In this episode of Tea Time with Erin, Erin sits down with Aimee Puglisi for a real, honest conversation about entrepreneurship, motherhood, and what it looks like to build a business through life transitions.

Aimee shares her journey from Ireland to Scotland and eventually the United States during COVID. After stepping into a corporate job for the first time, she quickly realized the traditional 9–5 didn’t align with the life she wanted—especially as she entered motherhood and a blended family.

That realization led her into entrepreneurship, where she built a virtual assistant business supporting women entrepreneurs with social media, while also growing a second business in health and wellness. She opens up about inconsistent income, balancing roles, and redefining success in a season that requires flexibility and grace.

Erin and Aimee also dive into how childhood money beliefs shape how we approach finances—from scarcity and strict budgeting to more intuitive approaches—and how those patterns show up in marriage, parenting, and business.

This episode is a reminder that building a business as a mom isn’t about doing everything perfectly—it’s about aligning your life, values, and finances with your current season.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• Aimee’s journey from Ireland to the U.S. and how that transition shaped her career
• The cultural differences between European and U.S. work environments
• Why the traditional 9–5 didn’t align with her goals as a mom and entrepreneur
• How she started her virtual assistant business and built income from home
• The realities of balancing multiple businesses while raising a toddler
• What entrepreneurship really looks like behind the scenes (income, capacity, trade-offs)
• How motherhood shifts your priorities, time, and definition of success
• The importance of giving yourself grace in different seasons
• How childhood money beliefs influence financial decisions
• Navigating money conversations in marriage, blended families, and parenting

Key Takeaways

• Entrepreneurship offers flexibility—but also requires navigating uncertainty and changing capacity.
• Building a business as a mom is about aligning your work with your life, not sacrificing one for the other.
• Your financial behaviors are often shaped by what you learned about money growing up.
• There is no “perfect” way to balance motherhood, money, and business—only what works for your season.
• Giving yourself grace and adjusting expectations is essential for sustainable success.

Learn more about Aimee at: @apuglisi.va or @apuglisi92

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• Book a free financial clarity call with Erin HERE
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Welcome back to Tea Time with Erin, where we share real, honest conversations about money, mental health, and entrepreneurship.

In this episode, Erin sits down with filmmaker and entrepreneur Elisa Trentham of Sherwood Media for a deeply insightful conversation about the relationship between feelings and financial data in business—and why so many entrepreneurs rely on emotion instead of numbers to make decisions.

Elisa shares what happened when she finally sat down and looked at her profit and loss statement after years of running her business based mostly on how things felt. What she discovered surprised her—and completely shifted how she views success, growth, and her financial story.

Together, Erin and Elisa explore the emotional side of entrepreneurship, including financial shame, comparison, uncertainty, and the tension of being in a season of transition. They also dive into how numbers can actually ground you, tell a more accurate story than your feelings, and help you make clearer, more confident decisions in your business.

This episode is a powerful reminder that your financial story is not always what it feels like—and learning to look at your numbers can change everything.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• Why many entrepreneurs rely on feelings instead of financial data
• What happened when Elisa finally reviewed her profit and loss statement
• How numbers can tell a different story than your emotions
• The role of rejection and perception in how we evaluate business success
• Why financial shame can show up even when things are going well
• How comparison (especially online) distorts your view of your business
• The reality of building a business through different life seasons
• What it looks like to navigate a major transition in business and life
• How grounding yourself in facts (not feelings) can change your decisions

Key Takeaways

• Your feelings about your business are not always an accurate reflection of reality.
• Financial data (like your P&L) tells a factual story that can ground your decision-making.
• Many entrepreneurs avoid looking at their numbers due to fear or shame.
• Comparison can distort how you perceive your success, especially on social media.
• Business growth happens in seasons—and numbers can help you see that clearly.
• Learning to separate identity from financial outcomes is key to long-term sustainability.

Learn more about Elisa: https://www.sherwood.media/

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Learn more about Erin’s work around money mindset, financial therapy, and building businesses that support your life.

