{"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":"We Chose to be Rich in Children","slug":"we-chose-to-be-rich-in-children","published_at":"2026-06-28T17:17:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388/we-chose-to-be-rich-in-children","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388","url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/2073a483a9e5123ce013d3d3ad463c12c5ce795595837a36819ca4965a31eacf/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI1Y2I0YzU5Yi0xYmE5LTQ5NTUtODgwNS0wMTk4ZWRhNjdkMDMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3YTk3MWU4NS01MTAzLTQyMjUtOWM1MC0zNGUyOWFlMmYzODUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJlMTFhYmZmYmExODU1NmI3ZTY1MTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEzZWNlNTgxMmYyOWEyMTBkNjEyYTdjL2xhdXJhLXJvdHRlcnMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0yNl9fMjEtOS0xMi5tcDMifQ==.mp3","audio_url":"https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/2073a483a9e5123ce013d3d3ad463c12c5ce795595837a36819ca4965a31eacf/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI1Y2I0YzU5Yi0xYmE5LTQ5NTUtODgwNS0wMTk4ZWRhNjdkMDMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiI3YTk3MWU4NS01MTAzLTQyMjUtOWM1MC0zNGUyOWFlMmYzODUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2OTJlMTFhYmZmYmExODU1NmI3ZTY1MTYiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmEzZWNlNTgxMmYyOWEyMTBkNjEyYTdjL2xhdXJhLXJvdHRlcnMtc3R1ZGlvLWNvbXBvc2VyLTIwMjYtNi0yNl9fMjEtOS0xMi5tcDMifQ==.mp3","summary":"Imagine growing up watching your mother drive past a neighborhood mansion and say: \"That family has money — and they're miserable.\" Now imagine that lesson becoming the foundation of everything you believe about wealth. At some point you've probably asked: Is money the thing that makes life good? And if you've ever caught yourself saying \"I can't afford that\" — this conversation is for you. Leslie Hocker grew up the oldest of five children with a petroleum engineer father and not much room for extras. Her parents' answer to every wish: \"We chose to be rich in children.\" That one phrase shaped her entire relationship with money. Today, when a client says \"I can't afford it,\" Leslie redirects them: try saying \"I choose to spend my money on other things.\" It's a small shift — but it moves you from scarcity to agency. She went on to become one of the youngest female executives in the petroleum industry, managing multi-million-dollar deals — until she realized she was working in the dark and coming home in the dark. So she opened Houston's first Pilates studio. While still employed full-time. (Her words: \"It wasn't very well thought out.\") The entrepreneurship journey taught her the hard truth: there's no stopping at zero — you can go way past it. She learned to say no. To protect her time. To measure success not by money in the bank, but by the choices money gives you: staying an extra day, flying home Monday instead of fighting the Sunday rush, turning every conference into an adventure. \"You want to die with memories,\" she says. Not things. Not titles. Moments. And her closing message: be a little better today than you were yesterday. You are not too old. It is not too late. If someone else has done it — so can you. Guest Leslie Hocker has built brands, coached leaders,…","meta_description":"Imagine growing up watching your mother drive past a neighborhood mansion and say: \"That family has money — and they're miserable.\" Now imagine that lesso…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2458,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/making-change-with-your-money-6046388/episodes/we-chose-to-be-rich-in-children/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/making-change-with-your-money-6046388/we-chose-to-be-rich-in-children.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}