"I'm a fan of quality versus quantity and reading one book all year, but mastering everything that you have learned in that book."

In this episode, Heather shares her top six books for growing as a parent, business owner, and person in 2026. But these aren't just any old books to add to your stack; they're the books she keeps on hand to read and reread because they're a wealth of knowledge and insight that can change your life, if you integrate their wisdom. The big takeaway from this episode that will transform your life if you follow it? That you don't need to read more. You need to commit to taking action around what you learn until you've mastered it.

What to listen for:

✨ Why Heather recommends reading only 10 books a year, no more

✨ The importance of quality vs. quantity when it comes to books

✨ Focus on integration over endless consumption

"So many people are addicted to information and personal development. They don't realize that part of the challenge of why they're not attracting or receiving what they want and desire in their lives is because they are blocking themselves from receiving."

✨ The art of learning how to receive and why most women can't

✨ Getting out of your head and into your heart, because we need both

✨ Why you should be changing your identity at least once a year

"If you're actually doing the work, even if it's just tiny, tiny, tiny habits, you're going to become a different person. Your identity is going to change. And when your identity changes, you need to change your habits."

✨ Essential conversations that parents need to have

✨ Addressing brain imbalances to help your children thrive

✨ Building rich relationships and embodying generosity as a value

Grab copies of these books now:

✨ Abundant Ever After by Cathy Heller

✨ Dying to Be a Good Mother by Heather Chauvin

✨ Atomic Habits by James Clear

✨ A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson

✨ Rich Relationships by Selena Soo

✨ Disconnected Kids by Dr. Robert Melillo

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Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate?

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"I understand that if I'm too comfortable, it's time to grow. Because if I'm not growing, I'm dying. And if I'm dying, I'm going to live a miserable life."

In this episode, Heather reflects on three big lessons she's learned over the last 12 years since her cancer diagnosis, exploring the significance of facing fears, recognizing triggers as opportunities for growth, and the importance of self-reflection in embracing a fulfilling life. This conversation isn't about recounting the many challenges she faced during healing; it's about celebrating and learning to live more fully. Because the truth is, most of us are keeping ourselves so busy we can't experience growth, leaving us in a perpetual state of survival.

This conversation encourages us all to move past chronic suffering and to realise that we're not dead yet, so let's focus on feeling alive and energized while we're still here.

What to listen for:

✨ Leaning into your stories and the impact you want to make
✨ Understanding that suffering isn't living, and you're not dead yet
✨ The reason why so many people live like the walking dead

"There's a huge difference between being emotionally uncomfortable and working through fear and resistance. That chronic suffering, chronic pain, isn't living, and you're not dead yet. So you need to learn how to feel alive and energized while you're still alive."

✨ Why it's essential to understand the feeling that you're chasing
✨ How Heather moved through the terror and the story that she was going to die
✨ The importance of becoming the adult that you needed as a child

"I had to face my fear of death in order to learn how to face my fear of living. I had to train myself to run towards how I wanted to feel. That was scary to me because I had no evidence, but it started me on this catalyst of curiosity."

✨ Why the people triggering you the most are your greatest teachers
✨ How to keep triggers from dictating your connections
✨ The importance of taking responsibility for how you want to feel

Enjoy the excerpts Heather shared?

Be sure to grab a copy of her book, Dying to Be a Good Mother.

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For those of you who are ready to stop feeling drained, overextended, and out of alignment… join me for a one-on-one Time & Energy Audit, a focused session designed to help high-achieving women uncover what's draining them, clarify what truly matters, and create a simple plan that fits their life.

We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy.

Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate?

Book a Time & Energy Audit: https://heatherchauvin.com/audit

Apply for the next Coaching Cohort: https://heatherchauvin.com/apply

Not ready for 1:1? Join the membership (cancel anytime): https://heatherchauvin.com/membership

"What if there's nothing to fix? What if your resistance is the invitation to the growth you're seeking."

In this deeply personal solo episode, Heather returns to her podcasting roots, speaking straight from the heart in a unfiltered reflection on emotional resistance, parenting teenagers, and choosing joy even when it's uncomfortable.

Sharing the behind-the-scenes of her family's bold decision to live in the sun for three months, Heather opens up about the fears, identity shifts, and internal resistance she's navigated, especially in her relationship with her middle son. This episode is an honest look at what it takes to grow as a parent, a woman, and a human being committed to emotional freedom.

✨ The truth about resistance and why what you resist will persist
✨ How parenting teenagers mirrors our own unhealed emotional wounds
✨Why planning for joy is just as important as facing the fear

If you're tired of managing your life around everyone else's comfort and ready to break the cycle, this episode is for you.


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We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy.

Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate?

Book your audit here: https://heatherchauvin.com/audit

"You can't talk about living your best life without talking about money and you can't talk about money without facing what you're afraid to feel."

In this episode, Heather sits down with Tess Waresmith for a powerful and emotionally honest conversation about death, money, and the stories we carry around both. From end-of-life planning to modern parenting and breaking financial cycles, they dig into what it really means to be resourced. Not just financially, but emotionally too.

