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speaker-0: Today I am joined by someone who took a 20-year career in engineering and corporate strategy, a summer in Fire Island, and a deck of tarot cards and turned it all into something entirely new. Leah Goldman is the founder of the Intuition Strategist and the creator of Intuition Strategy, a framework that brings what she calls invisible data into leadership and decision making. She spent two decades as a strategy consultant, a transformation leader, and an internal change maker inside a major tech company. She was always the one running toward the hardest problems, leading the biggest teams, building the newest things. And then she was laid off. Twice. The second time Instead of putting the pieces back together, she said, add me to the list. She signed up for a writing class, spent a month reading on Fire Island, and started selling three-card tarot readings next to her daughter's friendship bracelet stand. What she discovered there, that corporate leaders were lining up for clarity they couldn't get anywhere else, became the seed of intuition strategy. Today, Leah advises executives and organizations on how to integrate that invisible data, the intuitive signals that algorithms can't measure, into strategies they feel genuinely confident in. She created corporate tarot cards to bring those conversations into the boardroom, and she helps leaders turn what she calls their human AI, their actionable intuition, into a real competitive advantage. She's also a systems engineer who spent years learning to trust her gut, an eldest daughter who took responsibility very seriously, and someone who's still figuring out how to receive as gracefully as she gives. Listen in. Welcome to Making Change with Your Money. A podcast that highlights the stories and strategies of women who experienced a big life transition and overcame challenges as they redefined financial success for themselves. Now here's your host, certified financial planner, Laura Rodder. Welcome, Leah, to the Making Change with Your Money podcast.
speaker-1: Thank you so much for having me, Laura. It is a joy to be with you.
speaker-0: I'm looking forward to this conversation. And I'll start with a new question I've been starting with, which which is, Leah, can you share an early money memory? Can be positive, can be negative.
speaker-1: this is a great question. I have, I've actually been thinking a lot about money lately. So it's wonderful that we get to have this conversation today. and my, you know, my beliefs and and w what's shaped me. And one memory I have, I remember being probably in middle school, and something must have happened with my parents' finances. And I remember them sitting me down and having a conversation about like. Expenses. And it was pretty early in my awareness of money and how money works and where it comes from. and I just remember them just being like, you know, I think we you just need to like kind of understand what's happening here and had like a pretty appropriately leveled, candid conversation. And I was thinking about it recently actually because I thought, wow, that was such a formative moment for me to really understand what kind of pressures they have and you know what expenses we have and what I may have been accustomed to expecting in my life and what the that expectation might need to be going forward. And on but as I was reflecting about that recently, I couldn't remember the the flip side conversation ever happening about like more wealth coming or being in a better position. And I I was actually really curious about that. I thought, wow, I think it's appropriate to have those conversations, certainly about like restraint and control, but I've also really been reprogramming myself lately about how I think about money and wealth. And I'm like, I think having the other side of that conversation is. also important when when things open up and like what does that mean and why do you invest in certain things like a trip or some kind of family experience. So yeah, that's maybe not the earliest, but a very formative moment that I I I've been reflecting on.
speaker-0: I love that. Can you say more, Leah? were they specifically how did you interpret it? That they were asking you to cut back? That they what was
speaker-1: yeah. I think it was my my father and mother, my dad had always done like very different jobs. He was sort of like a Renaissance man jack of all trades, like would like had such fascinating careers. And I think it was in like a transitional moment. Like he was probably moot he might have remember at some point he was in real estate and then he went he actually sold pre need cemetery plots. for A different kind of real estate, I guess. and so it might have been like one of those transitional, like, hey, you know, and my mother didn't work what earlier on, but then did work later. And so I think it was one of those moments of like, okay, the cash flow isn't coming in. And so yeah, it was like we we probably need to cut back or some of the Some of the things your friends enjoy and do, maybe you can't hey, maybe we think twice about going shopping for new clothes right now. Maybe we'll do that in the fall or whatever time period it was. But yeah, it was about cutting back. and it, you know, in and I think they explained it pretty clearly why, but it really stood out to me as like a very mature conversation to be having with them.
