[00:17] Welcome to Her Life, Her Practice, Her Way A Podcast for and About Female Financial Advisors Tara I’m Tara Conti Bansal and I’ve been a financial planner and life coach for over 20 years.
[00:32] I want this show to share other women financial advisors journeys, struggles and triumphs.
[00:39] I want to highlight the unique and similar ways to enjoying our life and our practice on our own terms.
[00:47] I hope to build a community of like minded, deeply caring and exceptional female advisors who want to help our clients and ourselves live a life that we love.
[00:59] One that is filled with love,
[01:01] learning, connection, meaning and joy.
[01:05] I hope you listen in As I close out this first season of Her Life, Her Practice, Her Way,
[01:12] I’ve been reflecting on what this experience has meant to me.
[01:16] What I keep coming back to is how much I’ve genuinely enjoyed it.
[01:21] These conversations have been fun for me. I look forward to them.
[01:25] But more than that, they’ve been meaningful too.
[01:28] Getting to talk with and really getting to know these incredible women. It’s been such a gift.
[01:34] Almost every episode gave me an idea,
[01:37] something I wanted to try or think about differently.
[01:41] It reinforced this idea I have that you can build a practice that actually fits your life,
[01:48] that you don’t have to follow the shoulds of this industry.
[01:52] That you can listen to yourself and create something that feels true and authentic for you.
[01:58] My conversation with Liz Hand probably impacted me the most.
[02:02] It made me think more deeply about how I want to incorporate coaching into my work and how much I want to move in that direction.
[02:11] There were also some patterns that surprised me.
[02:14] One of the biggest was the role of mentors.
[02:17] So many of the women I spoke with had someone who helped shape their path,
[02:22] sometimes through support and sometimes by showing them what they didn’t want.
[02:27] And that’s something I’d love to explore more in the future.
[02:31] There were also themes that came up again and again.
[02:34] The desire to do meaningful, service driven work,
[02:38] the desire to build something of their own,
[02:41] and at the same time the desire to have a life they love.
[02:46] To be present with their families, to have space,
[02:49] to not feel like they’re constantly running.
[02:53] And if I’m honest, I think many of us are quietly struggling with the same thing.
[02:58] Trying to do too much,
[03:00] living in this constant state of achievement and performance instead of creating the space to think, to rest,
[03:09] to enjoy, and to actually build the life that we want.
[03:13] I love how Angela Dorsey and Amy Leis both regularly carved out time for reflection,
[03:21] introspection,
[03:22] and then being intentional with their time and energy to help them figure things out.
[03:28] I want to do more of that too.
[03:30] There’s also something I’ve been feeling even more strongly after doing this first season of the podcast.
[03:37] I believe women are underrepresented in this field.
[03:40] Part of that is structural,
[03:42] but I think a bigger part of that is belief that many women don’t see this profession as a place for them.
[03:49] Often they think it’s more numbers focused than it really is.
[03:54] And I’ll say this honestly,
[03:56] it can feel hard to be in an industry that has been shaped for so long by an older, male dominated way of doing things.
[04:06] That’s something I feel and something I think we need to keep talking about.
[04:10] At the same time, what I’ve seen through this season is that women bring something incredibly valuable to this work.
[04:18] Connection,
[04:19] care,
[04:20] thoughtfulness,
[04:21] and a deep desire to truly help people.
[04:25] I feel like we go deeper and I want more women to see that and to believe that they belong here.
[04:32] If you’re listening, I want you to know this.
[04:35] You are not alone.
[04:37] You are making a difference and you are enough.
[04:42] Sometimes we all need to hear that.
[04:45] What I hope you felt from this season is a sense of connection and maybe even a little bit of energy or inspiration to think differently about your own life and practice.
[04:57] I want this to be more than just a podcast.
[05:00] I would love for this to become a real community,
[05:03] a space where women support each other, share ideas and grow together.
[05:09] I’m still figuring out what that looks like, but I’m drawn to that and I know it matters.
[05:15] I would truly love to hear from you.
[05:17] Not just feedback,
[05:19] but what stayed with you, what resonated and what you’d like more of.
[05:24] And if you haven’t had a chance to listen to some of the earlier episodes,
[05:28] I hope you’ll go back and give them a listen.
[05:31] There are so many great stories that you might see yourself in.
[05:35] As for what’s next,
[05:37] I’m still figuring that out.
[05:39] I’d like future episodes to be more practical.
[05:43] Not just conversations that feel good,
[05:45] but ones that help you walk away with something you can actually use and make a difference.
[05:51] I also want to lean more into coaching and maybe do some solo episodes and even conversations with multiple women sharing together at the same time.
[06:02] And I’ll be honest, this still feels a bit uncertain for me.
[06:06] I started this not knowing where it would go, and in some ways I still very much feel that way.
[06:13] There are moments where I question if this is worth the time and energy,
[06:17] but I keep coming back to this.
[06:19] I love having these conversations and I believe they matter.
[06:24] I’m also becoming more clear on what I want.
[06:27] I want to do less of the detailed planning work and do more of the bigger picture life centered work.
[06:34] I want to help women think about what they truly want and help them build a life around that.
[06:40] So this season has been just as much about me learning and evolving as it has been about sharing these stories.
[06:48] Thank you for being here. I am truly grateful and thank you for doing this work in the world in your own way.
[06:56] Please know that it matters.
[06:59] I will be taking a short break before the next season to reflect, to think and to be intentional about what I want this podcast to become.
[07:09] Not just for me, but for you.
[07:11] I want to make sure that what I create next is even more meaningful and useful and that it continues to support you in building a life and practice that truly fits you and what you want your own life to become.
[07:26] Thank you for listening to her life, her practice, Her Way.
[07:31] A Podcast for and About Female Financial Advisors.
[07:35] I truly hope you have enjoyed this podcast and got some value from it. If so, I would love to ask a favor of you.
[07:42] Please go to Apple Podcasts or Spotify and rate and review my podcast. This will help me get the word out to other amazing like minded female financial advisors.
[07:54] You can also send it to a friend or two who you think would gain something from listening to it.
[07:59] Until next time, I’m wishing you the very best.
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