HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design

Leslie Gaudet
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Welcome to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, where we celebrate women who are shaping their lives one extraordinary day at a time. Join your host Leslie Gaudet, Self-Care Coach, International Best-Selling Author, and Motivational Speaker, as she invites inspiring women from various walks of life to share their personal journeys and the pivotal moments that influenced their lives.  Tune in to discover practical advice, inspiring stories, and actionable strategies that will empower you to design your own extraordinary life. Each episode provides valuable insights from women who have successfully navigated their personal and professional journeys. From overcoming personal challenges to building successful businesses and making a social impact, each episode features diverse stories that showcase the resilience and creativity of women from all walks of life. Subscribe to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design today and join our community of empowered women. Don’t miss an episode as we explore the extraordinary lives and achievements of women making a difference. Follow us on social media for updates and exclusive content.

  1. 1D AGO

    Drew Ann Long: Trusting the Calling That Changed an Industry

    Join Leslie Gaudet and Drew Ann Long, inventor of Caroline’s Cart and founder of Caroline’s Cause, for a powerful conversation about motherhood, courage, faith, and the quiet strength required to build something the world didn’t yet understand it needed.  In this episode, Drew Ann shares how advocating for her daughter Caroline led her into unfamiliar territory—engineering, patents, manufacturing, and national retail negotiations—without prior experience. What began as a mother’s response to exclusion grew into a movement for dignity and accessibility now present in retailers across the glob.  You’ll hear what perseverance looked like behind the scenes, how she navigated seasons when doors didn’t open quickly, and the role faith and surrender played when the calling felt bigger than her credentials. Drew Ann also opens up about leading through public visibility, protecting her emotional strength while advocating for something deeply personal, and how Caroline’s Cause continues to expand the mission of inclusion.  If you’ve ever wondered whether the challenge in front of you might actually be preparing you for something greater, this conversation will remind you that grace, persistence, and trust often work together in ways we don’t see at first.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ******************************************************************** If you are a woman in law and you would like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private, invitation-only community for women in the legal profession, I would love to hear from you. This community is being built with women in law, not just for them. Your feedback will help shape what this space becomes. If you have questions, want to share what support would feel most helpful right now, or simply explore whether this community is a fit, email me directly at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co OR If you already feel drawn to this space, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9 ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Drew Ann Long.  Website: www.drewannspeaks.com   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinescart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    31 min

  2. 3D AGO

    How Energy and Capacity Shape Every Financial Decision You Make

    In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet brings together four weeks of exploration into how energy shapes financial decisions—and reveals what actually makes it all sustainable: capacity. This isn't about managing less or scaling back ambition. It's about recognizing the difference between effort and capacity—between what you've built feeling constantly managed versus supported. Leslie explores why effort is often mistaken for capacity, how relying on hustle long-term erodes internal reserves, and why capacity isn't optional—it's foundational. This episode offers a lens for women who manage complexity well but have gotten so good at compensating with effort that they've stopped asking whether their system actually has the capacity to hold it. It's an invitation to include capacity in how you build and sustain everything that matters—not as a luxury, but as what makes it sustainable. ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ******************************************************************** If you are a woman in law and you would like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private, invitation-only community for women in the legal profession, I would love to hear from you. I am intentionally building this community slowly and thoughtfully, and your voice matters in that process.  You have two ways to connect: 1. Start a conversation: If you want to start a dialogue and you have some questions, share what support would feel most helpful right now, or simply explore whether this community is a fit, email me directly at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co  2. Apply to be part of the community: If you already feel drawn to this space, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    37 min

  3. FEB 22

    Kasey Anton on Profit, Integrity, and the Systems That Support Both

    Join Leslie Gaudet and Kasey Anton, founder of Spark Business Consulting and author of Profit First for Restaurants, for a grounded and energizing conversation about building real wealth through clarity, systems, and purpose.  With over 30 years in the restaurant and small business world, Kasey shares how she helps entrepreneurs move beyond survival mode and into sustainable, values-aligned profit—without sacrificing integrity along the way. In this episode, you’ll hear her take on why so many women avoid their numbers, how to reframe profit as a form of impact, and what changes when you start leading your business with intention and simplicity.  If you’re ready to stop chasing growth and start building a business that supports your life—not just your to-do list—this conversation is for you.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free resource here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ***  If you're a woman in law and you'd like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private invitation only community for women legal professionals, send me an email at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co, for more information, or you apply directly by clicking on this link: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9   ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Kasey Anton.  www.SparkBusinessConsulting.com https://facebook.com/sparkbusinessconsulting https://instagram.com/sparkbusinessconsulting https://www.linkedin.com/company/spark-business-consulting-inc-/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    50 min

