In this Special Thanksgiving Episode, I remind listeners about the key statistics that are part of the reason why I work with women entrepreneurs – namely, that women approach wealth with a mind to give back, make change, and better the world. 

And my guests are good examples of just that. At the end of each episode, each guest is invited to share some information about a cause and organization that is near and dear to their heart in the area of economic justice, and we replay their responses as part of this episode. Have a wonderful, safe Thanksgiving, and I look forward to connecting with you.

Organizations mentioned in this episode:

• Michelle Calcagni - YWCA Chicago - www.ywcachicago.org 
• Michelle Calcagni - Pass the Torch for Women - passthetorchforwomen.org
• Staci Hauschild - Planned Parenthood - https://www.plannedparenthood.org/
• Christy Cook - Bandar and Bhaaloo - https://bandarandbhaaloo.org/
• Shosanna French - Black Girl Ventures - https://www.blackgirlventures.org/
• Kylie Hodges - The Tiyya Foundation! - https://www.tiyya.org/
• Patty Block - Girls Inc. - https://girlsinc.org/
• Cathy Sikorski - Nancy's House - https://nancys-house.org/
• Laura Posey - Safe Harbor - https://safeharborshelter.com/
• Jaclyn Mellone - The Loveland Foundation - https://thelovelandfoundation.org/loveland-therapy-fund/
• Mary Ann Pruitt - Women Deliver - https://womendeliver.org
• Erica Holthausen - FRESH New London - https://freshnewlondon.org 
• Rochelle Moulton - Hero Women Rising - https://www.herowomenrising.org/

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A Team Dklutr production

Hello, ladies.

Welcome to the second

annual Thanksgiving episode.

As you know, my mission with

this podcast, as well as Think

Beyond IP is to help get more

wealth in the hands of women.

I believe that wealth in

the hands of women can

change the world and it is

more important than ever.

That's why I love working

with female founders of

expertise based businesses to

help them turn their income

generators into scalable and

saleable wealth builders.

When we help women grow

their wealth, we also

support creating flexible

and supportive working

environments We help

communities as women give more

of their wealth to communities

and they give more of it

to, charitable causes than

non-women And we influence a

new generation to be economic

and social justice oriented.

Women are more likely to

talk to their children

about charitable giving

and encourage charitable

giving among their children.

At the end of each interview,

I invite each guest to

share an organization that

they know and support as

providing wonderful support

for women and providing

economic justice, generally.

And so my ask for you is

to listen to this episode

and consider one or more

of these wonderful and

worthy organizations as

a way to share and give

thanks for your prosperity.

I would be especially

grateful if you could rate.

And review this podcast.

So we can get this message

out to more women and get

more wealth in the hands of

women and change the world.

Happy Thanksgiving friends.

I couldn't do

this without you.

will here at think beyond

IP, we believe in creating

an economy that works for

everyone with an emphasis

on getting more wealth

in the hands of women.

So is there an organization

or person you'd like to give

a shout out to who's doing

some great work in that space.

Yes, I'm

going to break through as

I'm going to mention two.

One is the YWCA of

Metropolitan Chicago has

some great stuff going on

with their small business

entrepreneurship program.

And the things they're doing

to help especially recent

immigrants and people in

underserved communities in

the Chicago area because the

reality is we need jobs in

the areas of the city we do.

It's not all the loop.

I love what they're doing.

Another one that I

really like is called

past torch for women,

which is a fabulous name.

They're based out of

Indianapolis, so they're

still pretty localized, but

they really are focused on

empowering women of all ages

to get mentoring throughout

their career journey, which I

think is really great because

I've been a mentor myself

and it's been delightful.

It's amazing talking to

young women, especially

young women of color who

are graduating from college

and figuring out what they

want to do and hearing

about their experiences.

love the idea that the

mentoring goes on throughout

because I think that is one

thing that's really hard.

It's very easy to

read a book like Lean

and go find a mentor.

But I love the idea that

find a mentor wherever

you are in your journey

because there's going to

be somebody to help you.

So I think they're, on

the cusp of doing some

really remarkable things

as they just recently

got some new leadership.