speaker-0: Yes. As I reflect on it, it may it in some ways it may have made you feel like more adult that they trust you with this information and they trust that you can respond appropriately to it in some ways.
speaker-1: Absolutely. And I'm I'm the eldest daughter also, so that role like yes, I'm right there. I'll take that responsibility. Yeah, I wonder if they had that conversation with my brother, I can't remember.
speaker-0: Interesting. But you were so you were definitely the res the responsible person in the
speaker-1: absolutely. And and that
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that role has definitely shaped me throughout my life. But I'm sure we'll get into some of that. Yes.
speaker-0: Totally well. I already can see things as I as I'll share with our listeners as well have shared with you. I I had a chance to look at your birth chart before this conversation, and certainly one of the planets in your first house, which is the house that defines your sense of self, is Saturn, which is a planet that often indicates responsibility. that you are a force to be reckoned with in terms of taking control of things administratively and otherwise. And so I'm not surprised to hear you say that about yourself.
speaker-1: Fascinating.
speaker-0: So to be continued. But this is a a this is a podcast for women in a life transition. And part of the reason we're having this conversation, Leah, is because you went through your own is about three years ago. So can you talk a bit about that?
speaker-1: Absolutely. Yeah, it's it's almost exactly three years ago as we're recording this. It's May, which you know is a big month for me as you're reading my chart. That's my birth month. it's also what I call my Independence Day month, which is when I decided to leave corporate and take a leap into the unknown, which had later turned into a path of entrepreneurship. But it took some time to figure that out and really find a path that I was really aligned with and energized by. But I I've I took that time and I created something new. and that journey, I'll I'll just give sort of the the highlights of that decision and and when it happened, why it happened, and where and then we'll talk about where it led me. I I've had a 20 year Career in corporate. you know, as I mentioned, eldest daughter, highly responsible. I went to school as an industrial and systems engineer. So I'm also very rational. but I learned I learned to be analytical and rational because I also have a very creative side, which will which is part of the path. But I've I've always been, I guess, intreneurial, you know, creating something new within organizations. I was a consultant. I did strategy consulting for the first part of my career where I traveled all around and I worked with communications and high-tech companies and leaders doing really strategy transformational programs. I left that world when my daughter was born. I decided I didn't want to travel anymore, made the decision to go in-house, and I worked inside a tech company for about seven years doing transformational work, leading strategy teams, in a couple of different functions within that tech company. and those I had two roles there. The first role ended because I needed there was a change in leadership, priorities shifted, and our program ended. I had to lay off my team. I found a new role in that same organization, had a great time, learned a ton, did a bunch of creative work. hosted an internal podcast and did a bunch of culture transformation work. and it was all during COVID. So I was leading a team that was
setting a strategy for 1400 2400 people, sorry, 2400 people globally who made the technology work for the company and they're all now working from their bedrooms. So
speaker-0: Yeah.
speaker-1: it's like, how do you do that? It was super creative and engaging, but I knew I would never have that type of job again. Because of the circumstances and and actually as things happen, another re-org was on the horizon and they said I needed to lay off my team again. And I said, I can't put the pieces back together right now and figure this out again. So don't you just add me to this list and I'm going to go figure out my next my next path? And so because that was May, I live in New England. It's a beautiful time to feel like free and you want to be outdoors and outside. I thought, wow, it would be lovely to take a summer vacation, like a real one for the first time in 20 years. and so I I I left, I signed up for a writing class. That was part of my decision making. I thought maybe I'll write a book about whatever I'm doing. so I thought I'd be a writer, started writing. Happen to have a month booked in a home in my favorite beach town in the world where I used to go as a kid, in Fair Harbor, Fire Island. my Secrets Out.
speaker-0: Yeah, that's I met my husband in Fire Island.
