April 29, 2020
Ep #253: How to Communicate Authentically with Clients During a Time of Crisis
We’re honored to have XYPN members Ian Bloom, Meg Bartelt, Brian Thompson, and Leighann Miko on the show today as they talk about communicating authentically with clients during a time of crisis. This group of members have invested heavily into themselves, their business and their cli …
April 01, 2020
Ep #249: 40 Years In The Industry and Still Loving It: An Interview with Martha Williams
Martha Williams is the owner of Williams Wealth Services, a fee-only firm in Ann Arbor, MI. Like many advisors, Martha began her career in this industry, from the bank channel to broker-dealers and independent BDs to eventually running her own firm. Martha shares her journey with us a …
January 29, 2020
Ep #240: Creating a Tool to Facilitate Meaningful Money Conversations Among Family Members: The 30-Year Career of Hillel Katzeff
Relationships, trust, and follow-through with clients are all incredibly important in the financial advising field. XYPN member Hillel Katzeff joins us on this episode to share how he has truly taken the importance of meaningful relationships to heart and integrated it into his practi …
October 30, 2019
Ep #227: From Marketing Expert to Financial Advisor for Hispanic Clients - The Career of Miguel Gomez
Today XYPN member Miguel Gomez joins the show to share how his marketing career turned into a financial planning career. Originally from Mexico, Miguel came to the United States to work for a firm as a marketing expert before moving to a different firm and ultimately transitioning int …
August 21, 2019
Ep #217: How to Be a Real Financial Planner from the Perspective of a Financial Therapist - An Interview with Ed Coambs
Ed Coambs has had a unique journey into the financial planning field. After starting his career as a firefighter, he transitioned into financial planning before eventually completing his training in marriage and family therapy. He then decided to combine his last two careers into one …
May 15, 2019
Ep #204: Leveraging Life Planning to Build a Financial Planning Firm - The Career of Sidney Divine
Sidney Divine, founder of Divine Wealth Strategies, joins the show to share how he climbed his way to the top and ended up being voted Financial Planner of the Year in 2017. He explains how he is fulfilling his dream of helping good people live better lives and how that passion has he …
May 08, 2019
Ep #203: When a Therapist and a Teacher Start a Financial Planning Firm - The Careers of John Chesbrough & Liz Weinstein
How did a teacher with a wanderlust inclination and a therapist interested in business and helping people come together to create Trail Financial Planning? In this episode, we dig into how John Chesbrough and Liz Weinstein crafted their unique career paths into a fantastic partnership …
Episode No. 193 | February 27, 2019
Transitioning Investment Centric Clients to Comprehensive Financial Planning - The Career of Ryan Galiotto
Ryan Galiotto’s interest in finance and investing began in a unique way. Today, he joins the show to share how he found his love for finance so early on and his journey into the corporate world. Ryan has some great information and tips on how to transition investment-centric clients t …
