Upcoming Event!How Can Mindfulness Give You a More Abundant Retirement?Are you ready to let go of anxiety and find the peace of mind you seek as you prepare for your golden years? Your Answer Lies in These 5 Critical Retirement Questions: Am I on track for financial independence?What do I need to do to get on track?How do I design a mindful investing portfolio?How do I manage that portfolio and my income over time through changing markets?How do I prepare non-financially for retirement? What are the dominant variables in a happy retirement?Learn more: https://courses.mindful.money/financial-independence-bootcampFiona Valentine is a business coach and the creator of Business School for Artists, a program for aspiring artists who want to paint for fun and for profit, even if they’ve never sold any of their work before. Fiona has over 30 years of teaching, painting and business under her belt that includes her own transition from an admin manager and painting hobbyist into a profitable business owner and passionate artist. Now, she helps others do the same. Today, she joins the show to talk about early impactful financial lessons she learned, the important role that faith plays in her life, and the difference between artistry and creativity.? Watch on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/wfnbqUlhmtUKey Takeaways00:49 – Jonathan introduces today’s guest, Fiona Valentine, who joins the show to discuss her earliest memories of entrepreneurship, breaking the cycle of financial trauma, and raising children to be responsible with money08:09 – Faith and money11:52 – Fiona’s career arc and what led her to help artists17:55 – Fiona’s program: Business School for Artists22:30 – How an artist finds their niche26:08 – Artistry and creativity30:11 – Bringing creativity to the forefront32:43 – The impact of AI (Artificial Intelligence) on human creativity35:36 – One piece of advice to heed as an artist and one thing to completely ignore39:01 – One thing Fiona would like others to know about her and Fiona’s idea of a perfect day40:59 – Jonathan thanks Fiona for joining the show today and lets listeners know where to connect with herTweetable Quotes“So those [financial trauma] lessons in a man who decides, ‘That’s it. I am not doing that to my wife and children,’ and they’re prepared to work hard, and do whatever it takes to provide. That’s a powerful thing to be the generation that grows up blessed with a loving, balanced, responsible parent and spouse.” (03:58) (Fiona)“In Australia, you’ve got to be fifteen to go to work and draw a salary. So, once we had part time jobs that were drawing a salary, that was the guideline. As long as we lived in the house, we contributed to the house. And so that taught us to be really careful about making sure that there was something to give, something to save, something to spend, and something to contribute to the household.” (06:56) (Fiona)“It takes a significant amount of connection, and messaging, and pricing, and getting all of those things to come together so that the right people - your ideal collectors who are people who love what you do, they can’t wait to buy it, and they can afford it - making sure that they know who you are, they know when and where your work is available and there’s been enough connection to build that trust so that they’re ready to hit ‘Buy.’” (17:03) (Fiona)“So if you spent all your time working on the skills of drawing, painting, observing, contemplating your view of