► Tell us about you and your podcast
I'm Audrey Faust, MBA, known as The Manifesting CFO. I'm a CFO trained financial strategist and business coach who works with multi six and seven figure women entrepreneurs. Manifest, Manage and Multiply Money is an interview show where I sit down with accomplished women business owners for candid, unscripted conversations about money, identity, and business growth. Only 5% of women owned businesses reach multi six figures, and only 1.7% reach seven figures. I wanted to pull back the curtain so other women could hear exactly how it happened for someone else and start believing it's possible for them too. My listeners are women entrepreneurs building or scaling their own businesses, especially those working through money blocks and identity shifts on the way to bigger revenue.
► Why & how did you start this podcast?
While I was writing my book, You Are an Abundant B, I came across real statistics showing less than 5% of women owned businesses hit multi six figures, and less than 1.7% hit seven figures. That stopped me. Everything you see on social media and other podcasts is strategy: the tactics, the frameworks, the highlight reel. Nobody was showing the challenges, the identity shifts, the real internal work these women had to go through first to actually get there. I started this podcast to fill that gap and let women hear the whole story, not just the strategy layer. I launched it in April 2026 It took about 12 weeks from deciding to do this to releasing the first episode. I wanted to have 10 interviews in the bank before releasing and was launching my book at the same time (March).
► How'd you find the time and funding to do this podcast?
I release a new episode every week and each one takes 2-3 hours to go from recording to a published episode with full show notes. This podcast runs alongside my CFO consulting and coaching business rather than competing with it, so the time comes out of the same calendar I already run my business from. I fund it myself. I use Riverside for recording and editing, Hello Audio for podcast distribution and Kajabi for email distribution, and I have a VA, who handles all the social media posting so I can stay focused on the conversations themselves.
► What do you gain from podcasting?
I don't take sponsorships. This show is pitch free and relationship first by design. I show up as a curious interviewer and storyteller, not as a coach promoting my services, so any business opportunities that come from it are a byproduct, never the goal. What I gain is real relationships with accomplished women I respect, and a growing library of honest stories that show other business owners what's actually possible. It also keeps me sharp as a strategist, since every conversation is a new case study in how women make decisions about money.
► How does your podcasting process look like?
I record every interview remotely through Riverside, which handles both the recording and the editing. I look for guests who are multi six or seven figure women business owners willing to have a candid, unscripted conversation about the real challenges, struggles, money beliefs, and identity shifts behind their success. I don't script the conversations. I go in curious and let them stay organic, which is where the best, most surprising moments usually come from. After recording, I build out a full content package for each episode, including show notes, timestamped chapters, and social copy, before handing it to my VA for posting.
► How do you market your show?
I post on a set weekly rhythm. Tuesday mornings I send a host email through Kajabi and post an Instagram/Facebook graphic. Thursday mornings I post on LinkedIn. Fridays I release a short clip post on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn. Email and LinkedIn tend to do the most work for me, since the story led format gives people something worth reading in full, not just scrolling past. I also request my guests to share with their social networks and email list, I create the copy.
► What advice would you share with aspiring (new) podcasters?
I've wanted to do a podcast for many years, but I waited until I finally stumbled across one that truly lit me up. I get excited about the conversations I'm going to have with these women. I'm curious by nature and love to hear other people's stories around this. Advice I would say, it's a lot of work, so make sure you create something that feels fun to you, like this does to me. I've built a network of podcasters and asked a lot of questions on my journey, that was the best resource. I also a while back used a course by Pat Flynn that taught me some things.
► Where can we learn more about you & your podcasts?
Website: audreyfaustconsulting.com
Instagram: @manifesting_cfo
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/audreyfaust
YouTube: @TheManifestingCFO
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/manifest-manage-and-multiply-money-podcast/id1892019963
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0ltELlhkj55VwrnWhx41WU