Expand Your Empire

Amanda Taylor
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  • Entrepreneurship
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Welcome to the Expand Your Empire Podcast, the go-to show for high-achieving women entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors who are ready to build real wealth and lasting freedom. Hosted by Amanda Taylor, Business and Wealth Strategist, Investor, and Founder of The Inner Circle, this podcast blends financial strategy, feminine leadership, and wealth creation to help you grow your income, elevate your investments, and scale your business with confidence. Tune in to Expand Your Empire at https://expandyourempire.org.

  1. 19h ago

    You're Not Behind on Retirement. You've Just Never Seen the Whole Menu.

    You're being asked to win two bets nobody can control the odds on. That's not a discipline problem, and no amount of budgeting harder is going to touch it. Here's the whole menu of what you can actually do, including the parts nobody earns a commission telling you about. Most retirement advice hands you one option and calls it a plan. Usually the one the person across the table gets paid on. This episode lays out all six, in plain language, with a way to compare them against each other in your head. It also puts the real numbers on the table for women our age. Not the headline number you've been quietly measuring yourself against and losing to. The honest one. There's a decent chance you're in better shape than you've been told. Chapters (00:00) Why my parents' retirement worked, and why you can't copy it(03:52) The two things nobody can know in advance(07:22) The market risk that actually matters — and it isn't the one you think(09:00) The number you've been measuring yourself against is the wrong number(12:04) One piece of math that makes every option comparable(14:11) Menu item one: what waiting on Social Security is really worth(16:00) Menu item two: a reserve that doesn't sit there doing nothing(17:52) Menu item three: bond ladders, explained without the vocabulary(18:30) Menu item four: leaving in stages, and why that's not "just work longer"(19:26) Menu item five: the long-term care problem that lands hardest on women(20:11) Menu item six: guaranteed income, and the four things that actually matter(21:15) How your advisor gets paid, and which options never come up(23:11) Why freezing feels safer than choosing wrong(26:07) The one thing to go do this month Do this after you listen: pull up your Social Security statement and find out what waiting is worth in dollars. It takes ten minutes and it's free. That's the whole assignment. When you want the full picture: I run a wealth strategy call where you walk out knowing three things — what income your current assets are positioned to produce, where the gap is between that and the life you're planning on, and which levers could close it. Not a slide deck. Not a product pitch. Book here: The Wealth Strategy Intensive | Expand Your Empire Want more from Amanda, subscribe to on the GenXHer Money Substack: https://genxhermoney.substack.com/ Nothing here is advice about your specific situation. Guarantees on insurance products come from the company that issues them, not the government.

    You're Not Behind on Retirement. You've Just Never Seen the Whole Menu.

  2. Aug 12

    You’re Missing Opportunities You Don’t Even Know Exist

    I remember the first time I heard the idea of buying an existing business instead of starting one from scratch. It came from Codie Sanchez, who's built her whole platform around exactly that, buying boring, unsexy businesses instead of starting new ones. What got me wasn't the idea itself. It was that I had never even considered it as an option. I understood numbers. I understood operations. I understood what made a place run or fall apart. And somehow in my head, businesses were things people started or inherited. Buying one belonged in a completely different category, one I didn't even know I had until I noticed I did. I had this same realization all over again a couple weeks ago, talking with my friend Christine Slocumb about the twenty-plus years she spent building her marketing agency before she sold it. In this episode: Why you're not missing opportunities because there aren't enough of them, you're missing entire categories of themHow proximity trains pattern recognition, and why that goes so much deeper than motivation or inspirationThe identity filter that quietly rules out categories before they even get to yes or no in your brainWhy your comfort level was never measuring the opportunity, it was measuring your exposure to itWhy the menu you think you're choosing from is only a fraction of what actually existsThree ways to be part of an opportunity that don't all require capital: own it, help finance it, or connect itThe Opportunity List to start building this weekGo build the list. And when someone tells you they're retiring, when someone tells you they're selling, when someone says their landlord wants out, wait. And think.

    You’re Missing Opportunities You Don’t Even Know Exist

  3. Aug 5

    You Were Raised to Look After Money. Nobody Taught You to Put It to Work.