speaker-1: That's right. I think we had talked about this when we first chatted. so you know how magical it is. And I I spent a month reading a bunch of books that I was really interested in about leadership and decision making and kind of like why? Why is this happening? Why is work the way it is? I always thought I'd have a very linear career path as many of us have been taught. through our lives of you just you go to school, you get your degree, you get your job, and you just keep moving up the the pyramid, right? And and so then I really was questioning why why did I feel the way I did about work? Why did had it changed so much? I I didn't feel aligned with the decisions that were being made in corporate, especially you know, post-COVID. This was 2023. So there was a lot of like return to office debate and like how And I was like, gosh, we have this opportunity, things have changed, and we're it doesn't seem like it's really being taken advantage of. So I thought a lot about future of work, leadership, decision making. And while I was reading all of these books, I was also reading tarot cards for fun at the beach. and so every night at sunset, everybody goes out, has a glass of wine, and just enjoys the beautiful view on the island and kids.
speaker-0: Or was that? I remember being called sixish. Like around sixish. Yeah.
speaker-1: Right, around six ish, you go out and you you have your, your glass of wine and the kids are selling, you know, shells that they've painted and friendship bracelets, and this is little micro economy of like five dollars makes their way around every child who's like selling something on their beach towel. And I set up my my towel right next to my daughter, who was seven at the time, and and I said, I'm just gonna sell readings. Three bucks. Three cards, five bucks. That was what it was. So you'd get a three-card reading, past, present, future. And and I was like, we'll see what happens. At the worst case scenario, I get some good reps and I get to have experience reading. Best case is, you know, who even knows. So I I kept reading and I get lines of customers. I had repeat clients who would come back. I was making a ton of ice cream money. And people were asking me questions that I would expect, like about their relationships and, you know, their personal lives. And they were asking me questions about their businesses or conversations with their managers or a promotion opportunity. Should they take it? And so it was really fascinating to see questions I wasn't anticipating that were questions I had seen in my corporate life. as a mentor, as a decision maker, as a leader, as an advisor. And I thought, wow, this is a tool that people seem to really be getting some value out of, but it does not exist in the corporate world. I would never walk into a boardroom with a deck of these specific tarot cards with the picture of the devil and the tower. Absolutely not. This isn't But maybe maybe I could make corporate tarot cards. So that idea was in the back of my mind. And because I was there for so long, I kept seeing people return and come back. And I could see them again. Like I'd be biking down the boardwalk and I'd see someone who I'd given a reading to. I'd say, Hey, how did that conversation go? Did you take the new job? Like what's going on? And they'd say, that advice you gave me. It was perfect. It worked out just as I thought. And I was like, I didn't give you advice. I told you a story and you knew whether that story was in line or different than what you wanted to do. And you made a decision because you knew what to do. And that's when intuition really hit me as being a very powerful decision making tool. that people knew what to do. They just needed to be able to get it out and feel confident in that decision. and so fast forward post summer, I'm sort of thinking about what do I want to do next? Am I interviewing where or am I creating something? And I actually thought maybe I'm gonna write that book I was talking about. And I put my ideas on little note cards and I laid them out on my bed, like you know, organizing my thoughts into chapters. And I looked at the bet and I thought, my gosh, these piles aren't chapters. These are actually, these are the tarot cards. These are the words that are about leadership and decision making and and what it's like to be in this uncertain world right now where we need to carve a path forward. But these could be the cards that I use to bring it into corporate. And I created corporate tarot cards. And then a few months later, I created Intuition Strategy, which is now my business and and the operating system that I use with my clients to take that
tool that helps you understand what your intuition is telling you and be able to trust it and use that to actually build strategies that leaders and organizations have confidence in, that they have conviction in the decisions and can lead others to. implement and get the results that they want. and so yeah, now now I'm an entrepreneur and it's a whole different world.
