Money Is Emotional

On this episode of Money is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with author Jennifer Blanchard about redefining what it means to feel rich before reaching a particular financial milestone. Jennifer shares her journey from debt, financial uncertainty, and feeling limited by money to developing a healthier relationship with earning, receiving, and experiencing abundance. Christine and Jennifer discuss: Feeling rich and being financially wealthy are not the same thing. How childhood experiences ca

On this episode of The Money Is Emotional Podcast, host Christine Luken explores how money shame can be transformed from something painful and limiting into a source of financial dignity, self-awareness, and action. She distinguishes between external money shame, which comes from other people’s expectations and judgments, and internal money shame, which comes from our own financial behaviors, inaction, or lack of knowledge. Christine discusses: How to tell if you are feeling external money sha

On this episode, Christine Luken speaks with Jen Conkey, a multifamily real estate investor, capital strategist, and entrepreneur, about moving from simply earning money to becoming a strategic owner of wealth. Jen shares her journey from a 22-year corporate career where she earned a high income but experienced lifestyle creep and financial stress to building a real estate portfolio that generates cash flow and ultimately leaving corporate America. Christine and Jen discuss: The problem with l

On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with David Delisle, founder of The Awesome Stuff, about helping children develop a healthy relationship with money before they inherit unhealthy financial beliefs from the world around them. Christine and David discuss: Why money conversations and education should start from a young age. The money stories pass down to their children. It’s okay for parents not to have all the answers. Money conversations don’t have to be confronta

On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with Juliana Uto, investor, startup advisor, and founder of Wealth Bravery, about developing the skills and judgment needed to become a better steward of wealth. Christine and Juliana discuss: Financial knowledge isn’t the same as investor judgment. How women can develop investment confidence? Risk tolerance is learned through experience. Understanding the role your investments play in your overall wealth strategy. The emotional

On this episode of the Money Is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken challenges common stereotypes about trust fund and “nepo” babies while exploring the realities of inheritance, family businesses and generational wealth. Christine argues that criticizing people who inherit wealth while hoping to create wealth for your own family sends conflicting messages about your financial goals. Christine discusses: Why you need to rethink negative assumptions about inherited wealth? Being a “nepo ba