Respectfully Selfish: Nancy Griffin's Radical Permission Slip for Women Who Give Too Much
My guest today is Nancy Lynne Griffin. Nancy is a connector and influencer. She attributes her success to personal courage, determination, and joy, when focusing on women’s health and wellness, hence creating Women,Worth & Wellness®. Nancy enjoys every opportunity to inspire and inform women about their personal health and wealth, net worth and self-worth, philanthropy and legacy—so that women feel fabulous, generous, joyful, confident, and on top of their game every day. Nancy Griffin established Women, Worth & Wellness in 1994 as a Private Client Wealth Advisor for her female clients and their families. In this episode we discuss women worth and wealth, health as a priority, menopause, being respectfully selfish.
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In this episode you will learn:
1. Why your health is your number one asset and how owning it completely transforms not just your body but your confidence, your wealth, and every single relationship in your life—Nancy’s mother told her from a young age that without your health you have nothing, and after over three decades building Women, Worth and Wellness, she knows it to be absolutely true. When women stop putting everyone else first and start treating their own health as a AAA1 priority, something shifts. They show up differently. They glow. And the ripple effect of that single decision touches every corner of their lives, their finances, their families, their freedom.
2. What “respectfully selfish” and “respectfully aggressive” really mean and why reclaiming these words is one of the most powerful acts of self-worth a woman can perform—For too long women have been conditioned to shrink, defer, and put themselves last out of fear of being called selfish or aggressive. Nancy flips both of these words completely on their head. Being selfish means making yourself a priority so you can show up as your best for everyone else. Being aggressive means stepping up, speaking out, and refusing to back down when the world tries to cut you down. When someone called Nancy aggressive, she said thank you and meant it.
3. How the Tall Poppy Syndrome operates in corporate spaces—and the one strategy that defeats it every single time—Born in Australia, the Tall Poppy Syndrome describes what happens when high-achieving women are recruited into organizations and then quietly targeted by those who feel threatened by their presence. The playbook is always the same: make it uncomfortable enough that she leaves on her own. Nancy’s counter-strategy is equally simple and devastatingly effective, don’t give up, don’t back down, don’t disappear. Stay, find a way to get along, and sooner or later the people trying to cut you down will realize they cannot bring you down.
“As I started to work with women, you just get this whole aspect that your first priority is your health before you even get to your wealth. " - 00:06:13
“I think willingness to choose herself is wellness." - 00:36:06
"Live your life and love your life.” - 00:56:42
Your voice matters! If you’ve ever felt the pull to share your story, start a podcast, or step more fully into your power, this is your invitation.
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