So finally, we

talked about the mission that

we both share the mission

to help, women and get

more in the hands of women.

And so I'd love to find out if

there is an organization or a

person who's doing work that

supports women in particular,

helping them, become more

independent and economic

justice that you'd like to

share with the audience.

I have

been an advocate for, and a.

Follower of Planned Parenthood

for America for years, and I'm

sure most of us, if not all

of us are familiar with that

organization, but, that is

an extremely important 1, 2.

To me, and I mean, especially

for my business and the

values that we lead with.

Yeah.

I mean, who would have thought

it's always been important,

obviously, because it's

not just for, all sorts of

reproductive health care is

always been important, but

that we'd be where we are

today and defending its very

existence is, sad to me.

And so I do hope that,

it will make it on to

people's contribution list.

Very creating and more

equitable economy is

something that is very

important to us here.

And so is there a person

or organization that

is doing work in this

area that you'd like to

share with the audience?

Oh, absolutely.

So, the organization that

I want to talk about is

called Bandar in Baloo.

And it well, yeah, in

the show notes, everyone.

So yes, awesome.

So you'll see the website

and I love the organization

for many reasons.

One.

the founder is also a

former boss, so I know her

very well and I know what

she's accomplish and do.

So it's just really great.

But her name is Deborah

Hecker and she founded

Bandar and Baloo and she

founded it because she

wanted to do the organization

really does two things.

One.

there's waste

reduction component.

And what I mean by

that is, 85 percent of

all clothing in the U.

S.

either goes to the

landfill or is incinerated.

It's huge.

and what she does

is repurpose.

Sorry.

So, sorry.

These are a traditional

Indian and other culture

garment that is worn and

she takes these garments and

with a group of volunteers,

they create them Animals

and jewelry and purses, just

really cool things that are

repurposed that you can buy.

And it goes in support

of improving graduation

rates for girls in India,

because we know that.

If girls succeed,

community succeed, family

succeed, higher levels

of thriving in the world.

And so it's a

great organization.

I would just encourage

everyone to go check it out.

But I want to,

before we leave, we, believe

in creating economy that

is, works for everyone.

And as part of that mission,

I like to have people share

organizations that you

admire that are part of that

journey of creating economy

that works for more of us.

I'm biased, I've

already said this, but my

very favorite one right

now is Black Girl Ventures.

They are a nonprofit

organization that is,

corporate, like housed in DC.

the founder is

Shelly Omolade Bell.

they help black and brown

female business owners,

get access to funding.

Black women are starting

businesses at six times.

The rate of any other business

starters, but get less

than 1 percent of funding.

And so it is a, nonprofit

that I love, but it's also

something that really,

really matters to me.

Women, black women

having access to funding

to be able to, I mean.

You all got some great

ideas and I'm excited

for what she's doing.

So at Think

Beyond IP and the Hourly

The Exit podcast, we believe

in creating an economy

that works for everyone.

And so we love to give

shout outs to organizations

and people who help create

a more equitable economy.

you have an organization

that you'd like to share?

I do.

I think I share, I'm

trying to remember which

one I shared with you

earlier, but I know that I

mentioned the TF Foundation.

Yes, she sure did.

Okay.

So, I know the founder,

her name is May Muna.

Oh, I always just

call her Maymuna.

Maymuna, hey soon.

Oh, Hussein Kattan.

Oh God, if Maymuna's

listening, I'm so sorry if

I just butchered your name.

But TIA is all about creating

communities of support and

organizes access to economic

opportunities for refugees

or immigrants or displaced

indigenous communities.

You know,

we believe in creating a

more equitable society.

and having an economy

that works for everyone.

And so is there an

organization or person

who's doing work in this

area that you'd like to

share with the audience?

Yes, for many

years I have supported Girls

Inc, which is a national

organization and they have

chapters in major cities.

And the idea is to, help

typically underprivileged

girls, but I'm In particular,

girls that are entering

their teenage years and need

that additional support to

think differently, behave

differently, and to grow up

into women who are capable

and well educated and can

influence those around them.

So Girls Inc.

has been a favorite charity

of mine for many years.

