Expansive CEO

Hosted by Hannah Chapman

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269

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Jun 2026

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Expansive CEO is a podcast for entrepreneurs, leaders, and visionaries who are ready to build businesses in alignment with their unique energy blueprint. Co-hosted by 6/2 Pure Manifesting Generator Hannah Chapman and 1/3 Pure Generator Lauren Ammon , the show blends Human Design, Gene Keys, and conscious leadership with real-world business growth strategy. Each episode explores what it means to build a business that is energetically aligned, emotionally sustainable, and financially grounded. Through conversations, teachings, and reflections, we dive into topics like: Human Design and Gene Keys as tools for leadership and decision-making Deconditioning from hustle, pressure, and the “not-self” in business Building offers, teams, and strategies that honor your natural energy Identity, purpose, and self-expression as foundations for success Expanding prosperity without sacrificing wellbeing or integrity Expansive CEO is for those who know that true success isn't about forcing outcomes—it's about alignment, embodiment, and trust. This is where business meets self-mastery. This is where expansion begins.

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June 16, 20261 hr 19 min

What If We're Wrong About Human Design?

What happens when you question something you deeply believe in? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah and Lauren explore a question sparked by Hannah's husband during their 20th wedding anniversary trip: "Do you think you might be wrong about something?" That question opened the door to a profound conversation about Human Design, Gene Keys, self-discovery, parenting, relationships, healing, and what truly matters. Rather than defending Human Design, Hannah and Lauren ask a different question: What if we're wrong? And perhaps more importantly: Would it change the impact it has had on our lives? The conversation explores how Human Design has helped both of them develop greater self-acceptance, self-compassion, and understanding of others—even if someone never fully "believes" in the system itself. Explore: What if Human Design isn't real? Why self-love matters more than certainty Understanding yourself through Human Design The freedom of embracing your limitations Individuality vs comparison Parenting children as unique individuals Human Design and neurodiversity Using Human Design as a practical tool Self-acceptance and personal growth The power of curiosity over judgment The difference between being right and being helpful ✨ Get your own Money Story Cards! Visit: https://www.moneystorycards.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/ Ready to work with a fiduciary CFP to build your long-term wealth strategy? Hannah is currently accepting new clients at X² Wealth Planning. Schedule a complimentary consultation: https://calendly.com/hannahrchapman/60-minute-exploration-call Hannah Chapman, CFP®, APMA®, CRPC® | hannah.chapman@x2wealthplanning.com | x2wealthplanning.com

June 9, 20261 hr 3 min

Human Design, Money Stories & Financial Abundance

What if the problem isn't your mindset? What if the real issue is the subconscious money story running underneath it? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah Chapman and Lauren Ammon explore why the popular scarcity vs abundance conversation is far more nuanced than most coaches admit. They unpack the difference between mindset and what Lauren calls "bodyset," the subconscious patterns that shape our relationship with money, worthiness, safety, and receiving. Together they discuss: Why affirmations often fail to create lasting change The role of subconscious money stories Human Design and open-center conditioning The bridge between scarcity and abundance Why sufficiency matters more than positivity Treating money as a relationship How childhood experiences shape financial behaviors The power of awareness and small shifts Real-life examples of money stories in action How entrepreneurs can begin creating healthier relationships with money This episode is packed with practical insights, personal stories, Human Design wisdom, and powerful questions to help you uncover the patterns influencing your financial life. If you've ever wondered why mindset work alone hasn't created the results you want, this conversation may provide the missing piece. ✨ Get your own Money Story Cards! Visit: https://www.moneystorycards.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/ Ready to work with a fiduciary CFP to build your long-term wealth strategy? Hannah is currently accepting new clients at X² Wealth Planning. Schedule a complimentary consultation: https://calendly.com/hannahrchapman/60-minute-exploration-call Hannah Chapman, CFP®, APMA®, CRPC® | hannah.chapman@x2wealthplanning.com | x2wealthplanning.com

June 2, 20261 hr 27 min

Money Stories, Human Design & the Patterns Running Your Financial Life

What if your biggest financial challenge isn't your income, investments, or business strategy? What if it's a story you've been carrying for decades without realizing it? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah Chapman and Lauren Ammon celebrate the launch of Money Story Cards and dive deep into the hidden beliefs, emotional conditioning, and Human Design patterns that shape our relationship with money. The conversation explores how childhood experiences, family dynamics, and unconscious conditioning create lifelong money stories—and how awareness becomes the gateway to freedom. Through personal stories, client experiences, and Human Design insights, Hannah and Lauren reveal why the goal isn't to eliminate every emotional "wiggle," but to recognize patterns with greater awareness and compassion. They also discuss how different Human Design centers influence our relationship with money, worthiness, conflict, direction, and self-expression, and why healing your money story changes far more than your bank account. In this episode: Why most people have never had meaningful conversations about money How awareness creates transformation The connection between Human Design and money stories Why emotional triggers around money often begin in childhood The importance of asking better questions Sales conversations and financial objections The difference between curiosity and defensiveness How entrepreneurs unconsciously absorb client money stories ✨ Get your own Money Story Cards! Visit: https://www.moneystorycards.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/ Ready to work with a fiduciary CFP to build your long-term wealth strategy? Hannah is currently accepting new clients at X² Wealth Planning. Schedule a complimentary consultation: https://calendly.com/hannahrchapman/25-minute-get-to-know-you-call?back=1 Hannah Chapman, CFP®, APMA®, CRPC® | hannah.chapman@x2wealthplanning.com | x2wealthplanning.com

