In this session, Intention.ly sat down with Shana Orczyk Sissel, CAIA - founder, investment professional, and author of the forthcoming Tough Minded: How Taking on Life's Challenges Can Make You a Better Investor (releasing November 2026).

Shana draws on 20+ years of experience at Fidelity Investments and Ariel Investments - and her own remarkable life story - to show how resilience under pressure builds better investors. In this conversation, she covers:

Why blue-collar roots and a scarcity mindset are an investing advantage

How surviving adversity connects to understanding community and market disruption

Building contrarian thinking from lived experience

Emotional discipline during volatility

Frameworks for risk management across traditional and alternative portfolios

Tough Minded doesn't release until November - this conversation is your early look.