179 - Money Trauma, Entrepreneurship, and Period Poverty with CEO Nadya Okamoto

<p>On this week's episode of Future Rich, Barbara Ginty interviews Nadya Okamoto. Nadya is the Co-founder and CEO&nbsp;of <a href="https://www.itsaugust.co/">August</a>, a lifestyle brand working to reimagine periods. Nadya is also the Founder of PERIOD (<a href="http://period.org/">period.org</a>), an organization fighting to end period poverty and stigma that she founded at the age of 16. She has been recognized on the lists of <a href="https://www.forbes.com/profile/nadya-okamoto/">Forbes 30 under 30</a>, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-bloomberg-50/">Bloomberg 50 “Ones to Watch”</a> and <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/meet-peoples-women-changing-the-world-in-2020/?fbclid=IwAR23ZEFuV5OIf4P3Pi6LB8ogN3JlKe99zkQXZQvjoJnBPvJm2LWJj7-qK9c">People Magazine's Women Changing the World</a>.</p><p>Barb and Nadya discuss…</p><ul> <li>Her journey from the Non-Profit realm to Social Enterprise</li> <li>Period Poverty and August’s mission</li> <li>Improving your relationship to money after experiencing money trauma</li></ul><p>...and so much more!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.nadyaokamoto.com/">Find Nadya Here.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.itsaugust.co/">Shop August Here.</a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@itsaugustco?lang=en">Follow @itsaugustco on TikTok</a></p><p>Thank you to Athletic Greens for sponsoring Future Rich. If you want to give it a try, Athletic Greens is going to give you a FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase. All you have to do is visit&nbsp;<a href="https://athleticgreens.com/campaign/d35ct-offer-immunity/en?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=partnerships&amp;utm_campaign=futurerich_d35ct__a4927__o19&amp;utm_term=variable__a4927__o19&amp;utm_content=business__a4927__o19">athleticgreens.com/futurerich</a>.</p><p>Again, that is&nbsp;<a href="https://athleticgreens.com/campaign/d35ct-offer-immunity/en?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=partnerships&amp;utm_campaign=futurerich_d35ct__a4927__o19&amp;utm