  4. FEB 20

    The Moment Money Starts Negotiating Against Your Peace

    In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet explores a pattern many high-achieving women recognize but rarely name: the moment when compensation starts asking you to override your peace. Through her own lived experience of leaving stable roles for opportunities that looked like progress—only to realize she was trading calm for validation—Leslie examines what happens when money begins negotiating against your internal ground. This conversation isn't about walking away from opportunity or doing less. It's about recognizing the difference between responsibility and activation, between decisions that settle and decisions that require constant internal maintenance. Leslie introduces a framework for evaluating wealth not just by numbers or trajectory, but by what it does to your nervous system—whether it preserves your capacity or quietly reorganizes it. You'll hear why urgency often disguises itself as logic, how subtle intrusion compounds over time, and why calm isn't hesitation—it's alignment registering in your body before your mind finishes calculating. This episode offers a diagnostic lens for women who carry responsibility well but have gotten so good at absorbing pressure that they've stopped asking whether they should. It's an invitation to include peace in the wealth equation—not as a luxury, but as non-negotiable. ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ******************************************************************** If you are a woman in law and you would like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private, invitation-only community for women in the legal profession, I would love to hear from you. I am intentionally building this community slowly and thoughtfully, and your voice matters in that process.  You have two ways to connect: 1. Start a conversation: If you want to start a dialogue and you have some questions, share what support would feel most helpful right now, or simply explore whether this community is a fit, email me directly at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co  2. Apply to be part of the community: If you already feel drawn to this space, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    30 min

  5. FEB 15

    Michelle Taylor on Wealth, Agency, and Doing Money Your Way

    Join Leslie Gaudet and Michelle Taylor, founder of Women in Wealth, for a meaningful conversation about rewriting the rules of financial empowerment —through clarity, community, and personal alignment. With over a decade in financial services, Michelle has made it her mission to close the wealth gap by helping women make confident money decisions, define success on their own terms, and grow without sacrificing their wellbeing.  In this episode, Michelle shares what inspired her to build Women in Wealth, the common money patterns she sees in high-achieving women, and how small mindset shifts can unlock financial agency at any stage of life. You’ll hear practical insight into building wealth with integrity, leading your business with values, and why connection—not just strategy—is one of the most overlooked keys to lasting success.  If you’ve ever craved a more grounded, self-defined relationship with money—this conversation will show you what’s possible.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ***  If you're a woman in law and you'd like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private invitation only community for women legal professionals, send me an email at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co, for more information.  ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Michelle Taylor.  Website - https://womeninwealth.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-taylor-9b396139 https://www.instagram.com/women_in_wealth/?hl=en https://www.facebook.com/michelle.mahler.9279/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-wealthy-to-me/id1783605688 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    39 min

  6. FEB 13

    The Internal State That Shapes Every Financial Decision

    In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet explores the internal dynamic that shapes decisions long before they’re ever visible on paper.  This conversation isn’t about budgeting, investing, or financial tactics. It’s about what happens inside you when responsibility is high, the stakes feel real, and pressure quietly compresses your internal steadiness. Because integrity doesn’t usually falter due to character — it shifts when your internal capacity is strained.  Leslie examines the subtle gap between knowing what matters and having the steadiness to act from it. You’ll hear how pressure overrides values in ways that are easy to miss, why decisions can linger long after they’re made, and how self-trust erodes not through collapse — but through accumulation.  This episode offers a thoughtful, diagnostic lens for women who value integrity, lead with responsibility, and want their decisions to feel clean internally — not just defensible externally. It’s an invitation to notice the internal state shaping your choices, and to consider what changes when steadiness leads.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days  Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices.  Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS   Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign  ********************************************************************  If you are a woman in law and you would like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private, invitation-only community for women in the legal profession, I would love to hear from you. I am intentionally building this community slowly and thoughtfully, and your voice matters in that process.  You have two ways to connect: 1. Start a conversation: If you want to start a dialogue and you have some questions, share what support would feel most helpful right now, or simply explore whether this community is a fit, email me directly at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co  2. Apply to be part of the community: If you already feel drawn to this space, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9   This community is being built with women in law, not just for them. Your feedback helps shape what this space becomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    25 min

