What if security didn’t mean staying put in a familiar job or city?

My client Jenn Jamali is a first-gen money coach who, like many of us, was rooted in immigrant “play-it-safe” mindset: buying a house, making six figures, saving hard. But even after checking those boxes, she still felt like something was missing.

When a Pinterest contract ended and she was eight weeks pregnant, Jen could have panicked—but she didn’t: she’d saved, invested, monetized her skills, and built financial cushions outside just a salary.

She declared her dream—to move back to her family's motherland in Colombia, to live in alignment—before knowing how.

Months later, a mix of family loss and a crazy opportunity to live in Bogotá led her to actually do it. She and her family just moved a month ago but it was ANYTHING but easy.

She worked through first gen guilt, family not understanding, fear and unexpected losses in her family. But through it all, she never made herself wrong for her move.

She and I talk through:

• How she made intentional, easier choices that felt like raises—without earning more
• Why values-first decisions opened pathways she hadn’t expected
• The emotional truth of leaving family behind (and still staying connected)
• How she deeply reshaped her mindset—and her money—to live on her terms

It’s a story of trusting yourself, choosing freedom, and resisting the urge to wait until you have it all figured out. It’s exactly the kind of conversation I want more of in this community.

About Jenn:

Jenn is a Financial Empowerment Coach, former tech recruiter, and first-generation wealth builder who helps women—especially fellow first-gens—rewrite their money stories and take bold action toward financial freedom. Through her signature coaching framework, she helps clients make more, keep more, and align their finances with their values so they can live with more ease, purpose, and autonomy.

After navigating career transitions, investing in multiple properties, and self-funding her maternity leave, Jenn recently made her boldest move yet—relocating her family from Texas to Bogotá, Colombia. In this episode, she shares how getting clear on her values, building financial systems, and trusting herself made it possible to build a life abroad rooted in connection, nature, and intentionality.

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This episode is a personal recap of The Table We Built, my second international retreat for Reclamation clients—this time held in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Unlike traditional business retreats, this wasn’t about jungle breathwork or hotel ballrooms.

It was about creating an intimate, intentional space that supported the whole human experience of women of color and daughters of immigrants.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on:

• Why we must start with intention—and how that single choice guided every decision I made
• What I learned from my first retreat that helped me simplify the second
• How environment, safety, and design all helped clients experience deeper breakthroughs
• The very real behind-the-scenes of managing my own energy as a host
• And how conversations around identity, safety, motherhood, and belonging unfolded naturally—without being on the “agenda”

If you’re a coach or leader dreaming about bringing people together in a way that feels human and healing—this one’s for you.

🎧 Listen now and let me know what lands.

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You know your offer works. Your clients get results. People refer you. So why isn’t it selling consistently?

In this episode, I break down 8 specific reasons why a proven offer might still feel hard to sell—especially if your leads are mostly coming from referrals or word of mouth instead of your own marketing.

These are the kinds of blind spots I coach my clients through all the time, and I’ve experienced them firsthand. Inside, I cover:

• Why “my audience just doesn’t get it” is usually a messaging issue
• How positioning your offer as a step beyond where your audience thinks they are can backfire
• The difference between helpful content and content that actually converts
• How to sell to the person who’s been silently creeping on your page for weeks
• Why storytelling-based social proof works better than testimonials—and how to use it
• Subtle ways we unintentionally create resistance with our audience (and what to do instead)

If you’ve been questioning your marketing or wondering whether you need to change your offer—this episode is your sign to pause and audit before you pivot.

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