What does it really mean to be financially free as a woman? Not just secure—but serene. Confident. Fully yourself.

In the powerful conversation, I sit down with Christine Joy Luck Sarno, a financial coach and speaker known as the Financial Wingwoman. A former financial advisor, she now helps high-earning women take control of their money with clarity and confidence. Having built multiple seven-figure wealth as a single mom and financial head of household, she blends practical strategy with lived experience and humor. She guides women to cut through confusion, overcome money anxiety, and build wealth that supports the life they want. Christine believes that when women grow and protect their wealth, they gain personal freedom and the power to create lasting impact in their families, communities, and the world.

What makes Christine different—and why this episode felt so personal—is that she’s not here to hand you a checklist of books to read or give you the usual financial tips. She really gets women’s lives—the challenges we face, what actually supports us, and how to create real well-being in every area.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

• The financial problems women are facing
• The wealth myths keeping women playing small—and what to focus on instead (hint: it’s not lattes)
• Practical steps to build financial literacy 
• The ripple effects of the gender wage gap, and the most powerful equalizer we have against it
• What a wealth ecosystem is and how to start building yours
• Why financial sovereignty is a joyful, deeply feminine act of self-care (which in turn is one of the most powerful ways to create impact in the world)
• Why financial serenity matters more than financial security

This conversation reminds us that financial empowerment isn’t just personal—it’s relational, communal, and transformational. When you trust yourself with money, you create:

✨ Ease in navigating life’s unexpected turns—which means you can show up more fully for others ✨ Joy in knowing you have choices aligned with your values—which radiates to everyone around you ✨ Impact in your own life and rippling outward to your family, your workplace, your community, and beyond ✨ Self-trust in your ability to care for yourself fully—which gives others permission to do the same

🔗Get Christine’s FREE PDF money guide: “33 Smart Wingwoman Money Moves for 2026”: https://www.christinejoylucksarno.com

🔗She’s also offering a special 30 minute 1:1 financial coaching session at $97 through the end of this year by scheduling directly here: https://calendly.com/christinejoylucksarno/30min

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✨ The Well Woman Reset Kit is here—a digital guide and meditation designed to help you pause, reflect, and remember your power before stepping into the new year. For $27, you’ll get journaling prompts, a year‑in‑review ritual, a guided meditation, and more. And because rest is contagious, you can gift the kit to two friends at 50% off. Plus, your purchase includes a bonus seat in our year‑end Power Up Workshop on December 27th—so you can step into 2026 with clarity, energy, and purpose.

If you’re ending this year feeling stretched thin or craving a reset, then this is for you.

Grab your copy and let’s reset together: https://wellwomanlife.com/reset/

✨ Nominate a remarkable woman (or women) for KRQE’s Remarkable Women 2026 contest. It’s a chance to spotlight women whose dedication and community impact deserve to be celebrated. Click here to submit your nominations today: https://www.krqe.com/contests/remarkable-women-2026/

Resources Mentioned

• The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About  by Mel Robbins
• Wingwoman Financial Wellness Retreat

Connect with Christine Sarno

Website: https://www.christinejoylucksarno.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/christinejoylucksarno

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheChristineSarno

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear this. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.

What if stepping into your full power could actually be joyful? What if career transformation didn’t have to be overwhelming? And what if your authentic voice could create ripple effects of impact far beyond what you imagined?

In this episode, I sit down with Molly Mahoney, Founder of The Prepared Performer and a leading female voice in artificial intelligence who embodies all four of our core values: joy, ease, impact, and self-trust. 

She is a performer-turned-entrepreneur who helps coaches and agency owners create content that converts, powered by authentically driven AI and automation. She’s an author and a podcaster who brings humor and heart to social media and firmly believes… the more fun you have, the more money you’ll make.

We dive deep into: 

✨ Ease — Using practical frameworks to simplify complex decisions (like career transition) ✨ Joy — Finding fun in the journey ✨ Impact — Changing systems and amplifying women’s voices ✨ Self-trust — Listening to our internal knowing over external validation

Key Takeaways: 

• How women’s voices shape the future of AI
• What’s it like being the only woman in male-dominated AI spaces (and why Molly keeps showing up!)
• Practical AI tools that amplify (not replace) your authentic voice + tips if you don’t want it to read your emails! 
• How to pivot your career using what you already have (using Molly’s 3-step process)
• Validating your offer before investing time and resources (The “Sell It First” Strategy)
• Why “the more fun I have, the more money I make” isn’t just a catchy phrase—it’s a business strategy
• The FFTT method for navigating life’s challenges (Face it, Feel it, Twist it, Thank it)
• Why your “too much” energy is your superpower

If you’re in transition, building something new, or claiming your space in male-dominated industries, this episode is your permission slip to do it your way. 

