Cash Confident with Brie Sodano

If you’ve done the money mindset work and nothing really moved, I want you to hear this one.

Maybe you took the course, read the book and got into your journal, and you can actually see the beliefs that are causing problems. But you’re still breaking them one at a time, or waiting a week to get in with your coach to work on the next thing. That gets slow, and honestly it gets expensive. What I’ve noticed after a lot of hours coaching people is that most of us are doing this work from i...

I've been reading people's transactions since 2013, and food comes up for every single client.

By the time a lot of us get home at the end of the day, we've already made about 7,000 decisions, and dinner is just one more. The money tied up in that one question isn't small either. For a lot of my clients, it's enough for a vacation.

So I brought on Jen Chapin, a working mom who's been making cooking videos on YouTube since 2018, to talk about taking some of that mental load off without pretending we're all going to...

Holiday spending can get stressful fast, and it's not just the money. It's the mental load of everything that comes with the season.

I like to have clients start thinking about their holiday budget early, because that's when we still have some wiggle room. If you wait too long, things can get a little nuts.

In this episode, I'm walking through how I'd actually set up a holiday budget so it doesn't end up on the credit card. We're also getting into the awkward conversations around gift-giving that a lot of us would rather skip...

Some of what you're working so hard toward was never your desire in the first place...

I've watched clients spend years, and sometimes an entire career, on a path that made total sense on paper yet made them miserable. 

In this episode, I'm walking through the false desire patterns I see most often. They usually sound sensible, even generous, and that's what makes them so easy to follow. 

In this episode you'll learn:

Do you know what you want? If I asked you right now, directly, what you want, what would you say?

Most women start by telling me what they don't want. Then I ask again, and a lot of them say they don't know. There's nothing wrong with you if that's where you land. Between your time, your energy, and everything you're responsible for, there's barely room to hear the answer.

Tune in as I get into where that disconnect comes from and why so many women lose access to their own desire. Then I walk...

Every goal you set has an anti-goal riding shotgun, and most people never notice it's there.

I'm breaking down the difference between desire and fear, and why they pull your attention in two completely different directions even though they can feel like the same thing. Desire is a slow burn, it's patient. Fear hijacks you fast, and if you're not paying attention, you end up spending your time and energy chasing the thing you don't want instead of moving toward the thing you actually do.

Tune in as I'm giving you the actual tools to...

I've watched so many women get stuck in the same loop: willing to do the work, willing to make the money, and still feel like they can't find the actual path forward. That confusion isn't a sign you're behind. It usually means you're trying to use the wrong tool to find the answer.

This is the kind of stuck that doesn't look like stuck from the outside. You're still moving, still saying yes to things, still technically "willing." But underneath it there's a low hum of mental spin, because you're asking a part of you that was...

Have you ever felt frustrated in your business, like the work you're doing isn't yielding the results yet, and you can't tell if you should be doing more or if you need to lean back and trust the process?

In this episode, I'm breaking down the four seasons of building wealth in business: planning, planting, the void, and harvest, and why most of the discouragement you feel is really about trying to force one season into another. Once you know which season you're actually standing in, the way you show up starts to make a lot more...

Pricing is one of the things that comes up more than almost anything else with my clients, and it's not about picking a bigger number. It's about the gap between the value that's actually there and the value you're able to communicate clearly. Close that gap and the undercharging fixes itself.

I get into why explaining yourself, your years in business, your certifications, all of it, is exactly the wrong move when someone questions your price. And I walk through a comparison I come back to constantly that makes the whole thing click. Once you hear it...

Somewhere underneath the strategy, the funnels, the offers of your business, there's a mental structure running the show. This mental structure is made up of who you believe you are, what you believe you're worth, and how much good you'll actually let yourself keep. I call this your self-concept.

Most of us treat income like it's purely a strategy problem. It's not. If what you're building doesn't match what your self-concept believes you deserve, you will find a way to shrink it back down, no matter how good the plan is.

In this episode you'll...

You've done the inner work. Meditated on your money relationship, journaled about it, said the affirmations. And the money still isn't landing the way it should by now.

Most people are looking in the wrong place for the actual block, and it's not what you think. Some of it's internal. Or some of it's already built into the way your business runs. I'm walking through where I actually look when someone's income gets stuck, and why the way most people search for their money blocks can end up working against them.

In this episode you'll...

You started your business to feel free, and some days you're still checking your bank account with a knot in your stomach, saying yes to clients you know you shouldn't, and charging the same rates you started at because raising them feels too risky.