speaker-0: it's such a great story, Leah. And I love the melding of your, you know, right side and left side of your brain, your your your practical take charge personality, together with the intuition and the creativity. I do want to share a couple of things in your chart again. First of all, in your first house, which we mentioned Saturn before, conjunct, which means right next to Saturn, is the is Pluto, the planet that represents change, transformation. and so you have melded together those two. I think in keeping what what I'm seeing in your chart. I also you mentioned you're born in May. your sun sign is Taurus, which is an earth sign. Again, one that really I would say you you crave security and knowing what will be, but it's in the ninth house, which is a house that represents learning and study and again change more spiritual. I have I have my son in the ninth house and I definitely am on a spiritual path myself. And so it is sort of the the earth, the practical melding with the study of more esoteric, more spiritual subjects, which is just interesting to hear you say that. I am curious from the money point of view, what made you comfortable leaving? You said you asked to be part of people that let go. Did you have an exit package? What were the financial resources that you relied upon?
speaker-1: Well, th that's such an important question because I think in order this is what I I share with my clients, in order to make decisions you feel confident in, you need to know how much runway you have. And so I really did make sure that well, first I did get a package leaving, so I got severance, and that was that allowed me to take that vacation and feel okay with that time. and I Had been consistently investing for a long, long time. And so I had assets that have been managed. And I I have a financial advisor. So I called them up and I said, what if I never made another cent for the rest of my life? Like, what model this? I actually had them model the most conservative everything, right? And my husband, I'm very fortunate to have. a spouse who is employed. He's a professor. So we have stability there. fortunately. So I felt confident that I I had certainly that partnership in this venture. and I I knew that he would also need to see those numbers and we both needed to see that worst case scenario. And I I had to keep assuring both of us this is not a plan. The plan is not to make zero dollars. This is the worst case scenario. And I just need to know like, you know, what what would that be? And so with that information, both of us felt confident that this would be an investment, right? And it it's investing time and energy and But I also felt very confident that w I I had the experience, the expertise, the curiosity, the drive to build something that could surpass a salary. And I still feel that way. That being able to build something on my own terms, because I was always I was I was I'm very driven, I'm very ambitious, and I was always hitting the top of the salary caps, when they have these bands with HR and they say, sorry, you can't really get a promotion this year. I like, Well, I don't need that ceiling. Sky's the limit. So that's that's how I went into it. I thought if I keep hit hitting a ceiling there, imagine what could be possible if I remove that constraint.
speaker-0: I love that, that that sense of knowing your self-worth. And so two things I'm drawn to say. First of all, I hear the message that you got your p from your parents that you start we started this conversation with, which is cash flow is important. Knowing the numbers is important, knowing that you can live, you know, that you can take the risk, which of course of course is a risk when you're leaving corporate life. And you understand the risk you're taking. You're not taking it blindly. So you definitely sort of took to heart that message you got that has stuck with you from when you're younger. and when I looked at your birth chart, Leah, the first place I like to look, frankly, is the second house, and that's a house of financial resources and self-worth. And you have the planet Jupiter in that house, and Jupiter is Expansion, growth, which is like a very optimistic sign to have in that house. And interestingly, it's in the sign of Scorpio. And Scorpio is a sign that similar to Pluto, it's like it it is a sign of transformation, of might even be a sign to me of s of someone who. who is building an income, building your financial resources from intuition, from working with people around intuition and sort of hidden, hidden hidden energies that aren't always obvious, that that you have to help people sort of delve into. so it's interesting.
speaker-1: That's fascinating. Because what I've realized as I as I do the work that I do with more clients, actually I've I've been reflecting. Month is very May is a very reflective month for me. actually I'll I'll tell you about a practice in a in a bit that I just completed. and as I've been reflecting, a word that keeps coming up for me is excavation, that I really feel like I am digging in. Like you said. I'm helping people to understand what's in them that they may not have ever really said out loud or aren't really don't know the words to to articulate what it is that they know. And and I I just love that process of working with somebody in my work. We we do a corporate tarot card reading, and it really helps people draw out. Whatever this question is that we're the reason that we're engaged together, it helps to draw out these just fragments. And then we can put together, like stitch together a
phrase and something that's really it speaks to them. It feels powerful and empowering. And it but you have to dig deep to get that. It's not on the surface. So for you to say that, that transformation and delving in. I I really I I see that for sure.