✨ Get Molly’s Ideal Client Generator Tool —a custom AI resource that helps you get crystal clear on who you’re here to serve: https://aiify.me/ideal-client-avatar?el=icagpt-well-woman

✨ Watch out for the Well Woman Reset Kit coming out this Black Friday. It’s a digital guide + meditation designed for women who are done pretending everything’s fine. Who are tired of the hustle and ready to pause, reflect, and realign before stepping into the new year.

This isn’t another productivity planner or hustle workbook. 

It’s a reclamation—a quiet revolution disguised as a digital download. 

Because you don’t need another planner. You need a pause.

To learn more, follow us on socials (see the links below) or join our Newsletter by clicking here: https://wellwomanlife.com/quiz.

 – By answering this two-question quiz you can join my Newsletter AND you can find out which stage of the Well Woman Life Framework™ you’re in and what you can do right away to feel better, get back on track, and make the impact you know you’re here to make. 

Resources and Tools Mentioned

• ChatGPT: Custom GPTs, GPT Store, GPT Pulse
• Google Gemini: Gems (similar to custom GPTs)
• Claude: Artifacts feature
• High Level: Marketing automation tool
• RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation): Vector files for storing large amounts of data
• Spotlight Effect (Molly’s AI tool)
• Pema Chodron
• The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron → Listen to Julia Cameron’s Well Woman Show episode
• The Big Leap by Gay Hendrick
• A Happy Pocket Full of Money by David Cameron Gikandi
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Molly’s all-time favorite)
• NPR
• Planned Parenthood

Connect with Molly Mahoney

Website: http://mollymahoney.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/mollymahoneyofficial/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/mollymmahoney

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

YT: https://www.youtube.com/@wellwomanlife128

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

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The Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to https://wfrn.org/2026-work-and-family-researchers-network-conference/ 

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear this. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.

What happens when the life you built on all the “right” systems suddenly crumbles? In this episode of The Well Woman Show, Giovanna Rossi sits down with bestselling author, speaker, and podcaster Jen Hatmaker.

Jen is the author of fourteen books, including four New York Times bestsellers, and host of the award-winning podcast “For the Love.” She’s also a speaker, advocate, educator, mother, and a textbook Enneagram 3.

But beyond the accolades, Jen is a woman who found herself rebuilding her life after her marriage crumbled—and in that rebuilding, she discovered something profound about the systems we’ve been told will save us. Her new memoir, “Awake”, isn’t just a divorce story. It’s a surgical examination of patriarchy, religious dogma, and the invisible walls that limit women’s lives.

What you’ll hear in this episode:

• Jen’s journey from pastor’s wife and teacher to bestselling author and podcast host
• Why divorce was only part of the story—and what it revealed about larger systems
• How to recognize when shame is showing up and keep it out of the driver’s seat
• Listening to our own bodies before burnout forces us to

If you’ve ever struggled with burnout, shame, or overcoming systems that fail us, this episode will inspire you to rise, rebuild, and reclaim your power.

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The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from The Well Woman Academy™ at https://wellwomanlife.com/academy/. Join other smart, high-achieving women to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed—so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough.

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Also, the Well Woman Show is delighted to partner with the Work and Family Researchers Network and its next conference June 17-20, 2026 in Montreal, Canada. For more information, look to info@wfrn.org.

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Resources Mentioned

• Awake: A Memoir by Jen Hatmaker
• All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker 
• Go as a River: A Novel by Shelley Read 

Connect with Jen Hatmaker

Website: https://jenhatmaker.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/jenhatmaker/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/jenhatmaker/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-hatmaker/

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/giovannarossi/

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Share it with a woman who needs to hear Jen’s message about building a life that truly serves her. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.

In this episode, we’ll talk about how we can lead, create change, and stay true to ourselves—all at the same time, with my guest, Maija West.

Maija is a retired attorney turned organizational governance consultant, author, and peacemaker with over 25 years of experience working with nonprofits, foundations, businesses, tribal communities, and government agencies. She specializes in utilizing reconciliation, peacemaking, and conflict resolution strategies to foster strong communication and leadership within diverse communities. 

Maija is also the co-founder of the Healing and Reconciliation Institute and a strategic consulting partner supporting ecological governance and lineage-based leadership to a select group of leaders and organizations.

As a first-generation American with deep Latvian roots, she’s discovered how connecting to her own cultural lineage has transformed not just her leadership style, but her entire approach to creating change within patriarchal systems.

In her recent book, “Matriarch Makeover: A 30-Day Invitation,” Maija offers what she calls “an ecological call to action for leaders” – a radical reimagining of how we can lead from a place of cultural groundedness and feminine wisdom.

