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Get Ready: Before Life Happens Podcast
What If It Is Possible? Rethinking Money and Abundance
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On this episode of Get Ready Before Life Happens Podcast, I spoke with Michelle Petrowski, CFP®, CDFA®, founder of Being in Abundance, about one powerful question: What if it is possible?
We explored how shifting from a Do-Have-Be mindset to Be-Do-Have changes everything by starting with how do you want to be, then asking how do you want to do it and then asking what could I have?
💡 Key Takeaways:
🔹 Abundance is a choice that we get to make moment from moment
🔹 Align your money with your values and what truly fulfills you
🔹 Women should dream bigger, ask what’s important to you?
🔹 Step into your power, you get to choose who you want to be
🔹 We have to dream and ask what’s important to us
🔹 If you don’t have a plan, your goals are just wishes
Michelle reminds us that you are more than your paycheck — and your financial plan should reflect who you are, not just what you earn.
This episode was inspired by the blog post “What If It Is Possible?” (here)
Connect with Michelle Petrowski:
- Being In Abundance Financial Coaching Website (here)
- Being Mindful in Divorce Website (here)
- LinkedIn (here)
Bio:
Michelle Petrowski is a Certified Financial Planner™ and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®, and the founder of Being in Abundance, a financial coaching and planning firm for high-earning women and dual income families navigating major life transitions.
Michelle is a nationally recognized voice in women’s wealth and divorce planning, featured in outlets including CNBC, MarketWatch, Yahoo Finance, Investment News, TheStreet’s Retirement Daily, Purse Strings, and Rethinking65. She writes and speaks on the Great Wealth Transfer for Women, the financial blind spots of high earners, and the biggest mistakes women make in divorce — and how to avoid them.
When she’s not advising clients or speaking, Michelle leads workshops, creates educational tools, and is currently writing her book, Next Chapter, Best Chapter: A Playbook for Women Creating Wealth, Wisdom & What’s Next.
The Get Ready Money Podcast and its guests do not provide investment advice. All content is for educational purposes. Guest opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Get Ready Money Podcast and Tony Steuer.