• Book a free financial clarity call with Erin: https://calendar.app.google/bTLBrJFex9KHpFKz9
• Instagram: @‌erinthemoneytherapist

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Erin is sipping Pinky Up Tea – Golden Spice Tea during this episode.

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In this episode of Tea Time with Erin, Erin explores one of the most powerful — and often invisible — forces shaping the financial decisions entrepreneurs make: money scripts.

Money scripts are unconscious beliefs about money formed in childhood that we carry into adulthood. These beliefs influence how we earn, spend, save, and think about money — often without realizing it. For entrepreneurs, these hidden beliefs can quietly drive business decisions, affect pricing, influence spending habits, and even sabotage financial success.

Erin explains how these beliefs develop early in life, often before age ten, and are commonly passed down through families and culture. She walks through the four core money scripts identified by financial psychologist Dr. Brad Klontz, explaining how each shapes financial behavior and shows up in entrepreneurship.

If you’ve ever wondered why you avoid your finances, undercharge for services, overspend on business investments, or feel anxious about money even when your business is doing well, the answer may lie in the money scripts running beneath the surface.

This episode introduces a framework for understanding your financial behaviors and offers practical steps for identifying and rewriting beliefs that may be holding your business back.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• What money scripts are and how they influence financial decisions
• How childhood experiences shape our beliefs about money
• The four primary money scripts identified by financial psychologist Dr. Brad Klontz
• How money avoidance can cause entrepreneurs to undercharge or avoid their financial numbers
• Why money worship can lead to burnout and chasing revenue instead of profit
• How money status ties self-worth to financial success
• The impact of money vigilance and the anxiety it can create around spending and saving
• Why awareness of your money beliefs is the first step to changing them
• How entrepreneurs can begin rewriting unhealthy financial patterns

Key Takeaways

• Many financial behaviors are driven by unconscious beliefs formed in childhood.
• Money scripts often operate beneath the surface, influencing decisions without our awareness.
• Entrepreneurs are especially impacted because they constantly make financial decisions in business.
• Understanding your money beliefs can reveal patterns like undercharging, overspending, or avoiding finances.
• Awareness and intentional practice can help rewrite unhealthy beliefs and create a healthier relationship with money.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Dr. Brad Klontz – Financial Psychologist
• Money Scripts Test

Connect with Erin

Learn more about Erin’s work around money mindset, financial therapy, and building businesses that support your life.

• Erin’s Website
• IG: @‌erinthemoneytherapist
• Book a free financial clarity call with Erin

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Erin is sipping Soothsayer Tea House – Masala Chai during this episode.

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In this episode of Tea Time with Erin, Erin sits down with entrepreneurial strategist Erika Biddix for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, financial reality, and what it looks like to pivot a business as life changes.

Erika shares her journey from corporate meeting and event planning into entrepreneurship, where she launched her own agency and later created Aught, a coworking and community space for women entrepreneurs. What began as a simple workspace quickly became a community helping women build businesses and navigate entrepreneurship.

But entrepreneurship rarely follows a straight line.

Six years after opening Aught, Erika makes the difficult decision to close the coworking space and the Aught brand to simplify her life, support her family, and enter a new season of entrepreneurship. In this conversation, Erin and Erika talk openly about the emotional and financial realities of that decision—including grief, pride, relief, and the challenge of letting go.

They also discuss the financial side of entrepreneurship that rarely gets talked about publicly: cash flow struggles, bootstrapping a business, recovering from financial loss after COVID, and making hard decisions for long-term sustainability.

This episode is a reminder that business success doesn’t always mean scaling forever. Sometimes success means pivoting, simplifying, and building a business that supports your life.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• The story behind Erika’s transition from corporate event planning to entrepreneurship
• How the Aught coworking community for women entrepreneurs was created
• Why entrepreneurship often feels harder than people expect
• The emotional reality of closing a business you’ve built and loved
• What COVID did to small businesses and cash flow
• The financial realities of bootstrapping a business with personal resources
• Why simplifying your business model can be the smartest financial decision
• The importance of community and honest conversations for women entrepreneurs
• Erika’s advice for entrepreneurs facing a hard season: say the hard thing out loud

Key Takeaways

• Entrepreneurship often requires constant pivoting as life changes.
• Closing a business or shifting direction doesn’t mean failure—it can be strategic and healthy.
• Financial transparency matters. Many entrepreneurs struggle with cash flow, debt, and uncertainty.
• A supportive community can make the difference during a hard season.
• Sometimes the most powerful step forward is simply telling someone the truth about what’s happening.

