Episode 8: Practical Transition — "The Part Where We Actually Talk About the Money"

This is the episode you've been waiting for.You've done the identity work. You've sat with the questions. You've gotten honest about what you want. And now the practical voice is showing up — the one that sounds like your most responsible friend — asking: okay but how does this actually work when you have bills and kids and a life that depends on your income?Kristy gets completely real about the practical side of reinvention: her own contract nursing year (every unglamorous, strategic detail), the four-part financial framework she uses with every client, and the story of Rachel — a project manager who spent eight months planning for a leap she could have taken in two.This episode also names the three mindset blocks that disguise themselves as logic and stop women cold the moment they try to get concrete. Because the money stuff and the mindset stuff are not separate conversations. They never were.In this episode:— Why getting practical feels impossible (and what's really going on)— Kristy's contract year: the real version, with every unsexy detail— The four-part financial framework: floor, audit, bridge, timeline— Rachel's story: the spreadsheet woman and the ceramics class— The order of operations for an actual transition— The three mindset blocks hiding in your practical conversationYour one action from this episode: calculate your floor. Tonight. Just that.Book a Next Move Blueprint Session or Get The Free Workbook "Who The F*CK Am I now?": kristygiarratano.com/linksFollow on Instagram: @raisinghopepodcast