Wonderful of

my podcast and my consulting

business is to help create a

more equitable economy, one

that works for more of us.

And so I love for people to

share a personal organization

who's doing work in that space

that they'd like the audience

to find out more about.

my favorite.

I'm on the board of something

called Nancy's house and

Nancy's house breaks the

isolation of caregiving.

And what we do is, although

we have lots of small

programs that you can join

in the Facebook group, just

look up Nancy's house and

you can come in for group

counseling twice a month.

That's free.

Our main mission is to break

this isolation by having

retreats that are usually

three days long, three days,

two nights in a five star

bed and breakfast where we

provide counseling, yoga,

massages, and there's.

Only 10 people.

So you actually build

a community right there

of people who understand

what you're going through.

it is a wonderful,

wonderful organization.

Yeah.

Oh,

that's fantastic.

Thank you for that.

one of our missions here

is to create more wealth

in the hands of women to

create an economy that

works for more of us.

And so I love to

introduce the audience to

organizations who are doing

great work in that area.

Is there one that you'd like

to share with the audience?

Yeah.

There's a group here in

Richmond called safe Harbor

and they help women who are

in abusive relationships.

Safely get out

with their kids.

they help set them up

in new careers, new

houses, absolutely

everything they need.

Mm-Hmm, they take care of

all the legal work as well.

Wonderful.

To make sure that they, have

all the protections that

they need they're just great

organization.

How much

content I was creating and

sharing was, really heavy

and stressful and not fun.

And what this highlighted was

for me, it's all relationship

energy, which is, was no

surprise, but seeing it.

Mapped out like that

was like, Oh, okay.

So when I'm in flow is

when I'm with people.

And so whether that's leading

a team or working with

coaching clients or creating

partnerships, going out and

connecting people, right.

That is flow for me.

And that's easy.

And so what I can do.

And when I'm focused on

those activities, I can

shrink time because it's

so natural and easy for me.

I can do so much more than the

average person when my energy

is focused on those things.

Right.

Where for me to write a blog

post or create a YouTube

video or something, right.

It would take me so much

longer than someone who

that was their flow.

Right.

And so that's really what

Wealth Dynamics is all about

is like, okay, how do you,

where are you in flow and how

can you double down on that

or quadruple down on that?

Right.

Cause that's how you're going

to create the most wealth is

if it's revolving around an

area where you're in flow.

So I had the idea for the

agency basically because I'm

like, okay, well, if I'm in

flow when I'm Leading a team.

And when I'm working with

people and connecting people,

then this allows me to do all

of those things are wonderful.

Yes.

So, building the team,

having the right people,

putting our systems and

processes in place, getting

all that it's a lot, right?

And so having.

The growing pain, especially

because we've brought on so

many clients so fast, like

the growing pains of it.

It's, you know, I'm not,

I'm definitely still very

involved in the business

and, and working way more

than I've been working

these past several years.

So that has been an

adjustment for sure, but

being able to, what really.

Excites me and what lights

me up is that our growth

is directly tied to,

funding the people who are

creating and who are leading

communities and caring about

these different causes and

movements and the ones that

were stepping up to the

mic, like you are and having

podcasts and platforms where.

They're sharing

knowledge and inspiration

and leading, right?

And, our go to gal

media, our clients on

that side are all women.

And so what's really

exciting is opening up

this whole new realm of

revenue for that group.

And knowing that the more.

Money we make them,

that's how we grow, right?

Cause we're getting

a percentage of that.

And so having that aligned

in that way and really seeing

the impact of the work that

we're doing and how it's

directly impacting the work

that they're able to do as a

result is really inspiring.

And that's where I see, okay,

we can, being able to grow

this team eventually where

it doesn't revolve solely

on, on me and my brain and

my own intuitive coaching.

Right.

But being able to really

systemize and take the

processes of, okay, how are

we doing this for clients and

bring other people on create,

you know, really leaning into

the IP side of things more to

be able to scale this service

based business and bring on

the right people that can

implement it and yeah, I can

stay in my zone and, we can

keep growing in and making

an impact in this industry.