May 26, 20261 hr 4 min

Healing Your Relationship With Money

What if your relationship with money was shaped long before you ever earned your first dollar? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah and Lauren explore the hidden emotional patterns, nervous system responses, and childhood conditioning that shape our relationship with money — and ultimately impact our businesses, relationships, decisions, and sense of worth. This conversation dives into: ✨ Money stories and subconscious financial conditioning ✨ Childhood experiences that shape spending and saving patterns ✨ Nervous system responses around money ✨ Hiding, guilt, over-giving, and fear of asking for money ✨ Human Design and emotional patterns around worthiness ✨ Generational money conditioning ✨ Entrepreneurship and emotional triggers ✨ Healing financial shame and self-sabotage ✨ Parenting and interrupting unhealthy money patterns ✨ Why awareness changes everything Hannah shares the origin story of her Money Story Meditation work and explains how emotional responses around money often live in the body — not just the mind. Lauren opens up vulnerably about her own relationship with money, visibility, worthiness, and learning to feel safe looking directly at finances. Together, they unpack how Human Design, emotional awareness, and conscious financial work can help entrepreneurs stop operating from fear, shame, and survival mode — and instead build a more grounded, prosperous relationship with money. This episode is for you if: money conversations make you anxious you avoid looking at your finances you struggle to ask for what you're worth you over-give financially or energetically you feel shame around spending or receiving you want to heal your relationship with money you're ready for deeper prosperity work ✨ Want support with this work? Visit: https://www.expansiveceo.com Want to be coached live on the podcast? Email: lauren@expansiveceo.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/ Ready to work with a fiduciary CFP to build your long-term wealth strategy? Hannah is currently accepting new clients at X² Wealth Planning. Schedule a complimentary consultation: https://calendly.com/hannahrchapman/25-minute-get-to-know-you-call?back=1 Hannah Chapman, CFP®, APMA®, CRPC® | hannah.chapman@x2wealthplanning.com | x2wealthplanning.com

May 19, 20261 hr 3 min

The Hidden Problem with “Proven” Business Strategies

What if the reason your business feels heavy is because you're trying to force yourself into someone else's structure? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah and Lauren unpack the deep connection between Human Design, conditioning, entrepreneurship, prosperity, and building structures that actually align with who you are. This conversation explores: Why “proven strategies” don't work for everyone The hidden cost of masking parts of yourself in business How conditioning creates self-sabotage Why entrepreneurs feel frustrated, burned out, or disconnected The relationship between prosperity and authentic expression Open centers, emotional conditioning, and people-pleasing Why Human Design is not “too soft” for business How to build structure from the inside out The overlap between emotional intelligence and financial success Why alignment creates more ease, clarity, and sustainable growth Hannah shares her experience of publicly integrating Human Design and Gene Keys into her financial planning practice — and how trying to water down her message eventually created frustration, exhaustion, and disconnection from her authentic work. Lauren breaks down why structure feels restrictive when it's imposed externally rather than created in alignment with your own mechanics, energy, nervous system, and natural way of operating. If you've ever felt like: traditional business advice doesn't fully fit you you're trying to “force” success you're exhausted trying to follow someone else's blueprint you keep second-guessing yourself your business no longer feels like you …this episode is for you. ✨ Want support with this work? Visit: https://www.expansiveceo.com Want to be coached live on the podcast? Email: lauren@expansiveceo.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/

May 12, 20261 hr 20 min

Why You Struggle to Receive More Money, Support & Success

What if the thing blocking more money, support, opportunities, and abundance isn't your strategy — but your ability to receive? In this deeply personal episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah and Lauren unpack the connection between gratitude, receiving, Human Design, Gene Keys, business growth, emotional conditioning, and prosperity. They explore: Why so many entrepreneurs struggle to receive support The hidden link between overgiving and burnout How childhood conditioning impacts money and worthiness Why gratitude is more than positivity — it's a portal The role of recognition in Human Design How your environment affects abundance and alignment The Gene Keys Pearl Sphere and prosperity consciousness What it actually means to build a business in energetic alignment This conversation gets especially powerful as Lauren opens up about her personal struggle with receiving recognition, money, and support — and Hannah shares how masking parts of herself blocked prosperity and alignment for years. ✨ Want support with this work? Visit: https://www.expansiveceo.com Want to be coached live on the podcast? Email: lauren@expansiveceo.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/ Learn about the Regenerative Wealth Program: https://www.expansiveceo.com/opt-in-page

May 5, 20261 hr 7 min

Why Financial Discipline Isn’t Working (And What Actually Does)