  7. FEB 8

    Nancy Benet on Success Your Way: Building Financial Freedom Without Losing Yourself

    Join Leslie Gaudet and Nancy Benet, licensed CPA, entrepreneur, and founder of Fix-It Accounting and Success Your Way, for a powerful conversation about rebuilding from rock bottom and creating success that honors both your values and your vision. Nancy shares how she went from $650K in debt and a single mom of four—with no job—to running two thriving businesses and helping women redefine what financial freedom can look like.  In this episode, Nancy opens up about the mindset shift that changed everything, the real work of building a business that’s both sustainable and soul-aligned, and the habits that support long-term growth without sacrificing what matters most. She also shares how Success Your Way is helping women create financial momentum with clarity, confidence, and integrity.   If you've ever questioned whether success is really possible on your terms, this conversation will remind you that your comeback can be the foundation of your legacy.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices. Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign ***  If you're a woman in law and you'd like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private invitation only community for women legal professionals, send me an email at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co, for more information.  ******************************************************************** Here’s how you can connect with Nancy Benet.  Website - www.successyourway.com/ www.fixitaccounting.com www.Instagram.com/success.your.way www.facebook.com/SuccessYourWayCommunity https://www.linkedin.com/company/success-your-way/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-benet-cpa-18145014/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    38 min

  8. FEB 6

    The Unseen Relationship Between Energy and Wealth — What Shapes Decisions Before the Numbers

    In this solo episode of HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, Leslie Gaudet explores the unseen layer beneath financial decisions…the internal state that shapes how choices are made long before the numbers ever come into play.  This conversation is not about strategy, tactics, or financial advice. It’s about what happens internally when responsibility is high, when decisions matter, and when urgency or steadiness quietly influences how those decisions land. Leslie reflects on why even capable, values-aligned women can experience money decisions as heavier than expected, and how pressure becomes normalized without being questioned.  You’ll hear an honest examination of what it costs to manage decisions internally for too long, how energy depletion subtly affects clarity, and what begins to change when steadiness leads instead of low-grade urgency. Not by doing more. but by noticing the state decisions are coming from.  This episode is a grounded, thoughtful listen for high-performing women who are confident with money, thoughtful in their choices, and curious about how internal energy shapes even the most well-considered financial decisions.  ******************************************************************** Transform Your Life in Just 21 Days  Unlock the path to a balanced and fulfilling life with our 21 Days of Self-Care Journal Prompts. This guided series of prompts will help you prioritize your well-being, enhance your self-awareness, and create sustainable self-care practices.  Access this free experience here: https://bit.ly/4d7h3sS   Connect with me: https://linktr.ee/herextraordinarylifebydesign  ********************************************************************  If you are a woman in law and you would like to learn more about The YES Reset Community, my private, invitation-only community for women in the legal profession, I would love to hear from you.   I am intentionally building this community slowly and thoughtfully, and your voice matters in that process.  You have two ways to connect: 1. Start a conversation: If you want to start a dialogue and you have some questions, share what support would feel most helpful right now, or simply explore whether this community is a fit, email me directly at leslie@herextraordinarylifebydesign.co  2. Apply to be part of the community: If you already feel drawn to this space, you can apply here: https://forms.gle/qAjxLDnUCyrEBboD9 This community is being built with women in law, not just for them. Your feedback helps shape what this space becomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    24 min
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Welcome to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design, where we celebrate women who are shaping their lives one extraordinary day at a time. Join your host Leslie Gaudet, Self-Care Coach, International Best-Selling Author, and Motivational Speaker, as she invites inspiring women from various walks of life to share their personal journeys and the pivotal moments that influenced their lives.  Tune in to discover practical advice, inspiring stories, and actionable strategies that will empower you to design your own extraordinary life. Each episode provides valuable insights from women who have successfully navigated their personal and professional journeys. From overcoming personal challenges to building successful businesses and making a social impact, each episode features diverse stories that showcase the resilience and creativity of women from all walks of life. Subscribe to HER Extraordinary LIFE By Design today and join our community of empowered women. Don’t miss an episode as we explore the extraordinary lives and achievements of women making a difference. Follow us on social media for updates and exclusive content.

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