13. Part 3: How Inherited Money Stories Shape Your Nervous System

13. Part 3: How Inherited Money Stories Shape Your Nervous System

If money triggers tightness in your chest, a constant urge to hustle, guilt when you spend, or a weird fog when you try to budget, that’s not a willpower issue, it’s a nervous system pattern.  I’m getting honest about the inherited money stories many of us carry, especially women who grew up around instability, scarcity, or stress. We learned that money is dangerous, rest is risky, and safety only comes from pushing harder, even when our lives look “successful” on paper. I talk through how this survival wiring shows up as self-sabotage: impulsive spending for instant relief, endless Amazon and Instagram purchases, workaholism, or the opposite pattern of aggressively saving and still never feeling secure.  Then, I zoom out to the real work of sustainable wealth building: combining practical money strategy with identity work and somatic healing.  Yes, “spend less than you make” matters, but if your body doesn’t believe receiving is safe, no spreadsheet will change your relationship with money for long. To make it real, I guide a simple, powerful somatic exercise you can repeat daily: identify one limiting money belief, find where it lives in your body, breathe safety into the sensation, and reframe the belief into an affirmation that actually lands in your system.  If you want to go deeper, I invite you to my live 90-minute experience, Rewiring Wealth, where we connect practical personal finance, nervous system regulation, and a new way of holding abundance with grace. Join us for Rewiring Wealth coming up LIVE on July 27 [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth]: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth] You can learn more about Sara's work here: https://remotheringmamas.com/ [https://remotheringmamas.com/] Let's connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas [https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas]

12. Part 2: Heal Scarcity And Let Money Flow With Purpose

Money can bring up shame fast, but what if the problem isn’t money, it’s the story your body learned about it?  We open with a reframe that cuts through the guilt: money is neutral.  When it moves through grounded, healed people, it doesn’t corrupt them, it amplifies them. That single shift changes how we think about income, integrity, and the kind of impact we can actually sustain.  I share how a childhood shaped by trauma, addiction, and instability can wire a scarcity mindset straight into the nervous system.  Even when we do “everything right” on paper, budgeting, paying off debt, saving aggressively, we can still feel unsafe receiving.  We talk through the difference between financial discipline and fear-based control, plus what it looked like to pay off over $100K in debt, buy a first home, build significant emergency savings, and begin learning investing while still having to heal the deeper wound underneath the numbers.  Then, we connect embodied wealth to practical change: rewiring the nervous system so money no longer triggers anxiety, hustle, or self-sabotage. If you’ve ever felt stuck between doing good and doing well, this conversation gives you a new way forward with personal finance, wealth, and nervous system support working together.  Join us for Rewiring Wealth coming up LIVE on July 27 [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth]: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth] You can learn more about Sara's work here: https://remotheringmamas.com/ [https://remotheringmamas.com/] Let's connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas [https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas]

11. Part 1: The Chipmunks Made Me Talk About Debt

From my back deck in western Connecticut, surrounded by birds, dogs, and the occasional chipmunk chaos, I share why I am stepping back into personal finance after a deep season of sharing somatic breathwork and healing work.  I walk through my real money story, from being raised by a single mom where “we can’t afford it” was a common refrain, to earning my own income early through babysitting and building a hands-on envelope budgeting system.  I share about student loans, financial literacy, and what it means to actually know your balances when you are the one signing for the debt. I also unpack credit cards and how easy it is to drift into overspending when money becomes invisible. Finally, I reflect on personal finance coaching, the external noise that pushed me away from money conversations, and why I now believe the future is both: clear money management plus nervous system support so your money capacity can expand without burnout. Join us for Rewiring Wealth coming up LIVE on July 27 [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth]: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth] You can learn more about Sara's work here: https://remotheringmamas.com/ [https://remotheringmamas.com/] Let's connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas [https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas]

10. Receive Without Hustling

If you’ve ever tried to rest and felt your body fight back, there’s a good chance it’s not a motivation problem.  It’s nervous system wiring.  We’re talking about the hidden “barrier to receiving” that keeps so many moms stuck in exhaustion, over giving, and hustle even when we’re smart, intuitive, and fully aware we need boundaries and self-care. We break down what’s happening under the surface: your nervous system acts like a security system, constantly scanning for threat, and it can learn that receiving support is unsafe.  That’s when fawn mode takes over people pleasing, proving your worth through output, saying yes when it drains you, and pushing through fatigue because slowing down feels risky.  We also dig into scarcity programming around time, money, and resources, and how “never enough” beliefs can keep your body braced and stuck in burnout cycles. From there, we shift into what actually helps: somatic healing and body-led practices that teach your system a new baseline.  I share why targeted breathwork can move you from survival mode into receiving mode, what clients report after sessions, and how learning to receive can break generational patterns of depletion and scarcity.  Access my Rebirth Breathwork Experience by tapping here. [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rebirth] If you’re ready to feel calm, clear, and supported from the inside out, press play, then subscribe, share with a fellow mom, and leave a review so more women can find this work. Rebirth Breathwork Experience: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rebirth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rebirth] Join us for Rewiring Wealth coming up LIVE on July 27 [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth]: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth] You can learn more about Sara's work here: https://remotheringmamas.com/ [https://remotheringmamas.com/] Let's connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas [https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas]

09. Cash Confident Money Skills

Your bank balance isn’t just numbers... it’s stress, energy, and the stories you carry in your body.  That’s why so much “budget advice” fails the moment real life hits. In this episode, I sit down with Brie Sodano, nationally recognized personal finance expert, founder of Cash Confident, and author of “Cash Confident: Practical Money Management for the Modern Women.” Brie shares her path from young motherhood and nonprofit work to teaching herself stock options trading, then building a business that focuses on what actually changes outcomes: clear cash flow systems, emotional skill, and the capacity to hold more responsibility, visibility, and income.  We also dig into her hot take on the financial advising industry and when paying for professional guidance can be worth it. Then, we get practical. Brie explains why tracking your spending for a few months can change everything, how to spot “habit blindness,” and why time and energy are core personal finance resources.  We also talk automation: automate savings habits, but stay present with spending and payments so subscriptions and price creep don’t silently drain you. If money has ever made you feel stupid, this conversation offers a more motherly perspective and real tools to build financial freedom.  You can learn more by visiting her website: https://www.cashconfident.com [https://www.sheeptoshark.com/] or email: brie@cashconfident.com [brie@sheeptosharks.com] Join us for Rewiring Wealth coming up LIVE on July 27 [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth]: https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth [https://remothering-mamas.newzenler.com/courses/rewiring-wealth] You can learn more about Sara's work here: https://remotheringmamas.com/ [https://remotheringmamas.com/] Let's connect on IG: https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas [https://www.instagram.com/remotheringmamas]