{"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":"Two Tacos for My Son. 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You've always worked. You've always hustled. And somehow you've still ended up here. At some point you've probably asked: How did I get here? I've worked my whole life — so why does it still feel like the ground can disappear at any moment? And what does it take to finally feel financially secure, not just financially surviving? Heather Nelson grew up in a household where her dad worked in construction and never stopped — no vacations, no splurges, just hustle. That ethic became her inheritance. By fifteen she had her first job. She's never stopped working since. But hard work alone, she would learn, doesn't protect you from life's curveballs. Her first marriage ended with a clean break: she walked away from the house, the furniture, the kitchen stuff — everything — to avoid conflict. She moved into her dad's four-bedroom home with her two young kids and rebuilt from scratch over two to three years. Then she met her current husband, who was coming out of his own divorce. They started over together. Just as things stabilized, she quit a job that felt wrong — without another one lined up. Money dried up. That Taco Bell moment hit. It became her turning point. She launched The Connection Hive, her hospitality consulting business. Then co-founded a labor company with her husband. The businesses grew. And then — her husband was badly injured at work. Two years out of commission. She became the sole breadwinner for a family of six, carrying it all while building two companies from the ground up. Her definition of success is simple and hard-won: security without scraping. Vacations with her kids. 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