Money blocks are almost never about money. They're about your ability to receive and feel worthy of holding success. Emma Lyons, transformational healer and money mindset coach, joins Lisa to explore why high achievers struggle to receive even compliments, how success feels unsafe when it's outside your comfort zone, and the deep connection between money, sexuality, and receiving energy.

Key Learning Points

• Money Blocks Are Receiving Blocks - Why struggling to receive compliments reveals everything about your money capacity
• Identity and Comfort Zones - How we imprint levels of wealth from childhood and feel unsafe expanding beyond them
• The Ongoing Journey - Why money work isn't "one and done" - every new level requires new healing
• Control and Familiarity - How we get comfortable with scarcity because it feels familiar and manageable
• Money and Sexuality Connection - Why receiving money and experiencing pleasure are the same energetic capacity
• Shame as the Core Issue - How shame about visibility, success, and "getting too big" blocks wealth
• Identity Shifts - Moving from six-figure identity to seven-figure energy and what that looks like
• Nervous System Safety - How saying "thank you" teaches your body that receiving is safe

Guest Information

Emma Lyons is a transformational healer and coach who helps heart-centered entrepreneurs break through money blocks, heal self-sabotage, and embrace financial flow. Blending intuitive healing, nervous system work, and subconscious reprogramming, she empowers women to step into aligned, sustainable success without burnout. With a background in energy healing and human rights law, Emma is on a mission to help women embrace their sovereignty and step into their full potential.

Connect with Emma:

• Website: www.emmaslyons.com

Guest's Free Offer: Five Signs It's Time to Break Up with Your Inner Narcissist - available at tinyurl.com/nottodaynarc

Book your Free Wealth Alignment Call to map out a clear, grounded plan that feels as good on paper as it does in your body - because if your body's in hustle mode and your bank account's in chaos, no spreadsheet will save you.

Resources

• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services

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There comes a stage in business where scrappiness stops working and starts costing you money. In this episode of Cash and Sass™, Lisa Marie dives into the dangerous middle ground of scaling—when you're no longer financially foggy, but you are carrying entirely too much weight.

As your revenue increases, your decisions go from $500 choices to $50,000 choices, and the emotional weight of being the only filter for those decisions leads to fatigue, over-caution, or expensive overcompensation.

Lisa Marie explains exactly why a strategic sounding board (like a Fractional CFO) is the key to accelerating clarity, confidence, and profitability in ways that spreadsheets alone never will. If you're making strong revenue but feeling tight instead of expansive, this episode will show you how to grow sustainably without destabilizing what you've built.

In this episode, we cover:

• The hidden costs of being the only filter for your business decisions.
• Why fatigue leads to either expensive over-caution (under-hiring, plateauing) or dangerous overcompensation (adrenaline-fueled growth).
• What a true strategic sounding board actually does (hint: they don't take over, they stabilize your thinking).
• Real-life examples of how missing financial modeling causes six-figure tax shocks and disappearing margins.
• How to remove fear and ego from your money decisions so you can lead with grounded perspective.
  
  

Ready to stop the profit leaks?
Before you scale any further or hire again, you need to identify the behavioral patterns quietly shaping your decisions. Sign up for the FREE 7-Day Money Pitfalls Email Series to strengthen your foundation and grow intentionally.

Ready for expert eyes on your business?
If you're tired of carrying the financial weight alone and want to grow grounded, it's time for strategic clarity. Book your complimentary CEO Money Power Hour with Lisa Marie to explore how a Fractional CFO can support your vision.

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What happens when you ditch sleazy sales tactics and start selling from authenticity? Justine Beauregard, a sales strategist who has helped entrepreneurs generate millions, shares her journey from reading scripts in a dingy basement to discovering that human connection beats manipulation every time. This conversation will transform how you think about selling from a source of stress to a wealth-building strategy.

Key Learning Points

• The Script vs. Connection Breakthrough - How one authentic conversation doubled a donation and changed everything about selling
• Values Alignment Challenge - Navigating the tension between "follow the rules" conditioning and soul-aligned business practices
• The "It's Already Yours" Philosophy - Why you don't have to work so hard for money and wealth when you're in alignment
• Selling as Skill Development - Moving from "I'm bad at selling" to "I'm good at selling my way"
• Flow vs. Force in Sales - When selling feels hard, it's usually not the right fit or approach
• Question Everything Mindset - Turning sales doubts and struggles into curiosity and data for improvement
• Sales Transformation Timeline - How entrepreneurs go from "I hate selling" to "Where's my next sales call?" in weeks

Guest Information

Justine Beauregard started her first business at 6 years old, hosting puppet shows in her backyard for $5 a ticket. Since then, she's won awards for her coaching and helped scale multiple businesses to as much as $300 million while adding millions in sales to over 700 entrepreneurs' businesses worldwide. She specializes in helping entrepreneurs sell with integrity, without cold calling, pressure, manipulation, or burnout.

