Mindful Millionaire with Leisa Peterson

You've been told the same story your whole career. Negotiate. Work harder. Be more confident. Speak up. And if you do all those things, the doors will open. But what if that story was designed to keep you quiet? In this episode, I sit down with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez, author of The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up and Then Pushes Them Down. Stefanie is a journal...

Have you been feeling emotionally exhausted? More cynical than usual? Struggling to get the same work done that used to come easily? That might not just be a hard week. It might be burnout. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sharon Grossman, psychologist, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author of The Burnout Solution. Dr. Sharon has spent over 20 years helping high-achieving professionals...

What does it mean to democratize wellness? And what does yoga have to do with building a more equitable world? In this episode, I sit down with two of the most important voices in yoga today: Tamika Caston-Miller, E-RYT 500, executive coach, and founder of the Ashe Yoga Collective, and Ashley Nicole Rideaux, E-RYT 500 teacher trainer, meditation teacher, and co-host of This Is Not Tea . We met at...

What does it actually take for women to step into financial agency? In this episode, Leisa talks with Natalie Levy — engineer, former Wall Street derivatives trader, and founder of She's Independent — about angel investing, what holds women back from writing checks, and how taking action changes your mindset more than anything else will. Natalie shares how she started angel investing with $10–15K...

What if the numbers in your spreadsheet aren't judging you — but the part of you that feels that way could use some healing? In this episode, Leisa sits down with bookkeeper and financial guide Beth Crittenden to explore the deeply emotional terrain of money tracking. Beth brings a rare combination of spiritual depth, empathy, and practical know-how to bookkeeping — and this conversation goes far...

I hit record with a stranger I met on LinkedIn and this is what happened. Josh Allan Dykstra is an optimistic futurist, keynote speaker, and host of the Hello Tomorrow podcast. He spent two decades inside organizations trying to make them better places for humans to work. By every available metric, the field largely failed. Now he is writing the book that decodes why. In this conversation we talk...

Money and relationships are deeply intertwined — and yet we rarely talk about how our emotional patterns drive our financial decisions. In this eye-opening conversation, Leisa sits down with psychotherapist Michelle Farris to explore the surprising connection between codependency and money. Michelle breaks down how people-pleasing, over-giving, and a lack of boundaries don't just affect our relati...

What does it mean to build a life of service that doesn't deplete you? In this profound conversation, Leisa sits down with spiritual teacher and author Simran Singh to explore the intersection of money, consciousness, and true abundance. Simran shares her journey from working in her family's fashion business to creating 1111 Magazine, hosting 900+ radio episodes, and performing a one-woman show ac...

Your relationship with money isn't just about budgets and strategies—it's deeply connected to your earliest attachment patterns, particularly with your mother. In this conversation, transformational coach Michelle Atlas reveals how the mother-daughter relationship shapes everything from our sense of worthiness to our capacity to receive, and how these early patterns become our money attachment sty...

What happens when you reach that magic number in your bank account—the one you've been telling yourself will finally make the anxiety go away—and… it doesn't? In this episode, Hanna Horvath, financial advisor and creator of the newsletter "Your Brain on Money," shares her personal journey from compulsively checking her bank account multiple times a day to understanding the deeper psychological pat...

Are you exhausted from trying to fit yourself into someone else's business blueprint? Do you feel like you're constantly chasing goals that leave you depleted rather than fulfilled? In this deeply resonant conversation, I sit down with my longtime friend Sarah Santacroce—a conscious business coach, author, and self-described "hippie turned conscious business coach" who lives in Switzerland and has...

Have you ever achieved what looks like success on paper, only to feel deeply disconnected from it? In this episode, international business and life guide Mel McSherry shares her journey from outward success to inner alignment through the lens of Human Design. Mel opens up about the pivotal moment in 2020 when she was crushing it professionally—traveling the world speaking, making great money—yet f...

What do you do when you've spent 20 years building a business only to find yourself completely burned out and financially trapped? If you're Luke Halford, you take a radical leap into cryptocurrency—and completely transform your life. In 2015, while running two hairdressing salons in Leicester and working himself to exhaustion, Luke discovered crypto. Having missed the internet investment wave in...