Whether you're navigating aging parents, raising kids, or running a business, this conversation will challenge you to take radical responsibility for your future and give you a compassionate push to finally look at what you've been avoiding.

✨Why emotional capacity and financial literacy go hand in hand and how to build both
✨The psychology of money: avoidance, anxiety, identity, and invisible labor
✨How to teach kids financial independence without over-rescuing or enabling

This one's for the woman carrying it all - past, present, and future, finally ready to take her power back.


About Tess
Tess is an Accredited Financial Counselor® and the founder of Wealth with Tess, a financial education platform and community, to help people gain agency over their money so they can retire comfortably and have the options they deserve.

A sought-after financial expert and on-air contributor, featured on Forbes, CNBC and Business Insider, her free money and investing workshops have drawn thousands of attendees, and hundreds have transformed their financial futures through her straightforward and supportive learning programs.

Her approachable, no-jargon money tips inspire a 100,000+ community on Instagram at @wealthwithtess. Whether you're short on time or totally new to personal finance, Tess proves that you don't need Wall Street-level expertise to build wealth, you just need to decide it matters and take action.

Connect with Tess
www.wealthwithtess.com
https://www.instagram.com/wealthwithtess/?hl=en
https://www.wealthwithtess.com/founders
www.wealthwithtess.com/fi

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We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy.

Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate?

Book your audit here: https://heatherchauvin.com/audit

"You are the keystone and when you learn to reverse engineer how you want to feel, both at home and in your work, this is where the magic happens."

This solo episode is a live workshop where Heather takes you behind the scenes of her signature Time and Energy Audit process. If you've been living in chronic survival mode, running on empty, or stuck in the identity of being "the one who can do it all," this is your wake-up call.

Heather shares hard-earned insights from her own healing and leadership journey, challenges cultural narratives about motherhood and overachievement, and walks through a real client audit that reveals how emotional and energetic misalignment shows up in our calendars, bodies, and businesses.

✨ Reclaim your time and energy without guilt
✨ Shift from constant pressure to genuine peace
✨ Build a life that supports you, not just depends on you

This episode is a must-listen if you're ready to stop carrying it all and start leading your life from a place of alignment.

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For those of you who are ready to stop feeling drained, overextended, and out of alignment… join me for a one-on-one Time & Energy Audit, a focused session designed to help high-achieving women uncover what's draining them, clarify what truly matters, and create a simple plan that fits their life.

We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy.

Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate? Book your audit here: https://heatherchauvin.com/audit

"A well-resourced woman will change the world. But first, she has to stop outsourcing her financial power."

This episode goes deep into the emotional discomfort that comes with money: how we manage it, avoid it, fear it, and finally take ownership of it.

Heather is joined by financial educator Kimberly Tara for an eye-opening conversation that covers everything from entrepreneurship and emotional labor to parenting, power dynamics in partnerships, and the toxic myth that women just "aren't money people."

Together they unravel the invisible stories that keep women stuck and explore the practical and emotional skills we need to truly experience wealth, safety, and freedom.

🩶 Why financial literacy is the missing piece in your personal power

🩶 The link between energy leaks and cash flow (and how to fix both)

🩶 How to teach kids about money while unlearning your own conditioning

This is the financial truth-telling session every emotionally uncomfortable woman needs.

About Kimberly

Kimberly Tara is a CPA, Certified Tax Coach and powerhouse entrepreneur who helps other profitable women entrepreneurs legally and ethically lower their tax bill and build long-term wealth. She believes making money is only half the battle - keeping it is where true financial freedom begins. Too many women entrepreneurs work tirelessly, only to hand over massive chunks of their income to the IRS because no one ever taught them a better way. Kimberly is changing that.

The Tara CPA Firm goes beyond tax prep - offering a year-round, strategic partnership that empowers women to make smart financial decisions, grow their businesses sustainably, and reclaim both their time and their wealth. Kimberly ensures that tax planning is no longer something that gets ignored until April. Her approach empowers women to understand their numbers, make smarter financial decisions, and turn their business into a wealth-building machine.

She believes that when women keep more of what they earn, they don't just grow their business - they change their lives, their families, and their futures. Her mission is simple: Success isn't just about numbers - it's about freedom, impact, and living life on your terms. Kimberly Tara is a wife, mom to four little kids, and lives in Charlotte, NC.

https://www.instagram.com/kimberlytaracpa/

https://www.taracpafirm.com/download

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For those of you who are ready to stop feeling drained, overextended, and out of alignment… join me for a one-on-one Time & Energy Audit, a focused session designed to help high-achieving women uncover what's draining them, clarify what truly matters, and create a simple plan that fits their life.

We'll pinpoint your biggest time + energy leaks, identify the top areas to focus on for quick momentum, and map out exactly what to let go of so you can reclaim your energy, your time, and your joy.

Ready to make your time work for you without adding more to your plate?

Book your audit here: https://heatherchauvin.com/audit