Learn more about Erika Biddix: https://erikabiddix.com/ or @erikabiddix

Connect with Erin

Learn more about Erin’s work around money mindset, financial therapy, and building businesses that support your life.

• Erin’s Website
• IG: @‌erinthemoneytherapist
• Book a free financial clarity call with Erin

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Erin is sipping Pinky Up Tea – Golden Spice Tea during this episode.

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Welcome to the very first episode of Tea Time with Erin, the podcast sharing real entrepreneurs’ money stories—the messy, beautiful, honest truth about healing your relationship with money while building a profitable business. If you’ve ever struggled with money mindset, financial stress, or the emotional side of entrepreneurship, this show is for you.

In this opening episode, Erin shares her story: what was happening behind the scenes when everything looked “successful” on paper, but she was quietly falling apart. From postpartum overwhelm with twins, to the financial chaos of legal stress and debt, Erin opens up about the moment she realized she couldn’t keep powering through—and how one simple daily practice became the anchor that helped her regulate, breathe, and start making decisions from a steadier place.

This episode sets the tone for the show: money mindset + mental health + entrepreneurship—with real conversations, real feelings, and practical insight (without the “6 figures in 6 minutes” hype).

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• Why Erin created Tea Time with Erin (and what makes it different from typical business podcasts)
• The behind-the-scenes reality of “success” while feeling deeply overwhelmed and isolated
• How postpartum, stress, and a years-long lawsuit impacted Erin’s nervous system and money decisions
• The “one thing every day” practice that changed everything: a daily cup of tea as nervous system support
• How tea became a ritual, an anchor, and a gateway to reflection, prayer, and emotional processing
• What Erin learned from working with thousands of financial stories: almost everyone feels ashamed and alone
• Why financial strategy isn’t enough without emotional safety, support, and healing
• What you can expect going forward: solo episodes, entrepreneur interviews, real money stories, and “all the tea” (verbal and herbal)
• The core message of the show: healing your relationship with money and building a profitable business go hand in hand

Key Takeaways

• If your finances feel chaotic, it doesn’t mean you’re broken—it means you’re human.
• Your nervous system impacts your financial decision-making more than most business advice acknowledges.
• Small rituals create stability—and stability makes room for clearer choices, better money habits, and sustainable growth.
• You are not alone in your money story, and your “mess” is more common than you think.

Connect with Erin

Learn more about Erin’s work around money mindset, financial therapy, and building businesses that support your life.

• Erin’s Website
• IG: @‌erinthemoneytherapis
• Book a free financial clarity call with Erin

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Erin is sipping Hollow Bone Tea from Soothsayer Tea House during this episode.

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Welcome to Tea Time with Erin, the podcast where entrepreneurs share their real money stories—the messy, honest truth about healing your relationship with money while building a profitable business.

In this trailer, Erin introduces a new kind of conversation about money mindset, financial therapy, and the emotional side of entrepreneurship. This isn’t a highlight reel or hustle-culture business podcast. It’s a space to talk about financial shame, fear, nervous system regulation, and the healing that has to happen before sustainable success can take root.

Through solo episodes and interviews with entrepreneurs, Tea Time with Erin explores how money and mental health are deeply connected—and why building a profitable, values-aligned business starts with feeling safe in your financial story.

If you’ve ever felt alone in your financial mess, this podcast is your reminder that you’re not. Healing your relationship with money and growing your business aren’t opposing goals—they go hand in hand.

Grab your favorite mug and join us for real conversations about money, mental health, and entrepreneurship.