Connect with Justine:

• Website: sellwithjustine.com
• Social Media: @sellwithjustine (all platforms)
• Podcast: Why You Hate Sales - available on all podcast platforms or at whyyouhatesales.com

Guest's Free Offer: Standout and Sell More Mini Series - available at standoutseries.com

Book your Wealth Alignment Call to look at your cash flow, pricing, profit leaks, and financial structures so you can feel wealthy and supported instead of stressed and scrambling.

Resources

• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services

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Transcendent Wealth Co. LLC
https://www.transcendentwealthco.com

Are you ready to take ownership of your money without drowning in spreadsheets or turning into someone who is constantly anxious about numbers?

In this episode of Cash and Sass™, Lisa Marie (the Sassy Wealth Queen) breaks down exactly what it means to be a "DIY CEO" when it comes to your finances.

Being a DIY CEO doesn't mean doing everything alone out of fear—it means choosing to understand your money instead of outsourcing your awareness. Lisa Marie strips away the complexity and reveals the four foundational layers every business owner needs to build financial clarity without the chaos.

If you've ever tried to get serious about your finances only to quit 30 days later because the system was too rigid, this episode is your permission slip to keep it simple, strategic, and sustainable.
In this episode, we cover:

• Why financial awareness stabilizes your nervous system and replaces fear with facts.
• The power of "separation" and why giving your money clear lanes removes the emotional drama from decision-making.
• How to understand your business's revenue rhythm so you stop panicking during slow months.
• The secret to creating "decision rules" that protect your margin and your peace.
• The exact three steps to start building your financial foundation today.

Ready to stop the profit leaks?
If you're realizing that your financial fog is actually a behavioral pattern, it's time to fix it. Sign up for the FREE 7-Day Money Pitfalls Email Series to identify exactly where your money leadership is leaking and how to strengthen it without adding chaos.

Ready for expert eyes on your business?
If you're past the point of DIY and need a strategic partner to help you scale, book your complimentary CEO Money Power Hour with Lisa Marie.

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You can't think your way into abundance. You have to feel your way into it. Ava Pikul, embodied sex and intimacy guide, joins Lisa to explore the connection between erotic energy and wealth building. This conversation reveals how the same beliefs that block us sexually also block us financially, and why healing your relationship with pleasure is essential for receiving money.

Key Learning Points

• Erotic Currency of Wealth - The same beliefs around intimacy and pleasure show up around money and abundance
• Three Core Patterns - The Perfectionist, The Invisible One, and The Peacemaker that block both sexual and financial receiving
• Perfectionist Pattern - Need to get everything right to receive love/money; leads to shame, guilt, and receiving difficulty
• Invisible Pattern - Learned to stay hidden and unseen; leads to self-sabotage and pushing away what we want
• Peacemaker Pattern - People-pleasing to prevent conflict; leads to not knowing what we want or how to ask for it
• Bedroom-Boardroom Mirror - How you show up sexually mirrors how you show up with money and business
• The Five Wealth Codes Connection - Spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and financial wealth are all interconnected
• Pleasure as Power - Reclaiming pleasure and sensation is essential for wealth embodiment and receiving capacity

Guest Information

Ava Pikul is an embodied sex and intimacy guide, former erotic dancer, and advocate for women being deeply seen, satisfied, and fully alive. She works with successful women to heal the connection between sexual and financial blocks through subconscious work, nervous system regulation, and sexual education.

Connect with Ava:

• Website: diamondascension.org
• Community: Pulse - Women's community focused on sustainable pleasure practice - https://www.diamondascension.org/pulse-community
• Free offer: Magnetism Meditation - helps women connect their sexual energy to abundance, available at https://www.diamondascension.org/magnetism-meditation

Book your Wealth Alignment Call to align your money with your body, energy, and truth - looking at numbers, habits, and hidden resistance.

Resources Mentioned

• Pulse women's community (60 days free)
• Magnetism meditation
• Diamond Ascension website
• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services

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Transcendent Wealth Co. LLC
https://www.transcendentwealthco.com

Financial fog isn't about confusion. It's about disconnection. In this solo episode, Lisa Marie breaks down what it really looks like to move from financial fog into financial leadership, why you can be successful and foggy at the same time, and the one question shift that separates reactive money management from intentional wealth building.

Key Learning Points

• Financial Fog vs. Confusion - Fog isn't about not looking at numbers, it's about not trusting what you're seeing
• Success with Fog - You can have good revenue, steady clients, and growth on paper while still feeling uneasy
• Leadership Without Visibility - When you question "What am I missing?" that's leadership without clear context
• What Financial Leadership Is NOT - Not obsessing, micromanaging, being rigid, or knowing everything all the time
• True Financial Leadership - About orientation: knowing where you are, what matters now, what's decided, what's available
• Context Over Certainty - Leadership means context, not certainty; when you have context, decisions stop feeling heavy
• The Question Shift - From "Can I afford this?" (fear-based) to "What does this decision support?" (intention-based)
• Participation Over Perfection - Your nervous system needs participation, not perfection; engagement calms the system

Memorable Quotes

"Financial fog isn't just about confusion, it's about disconnection." - Redefining what fog actually means

