Waking Up Wealthy with Isha Vela

The energy that drives the matriarchal economy is GENEROSITY. Not performative, one-off donation kind of generosity that happens once a blue moon when the spirit moves you.  I'm talking about the structural, consistent, normalized assumptive generosity of a woman who moves money through community. And internalized scarcity is what stops generosity cold. It doesn't matter how aligned your values ar...

What would you do if you lost a parent and suddenly inherited a massive amount of money? What feelings might it bring up for you? Who do you talk about it with? OR: what if you were a recipient of the Great Wealth Transfer, where $34 trillion in investable assets are moving into women's hands by the end of this decade? Even though many people say they would love to be in that position, it does com...

One thing that's become increasingly clear to me over the last several weeks is that some aspects of creating a matriarchal economy are a CHOICE.  And that by making these choices on the daily we can create the matriarchal economy. I know that sounds too simple, but it's not. Look, I have no doubt that exiting the matrix will absolutely involve a fight in some ways. We will have to fight to protec...

I sat down with Wren Farris (Season 6, Episode 2) to talk about money mistakes.  Money mistakes can mean LOTS of things, like not separating your personal and business expenses, underpricing your services, not setting aside money for taxes.  I thought that was the conversation we're having, but something completely unexpected came up, and you can detect the exact moment it occurred. When we actual...

You cannot build the matriarchy out THERE if the patriarchy is still running the operating system in HERE. That's what this episode is about. Yesterday I recorded something I've been working with for a long time: the six shadows of patriarchal programming that keep you loyal to a system designed to extract from you and hold you in a vibration of fear. In your relationship with money, with food, wi...

There are specific emotions and sensations that arise when the systems that've been organizing your reality reveal themselves and come undone. You've probably experienced this before in your shadow work process. You feel this not because your life is over, but because you're floating in the space between what was and what hasn't formed yet. That void is what this episode is about. We're getting in...

Somebody decided that network marketing was a scam. And that somebody had a lot to lose if women started building wealth outside of systems they controlled.  I've been in this business model for 3+ years, and what I know from the inside is that network marketing, held in matriarchal hands, is one of the most powerful wealth-building structures available to women right now. Low barrier to entry. Sc...

As patriarchal systems of power crumble, how do we build indigenous matriarchal ones to replace them? How do we operate and thrive as a community without banks? And how do we do this in a way that redistributes wealth and acknowledges the many ways Black and brown folks have been systematically locked out of building wealth?   This is just SOME of what we get into on this episode of the podcast, w...

The Epstein files are out, and already, the discourse is shifting: Not toward accountability, but toward RESIGNATION.  "It's a psyop."  "They're testing us."  "Nothing will happen anyway." That framing, however sophisticated it sounds, is a form of collapse. And right now, children can't afford for us to intellectualize our way out of feeling. Because the moment we trade rage for a clever theory a...

Have you noticed that when anyone talks about marketing, your brain immediately goes to social media? And does the thought of that totally kill the vibe? What if you could build a brand that made social media completely optional? Because with social media becoming increasingly surveilled and algorithmically manipulated, many people are looking for decentralized alternatives to share their souls' w...

During my time in the U.S., while fascism was intensifying, I was tuning into what conversations we need to have to go where we need to go. And the word that kept coming up was SOVEREIGNTY. I broke it down into 5 categories: Economic and Financial  Personal and Individual Energetic and Spiritual Digital and Data Communal and Collective And in the episode, I go into each to provide clarity of the o...

M ost people I sit down with are in deep denial about what is happening to their currency and how it's going to affect them. In this episode, I focus on the specific mindset shift that NEEDS TO HAPPEN in order for you to position and protect yourself against inflation. I'm sharing 4 specific assets that you need to be aware of and secure (I guarantee you'll be surprised by some of them) This is ex...

Are you a high achieving Black woman who did all the right things, like get good grades, the degrees, the job with the income, and even the house, but  still  don't feel satisfied?  If your achievements never feel like enough, you're in the right place because this is Latasha Kinnard's specialty. Latasha of  Tasha Talks Money  is a financial educator and creator of The Magnetic Money Method, a neu...