We discuss:

• how she weaves together the “three strands of the braid”—self, family, and community—as her guide to live an authentic life even in the most challenging environments
• why reclaiming and connecting to your lineage is essential for trauma-informed leadership and the key to thriving in patriarchal systems 
• how your burnout might be a signal that you’re disconnected from your cultural lineage
• how you could transform toxic boardroom meetings into healing circles
• and more

This conversation will challenge everything you think you know about working within oppressive systems while staying true to who you are.

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The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from The Well Woman Academy™ at https://wellwomanlife.com/academy/. Join other smart, high-achieving women, to rewrite the rules for how to love, lead, and succeed—so you can live with more joy, ease, and abundance, even when life is tough.

Resources Mentioned

• Matriarch Makeover: A 30-Day Invitation by Maija West
• Matriarch Makeover Women’s Retreat 
• Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World by Tyson Yunkaporta

Connect with Maija West

Website: maijawest.com

IG: https://www.instagram.com/danilovawest/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maija-west-2123079/

Email: maija@maijawest.com

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

LinkedIn: Giovanna Rossi, MSc, ICF-ACC | LinkedIn

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I’m thrilled to bring you this month’s episode with someone who has lived many lives in one — spiritual teacher, publicist, bestselling author, and storyteller — the remarkable Arielle Ford. 

A celebrated love and relationship expert, Arielle has written eleven non-fiction books in the self-help and relationship space, including the international bestseller, “The Soulmate Secret”. 

She’s a former top-tier book publicist who is credited with launching the high-profile careers of many top-selling authors and speakers, including her sister Debbie Ford, New York Times Best-selling authors Deepak Chopra, Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen (co-authors of the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series).

Today, we’re diving into her most personal and transformative project yet: her debut novel, “The Love Thief”. 

Arielle shares what brought her to write this book and her incredible journey from being what she calls “arguably the number one book publicist in America” to completely shutting down her successful business with no plan B – and how that terrifying leap led to some of the most magical experiences of her life.

We talk about:

• listening to your inner knowing, even when it’s inconvenient
• the difference between forcing manifestation and surrendering to what wants to emerge
• the painful reality of toxic relationships and how successful women often become targets
• how real, lasting love isn’t about fireworks — but about behavior, choice, and action

If you’re at a crossroads in your career, your relationships, or your creative life — this episode will speak directly to your heart. 

Arielle’s story is a masterclass in following intuition, embracing uncertainty, and understanding that sometimes our greatest breakthroughs come from our most terrifying moments of not knowing what’s next.

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The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from Collective Action Strategies—a consulting firm dedicated to driving systemic change so that women and families thrive. And don’t forget to take the Well Woman Life Movement Challenge Quiz at https://wellwomanlife.com/quiz.

Resources Mentioned

• The Soulmate Secret: Manifest the Love of Your Life with the Law of Attraction by Arielle Ford
• The Love Thief: A Novel by Arielle Ford
• Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships by Arielle Ford
• The Forty Rules of Love: A Novel of Rumi by Elif Shafak 
• Shame-Proof Parenting: Find Your Unique Parenting Voice, Feel Empowered, and Raise Whole, Healthy Children by Dr. Mercedes Samudio

Connect with Arielle Ford

Website: http://www.arielleford.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/arielleford_author/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/arielle.ford

Email: arielle.ford@evolvingwisdom.com

Connect with Giovanna Rossi

Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife

FB:https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#

LinkedIn:Giovanna Rossi, MSc, ICF-ACC | LinkedIn

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This month on the Well Woman Show, I sit down with Dr. Mercedes Samudio, an inclusive, anti-racist psychotherapist and parent coach who’s revolutionizing how we think about raising children and healing families.

She is the bestselling author of “Shame-Proof Parenting: Find your unique parenting voice, feel empowered, and raise whole, healthy children”. Her work focuses on parent coaching and guiding families to reduce unwanted behaviors, developing effective parenting strategies, creating healthy communication habits, and designing social media/tech plans for their household.

What makes her approach so powerful, and frankly, innovative, is her belief that we can’t heal families by shaming parents. Instead, she offers a roadmap for understanding how our childhood experiences shape our parenting.

In our conversation, we explore:

• what shame really is and how it shows up in parenting
• the intersection of identity, oppression, and raising children
• how to find joy in difficult stories of our life
• practical ways to break the cycles of shame in our families
• how to raise emotionally safe kids in a world that often feels unsafe
• building future voices by how we raise our children

Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, or someone who was raised by imperfect humans – which is all of us – this conversation offers profound insights into breaking generational patterns and creating the kind of family environment where everyone can thrive.

The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from Collective Action Strategies—a consulting firm dedicated to driving systemic change so that women and families thrive. And don’t forget to take the Well Woman Life Movement Challenge Quiz at https://wellwomanlife.com/quiz.