Yeah, I mean,

that is a great example

of how it's not about

creating passive revenue.

I mean, leverage is about

putting in effort, that

force up front, but you're

creating that lever that

helps you magnify the output.

And that is the long term

benefits of putting in

all this work up front,

but that will reap long

term rewards and multiply.

Your impact as well.

So that's, the beauty of that.

So I love that.

So as we wrap up just a

couple of questions, what

did you know we believe in

creating an economy that

works for everyone here.

And I'd love if you have

a 501 c three organization

or an individual who's

doing great work in that

area that you like to

share with the audience.

Mary Ann Pruitt: Yeah.

So I love Multiple

organizations and multiple.

I'm a big believer that

we as entrepreneurs

should be looking at,

benefiting nonprofits.

Women deliver is 1

that I really like.

I'm a big person and I'm

a big believer in making

sure that we give back to

younger generations as well.

And I'm a big believer in.

Building up young girls

in entrepreneurship.

So 1 thing to just that

I like to pipe as well.

I volunteer to teach a

class every once in a while

of, young students that

entrepreneurship isn't

something that they've

ever thought or been

taught about My generation.

Wasn't really taught that

you can work for yourself.

We weren't really taught that

we could pick our path, right?

We were not taught that.

And so I like to go in and

I like to teach young people

that yes, you can pick your

path, especially young women.

You are okay.

If you want to be that

CEO, you can start thinking

about that now when

you're 12 and that's okay.

You can start thinking

about it in that sense.

So I'm a big believer in that.

a big believer in those.

So nonprofits and as

female entrepreneurs, we

need to be giving back to

nonprofits on the regular.

So, yeah, sure.

Well, we do.

We give away more of our

wealth than, the other gender.

So, yes, yes, we do.

And we're generous

as a gender.

We are, we are generous.

and I think in statistically,

we are more generous.

as we wrap

up, we have a couple

of final questions.

One is, as you know, we

believe in creating an economy

that works for everyone.

And so I'm wondering if

there is an organization

you'd like to share that

is helping create more

opportunities for people.

Yeah,

this is such a hard

question because there

are so many organizations

locally where I am that I

absolutely love, but I'm

going to choose Start Fresh.

Start Fresh Connecticut

is an organization in New

London, Connecticut, and

it helps resettle refugees.

So I think it was not

even a year ago, several

refugees from Afghanistan

were brought to Connecticut.

This organization helped

settle that family and they

help get the kiddos into

school, get workforce training

for mom and dad, get English

language skills training

for anybody who needs that.

They find housing, so it's

just, it's this wonderful

organization that looks at

the family holistically.

It's not just like,

Hey, you're here.

Cool.

And like, dump and run.

It's an investment of at

least a year, but often

longer than that to help the

family really get settled

and get what they need.

Wonderful.

We will have links

to their organization

in the show notes.

As we mentioned, creating

a more equitable economy

is one of the goals of the

Hourly The Exit podcast.

And so I'd love to

introduce the audience to

other organizations that

are helping to do that.

Rochelle Moulton:

Oh, yeah, there is.

We were talking about

this before the show.

So the organization is

called Hero Women Rising.

It's based in both the U.

S.

and the Congo.

And the founder of this is

a woman named Nima and I

actually heard her speak

in Los Angeles, I think

maybe five or six years

ago when she was here.

And I had goosebumps.

I had tears.

She was one of the most

amazing women I've ever

had the pleasure to listen

to and certainly to meet.

She has a number

of mobility issues.

And she is supporting

women in the Congo.

Now, the Congo is a place

that is rife with rape, not

just of women, but also of

the earth for the valuable

metals that go into a lot

of technology products.

And she created a number

of different ways for

women to band together.

And learn how to use a

computer and how to create

businesses and create

income for themselves.

So they could get away

from some of the problems

that are endemic in a very

difficult part of the world.

And she would travel

between Congo and the

U S to raise money.

And it's not easy for her.

Many of us can get on a plane

and not really think about it.

She had a lot of accommodation

issues and she was so powerful

and strong and giving.

And yeah, I just

get goosebumps just

thinking about it.

So