Mindful Millionaire with Leisa Peterson

About Mindful Millionaire with Leisa Peterson

Open your mind and expand your possibilities through heart-centered discussions about money, business and mindfulness. Join host Leisa Peterson, business coach and long-time finance-pro, for inspiring discussions, interviews and commentary that will inspire your mind, warm your heart and solidify your connection with your higher Self. It's the perfect blend of self-mastery, visionary leadership and practical financial wisdom.

Publisher

Leisa Peterson

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Oct 2020

Latest episode

7 May 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 154 episodes have a transcript.

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   7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   The Numbers Don't Lie: What's Really Happening to Women at Work with Stefanie O'Connell

   You've been told the same story your whole career. Negotiate. Work harder. Be more confident. Speak up. And if you do all those things, the doors will open. But what if that story was designed to keep you quiet? In this episode, I sit down with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez, author of The Ambition Penalty: How Corporate Culture Tells Women to Step Up and Then Pushes Them Down. Stefanie is a journalist, the host of Real Simple Magazine's Webby Award-winning Money Confidential podcast, and the creator of the newsletter Too Ambitious — and she has spent years compiling the research that the mainstream personal finance world has been slow to reckon with. The gender pay gap in the United States just widened for the second year in a row. It's now back to where it was in 2005 — when many of us started our careers. Decades of girl power, leaning in, and girl-bossing, and we are right back where we started. This conversation is about why. And more importantly, what actually works. We talk about the ambition penalty — the real, documented, data-backed sum of professional, financial, social, and personal costs women pay for simply wanting more. We dig into the myths of meritocracy that have conditioned women to blame themselves for systemic problems. And we talk about what history shows us actually moves the needle — because it's not power poses. I also share something I've never talked about on this podcast before: the day I accidentally found my entire team's salary sheet and what I did with it years later. This is one of the most important conversations I've had on this show. Especially right now. In this episode: Why the gender pay gap is back to 2005 levels — and what that means for every woman doing "all the right things" The ambition penalty defined: the professional, financial, social, and personal cost of wanting more Why negotiation alone will never close the gender pay gap (and the attorney whose job offer was rescinded for asking) The 30 identity characteristics research shows are weaponized against women — while being used to elevate men The paradox of meritocracy: why the people who most believe they're unbiased exhibit the most bias How feminism was turned into a dirty word the same way socialism was — and why that was strategic What the civil rights movement and feminist movement can teach us about what actually works Why ambition isn't the problem — hyper-individualism is Community as a career strategy: salary transparency, collective organizing, and building resilience together Leisa's BART story: the accidental salary discovery that changed everything Who this book is for — and why it matters that men read it too Connect with Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez: Website: www.stefanieoconnell.com Newsletter: www.tooambitious.com (Too Ambitious) Instagram: @stefanieoconnell LinkedIn: Stefanie O'Connell Rodriguez Book: The Ambition Penalty — available everywhere books are sold (hardcover, Kindle, audiobook)

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   7 May 2026

   Breaking the Burnout Cycle with Dr. Sharon Grossman

   Have you been feeling emotionally exhausted? More cynical than usual? Struggling to get the same work done that used to come easily? That might not just be a hard week. It might be burnout. In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Sharon Grossman, psychologist, executive coach, keynote speaker, and author of The Burnout Solution. Dr. Sharon has spent over 20 years helping high-achieving professionals understand the root cause of their exhaustion — and do something about it. What makes this conversation different is what Dr. Sharon brings to the burnout conversation that most people miss: it's not just about rest. It's about identity. Beliefs. The stories you've been telling yourself since childhood about what you have to do to be enough. And until you understand what's actually driving the burnout, switching jobs or taking a vacation won't fix it. You'll just take yourself along for the ride. We talk about the three burnout types — the Thinker, the Feeler, and the Doer — and why knowing which one you are changes everything. We dig into the seven E's of her Exhausted to Extraordinary framework, starting with the most powerful first step: emotional intelligence and the relationship between your thoughts, your feelings, and your actions. We also get real about burnout at midlife. What happens when you've spent decades proving yourself, sacrificing for others, or outrunning your own story — and you arrive in your 50s asking, is this all there is? This conversation is practical, grounding, and surprisingly hopeful. In this episode: What burnout actually is — and how it's different from just being tired Acute stress vs. chronic stress: when stress becomes something more serious The three burnout types: Thinker, Feeler, and Doer — which one are you? Why burnout is sneaky: you don't wake up with it the way you wake up with a cold The connection between menopause, sleep disruption, and a depleted stress threshold When to use the book, when to hire a coach, and how to know the difference Generational shifts in boundaries — and what older workers can learn from younger ones Connect with Dr. Sharon Grossman: Website: www.drsharongrossman.com (https://drsharongrossman.com) Book: The Burnout Solution — available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Podcast: Decode Your Burnout Free resource: Burnout Checklist — drsharongrossman.com/burnoutchecklist Free consultation: www.bookachatwithsharon.com LinkedIn: Dr. Sharon Grossman https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongrossman/