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speaker-1: Yeah.
speaker-0: How do you deal with that resistance or or or make sure you're working with people?
speaker-1: Yeah. I realize as I was doing this work, so it took time for me to feel comfortable really owning that this is different. This is not the consulting advisory work that I did in my past life. this is not this is not what you're gonna get if you talk to your typical like big firm. This is this is unique. And so therefore It's it might not be for everybody. And I I think about the brand of gin, Hendrix Gin, when they came out, they had a marketing campaign because it Hendrix Gin tastes like cucumber. And they made a whole marketing campaign around like, you might not like this gin. This might not be for you. This is very special and it's it's one of a kind and it it looks really different. They've got this great label. And it's like they're definitely positioning themselves as high end, but this is not for everybody. And I have to embrace that. That, yes, what I do is it's high value. This is it's real. It's got a very solid foundation with something different. And so it might not be for you. And I I there was a lot of work that I had to do. Around that for myself to really own that mindset. And so to your point, I'm I'm I decided I'm not in the business of convincing people that intuition is real. I explain it as a an algorithm. I call it your human AI, actionable intuition. And so I I can I can speak the language. Of an analytical engineer, of a leader who's been trained to trust analytical data, and that there is what I call invisible data that we can use to complement that, to make those decisions that we feel really confident in. And so, you know, for those who get it, it's it's very powerful. It's transformational work. It really is about innovation and transformation. but not everybody wants to innovate and transform and some people want to just continue staying the course and and that's great for them. That might not be my client.
speaker-0: Yes. And speaking entrepreneur to entrepreneur, you don't need a hundred clients. You don't need a thing, you know, you need the right clients.
speaker-1: That's
right.
speaker-0: and again I'm hearing echoing Leah as you speak, your your Saturn and your Pluto, like hand in hand, you you present yourself as someone serious, as you said. You have data driven, you have you have A very serious corporate background, and you're marrying that with a more outside of the box intuitive framework. I'm curious as as an entrepreneur, what the the pricing decision? You don't have to speak specifically to a pricing, but that's often a difficulty
speaker-1: Yeah.
speaker-0: new entrepreneurs have. You you you yourself just described your own self believing in the worth of what you're doing. And so how does that present itself in your pricing?
speaker-1: Yeah, that's a very good question. And something I I think it's evolving all the time. I've I take a very experimental mindset to the work that I do. I I think everything's an experiment and it's just more data and I can see what happens. So when I was first starting, it was really hard to price. And in fact I I started by experimenting in like, well, what What does this work look like? Is it for individuals? Is it for groups? Is it for organizations? And so I started with individuals and I started by just really just offering my services to friends and people who wanted to test it out. And so that gave me some maybe more subjective input of like How did they value it and what did they see it's worth? and then I opened up very underpriced. Like the very first client I had, the first two clients I had were like, wow, this is a steal. So I'm like, I think I'm undercharging. but hey, you know, it's better than the free. So it's, you know, I'm I'm doing some more work and and now the way that I look at it is it's I I try to think of myself as what is a what would a boutique strategy consulting firm charge and I I use that as a baseline comp. and then when I sell a few engagements at a certain rate or, you know, using a certain pricing model, I think, okay, maybe it's time to, you know, adjust because of demand. And and it's, you know If I'm going to scale, right, I always think about how does this scale? I need to figure out ways to make it you know, to be able to take on more clients, but also take on invest in the support that I need to deliver. and so yeah, it's really you know, kind of that iterative you know. When I get a few yeses, even if it's a scary number for me to say, right? Sometimes it's like, wow. that that just came out of my mouth. And I'm just gonna be quiet now and see what happens. And then when it, you know, when get some yeses and you're like, okay, that's that's the value. That's how the market values this work, right?
speaker-0: Yes. And it is sort of, as you said, an iterative process also of your you recognizing the value you're bringing and that informing the pricing and then people responding informs you recognize you know, it's sort of it feels by itself and it's such an interesting process. And I wanna share the other house I like to look at is
the eighth house, which is the house of other people's money. And you do have in that house actually Chiron, which is the wounded healer. So there is, you know, an indication, Leah, that there is some self-healing that's taking place for you as you, you know, as we just said, really embody, take in your value and charging appropriately for it, that that's sort of a growth area for you.