    This is episode 52. One full year of this show, and I'm marking it by getting specific about a sentence I've said probably a thousand times. When women control capital, the world changes. I still believe it. But I've started to think a lot of you hear that and translate it into something I never said: when I finally have enough money, then the world changes. So you keep earning. The number goes up. And you wait for something to arrive and tell you you're cleared to start. Nothing is coming. There's no letter. This episode is about the difference between those two sentences, and it starts with someone you've met before. Susan, from episode 46, bought an auto mechanic shop she had no business buying. She'd never worked on a car in her life. What she had was money she could get her hands on, nobody she had to ask, and something she wanted that money to do. That's the entire list. No fund behind her. No family office. No MBA in acquisitions. Those three things have a name. Access, authority, intention. That's what control actually is, and today I'm taking all three apart. In this episode: Why control and accumulation are two different thingsAccess, authority, intention, and why most of you have more access than you thinkWhy the number keeps moving and the feeling never arrivesWhich of your questions have findable answers, and which one never willWhy men are usually allowed to turn a loss into experience, and women are more likely to turn it into evidence against themselvesInput, agreement, and permission, and why only one of them is a problemWhy the person with veto power is sometimes someone who has been gone for yearsThe one sentence that changes how you behave when an opportunity lands in front of you Your assignment: Finish this sentence. If I could fund one thing, I'd fund ______. Send it to me on Instagram. I read every one, and year two of this show is getting built out of what comes back. Mentioned: Episode 46, the full conversation with Susan: Your Business Is Worth More Without You – Expand Your Empire

    You Were Raised to Look After Money. Nobody Taught You to Put It to Work.

  4. Jul 29

    Stop Starting Over: Turn Your Experience Into Income — with Paula Washington

    You've spent decades getting good at things. Companies profited from that expertise. Hard seasons sharpened it. And most of it, you were never really paid for. At least not what it was worth. Paula Washington calls that experience strategic capital, and she thinks it's the most underused asset you own. She's the author of The Encore Playbook and the creator of the Golden Compass Methodology. In this episode, she lays out why your next chapter isn't about starting over. It's about monetizing what you've already built. In this episode: What strategic capital really means, and how to turn one skill into five income streams (three active, two passive)The 2030 wealth transfer, and what it actually takes to get yourself in line for itThe internal shift that comes first: moving from breakdown to becoming, and why the identity that got you here won't fit where you're goingHow to stop talking yourself out of the value you bring to the tableWhy women who were raised to serve first are actually built to leadWhy 40 is liberation, 50 is jubilee, and the best part of your life is still ahead of youThe one word that separates women who think about what they want from women who go get it: decideWhy resilience is built by walking through the hard seasons, not sitting in themPaula's frameworks, courses, and links are all below. Trust the timeline of your life. Website - https://www.paulawashington.com/ Instagram - iampaulawashington Facebook -   / paula.washington.92   LinkedIn -   / paulawashington-mba   YouTube -    / @paulawashington

    Stop Starting Over: Turn Your Experience Into Income — with Paula Washington

  5. Jul 22

    Your Business Is Worth More Without You

    She Built It For 22 Years. Made Herself Replaceable On Purpose. Then Sold It. Most conversations about selling a company stop at the wire transfer. The money hits, everyone claps, roll credits. Christine Slocumb built a healthcare marketing agency over 22 years, made herself replaceable on purpose, and then sold it to private equity. And then she wrote the book on everything the sale price doesn't tell you. Her book, Mastering the Exit Gauntlet, is about the part that comes after. What happens to your identity when the inbox goes quiet on day one. What it costs to be the only woman in the room for 22 years. And the reframe that keeps coming back: everything you get after closing day is fun money. What you do with it is the actual point. In this episode: Why the business that feels like a part of you is the hardest one to sell, and why not being emotionally ready to sell is the most expensive mistake you can make going inThe five-year plan Christine's advisor gave her that changed everything, including her lifestyle, before the sale ever happenedWhy you should be able to step away from your business and take a vacation right now, whether you're selling or notWhat it's actually like to be the only woman in the room during a three-year sales process, and how Christine navigated proving herself to buyers who were buying the business, not her lifestyleWhy the wire transfer number at close is the only number you can count on, and how to think about everything else as a variableWhat selling did and didn't change about Christine's relationship with money, and why zeros in your account don't automatically change a complicated relationship with itThe relationship dynamics nobody talks about when your wealth changes overnightWhy shuttering is not failure, and why the buffet of choices available to business owners is bigger than most people let themselves see Christine is a paid contributor to Inc. Magazine writing on business exits and post-sale identity, and an exit advisor at christineslocumb.com. Everything is linked in the show notes: Purchase Her Book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1966168802 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cmslocumb/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisslocumb/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@christine-slocumb