If you've been “doing everything right” with your money… saving, budgeting, staying disciplined… and it still feels stressful, heavy, or misaligned, this episode is for you. In this conversation, we break down why traditional financial discipline often fails and what actually creates peace, alignment, and sustainable prosperity. We go deeper into the Gene Keys Pearl Sphere—the pathway to true prosperity—and why so many entrepreneurs are trying to skip the process by chasing results instead of alignment. From entrepreneurs forcing themselves into systems that don't fit… to over-saving, under-living, and operating from outdated money stories… this episode will challenge everything you've been taught about money. You'll learn: Why discipline alone doesn't create financial peace How misalignment shows up in your business and finances The hidden cost of ignoring your inner authority around money What your Human Design + Gene Keys say about prosperity How your “money story” may be keeping you stuck Why more effort isn't always the answer and what is This is about moving from control → alignmentFrom fear → trustFrom force → flow If you're ready to feel different in your money, not just “look good on paper”, this episode will shift everything. ✨ Want support with this work? Visit: https://www.expansiveceo.com Want to be coached live on the podcast? Email: lauren@expansiveceo.com Join us on Substack: https://expansiveceo.substack.com/

April 28, 20261 hr 6 min

Stop Building Your Business in Chaos—Here’s the Better Way

What if your business struggles aren't about strategy… but regulation? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, we break down the difference between a dysregulated entrepreneur and a regulated entrepreneur—and why this shift is the key to sustainable success. We also dive into the massive energetic transition coming in 2027 and what it means for business owners, leadership, and how we relate to money, systems, and authority. If you've been feeling overwhelmed, scattered, or like you're doing all the things but still not seeing consistent results… this episode will change how you see your business. Inside this episode: What “regulation” actually means in entrepreneurship Why flashy strategies often lead to burnout The truth about money, nervous systems, and decision-making How Human Design helps you operate from alignment The 2027 energetic shift (and why you're already feeling it) Why you're NOT meant to do it all alone This is about building a business that feels safe, sustainable, and fully aligned with who you are. Learn more about the Regenerative Wealth Community: https://www.expansiveceo.com/opt-in-page Want personalized support? Book a clarity call with us. Discover your design, join the newsletter, and explore working with Hannah and Lauren at: https://expansiveceo.com. Don't forget to send your Human Design questions to lauren@expansiveceo.com!

April 21, 20261 hr 11 min

Stop Waiting to “Fix It” First: The Truth About Money, Mess, and Getting Support

Are you telling yourself you should have your finances “figured out” before asking for help? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, Hannah Chapman and Lauren Ammon break down the 3 biggest misconceptions that keep entrepreneurs stuck, overwhelmed, and delaying the support they actually need. If you've ever thought:• “I should be able to do this myself”• “It's too messy to let anyone see”• “I don't even know where to start” This episode is for you. We dive into the emotional, energetic, and practical realities of money, business ownership, and personal growth—and why waiting until things are “perfect” is actually what keeps you stuck. You'll learn: Why being “smart enough” isn't the same as being supported How guilt and shame show up in your financial life Why messiness is part of growth—not a sign you've failed How to take the first step when everything feels overwhelming The real purpose of structure (hint: it's not restriction) This conversation is about giving yourself permission to be supported exactly where you are—and building a financial life that actually feels aligned, expansive, and sustainable. If you're ready to move from stress → clarity → expansion… this is your next step. Learn more about the Regenerative Wealth Program:https://www.expansiveceo.com/opt-in-page Want personalized support? Book a clarity call with us. Discover your design, join the newsletter, and explore working with Hannah and Lauren at: https://expansiveceo.com. Don't forget to send your Human Design questions to lauren@expansiveceo.com!

April 14, 20261 hr 15 min

Why You’re Stuck (And How to Actually Expand Your Business)

What if business growth wasn't about doing more… but about becoming more aligned? In this episode of the Expansive CEO Podcast, we dive into the final phase of our core framework: Expansion—and why most entrepreneurs unknowingly hold themselves back from it. If you've ever felt like: You're growing… but something feels off You hit a new level, then everything breaks You want more—but you're also scared of it This conversation is for you. We break down how true expansion happens after discovery and alignment, and why growth often triggers fear, resistance, and what we call “muted expansion”—where you're moving forward with one foot on the gas and one on the brake. You'll learn: Why your business “breaks” as you grow (and what to do about it) How to stop repeating the same patterns in new levels The power of the “redo” and integrating past lessons How to expand sustainably without burnout Why your energy—not strategy—is the real driver of growth This is the foundation of how we help entrepreneurs build aligned, profitable, and sustainable businesses through our Discovery → Alignment → Expansion process. If you're ready to stop forcing growth and start expanding in a way that actually works for you… you're in the right place. Learn more about the Regenerative Wealth Program:https://www.expansiveceo.com/opt-in-page Discover your design, join the newsletter, and explore working with Hannah and Lauren at: https://expansiveceo.com. Don't forget to send your Human Design questions to lauren@expansiveceo.com!