speaker-1: A thousand percent, Laura. I think that's fascinating. because in this reflection practice that I just completed, so I I did the practice of counting the Omer, which I don't know if you're familiar with this or your listeners, but it's a it's a Jewish practice to count the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. And it's something that I did last year and I sort of made it my own this year with I combine it with a practice I do of journaling morning pages. And so every morning I I write and it's very reflective, but I used prompts about my business and kind of reflecting on these different energies throughout these 49 days. And so I just finished that and I've been sort of synthesizing. and a theme that came up over these days has been receiving and being okay receiving, whether it's receiving praise or gratitude or money and just and it it came out during this period as I was analyzing the words that I I've definitely been healing around giving, giving, giving and like I said, like maybe I was giving it for free. And but money is just an energetic exchange. And so I think if I'm giving my energy and my focus and intention and skills and talents to somebody, for them to give it back and for me to receive something in exchange, it's it's like balancing, right? And so, So it doesn't need to be how many hours did I give them. It's like how much of my talent and even if it feels easy for me, it could still be very valuable for somebody else. And so that's some of that healing. Like you said, Chiron in the eighth house. That's like that's fascinating. That's how I read that.
speaker-0: And I do think that women as a generalization do have trouble receiving.
speaker-1: Mm-hmm.
speaker-0: it's it's not a it is a practice. So I love that you made it your practice to be open to
speaker-1: Well, culturally we give all the time, right? And we're we're giving to our families and our friends and our employers and you know, it's it's we're very accustomed to the giving. And for us to sit and be open to receive is is a practice. It's something to learn, right?
speaker-0: And to set our minds to learn it, which is already a movement forward, right? And you know, recognizing what we can open ourselves up to. before I ask the next question, I want to share one more thing. I think it's so interesting to note that, you know, you you this transition took place during your early 40s, and there are Definitely transits, which is, the planets traveling through the sky that impact us during that period of time. Neptune squaring your the your birth, Neptune is really literally a midlife change where you reflect upon the goals that you've set for yourself and are they in keeping. with your values. And I also thought it was interesting that Pluto was square is squaring your natal Pluto. And it was in the Pluto in the sky in in May 2023 was transiting your fourth house, which is the house of family. And so you know your original life change was around spending more time with family. But that also is sort of a midlife crisis, so not unique to you and yet that, you know, reflected in the sky that in your early forties there are challenges that have you sit back and go, What the hell am I doing with my life? Like you know, why am I doing this? And and being open to like, you know, like you are your change and your intuition.
speaker-1: That's so interesting. And in it on my fortieth birthday, actually, I'm not sure if when when Neptune squared, but when I turned forty, I I had a very I like went to a spa. I was still working in corporate and I just had like a day to myself. And the word connect came to me. And I I recognized that this was a theme throughout my life was connecting and connection and It just showed up in so many different places with people and with ideas and concepts. And I'm like, I th I think that's my life purpose in some way. Like I didn't know what it really meant. and and then it was within the next three years that I've completely changed my life. And one of the drivers of being an entrepreneur for me was to have flexibility and to be with my family. and have the autonomy to be where I want to be and work, how I want to work. and and I call it actually my lit I I joke that I had my midlife crisis, but I I call it my midlife opportunity because I think of it as just another way to think differently about work and why we work and how we work. and and just connecting all these different aspects of my life and experience and and and connect to other people and make new friendships and relationships and so that's been a big driver of all of this.
