Art of Money Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bari Tessler
Financial Therapist, Mamapreneur, Founder of Art of Money year-long program & Author of The Art of Money book.
In today’s Money Mocha, I have an audio clip of me teaching about my unique version of creating budgets, which I call “money maps.” In today’s Mocha, I invite you into one of the most grounding and practical tools in my Art of Money methodology: the Three-Tier Money Map.This is not your typical, dry, boring, anxiety inducing budget. This is a soul-rooted, flexible, and deeply personal framework that helps you chart your financial terrain—based on where you are right now in your life, and where your heart is longing to go.Over the years, I’ve seen so many of us struggle with budgeting—especially those of us who are self-employed, caring for others, or living with inconsistent income. And honestly? A lot of the traditional advice just doesn’t work when you’re juggling a creative life, a business that ebbs and flows, or caretaking roles that shift with the seasons.That’s why I developed this Three-Tier Money Map. It meets you exactly where you are. It’s permission-filled. It’s body-aware. And it allows space for your basic needs and your big, bold dreams.Find the full show notes here: baritessler.com/podcastThe Art of Money 3-Month Financial Therapy Program is open! Find out more here: baritessler.com/art-of-money
It’s time to pour yourself a warm mug of comfort and clarity. This next sip of Money Mocha is steeped in sacred storytelling, creative bookkeeping, and a practice that might just change how you feel when you sit down with your numbers.What if bookkeeping didn’t have to be boring?What if the categories in your financial tracking could speak your language — the language of meaning, memory, and values?Years ago, I had a dream that stitched together the threads of the sacred and the practical — a dream that arrived just weeks after my first money mentor, Tamara, passed. In it, she gifted me a red velvet-bound ledger that cataloged her life not just in numbers, but in meaning. Each entry in her Book of Life was paired with a value — not just a dollar amount, but a reflection of her essence, her creativity, her care.That dream became a doorway.It invited me to ask: What if we could make bookkeeping an honoring practice? What if the way we track our income and spending could reflect what we cherish most?Today’s Money Mocha introduces you to Values-Based Bookkeeping — a soulful and deceptively simple technique that invites you to rename your financial categories. Yes, rename them. “Rent” can become “Sanctuary.” “Debt” can transform into “My Big Italian Adventure.” Line items shift into love notes. Spreadsheets become mirrors.Find the show notes here: baritessler.com/podcastLearn more about my 3-month Art of Money program here: baritessler.com/art-of-money
Money touches every part of our lives, in one way or another, every single day. And every day we go about our lives making money decisions both large and small, we’re most often running some very old scripts unconsciously in the background, like an app that runs quietly in the background of your laptop.These scripts are powerful, and many of them were created unintentionally far in the blurry, faded past of our childhoods. Comments your mom made at the kitchen while paying bills. Things your dad did when he got an unexpected bonus from work right before Christmas. That trip your family took to DisneyLand where your parents were arguing about money outside of the hotel room where they thought you couldn’t hear.These scripts are part of your money stories, and those stories are so powerful they can cause you to make money decisions to this very day. There’s good news about these stories though: they’re not written in stone. You’re writing your own money stories every day, every week, every month, and every year. And here’s the key: you have the power to start writing new money stories, new scripts, that can then run in the background, guiding you to make better money choices. And those better choices can lead to less stress and grind, and more peace and calm. I’ve seen hundreds of students in my program write entirely new money stories. I’ve done it myself. And I’ve seen my husband make huge changes in his money relationship by writing new money stories. Want to know how to write your own new money stories? Listen in (or read) below to today’s piping hot Money Mocha: baritessler.com/podcastTo learn more about the Art of Money, head here: baritessler.com/art-of-money
Today, I bring you a lovely conversation I just had with my friend and colleague, Rick Kahler.We just had a wonderful chat about all things financial therapy within the realm of financial planning, and I can’t wait for you to have a listen.Of all my colleagues in the finance space, Rick is one of my longest running friendships. He’s one of the first financial planners I met when I was in the early years of developing my financial therapy method.I credit Rick with being the first financial planner to bring therapists into his financial planning meetings.He was very clear that money is such an emotional subject and that adding money psychology support was essential for his clients (especially for couples trying to navigate different money approaches in the delicate terrain of planning retirement.)We first met in 2004 at Nazrudin, which is a think-tank for financial planners created by George Kinder and the late Dick Wagner. Rick loves to tell the cartwheel story which you’ll hear at the beginning of our interview, and the Nazrudin event is where my infamous cartwheel happened!Rick is also a Financial Therapist and has also been on the board of the Financial Therapy Association since its inception in 2009. He’s been a guiding force in that community.