Sarah Patterson - Tango with the Numbers: How Financial Clarity Fuels Creative Freedom

In this episode of Escape Velocity, I talk with Sarah Patterson, a Fractional CFO who somehow makes the numbers feel human. Sarah works with creative agencies and consulting firms to bring clarity, confidence, and calm to the financial side of things—the part most of us would rather avoid. We get into what really happens when you stop treating your financials like a necessary evil and start seeing them as a creative tool. We talk about trust, mindset, and how money mirrors the stories we tell ourselves as founders. And then there’s tango. Sarah’s also a Buenos Aires–trained dancer, and she shares how that experience completely reshaped how she thinks about leadership, connection, and flow. Because at the end of the day, financial clarity isn’t just about spreadsheets—it’s about rhythm, trust, and learning to move in sync with change.