    Your Business Is Worth More Without You

  6. Jul 8

    Why Your Childhood Still Runs Your Bank Account

    This week on Expand Your Empire, Amanda sits down with Audrey Schoen, a licensed marriage and family therapist who specializes in financial therapy for high achievers, entrepreneurs, executives, and couples. Audrey is not speaking theoretically. She has lived the tipping point where your business pulls from your life rather than funding it, and she built her practice helping others find their way out of it. Together, Amanda and Audrey get into the uncomfortable truth most entrepreneurs skip: your relationship with money shapes your relationships at home. From the childhood blueprints driving your financial decisions to the emotional landmines buried inside couples' money conflicts, Audrey breaks down why logic and spreadsheets are never enough on their own. In this episode, they cover: Why money is one of the most avoided topics in the therapy room, and why even therapists aren't immuneHow the blueprint you built in childhood is still running your pricing, your spending, and your conflicts at homeThe difference between functioning and thriving, even when everything looks fine from the outsideWhat it means when your business can't stand on its own two feet without pulling from your lifeWhy naming your enough number is the only real way off the treadmill If you are a business owner, high achiever, or building something with a partner, this conversation will make you rethink what you have normalized and what it is costing you. Read about our guest this week: Audrey Schoen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in the Roseville/Sacramento area, working with entrepreneurs, executives, and high-achieving couples across California and Texas. She specializes in private intensives, concentrated, high-impact work for people who've spent years building something impressive and are suddenly confronted with what it's cost them personally. Her clients are successful, and that success has quietly hollowed out their relationship, their sense of self, or both. Audrey uses a direct, no-fluff approach combining Relational Life Therapy, Brainspotting, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy to help high-performers do the inner work that actually sticks Connect with Audrey Schoen, LMFT: Check out her website: https://www.audreylmft.com/ Check out her Instagram:   / audreylmft   Check out her Facebook:   / audreylmft   Check out her YouTube:    / @audreylmft   Check out her LinkedIn:   / audreyschoen

    Why Your Childhood Still Runs Your Bank Account

  7. Jul 1

    A Number Cannot Evaluate A Person. So Stop Letting It.

    A founder gets a number. Revenue for the month. A client who didn’t renew. The bank balance before payroll. And instead of treating that number as information, she treats it as a verdict. This episode is about the decision-making problem hiding inside that confusion, and why it quietly costs founders years of decisions, not just one bad month. In this episode: Why a bad number gets treated as a verdict instead of data, and how that warps decision making around pricing, hard client conversations, and EBITDAThe two questions that get fused together, and why only one of them is actually usefulWhy two founders can get the exact same bad month and end up with completely different next 90 daysWhere this pattern actually comes from, and why it gets louder once you own the businessWhy your numbers will always get recruited to do a job they were never built to do if there’s nothing stable underneath you privatelyA 10-minute homework exercise to build the muscle before the next bad number lands If you want help mapping out what your numbers actually say about where you stand structurally, the link to the wealth strategy blueprint is below.

    A Number Cannot Evaluate A Person. So Stop Letting It.

  8. Jun 24

    From Charity To Empowerment: Why Susan Bought An Auto Shop

    I met Susan at a Coronado Chamber of Commerce event. She mentioned she'd bought an auto shop. When I found out why, I knew I had to have her on. After sponsoring two Ukrainian families and watching how hard it was for them to stabilize here in the US, Susan didn't want to stop at temporary support. She bought an existing auto repair shop in Point Loma and created a real pathway for them to have work, dignity, and community. In this episode: How Susan went from sponsoring families to buying a business she knew nothing aboutWhy she negotiated seller financing instead of touching her retirement fund, and how that deal actually workedThe difference between charity and empowerment, and why one is far more sustainable than the otherThe operational lessons of buying an existing business: customers, niche, pricing, and stepping out of day-to-day operationsSusan's advocacy work with Voice for UA and the urgent timeline facing Ukrainian families on temporary status in the US If you want to support Voice for UA, links to donate, advocate, or get involved directly are below. Website: Www.voice4ua.org Connect on Instagram: @voice4ua

    From Charity To Empowerment: Why Susan Bought An Auto Shop
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Welcome to the Expand Your Empire Podcast, the go-to show for high-achieving women entrepreneurs, CEOs, and investors who are ready to build real wealth and lasting freedom. Hosted by Amanda Taylor, Business and Wealth Strategist, Investor, and Founder of The Inner Circle, this podcast blends financial strategy, feminine leadership, and wealth creation to help you grow your income, elevate your investments, and scale your business with confidence. Tune in to Expand Your Empire at https://expandyourempire.org.

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  • Creator
    Amanda Taylor
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Copyright 2026 | All Rights Reserved | Amanda Taylor https://expandyourempire.org
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