That's scarcity, and it's not just a money thing. It's a mind and body state, and it gets built into how you run your business in ways you don't always clock until you know what you're looking for. I'm mapping out exactly how it shows up, what it costs you, and what to...

Scaling a business is hard as hell, and most of the time it's not the strategy that trips you up, it's what happens in your own head when things get uncomfortable.

In this episode I'm breaking down the two things underneath shiny object syndrome, the entrepreneurial pattern that has you chasing new courses, new coaches, new strategies instead of staying the course. I walk through why it shows up right when you're closest to a breakthrough, and the shift in the question you're asking yourself that makes it so much easier to tell the difference between a...

You don't need more hours in your day, you need to know what your hours are actually worth. Most of us are stuck doing $20 an hour work and wondering why the big money never shows up.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the concept of time potency and how it changes the way you look at your calendar. It's not just about being busy or even about working harder, it's about whether the tasks filling your day are actually moving you toward your goal, and what you're willing to let go of once you see the math...

Trying to go straight from scarcity to abundance usually lands you in a Bermuda Triangle. Busy, broken, exhausted, and still not there.

There's a middle step almost everyone skips, and without it, abundance just turns into excess. An overflowing closet. A calendar that's too busy. A business too big to carry. I'm breaking down what that middle step actually is, and the two skills that get you through it so abundance doesn't just become a fancier version of the same chaos.

In this episode you'll learn:

You've taken a thousand coaching courses. Read a million self-help books. Paid the coach. And even when you got results, they never really tied back to the money. Or maybe you've been on a healing journey for years, excavating your entire childhood, addressing every wound, still waiting for the dollars to catch up. Or you get right to the edge of a breakthrough, and that's exactly where you get in your own way.

What I'm walking you through in this episode is what I call the map to limitless wealth. It's three distinct seasons everyone moves through...

When something in your business feels off, and you can't put your finger on what it is, you're usually looking in the wrong place. For years, I tried to fix a lead problem with a sales solution, and it never worked.

In this episode, I break down the five levers every business runs on and how to find exactly where your money is leaking. I think about a business like water moving through pipes. When all five are lined up, the money flows. When one is off or askew, it leaks, and most of us go and...

You can have the budget, the plan, the spreadsheet that balances perfectly on paper, and still end up right back where you started. That's not because you failed at math. It's because there's a whole layer underneath the numbers that nobody told you to look at, and it's been calling the shots the entire time.

This is the last episode in the June series on what it actually takes to get your money straight, and I'm going into what's happening in your mind while you're trying to make all of it work. The beliefs you didn't choose...

Credit card debt is one of the two biggest reasons people come to me, so this is the episode where I tell you how to actually get out of it.

But here is where I flip it on you. On paper, the problem always looks the same: the balance climbing, the cash flow tight, that feeling of treading water. The reason you are actually in it is rarely the same as the next person's, and that is why rushing to throw every spare dollar at the balance doesn't work. Getting out of debt and building wealth are...

Everyone hands you a budget like it's the whole answer to getting your money straight. Make the spreadsheet, assign every dollar, stick to it. So you do, and a few weeks in, it falls apart, because a budget was only ever going to get you part of the way there.

A budget is a planning tool, and a good one. But planning is the easy half. A budget will happily tell you where every dollar should go and then leave you completely on your own to actually make it happen, which is how you end up reworking...

Most people think getting their money together is about getting a better budget. And yeah, budgets matter. But if the budget was enough, it would have worked by now.

What I've seen over 13 years of doing this work is that the stuff that actually derails people has nothing to do with math. It's your body. It's scarcity kicking in and making decisions before your brain even catches up. It's discomfort that gets mistaken for danger. It's stability that feels so unfamiliar your system starts looking for ways to blow it up. That's what we're getting into today.<...

There's a difference between wanting something and being able to actually receive it. Most of the work I see people do is focused on the wanting, the vision boards, the affirmations, the asking. But what I've learned, after 13 years and working with thousands of clients, is that the real work is about becoming the person who can perceive the opportunity when it shows up.

This is the fourth episode in our Advanced Wealth Creation series, and today I'm getting into the five mental skills that let your mind do the actual work of directing your energy. We're...

You can want more money with your whole mind and still have your body shut it down. Not because you're broken, but because your body is wired for survival, not for thriving. Thriving is manual. It has to be built.

This is the part most wealth work skips. The mental work, the emotional work, they matter. But your body has ultimate veto power. If she doesn't feel safe with the expansion, she will pull you back, every single time. I've had it happen to me twice, and I'm telling you, it is not the way you want...

