Wealthways

State Bank of Cross Plains

Wealthways is a female-focused conversation about empowerment, moving upward, and all things wealth – from acquisition, to growth, and everything in between. Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. read less

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Welcome to Wealthways

Welcome to Wealthways

Welcome to Wealthways, a casual, weekly conversation centered around female empowerment, moving upward, and all things wealth. Along with hosts Alyssa Chance & Dawn Mullarney, guests explore their own definition of wealth – be it in terms of money, experience, wisdom, or any other multitude of things – and their personal journey to achieving it. Inspirational, motivational, and educational, each episode brings fresh perspective to the notion of success and how to find it. Because, after all, the only way to really grow wealth is by paying attention to it in the first place. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

Episodes

60 | Afra Smith

60 | Afra Smith

This week's guest on the show is Afra Smith, founder & CEO of The Melanin Project, who stops by to talk about her mission to eradicate wealth disparities for women who identify as Black, the pitfalls inherent to taking on debt to fund higher education, and the insights she's gleaned through her own entrepreneurship experience. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

59 | Carrie Bohlig

59 | Carrie Bohlig

Carrie Bohlig, co-owner of Tandem Consulting and co-founder of Tandem Giving, joins the show to talk about how she and her husband turned their "side hustles" (and passion projects) into viable businesses, and the role that confidence played in the process. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

58 | Elena Beckius

58 | Elena Beckius

Elena Beckius, chief encouragement officer at Encourage Her Elena, stops by the pod to discuss what great leadership is made of and why now may be the time to take a career leap of faith. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

57 | Charlotte Allen

57 | Charlotte Allen

Rebel Success for Leaders founder & CEO Charlotte Allen joins the show to chat about entrepreneurship being the ultimate learning experience and delineating the line separating collaboration & competition. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

56 | Ashley Quinto Powell

56 | Ashley Quinto Powell

Consultant, speaker, author, and founder of myVA Rocks, Ashley Quinto Powell stops by the show to talk to Dawn about the benefits of hiring a virtual assistant, the importance of uplifting other women, how she juggles her myriad projects, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

55 | Carla Frank

55 | Carla Frank

Carla Frank, founder of Women in Motion (WIM) Run the World, is this week's guest, chatting with Dawn & Jane about the professional twists and turns that led her from the world of accounting to starting a business geared toward helping women find their passion through movement in nature. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

Lisa Robb, founder of Raining Glitter Coaching, joins the show to discuss how she came to life-coaching and why she loves it, how she helps people "step into their authenticity," the distinction between therapy and coaching, the genesis of the 12 Minute Turtles, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

53 | One-Year Anniversary

53 | One-Year Anniversary

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Wealthways podcast. The past 12 months have been filled with interesting conversations with inspiring women, all of whom have been incredibly generous with their time, forthcoming about their professional and personal journeys, and candid about the ways they define wealth. Each has left an indelible mark on the show, and in this special anniversary episode, Dawn & Jane reflect on what they've taken away from those chats, discuss what they've learned about themselves, muse about their dream guests, and chart a course forward. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

52 | Sarah Jacobson

52 | Sarah Jacobson

Sarah Jacobson, founder of ConfiDANCE, stops by the program to trace her journey from dancing professionally in Sheffield, England, to developing a movement-based program for children with special needs. She also touches on the personal inspiration for bringing her idea to reality, the challenges of balancing motherhood and work, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

51 | Becky Allen

51 | Becky Allen

This week, Dawn & Jane welcome Becky Allen, owner of Win the Day Productions, to the show. After doing everything she'd been led to believe she was supposed to throughout her life – go to school, get good grades, find a solid job – she broke free from the shackles of conventionality and opened a wellness business with her husband. Then the universe threw them a curveball in the form of an unexpected diagnosis. Equal parts emotional, triumphant, moving, and inspirational, hers is a story that we're proud to share. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

50 | Jackie Hermes

50 | Jackie Hermes

Episode 50! This week, Dawn & Jane celebrate nearly a year of podcasting by welcoming Jackie Hermes, founder & CEO of marketing solutions provider Accelity, to the show. Jackie shares some of the lessons she's learned in leading a team & running a business, providing insight into how to build a successful social media presence (specifically on LinkedIn), how an operation can navigate a shift from in-person to remote work, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

49 | Nancy Pautsch

49 | Nancy Pautsch

This week's guest, Nancy Pautsch, is the chief evangelist of stakeholder value at Madison-based tech solutions provider, Envision IT. She's also a soulful human, trying to live an intentional and purposeful life. In this episode, Nancy chats with Dawn about walking what she terms "the conscious leadership path," the four pillars of the conscious business philosophy, the surprising divergence of employee engagement & employee well-being during the pandemic, the importance of "envisioners," and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

48 | Mika Marquart-Carpio

48 | Mika Marquart-Carpio

Mika Marquart-Carpio wears a number of hats – she's an attorney, a social media marketer, and a serial entrepreneur. She's also this week's guest, stopping by the show to discuss using doubt as a motivational tool, negotiating the burden of entrepreneurship, channeling post-partum struggles into positivity, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

47 | Joyce Marter

47 | Joyce Marter

Joyce Marter, renowned psychotherapist, keynote speaker & author, joins Dawn to discuss the psychology of success, touching on her mission to normalize therapy, how she defines "mental wealth," why it's important to explore the belief systems that inform your relationship with money, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

46 | Everyday M&K

46 | Everyday M&K

Melissa Oftedahl and Katie Buell, the Madison-based duo behind the food, fashion, and lifestyle blog Everyday M&K, join the pod to discuss the genesis of their friendship and site, the relatable misgivings that anyone leaving an established career to pursue a dream may have, how the pandemic inspired them to seize the now, how they define happiness, and more. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

45 | Beth Elliott

45 | Beth Elliott

In this week's episode, Beth Elliott – owner, business loan consultant, and life coach at The Hippie Banker – details what inspired her to leave the world of commercial lending in favor of launching a consultancy geared toward helping women business owners & entrepreneurs succeed, how she guides her clients past feeling like they always need to do more, and the role that freedom plays in how she approaches her work. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

Leah Bach, Realtor with RE/MAX Performance Realty, stops by the show to share her story of leaving a senior leadership role in banking to chase her dream of selling real estate, touching on how she fundamentally changed her relationship with money and discussing some of the successes and missteps she's had in growing her business along the way. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

43 | Sarah Reiter

43 | Sarah Reiter

This week, Dawn & Jane welcome Sarah Reiter, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships at Madison-based Health eFilings, to the show for a wide-ranging chat about finding success in newly created positions, the importance of branding underpinning every facet of an organization, and why being willing to go outside of one's comfort zone is so beneficial in the professional realm. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

42 | Lannia Stenz

42 | Lannia Stenz

Lannia Stenz, CEO & executive director of Gilda's Club Madison, joins Jane & Dawn to discuss the organization's origin story and the important work it does in the fight against cancer, how the disease has affected her personally, and what pivots she and her team had to make to continue Gilda's Club's mission in the face of the pandemic. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.

41 | Amber Swenor

41 | Amber Swenor

Amber Swenor, founder of/transformational brand strategist at Soul Seed, is this week's guest on the show, discussing how she overcame fears about rebranding her business, how she learned to trust her "inner knowing," and how she helps her clients define and share the meaning behind their brand. ----more---- Brought to you by the Wealth Management team at State Bank of Cross Plains. For more information, please visit sbcp.bank.