"You can be successful and foggy at the same time." - Why revenue doesn't solve the deeper issue

"The fog shows up when you don't trust what you're seeing." - The core of financial uncertainty

"Financial leadership is not obsessing over numbers, micromanaging every dollar, becoming rigid or restrictive." - What leadership is NOT

"Financial leadership is about orientation - knowing where you are, knowing what matters right now." - The true definition

"People in financial fog ask 'Can I afford this?' Financial leaders ask 'What does this decision support?'" - The question that changes everything

"Your nervous system doesn't need perfection. It needs participation." - Why engagement trumps expertise

Action Steps from This Episode

1. Shift your primary question: From "Can I afford this?" to "What does this decision support?"
2. Practice intentional check-ins: Ask "What does my money need from me right now?"
3. Stop avoiding engagement: Participate with your finances instead of perfectionism
4. Seek orientation, not obsession: Focus on knowing where you are, not controlling everything
5. Trust the process: Financial leadership is sustainable, not overnight

Resources Mentioned

• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services

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Carol Tice built a low-ticket paid community that generated $6 million in lifetime revenue and became a sellable asset that transformed her family's life. In this episode, she shares why she rejected high-ticket coaching when everyone else was chasing it, how she served 14,000 members at $25/month, and why low-ticket communities can create more impact and income than expensive coaching programs.

Key Learning Points

• Rejecting High-Ticket Pressure - Why the "$10,000 offer" advice doesn't work for every audience or business model
• Serving Your Actual People - Carol's audience was "broke freelance writers" who needed help but couldn't afford high-ticket
• Mass Adoption Power - Low-ticket pricing enables reaching thousands vs. coaching a few dozen people annually
• Industry-Wide Impact - You can't change an entire industry by coaching 15 people per year
• Trust Recession Reality - People are more hesitant to invest in high-ticket offers, making communities attractive
• Recurring Revenue Benefits - $25/month creates predictable income streams and long-term relationships
• Community vs. Coaching - Different models serve different goals and audiences
• Starting at 65 - Carol launched Community Growth Academy in her mid-60s, proving it's never too late

Guest Information

Carol Tice built a low-ticket paid community for freelance writers that generated $6 million in lifetime revenue, served 14,000 members, and became a sellable asset. She's now 65 and running Community Growth Academy, teaching others how to build profitable communities. Carol proves that low-ticket models can create massive impact and income.

Connect with Carol:

Website: skool.com/community-growth-academy

Free Case Study showing how she built her $6M community - available at skool.com/community-growth-academy/about

Book your Wealth Alignment Call to look at your income streams, scalability, and long-term wealth strategy so you can build a business that supports your life.

Resources Mentioned

• Community Growth Academy
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services
• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series

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https://www.transcendentwealthco.com

Many entrepreneurs avoid financial structure because they think it will restrict their freedom. But as you will learn from this episode, unstructured money is far more restrictive than structured money. In this solo episode, Lisa breaks down why resistance to financial systems actually creates the very stress and limitation entrepreneurs are trying to avoid, and how clarity through structure creates real freedom.

Key Learning Points

• The Freedom Paradox - Unstructured money is far more restrictive than structured money
• Why Entrepreneurs Resist Structure - They equate structure with control and limitation instead of clarity
• Mental Confinement of Chaos - When money lacks structure, every decision feels weighty and uncertain
• The $50K Example - Same amount feels completely different when clearly divided into buckets vs. undefined
• Structure as Permission - Clear money lanes give you permission to spend and invest confidently
• The Bucket System - Fixed operations, variable operations, taxes, profit, personal pay, growth
• Scaling with Structure - Bigger numbers amplify uncertainty unless you have clear systems
• Leadership vs. Hustling - Structure transforms you from reactive to intentional decision-making

Memorable Quotes

"Unstructured money is far more restrictive than structured money." - The core paradox revealed

"Financial structure isn't control. It's clarity. And clarity creates real freedom." - Redefining what structure actually means

"When your money has no clear structure, every decision feels weighty." - The hidden cost of financial chaos

"Structure doesn't limit you. It gives you permission." - How clarity enables confident spending

"Instead of asking 'Can I afford this?' you ask 'Which bucket does this come from?'" - The mindset shift structure creates

"Structure reduces emotional reactivity because it removes guesswork." - Why systems calm your nervous system

"More income without structure creates more stress. More income with structure creates more confidence." - How scaling affects structured vs. unstructured money

Action Steps from This Episode

1. Ask the core question: What categories does my money need to serve every month?
2. Define high-level lanes: Fixed operations, variable operations, taxes, profit, personal pay, growth
3. Start simple: Don't create detailed budgets, just establish clear buckets
4. Observe uncertainty reduction: Notice how defining lanes immediately reduces anxiety
5. Shift your decision-making: Move from "Can I afford this?" to "Which bucket does this come from?"

Resources Mentioned

• The Seven Money Pitfalls email series
• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Transcendent Wealth Co services

Follow Lisa Marie on your favorite social platform:

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Transcendent Wealth Co. LLC
https://www.transcendentwealthco.com