Most people chasing abundance are thinking about what they want. Bigger revenue, more freedom, more ease. What nobody tells you is that an abundant life isn't just more of the good stuff. It's bigger problems, bigger emotions, and bigger sensations your body has to be able to hold.

Your emotional range aka your capacity to handle high sensation, is directly tied to how much you can receive, and whether you can actually keep it once it arrives. This isn't the manifestation content you've heard before. This is the piece that most people never talk about, and it...

Money mindset work can change everything. I've watched it happen with clients, and I've lived it myself. But there's a point where that same approach starts working against you, and most people don't realize it until they're spinning their wheels wondering why the thing that worked so well before isn't working anymore.

That's what this episode is about. There are two distinct seasons in building wealth, and they require completely different skills. If you're in season two but still applying season one tools, you're not blocked. You're just using the wrong blueprint.

In this episode...

All month, we've been working on raising your vibration so you can become a match for the wealth you want, and in this episode, I'm showing you how all the pieces work together to create a complete system. 

Once you know how to use it, your emotional state becomes your GPS for your money. If you're not paying attention to it, it's running your results for you. 

This is the work that changes that.

In this episode you'll learn:

What you observe isn't neutral. It's affecting your energy field whether you're paying attention or not. Most people are letting that happen unconsciously, which means they're letting life set their vibe for them instead of the other way around.

This week I'm teaching you how to use observation as an intentional skill. There are three specific ways to work with it, and together they give you real authority over your state. This is how you stop waiting for life to make you feel good and start choosing it on purpose. That's self-sourced power, and it's one of...

Most self-sabotage isn't a strategy problem. It's an emotional capacity problem. When you don't have the capacity to tolerate the sensations that come with the life you're building, your body will find a way to protect you from it, usually right when things are about to get good.

This week we're going deep on allowance, the practice of letting your emotions move through without clinging to them or fighting against them. It sounds simple, but it's one of the most powerful skills you can build if you want to hold bigger money, make bolder moves, and stop...

Most people think shifting their energy is just a mindset thing. It's not. It's a body thing. And when you start moving out of survival mode and into states of love, joy, and abundance, your body is going to push back.

This is the part that often gets left out of conversations around abundance. Your body is wired to protect what's familiar, and that includes the stress chemicals it's been running on for years. In this episode, I'm breaking down why that happens and how micro practices, done consistently throughout your day, are what actually get your...

Most of us can describe the life we want in detail. The freedom, the love, the abundance. But if you check in with where you're actually spending your energy throughout the day, it's usually nowhere close to that.

This month we're working on vibration, and this episode is where it starts. I'm walking you through David Hawkins' map of consciousness, how to use it to plot the emotional state of your desired life, and how to start noticing the gap between where you want to be and where you actually are. This is skill work, not theory...

If you think gratitude is just a nice idea or a feel-good exercise, you’re missing the point. I’m breaking down why gratitude is actually a mental discipline that directly impacts your ability to build wealth, hold onto it, and feel safe having it.

In this episode, I’m walking you through what’s really happening in your brain and body when you practice gratitude, how it trains your mind to look for opportunities, and why your nervous system has to get comfortable with abundance if you want to keep it. This isn’t about pretending everything...

You’ve probably heard the advice: stop buying lattes, skip the avocado toast, or stop getting your hair done to get financially ahead.

But lately I’ve been down a bit of a rabbit hole looking at the belief systems behind a lot of money advice, and I started noticing something that made me pause. A surprising amount of financial advice aimed at women carries some very old assumptions about spending, work, responsibility, and even pleasure. And once you see it, it’s really hard to unsee it.

So today I want to walk you throug...

Everyone says you need an emergency fund. But what if that advice is actually creating more money stress than it solves?

In this episode, I’m breaking down why the traditional emergency fund strategy doesn’t work as well as people think. The stop-and-start saving cycle creates financial drama, keeps you in reactive mode, and often leaves you unprepared for the expenses you can actually see coming. I’m sharing the system I teach my clients instead and why it creates a much stronger wealth-building habit.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why...

Want to make more money? You have to be willing to ask for it.

In this episode, I’m breaking down how to ask for a raise in a clear, confident, strategic way. We’re talking about how to separate your worth from your market value, how to document the real results you bring, and how to prepare so you don’t wobble when it’s time to make the ask.

I’m also getting honest about flexibility, negotiation, leverage, and why being willing to leave is part of your power.

In this episo...