What happens when a rising corporate executive walks away from Amazon and The Honest Company to buy a pawn shop? You get one of the most fascinating entrepreneurial stories you'll hear this year. Dustin Bunnell joins us to pull back the curtain on an industry most people misunderstand. Far from the stereotype, modern pawn shops serve as crucial financial lifelines—providing $300 bridge loans to fa...

What would make someone walk away from the "perfect" corporate job—six figures, flexibility, great boss, seniority in a male-dominated industry? For Anisa Crespo, it took a cancer diagnosis and her toddler asking why mommy didn't love them anymore to realize that checking all the traditional success boxes wasn't filling her cup. In this inspiring conversation, Anisa shares the remarkable journey o...

What if every fight you've had about money was actually about something else entirely? In this revealing conversation, financial psychotherapist Vicky Reynal exposes the hidden emotional drivers behind our most puzzling money behaviors—from the ultra-wealthy who can't stop accumulating despite having more than they could spend in lifetimes, to couples who argue endlessly about joint bank accounts...

What if you didn't have to wait until 65 to retire? Author and mini-retirement expert Jillian Johnsrud joins us to share how she and her family have taken over a dozen "mini retirements" by age 40—allowing them to travel to 27 countries, adopt four kids, and live their dreams without sacrificing career growth. In this conversation, we dive deep into Chapter 1 of her book Retire Often , exploring h...

In this powerful episode, Margaret Lynch Raniere shares her remarkable journey from 18-year corporate engineer to internationally recognized coach and trainer. Discover how she accidentally stumbled into coaching, developed her unique "motivation breakthrough" system, and now trains coaches worldwide to help clients overcome their biggest obstacles to success. What You'll Learn: The "Modality Myth...

What happens when a corporate benefits lawyer's mother gets cancer and she discovers that even with insurance, legal knowledge, and resources, navigating healthcare is still a nightmare? That's exactly what launched Rebecca Bloom into a 26-year journey as a patient advocate—and now, the author of When Women Get Sick . In this powerful conversation, Rebecca shares how the healthcare system has beco...

Are you exhausted from putting everyone's needs before your own? This episode could save you from the breakdown that forced our guest to completely rebuild her life. Leann Herron spent decades saying "yes" to everyone else—until her body said "no more." After 20 years in accounting and 13 years in legal work, unhealed trauma triggered a complete breakdown that left her with brain fog, memory loss,...

The Coming Decade of ZERO Returns and How to AVOID It! While everyone debates whether we're heading into recession, former hedge fund partner Todd Tresidder has already made a far more devastating prediction: your portfolio will deliver zero net returns for the next 10-15 years. Not a market crash that recovers - but a grinding decade-plus of going absolutely nowhere after inflation. The scary par...

After taking most of the summer off to focus on Facebook and Substack posts, I'm back with an important update on my investment journey and a game-changing interview coming soon. What I Cover in This Podcast: Why I abandoned buy-and-hold investing after the election My 9-month journey with new investment models Introduction to Todd Tressiter - former hedge fund manager turned mentor How "The Fourt...

Remember the magic of summer camp? That feeling of possibility, deep friendships formed in just days, and the courage to try things you never thought you could do? Torey and Shannon, lifelong friends and co-creators of "Camp is in the Heart," have brought that transformational experience to adults. In this heartwarming conversation, discover how these two women took an ember from Jonathan Fields'...

From Community-First to Individual Success: Lessons from 5 Years of Conference Building Real estate investor and conference creator Dustin Heiner thought he had it all figured out. After building a successful conference for four years, he made a shocking discovery that forced him to completely rethink his entire approach. What started as a thriving event focused on building community suddenly felt...

What happens when an entire profession is about to become obsolete overnight? UK financial planner Dan Haylett has a front-row seat to one of the most dramatic industry transformations happening right now - and surprisingly, he's not worried. He's excited. While most advisors are still focused on creating detailed financial plans and managing portfolios, Dan sees a tidal wave coming that will make...