Owning Your Financial Destiny: Helping Women Thrive in Finance and Retirement (Episode 21)
In this episode of #CreditChat Live, we sat down with Cary Carbonaro, an award-winning certified financial planner, to discuss empowering women in finance and transforming the industry to better serve female clients. Cary shares her personal journey and insights on overcoming challenges such as the pay wage gap, wealth gap, and increased healthcare costs in retirement. She emphasizes the importance of women owning their financial destiny and advocates for industry change to accommodate the growing financial power of women. Cary also introduces her new book, “Women and Wealth: A Playbook to Empower Clients and Unlock Their Fortune,” which offers actionable strategies for better serving women in financial services. Tune in to learn how women can take control of their financial futures and how the industry can evolve to support them!
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About Cary
Cary Carbonaro is an award-winning Certified Financial Planner™ with over 25 years of experience. She is the Managing Wealth Advisor and Women and Wealth Ambassador at Ashton Thomas, where she leads a multimillion-dollar financial planning practice focused on empowering women. Cary is the bestselling author of The Money Queen’s Guide and the upcoming book Women and Wealth: A Playbook to Empower Clients and Unlock Their Fortune, which offers actionable strategies for better serving women in financial services. A respected industry voice, she’s been named to Investopedia’s Top 100 Financial Advisors list six times and is the only female member of the 2024 Nasdaq Advisor Council. Through speaking, media appearances, and advocacy, Cary champions financial literacy and female empowerment.
About Cary’s Women and Wealth Book
Women and Wealth: A Playbook to Empower Clients and Unlock Their Fortune by Cary Carbonaro is a groundbreaking guide that reimagines how the financial services industry serves women. Drawing from Cary’s 25+ years of experience and personal journey as a top financial advisor, the book sheds light on the unique financial challenges women face—such as pay gaps, caregiving breaks, and longer life expectancy—and offers practical, empathetic strategies for helping them build lasting wealth.
The book is both a resource for advisors who want to better serve female clients and a rallying cry for change within the male-dominated financial industry. Cary covers everything from unconscious bias and “bro culture” to how communication styles, health, and life transitions impact women’s financial decisions. With real-world case studies, behavioral finance insights, and communication strategies, the playbook equips advisors to create female-friendly practices—and helps women take control of their financial futures with clarity and confidence.