Resources Mentioned

Shame-Proof Parenting: Find Your Unique Parenting Voice, Feel Empowered, and Raise Whole, Healthy Children by Dr. Mercedes Samudio
The Red Cross Advisory – Extreme Heat is Too Dangerous to Be Invisible: Knowing what to do to protect yourself and your loved ones can save lives
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

Connect with Dr. Mercedes Samudio
Website: http://shameproofparenting.com/
Phone #: 714-758-5988
Email: mercedes@shameproofparenting.com

Connect with Giovanna Rossi
Website: https://wellwomanlife.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/wellwomanlife
FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheWellWomanShow#
LinkedIn: Giovanna Rossi, MSc, ICF-ACC | LinkedIn

If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe to the Well Woman Show on your favorite podcast platform and leave us a review. Your support helps us continue bringing you conversations with incredible women leaders who are changing the world.

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Well Woman Show. Today, we’re talking about leadership, systemic inequities, how women in high-pressure careers can find balance and fulfillment without burning out, and more!

Joining me is a truly inspiring guest, Emily Howard, a dynamic leader who effortlessly juggles multiple roles as a mom, wife, business owner, consultant, and the new Executive Director of the Economic Forum of Albuquerque, an association of influential leaders committed to elevating the economic vitality of Albuquerque. She is also the Founder/President of Cheetah Strategy, providing strategic planning and brand consulting services. Previously, she led brand and business strategy for Visit Albuquerque, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, McKee Wallwork, Esparza, and DDB Worldwide. 

Passionate about bringing ideas to life and fostering collaboration, Emily is a driving force in the Albuquerque community. She co-founded the “Start Bragging” movement, co-hosts the “Positive Not Perfect” radio show, and serves on various boards. 

In this episode, we cover:

• How leaders manage many important roles in their professional and personal lives
• The efforts to make powerful business groups more diverse and welcoming to everyone
• Visions for building stronger, more vibrant local economies for the future
• Strategies for balancing work demands with family life and well-being, especially for women in leadership
• The importance of honest communication in the workplace regarding personal responsibilities

Emily brings years of experience and deep insights into how we can lead within and despite the systems that impact us, fostering a more inclusive and thriving community for all.

The book that Emily is currently reading: The Road Back to You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery by Ian Morgan Cron

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The Well Woman Show is thankful for support from Collective Action Strategies—a consulting firm dedicated to driving systemic change so that women and families thrive. And don’t forget to take the Well Woman Life Movement Challenge Quiz at Well Woman Life Challenge. Trust me, these two questions could very well change your life!

As always, all links and information can be found at http://www.wellwomanlife.com/347show

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Well Woman Show!

We’re having a deeply meaningful and timely conversation about healing, ambition, and the hidden impacts of systemic trauma, especially for high-achieving women, with my special guest, Annie Wright, LMFT. 

Annie is a licensed psychotherapist, relational trauma recovery specialist, writer, and founder of Evergreen Counseling. She is dedicated to helping ambitious women heal the impacts of early relational trauma, break survival-driven patterns, and build thriving, fulfilling lives. She also continues to share trauma-informed insights as a columnist for Psychology Today, a frequent media expert featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and NBC. 

In today’s conversation, Annie shares her journey of trauma, healing, and entrepreneurship, and how it shaped the powerful work she does today. She offers insight into how trauma manifests in ambitious women, how systemic forces compound our struggles, and what it truly means to build a strong, stable life from the inside out.

Together, we explore:

• The link between childhood trauma and overwork, burnout, and perfectionism
• How relational and systemic trauma shape our beliefs, behaviors, and boundaries
• What healing looks like when you’re still ambitious – how ambitious women and healthy work habits can co-exist
• Why addressing the “cracks in your foundation” is key to lasting emotional and relational wellness
• The importance of creating space for rest, especially for women of color navigating multiple systems of oppression in today’s political landscape

Annie brings not only clinical expertise but lived experience to the conversation, making her insights all the more powerful and resonant. Whether you’re navigating burnout, feeling triggered by the world around you, or simply ready to heal in a deeper, more sustainable way, this episode is for you.

The book she shared was A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

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Also happening this month, 100 Women Albuquerque will be meeting on May 14th at 5:30 pm in Albuquerque to amplify our impact and assist under-supported organizations. The WWS continues our sponsorship of this great work in 2025. Come be inspired by the collective power of women. Join us to meet like-minded women committed to making a difference. Members can nominate local nonprofits and promote a business or event during our meeting. Head over to 100WomenABQ.org

And don’t forget to take the Well Woman Life Movement Challenge Quiz at http://wellwomanlife.com/Challenge/. Trust me, these two questions could very well change your life!

As always, all links and information can be found at www.wellwomanlife.com/346show