Space is about setting up a life that supports you because I really believe that a part of wealth is about being able to control and maximize your time. Hey there. It's Patrice Washington, America's Money Maven and the creator of the Redefining

Wealth Podcast. I'm super excited as usual to have you back with me for another edition of

redefining wealth and super excited to get into this next pillar But before I talk about pillar number three,

which is space, I want to do a little recap

for those of you who are new here.

Again, I'm known as America's Money Maven, and I've been known in the media as a personal finance expert for quite some time.

But the truth is, I started to get a little, what's the word, let's say frustrated or irritated with being invited

to all these opportunities where I had to just talk in these quick sound bites and give you little

personal finance nuggets that you've heard before.

You know, don't spend everything that you make and save for a rainy day and

make sure you budget and all that stuff is true.

But it's not the full story and so I

want you to really go back and listen to episode one because if you hear my full

story from growing up in South Central Los Angeles to graduating from college and launching what became a seven-figure business,

then losing it all, scraping up change in the recession, sleeping on my brother's couch in 2009,

to now sitting on the couch across from some of your favorite

personalities like Steve Harvey like Dr Oz on a bunch of platforms, a four page spread in

essence magazine.

All of that stuff has been great,

but what I do know is that none of that

was manifested because I was chasing money.

And so I was really challenged this year in particular. I'm kind of a spiritual challenge, if you will,

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