This week, I sat down with the warm, wise, and wonderfully no-nonsense Melinda Chapman, a money and life strategist whose voice feels like a soft blanket and a firm nudge at the same time. Together, we dove straight into the messy truth so many women over 50 are living: pouring money into their dreams… while quietly going broke behind the scenes. Yep. We went there.

Melinda brings decades of lived clarity—corporate finance, motherhood, homeschooling, homesteading, and now guiding women back to their center—to talk about why so many of us are overspending on shiny tools, undercharging for our magic, and waiting for confidence to magically appear before making the big ask. Spoiler: confidence is not the appetizer. It’s the entrée that comes after action.

This conversation is juicy, tender, and a little audacious. It is for every woman who has woken up thinking, “Wait… am I the only one not making $10k months?” (You’re not.) And it’s for every woman ready to make bold choices, prune what isn’t serving her, and come alive again in her second half of life.

Money Reset

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What do you do when life hands you two medical plot twists, a heart transplant, a breast cancer diagnosis, grief, anxiety, and a world that keeps calling you “strong”? In this conversation, I sit down with my dear friend and guide, Kristina Langston, to talk about what it really looks like to walk through it all with support, humor, and a stubborn commitment to joy.

Kristina shares the story of her husband Juan’s heart transplant and her own breast cancer journey—from the shock of hearing “it’s the C-word” to chemo chairs lined up so she could walk to the bathroom, to the anxiety that didn’t show up until after the treatments were done. She talks about the power of language, how labels (like “widow” or “in remission”) land in the body, and why she refuses to keep speaking words that don’t match the future she’s creating.

We explore healing as a deeply human, spiritual, and very practical process: asking for help, letting people love you, listening instead of fixing, and finding your posse of truth-tellers. We also dive into Kristina’s retreat, Holy Dirt & Sacred Fire, and how reconnecting with the earth, each other, and our own voice might be the bravest way to face the second half of life. This is an episode for every woman who’s ever thought, “All the good is behind me”… and is ready to believe there’s more.

In this episode, Sandy sits down with Why Not Today movement founder Leslie Kane to talk about what really happens between the big idea and the big result — that gloriously uncomfortable place known as the messy middle. From her 31-year Mary Kay career to launching a podcast and inner circle for women entrepreneurs, Leslie pulls back the curtain on what it takes to live bravely, take courageous action, and stop waiting for the “perfect” moment… because newsflash: it’s not coming.

Along the way they talk about liminal space, why women get stuck polishing their websites instead of talking to actual humans, and how community support can be the difference between quietly shrinking and finally stepping into your next chapter.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re in between versions of yourself — too early to quit, too restless to stay the same — this conversation is your loving shove forward. No fluff, no fake “I’ve got it all together,” just two honest women talking about courage, action, and keeping your heart alive in the process.