Nov 09, 2022 |

Katherine O

I first came to Cat to help me find my way out of a bad career experience/boss and ended up gaining so much more. We worked together over two different group coaching sessions. Not only did I eventually find a new job and was able to tackle my interviews from an empowered and authentic place thanks to Cat, I was also able to gain clarity on what I wanted for both my career and my life. Cat is a great guide and shared many amazing resources to help me to make myself a priority in my life – expressing my needs and feelings more, taking control of my calendar/how I spend my time, discovering what ‘normal’ is for me, defining how I want relationships in my life to be, and ways to prioritize my health and wellbeing to make everything work best for me. Cat does a great job creating a safe sharing environment and connecting all participants in the group coaching; even when I’m not sharing or working directly on my needs, I’m still gaining tremendous insights and lessons from my co-participants, and Cat always found a way to relate the conversation back to me and my goals, too. I’m taking away greater skills in communication, responsibility, leadership, confidence, and self-expression – and am confident you would, too, if you worked with Cat! I look forward to keeping in touch and continuing to be inspired by Cat as I continue to work on my goals on my own now, and hope to be on one of her next PACK retreats in 2020!

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Mindful Spending & Navigating Lifestyle Creep with Cris Caruso

In this episode of the Prosperous Empath®, I’m sitting down with financial advisor and UNBOUNDED Mastermind Alum, Cris Caruso to talk about a phenomenon that many people have experienced in recent years: lifestyle creep. Cris has been in the financial services industry since 2004 and a financial advisor since 2008. Beyond that, she has pursued additional education in understanding how our behaviors shape financial outcomes by earning the Behavioral Financial Advisor designation from Think2Perform. She also earned the Accredited Domestic Partnership Advisor credential prior to 2015 as a way to support her LGBTQIA+bclients and continues to use this knowledge to work with unmarried couples and non-traditional families. You’ll appreciate her unique experience throughout today’s episode as she speaks on lifestyle creep, or lifestyle inflation, which is overspending on things that you don’t actually need as your income increases. When you’re early in your career, your spending habits focus on must-haves like housing and groceries. But as your income increases, it’s easy to lose track of what is a necessity and what are simply too many luxuries, and to just keep buying more. Cris and I discuss both values-based and practical strategies on how to identify the areas of your life you should spend generously on and where to be more mindful to reach your long-term goals. How do you live in alignment with your money, especially as an entrepreneur and an empath? You’ll get an answer to this question as you listen to our thought provoking conversation on purposeful spending, the importance of allowing yourself to have fun & fabulous experiences, and more.

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The Prosperous Empath® Podcast is produced by Heart Centered Podcasting.

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