{"podcast":{"title":"Making Change with your Money","slug":"making-change-with-your-money-6046388","podcast_index_feed_id":6046388,"rss_url":"https://api.riverside.fm/hosting/laJ9DAai.rss","website_url":"https://true-abundance.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/imports/podcasts/7a971e85-5103-4225-9c50-34e29ae2f385/making-20change-20with-20your-20money.jpg","author":"Laura Rotter, CFA, CFP® | Financial Advisor for Women in Midlife Transitions","episode_count":135,"summary":"Making Change with Your Money is the go-to podcast for women in midlife experiencing major life transitions and ready to transform their relationship with money. Hosted by Laura Rotter, CFA, CFP®—a financial advisor and Founder of True Abundance Advisors—this podcast features intimate conversations with women who have successfully navigated career changes, divorce and financial independence, retirement planning, entrepreneurship, and complete life reinvention. Every episode explores both the practical side of financial planning for women and the deeper inner work around money mindset, worthiness, and values-based living. From healing financial trauma to building sustainable businesses, from leaving corporate careers to investing with confidence, these stories provide both inspiration and actionable financial guidance. Whether you're contemplating a career pivot, managing an inheritance, recovering from divorce, or simply feeling that there must be more to life than the relentless pursuit of more—this podcast will help you use your resources (money, time, energy, and talent) to create a life of meaning and purpose. Laura brings her Wall Street experience, mindfulness practice, and…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-13T02:22:45.662457+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388"},"episode":{"title":"I Was So Focused on the Money, I Almost Lost My Health","slug":"i-was-so-focused-on-the-money-i-almost-lost-my-health","published_at":"2026-08-29T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388/i-was-so-focused-on-the-money-i-almost-lost-my-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/bbe36522540e761be8d2bac10ff58be142ad546ded3aa2241fd72bad34db022f/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNzc3ZTJmZS1mMjBiLTQwMTgtOTcyMi00Mzk1MzkxM2E1MzkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3YTk3MWU4NS01MTAzLTQyMjUtOWM1MC0zNGUyOWFlMmYzODUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJlMTFhYmZmYmExODU1NmI3ZTY1MTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE5MWFhNzAyYjhhMmVkODU4MzdkN2RlL2xhdXJhLXJvdHRlcnMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtOC0yOF9fMTctMzQtOC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/bbe36522540e761be8d2bac10ff58be142ad546ded3aa2241fd72bad34db022f/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzNzc3ZTJmZS1mMjBiLTQwMTgtOTcyMi00Mzk1MzkxM2E1MzkiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3YTk3MWU4NS01MTAzLTQyMjUtOWM1MC0zNGUyOWFlMmYzODUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJlMTFhYmZmYmExODU1NmI3ZTY1MTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE5MWFhNzAyYjhhMmVkODU4MzdkN2RlL2xhdXJhLXJvdHRlcnMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtOC0yOF9fMTctMzQtOC5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Imagine waking up one morning barely able to move — shivering, sweating, unable to swallow — and realizing the first thing you're calculating isn't how to get better. It's how much money you're going to lose by not showing up to work. At some point you've probably asked: What's the point of making money if my body is falling apart to make it? And when did the hustle stop feeling like freedom and start feeling like a trap I can't get out of? Dominique Jeffries grew up in Louisville, Kentucky as the baby of the family — but you wouldn't know it from how she acted. At ten years old, she was secretly saving her lunch money and slipping it back into her mother's wallet, convinced the family didn't have enough. Her mother reassured her they were fine. But the belief had already taken root: there's not enough, so sacrifice. She moved to Miami to model. When the income wasn't consistent enough, she picked up restaurant work — and then couldn't stop. Double shifts, ballet flats, red lipstick, racing from 10 AM to 11 PM. Saving every dollar. Never slowing down. Until one night after a double shift, a scratch in her throat became a severe UTI that nearly spread to her kidneys. She was barely able to text her sister for help. And lying in bed, too sick to move, her first thought was: how do I make up the money I'm going to miss? That was her turning point. She said a prayer: she wanted work with no ceiling, no clock-in, no physical toll. She set a deadline — by March, she'd be done with the restaurant. She didn't know how. Then the pandemic hit, and the restaurant closed. The very thing she feared became the opening she needed. During lockdown, her sister introduced her to Purium — an organic superfood company with a network marketing model. 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