This episode dives deep into the often-overlooked intersection of money, identity, and emotional well-being with financial trauma expert and empowerment speaker Rahkim Sabree. Together, we explore how financial trauma shapes our behaviors, relationships, and sense of freedom—and how these patterns can be passed down through families, communities, and systems.

Rahkim shares powerful insights on:

• How financial trauma shows up in daily choices and conflicts.
• Regulating the nervous system when money stress arises.
• The psychology of scarcity, survival states, and why “just knowing” financial facts isn’t always enough for change.
• Money’s connection to status, safety-seeking, and identity across race, class, and culture.
• The hidden role of advertising, PR, and childhood financial socialization in shaping lifelong beliefs.
• Practical tools for setting financial boundaries, aligning values with goals, and creating intentional family cultures around money.

We also discuss how to break out of the time-for-money binary, balance present needs with future goals, and rethink spending habits without shame or blame. Rahkim reminds us that “a deregulated person is a profitable one”—and that true financial empowerment begins with awareness, healing, and choice.

Tune in for a conversation that will shift the way you see money, yourself, and what’s possible for your financial future.

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Intro & Outro Music by Daniel Zaitchik