Season 3: Ep20 Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro shares her insights on what 2026 will bring to her life, and the women she inspires to be a financially savvy
Welcome to Season 3 of The Questions Bar!
In our podcast and video show, sponsored by Inkandescent Women magazine, we invite you in to listen in as girlfriends talk about topics of the day that touch their minds, bodies, spirits, souls, and hearts: AlinaZ in Los Angeles and Hope Katz Gibbs in Washington DC.
On Season 3, we bring on more inspiring guests who answer 4 Questions that tell the stories of their lives:
- What are you doing these days to stay strong?
- How are you staying sane?
- What are you doing to create vitality and to thrive?
- What tools do you use that you can share to inspire other women?
This week: Our guest is Marguerita Cheng, CFP® Pro. The founder and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Ocean Global Wealth, Rita has been a spokesperson for the AARP Financial Freedom Campaign and a regular columnist for Investopedia & Kiplinger. Previously, she was a Financial Advisor at Ameriprise Financial and an analyst and editor at Towa Securities in Tokyo, Japan. She is a regular writer for Kiplinger, Investopedia, The New York Times, US News & World Report, among others. She was named one of the Best Certified Financial Planners in the US by Investment News, the Financial Planning Association’s Financial Planner of the Year award in 2024, and one of Money’s Best Women Planners in 2025. Her podcast, Margaritas with Marguerita, topped more than 100 episodes. Learn more: MargueritaCheng.com.
You are invited: Would you like to be on The Questions Bar? Let us know what’s going on in your world!
About Alina Z: An award-winning Board Certified Health Coach, Chopra Life Coach, Detox Specialist, and former chef, named creator of the #1 Best Diet in America by Harper’s Bazaar, Alina holds a degree from Parsons School of Design and a Master’s in Communication, blending style, soul, and science into one transformational experience. Through her signature Wholistic Self-Discovery Coaching Program, Alina helps high-achieving women reconnect with their true purpose by transforming how they eat, dress, and live. Alina’s philosophy? When you eat to nourish your soul and dress to express your truth, you shift your inner state — and from that space, everything changes. Peace returns. Confidence rises. Sparkle comes back. Learn more: alinaz.com.
About Hope Katz Gibbs: The founder and president of Inkandescent® Inc., a national PR firm and publishing company that this long-time journalist founded in 2008, Hope is on a mission to help entrepreneurs supersize their small businesses. She and her team of 10 publish online magazines (InkandescentWomen.com and BeInkandescent Health & Wellness: BeInkandescent.com), produce dozens of podcast shows on InkandescentRadio.com, and film, direct, and produce videos featured on Inkandescent.tv.Inkandescent also promotes and publishes books, including her own titles: PR Rules: The Playbook — an entrepreneur’s guide to supersizing your small business using the 8 Steps to PR Success™ — and Why Divorce: 5 Reasons to Leave. Learn more: Inkandescent.us.
About Alina Z: An award-winning Board Certified Health Coach, Chopra Life Coach, Detox Specialist, and former chef, named creator of the #1 Best Diet in America by Harper’s Bazaar, Alina holds a degree from Parsons School of Design and a Master’s in Communication, blending style, soul, and science into one transformational experience. Through her signature Wholistic Self-Discovery Coaching Program, Alina helps high-achieving women reconnect with their true purpose by transforming how they eat, dress, and live. Her philosophy? When you eat to nourish your soul and dress to express your truth, you shift your inner state — and from that space everything changes. Peace returns. Confidence rises. Sparkle comes back. 