speaker-0: Thanks for sharing that. And I love how you reframe, right? it's not a crisis, it's an opportunity. And May 2023 is your independence. And right. It's so important to to reframe and and look at the abundance in our lives as opposed to what's going wrong. And To comment on what you just said about your life purpose. So the 10th house is the top of our chart. I'm pointing up for those of you just listening, which really does, it it can be career, but it's it's more it's more right to say that it's you know what you're called to do in your life. And you happen to have in your tenth house the north node that is sort of karmically. for those who believe that astrology is your your your life's blueprint, it's what you're on this earth to learn. That's in your 10th house and it's in the sign of cancer, and cancer is nurturing like the mother, all about connection and helping others. And so your north note is indicating that it's your your evolution, your growth,
your career is towards h nurturing and helping others. and that's so interesting 'cause you actually said it. It's about yeah. It's it's about connecting with others. And that's what you're here to learn. I don't know if in some way it feels different than what you had been doing or more challenging, 'cause
speaker-1: Well, I think there's so much learning. Well, I the the concept of learning has come up a few times where you said that's where my son is. I'm taking notes as as we go. That's how I learn. I learn by writing. and yeah, the learning what so yeah, I think learning what does connection mean? what 'cause I remember even saying to somebody after I had this moment of epiphany of connection and connect. I'm like, I I'm a connector. And they're like, you know, like you're I know connectors. They're like the ones who are like networking all the time and like, you know, schmoozing and you that's not you. And I'm like, yeah, but it's different than that. And I had to like reframe what do things mean and you know, get words and language and like think a little bit more expansively about what what are some of these concepts that we have of what work looks like or what certain skills are and how they show up. And that's been a lot of unlearning and relearning. Like entrepreneurship is all about lear like I knew sales from being in corporate and working with sales teams, but it's a whole different ball game to build your own sales process and sell yourself and your work. And That's a whole learning, right? And so I had to unlearn all sorts of things and then learn a lot of new things to be able to build.
speaker-0: Yes, which is so exciting. It's so much fun to be an entrepreneur.
speaker-1: It really is.
speaker-0: Especially when you really feel which I can feel from you, Leah, that you're living authentically, like this is what you're being drawn to do. I mean, would say you're you're living your north node to help others feel safe enough to trust themselves. That's the your mission as a connector. So as we get towards the end of our conversation, I I always like to get a sense of Leah back to the finances. I w what does financial success mean to you or what how have you defined or are continually defining what that means?
speaker-1: Yeah, for me right now it means flexibility and freedom to to know that I have all I need and that I can also have what I want when I want that. So like I my mother always said to me. And here's another another wisdom of you know, just family, family wisdom. that so my mom's father emigrated from Russia and when he was a little boy, and he came to the United States and he had nothing. And he would always tell my mother, as long as you know where your next meal is coming from, you're fine. And I I I feel like that is for me. The basic needs is like, do we know where our next meal is coming from? Yes. can I go to my favorite restaurant and get that meal? No, that's success. Like is that favorite restaurant in another country? Like, even better. Like if I can go there. So so that's that's to me what what success looks like right now is like like being able to provide what for my daughter, what I want her to be able to experience as she grows up and like be able to do that with confidence and not not worry.
speaker-0: Beautifully said. So is there anything you wanna make sure you tell our listeners? And I'm certainly gonna have your contact information in the show notes, but anything else you'd like to share?
speaker-1: thank you so much, Laura. so I offer a Clarity Blueprint, which is a free 15-minute diagnostic about intuition strategy and transformation and how to get where you know you want to be. and so I offer that for free for anybody who's interested at Clarity Blueprint with Leah.com. That's L-E-A-H. and so And you can get in touch with me on my website, Intuitionstrategist.com. and you can follow me on LinkedIn, I'm Leah Goldman, and Instagram, Leah Intuition. and yeah, that's usually where I hang out. but you know, and you can find me in all those places. And yeah, and it's been a great conversation, Laura. Thank you so much. I am just I'm gonna have a lot to reflect on about my my chart and all that you've shared with me today.
speaker-0: thank you for being such a fun guest, Leah. Really.
speaker-1: I appreciate it.
speaker-0: Thanks for listening to Making Change with Your Money. Certified financial planner, Laura Rodder specializes in helping people just like you organize, clarify, and invest their money in order to support a life of purpose and meaning. Go to www.truabundanceadvisors.com forward slash workbook for a free resource to help you on your journey. Disclaimer, please remember that the information shared by this podcast does not constitute accounting, legal, tax, investment, or financial advice. It's for information purposes only. You should seek appropriate professional advice for your specific information.