The Money Koan with Jenna Nicholas: What is currency? Is there an enlightened bottom line?

This is a video about The Money Koan with Jenna Nicholas: What is currency? Full show notes and links at: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com Andrea Hiott in conversation with investor Jenna Nicholas. Can currents of care become currencies? Jenna discusses her book The Enlightened Bottom Line and how spirituality, love, and purpose can inform investing and business rather than oppose them. She traces formative experiences from ages 11–14 in a Swiss “Transformation for Peace” program and speaking at Commonwealth Day in Westminster Abbey, including meeting Desmond Tutu, to the confidence instilled by her mother and grandmother, faith, and a lifelong practice of hosting “Saturdays at Jen’s” discussion groups. After moving from London to Stanford, she was inspired by social entrepreneurs, worked on socially responsible investing in China with mentor Wayne Silby (Calvert Funds), and later organized experiences and interviews exploring profit–purpose paradoxes. She describes practices like symbolic objects to bridge divides, dreams-based decision-making in the Amazon, and a HEAL framework (Hope, Empathy, Abundance, Legacy), emphasizing pauses, stewardship, seven-generation thinking, and money as “currency” valuable when in motion. Find Jenna’s book The Enlightened Bottom Line here: https://www.jenna-nicholas.com/book Parker Palmer conversation with Andrea is here: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com/p... Jacob Needleman conversation with Andrea is here: https://lovephilosophy.substack.com 00:00 Welcome and Book Setup 00:25 Teen Years and Abbey Speech 02:25 Tutu High Five and Lasting Joy 04:01 the Women Who Raised Her 06:48 Holding Paradox in Community 08:56 From Stanford to Impact Investing 11:40 Choosing Stanford by Fate 14:43 Wayne Silby and Legacy Shift 17:18 Bhutan and Business of Happiness 19:24 Enoughness and Inner Compass 22:52 Saturdays at Jens Conversations 25:14 Fierce Love in Organizations 27:25 Creating Listening Spaces 28:03 Building Impact Experience 28:40 Coal Meets Solar Values 30:13 Redefining Money Capital 34:00 Heal Framework Questions 35:37 Hope Empathy Abundance 37:16 Playful Abundance Wand 40:04 Amazon Dream Circles 43:03 Death Joy Legacy 46:31 Stewardship Seven Generations 49:02 Reflection Questions Pauses 52:40 Grandmother Loving Kindness 55:37 Honoring Stories Love 57:15 Podcast Substack Farewell