For this episode of the podcast, Leah Ardent and I took our daily breakfast table conversation directly to your listening ears. The topic?  Whether AI is more  FAKE  or more  REAL  than being "authentic" online You THINK you know where you stand with this, but you may feel different after listening This online debate is very hot right now, mostly among women, and Leah delivers hard-to-swallow trut...

You can't outearn your identity Your income (and/or whatever you define as success) will always calibrate to the identity you hold about yourself---your self worth, your beliefs about money, your belonging, and your safety In this episode of the podcast I outline the 6 dimensions to increasing your identity so that you can hold more power, money, joy, i.e., YOUR LIFE FORCE ENERGY, so that you can...

In the 2nd half of my talk with Nadja Shafton Marks, transformative artist and creative mystic, she shares how to silence the inner critic and how to get PAID for your art.  What she said was like a therapy session for my starving artist within. I was/am a talented artist who was constantly told I would not get paid to create, and that I would have to "get a real job" to survive. And I did what I...

If you've ever felt blocked creatively If you've ever struggled with feeling like what you paint/sculpt/draw/write is crap If you've not experienced art-making as a liberatory practice This episode is for you.  I sat down with Nadja Marks-Shafton, a young artist who turned her house into a gallery and living sanctuary, Casa Nadja, where she now runs workshops and retreats for people to tap into th...

If you've ever wanted to purchase a home and didn't know how you would be able to afford a down payment. Or if you've wanted to get into real estate and have not known how to, this mind blowing and revolutionary episode with Mel Dorman is for you. Mel Dorman is a former social worker turned financial activist, real estate investor, and author of  Bank on Your Neighbor , a book all about seller fin...

Most people I know struggle with SOME form of scarcity, mostly: Having enough  Being enough That's why I felt it was important to share a very recent challenge I've been grappling with behind the scenes of my life in Bali It's not a huge thing, it's not even that complex, and for whatever reason, it's had me in a deep exploration of what minimal conditions I and my kids require to feel satisfied,...

I've been sitting with a lot of business owners who are following common business advice that's preventing them from building wealth through their business. In this episode, I take you through the 5 most common mistakes people make in the first 5 to 10 years, and listening to this episode is NOT ONE OF THEM! Let 20 minutes with me orient you and your profits in the right direction. Download my 3-s...

Passive income, at least PURE passive income, doesn't exist.  In this episode, I break down  -the myth of passive income -why it's harmful to perpetuate, and  -4 reasons why LEVERAGED income is absolutely necessary in the current economy. You'll also learn about different models of creating leveraged income so that you can create the time freedom that allows you to be present, creative, and connec...

Are you ready for some big money breakthroughs?  Then look no further than your relationship with FOOD.  In this episode, I share my story of shifting from "foodie" (and secret binger) to cultivating a relationship with ENOUGHNESS....and how it all mirrored my relationship with money and consumption. You'll learn how animism can play a major role in healing your relationship with food and money wh...

You say we want more money, but what if that's a cover for your true desires? When you take money off the table, what do you really want?  I sat with Amanda Abella a while back to talk about how her enormous success triggered money trauma, and how she was forced to take time off to heal and later streamlined her business for greater time freedom. Amanda has been an online entrepreneur for 15 years...

We can't talk about money without talking about how it also impacts gender, ethnicity, race, and immigration status. Especially in the context of what is happening to immigrants in the US, where people are getting picked up and put into police cars in broad daylight and then deported, the topic of putting more money in the hands of immigrants is both crucial and timely. I sat down with Adriana Sol...

Many people are moving to other countries where the cost of living is lower and their money goes farther. This is called currency hacking or geo arbitrage, and many people are doing this to have more time and financial freedom. Makes economic sense, right? The question is: how do we practice geo arbitrage without being a colonizer asshole? In this episode I explore the underlying dynamics/attitude...