happened when the polis...

Why do smart, high-achieving women ignore their own truth — even when their body, business, and inner knowing are already giving them signs? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Alison Katskowski — entrepreneur, innovator, former competitive swimmer, bodybuilder, and business strategist — for a conversation about reinvention, self-trust, burnout, business evolution...

High-achieving women do not need more networking events — we need the right rooms, real relationships, and intentional connection. In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Kristina Gent, CEO of Six Degrees Connections in San Diego, for a powerful conversation about relationship development, community building, women in business, and why traditional networking often fee...

Why do so many successful women still struggle with money? In this episode of Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom sits down with Lisa Y. Jones , Wealth Strategist and CEO of Financially Awakened LLC, for an honest conversation about financial shame, debt, faith, stewardship, and what it truly takes to build wealth. Lisa shares her journey from carrying over $300,000 in debt to helping women create...

You built the success. But did you build the life? This week on Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom is joined by Tracie Hasse , Vice President of Escrow at Tycor Escrow Services and master connector, for a grounded, insightful conversation about success, ambition, nervous system safety, emotional intelligence, self-care, and what it means to build a life that actually feels good to live inside . T...

What happens when success starts costing you your peace? This week on Living Room Wisdom , Patrina Wisdom is joined by Jessica Rich — certified executive and self-wellness coach, founder of Getting Finer LLC , and former corporate leader — for an honest conversation about burnout, self-worth, emotional wellness, and the courage to choose yourself. After 18 years in corporate America, Jessica reali...