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   7 May 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Democratizing Wellness: What Yoga Looks Like When It's Actually for Everyone

   What does it mean to democratize wellness? And what does yoga have to do with building a more equitable world? In this episode, I sit down with two of the most important voices in yoga today: Tamika Caston-Miller, E-RYT 500, executive coach, and founder of the Ashe Yoga Collective, and Ashley Nicole Rideaux, E-RYT 500 teacher trainer, meditation teacher, and co-host of This Is Not Tea. We met at the Sedona Yoga Festival, and this conversation had been brewing ever since. We go deep on what yoga really is — and what it isn't. We talk about liberation as a practice. About the two pandemics we're navigating: the physical one we lived through, and the spiritual one we're still inside. About why yoga studios are rarely where they're most needed. And about how the tools of classical yoga — tapas, swadhyaya, and ishvara pranidhana — are exactly what we need right now to do the hard work of being in honest relationship across difference. We also get practical. Tamika and Ashley share how they've built an online, BIPOC and LGBTQ+ affirming yoga community with equitable pricing. I share what happened when I added a sponsorship option to my nine-week workshop — and how it changed everything I thought I knew about generational generosity. If you've ever wondered whether wellness was designed for you, this episode is for you. And if it was, this episode is even more important to hear. In this episode: Why yoga stalked Ashley into becoming a teacher (and how acting, eating disorder recovery, and a commercial residual check all played a role) Tamika's journey through chronic pain, a medical system that only saw her body size, and what hot yoga gave her that doctors wouldn't What "democratizing wellness" actually means in practice The Yoga Sutras as a roadmap for working across difference: tapas, swadhyaya, ishvara pranidhana Why every space needs to be trauma-informed, not just "specialty" ones The financial reality of doing liberation work: asking for your worth when you've been conditioned not to Tiered pricing, scholarships, community sponsorship, and the economics of shared-care models Two pandemics: physical and spiritual — and why the second one doesn't have an end date yet What Ashe Yoga Collective is building and who it's for Connect with Tamika Caston-Miller: Website: tamikacastonmiller.com Studio: asheyoga.com Substack: Soul Garden Instagram: @tamika_castonmiller LinkedIn: Tamika Caston-Miller Podcast: This Is Not Tea Retreat: Sacred Valley, Peru — June 27–July 3, 2026 Connect with Ashley Nicole Rideaux: Website: yoga-with-ashley.com Instagram: @ashleyrideaux Studio: asheyoga.com Retreat: Vietnam (upcoming)

Inside a recent episode

The Numbers Don't Lie: What's Really Happening to Women at Work with Stefanie O'Connell

Published 7 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And maybe that's advocating for pay transparency at your company. Yeah. Or making sure that the policy that does exist at the company is being enforced or having ideally not doing it alone. Right. Working in collaboration with other people who want who have a vested interest in making sure that this is a workplace that's working for everyone, a trusted mentor, a trusted team. Even if there isn't a policy in your own workplace and it feels too vulnerable to put yourself out there and try to enforce it yourself, is it just having that interpersonal sharing network and building your own community and resources so that you're collectively sharing information about not only what is the best negotiation tactics writ large, but What about for the environment you're in? […]

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