This one's not sexy. It's not about side hustles or studio growth.

It's about the thing we all avoid thinking about… what happens if you're not here.

Before you skip this because it feels heavy, stay with us. This conversation isn't about fear. It's about leadership. It's about love. And it's about being the woman who handles her business like the queen she is.

We'll research an air fryer for three hours but won't spend 30 minutes making sure our kids aren't in legal chaos if something happens to us. So today we're talking wills, retirement, insurance, business planning, funeral wishes, and yes… the "if I get hit by a bus" folder.

Because planning for the future without you isn't pessimistic. It's protection.

• Why women must think differently about financial planning

• The history that shaped how women show up in money conversations

• Why "my husband handles it" is not a financial plan

• The basic documents every woman should have

• Beneficiaries, probate, and why your will isn't enough

• Planning for adult children turning 18

• Retirement realities and knowing your number

• Funeral planning and how to remove chaos from your family's worst day

• Business succession plans for studio owners

• The "final document service" that made everything easier

• Why this conversation is an act of motherhood

This week:

• Book the will appointment

• Review your beneficiaries

• Calculate your life insurance

• Start or grow your emergency fund

• Begin your "If I Die" binder

One step at a time. Like a queen.

Because this isn't about expecting something bad. It's about removing chaos from the worst day for the people you love.

Bras are optional. Handling your business is not.

This one's a big exhale.

If you've ever looked around your studio, full classes, busy recital nights, smiling families… and then gone home to stare at a credit card statement wondering why it still feels tight… this episode is for you.

This week we're joined by our dear friend Kim Fields, owner of Valley Dance Theater in Virginia, who shares the real story behind her studio turnaround. Not the highlight reel. The real one.

Kim talks about the ego check of closing a second location. The painful realization that cutting prices to "compete" was actually costing her everything. The years of working harder, not smarter. And how she went from financially stretched and exhausted to profitable, debt free, and finally able to breathe again.

We talk about:

• Why pricing based on competitors is a dangerous game

• The emotional cost of running a studio in survival mode

• What it really looks like to audit your business

• The trap of "artists shouldn't make money"

• Why profit doesn't mean you've sold out

• How debt free equals freedom, not restriction

• The confidence shift that happens when your numbers align

Kim's honesty is refreshing. Her growth is inspiring. And her reminder that artists deserve to make money too might be the mindset shift you didn't know you needed.

If this episode hit home, share it with a studio friend. You might just save someone's business.

And if you're ready for a new approach instead of another exhausting season, this is your sign 💛

Money.
Just reading that word might make you want to close the app, grab a latte, and pretend everything's fine.

This week on No Bras Required, Patti and Meghan kick off February's theme, Finding the Stronger You, by diving headfirst into something many women avoid like a haunted house, money.

This is not a budgeting lecture.
No spreadsheets.
No latte-shaming.
And absolutely no "just stop spending" nonsense.

Instead, this episode is all about financial confidence, where it comes from, why so many women don't feel it, and how our relationship with money is deeply emotional, especially once motherhood enters the picture.

They unpack the money stories we inherited, the scarcity mindset so many of us grew up with, why avoidance isn't laziness, and how understanding money can actually be a safety issue for women.

If you've ever felt capable running a household, a studio, and everyone's emotional wellbeing, but totally overwhelmed by finances, this one's for you.

• Why money reflects beliefs, fear, worth, and power, not just numbers

• The real reason women avoid their banking apps

• How upbringing and scarcity mindset shape spending habits

• Why financial literacy is a safety issue for women

• How motherhood adds pressure, guilt, and emotional weight to money

• Teaching kids money confidence without shame

• Why having any plan is better than avoiding it altogether

• The first step toward financial confidence, awareness, not perfection

No fixing. No judging.
Just notice your money story and when emotions show up around spending.

Next week, Patti and Meghan dive into what financial confidence actually looks like, even when your numbers aren't perfect, and they welcome their first-ever podcast guest.

Bras optional. Awareness required.