(I’m still not a part of the FTA, since I’ve been teaching my financial therapy method since 2001, before it was formed, and think all financial therapists should have a Masters in Psychology. I do, however, recommend them and they have a good directory to help folks find a financial therapist.)Starting in 2013, I’ve had the honor of interviewing many of the “elder” money pioneers. Olivia Mellon, Karen McCall, Deborah Price, Barbara Stanny (now Barbara Huson), Saundra Davis, Vicki Robin and many of the next generation folks where I fit in, like Brad Klontz, Mikelann Valterra, Jacquette Timmons, and Rachel Robiasciotti.Some of these interviews are on my podcast and the others live in my online program library (which people get access to when they join my Art of Money program.)To date, all of my conversations with Rick have been on his Financial Therapy podcast. He was a guest teacher in one of the rounds of my Mentor Program, but this conversation is our first interview on my podcast.I’m excited for you to have a listen to the conversation I had with him!In the interview we discuss:The realization that money work is so emotional for his clientsWhy he started bringing therapists into his financial planning meetingsHow important doing his own therapy has been for his life and financial planning practiceHis favorite therapy modality - IFS (Internal Family Systems) and how he connects it to money workWhy do we both think the Enneagram (personality system) is so helpful for understanding your money behaviors and habits.How he has written 7 money books and has plans for more on the horizonAnd, some praise back and forth for our friendship over the years
Do you remember that scene in Lord of the Rings where Gandalf and Frodo and the whole fellowship of the ring crew were on a long, epic journey, and they were stuck at large stone doors, called The Doors of Durin, that had a riddle inscribed on it? For hours and hours they sat before that stone door in the moonlight, trying to solve the riddle inscribed in stone in the elvish language. “Speak, friend, and enter,” was all the riddle said. If they could solve it, the door would open and they’d be able to travel through the secret passageways that led through the mountain so they could finally destroy the ring of power once and for all.In many ways, that scene is a perfect metaphor for the money riddles we all face from time to time. We’re all trying to get somewhere on our epic journeys (a.k.a., our lives), and sometimes we end up blocked by an immovable stone door that has a seemingly unsolvable riddle about money etched on it. The riddle might be something like “how can we afford to buy a house in this economic climate?,” or, “how can I bring in more money when I have a job where the salary is capped?,” or “how can we save enough money to send our kids to college with only a few years remaining?.”Money riddles like this (which I also call “money koans,” like the koan questions you sit with in Zen Buddhist meditation practice), aren’t written in the elvish language on a big stone door, but they might as well be. Just like Gandalf and Frodo and the whole crew sat there for hours trying to solve the riddle that would open the door, we often have to sit with our money riddles for days, or weeks, or months, or even sometimes years for the big ones. Working with and solving these money riddles is the topic of today’s recording on the first volume of the Art of Money Mixtape I made for you.baritessler.com/podcast
This second “song” on the mixtape is a clip from the first ever live 3-month version of the Art of Money program that I taught this past Fall in 2024. It’s a brief overview of my approach to using somatic psychology tools, which forms the foundation of my unique approach to financial therapy. And yes, this “song”/audio recording is just me teaching live in a recent class, rather than our pretend AI friends Jack and Julia talking about my ideas and concepts. You might hear from them again in the coming days, but that depends on the feedback we hear about their conversation we sent you a couple of days back.This clip of me teaching is packed with techniques for how to use simple awareness of the sensations and emotions in your body to help unblock the things standing between you and a healthier, less stressful relationship with money. Find out more at baritessler.com/podcast
In this clip, I’m telling stories (which is my favorite teaching method) about the practical, external side of overcoming underearning.There are mental and emotional internal shifts involved, and a good dose of creative brainstorming, but the focus here is on how we can shift our business models to open up new possibilities for breaking through money ceilings. I hope you enjoy this third recording on the Money Mixtape. (And believe me, if it was possible to mail you an actual cassette tape with these recordings, I would 100% do that. But…who has cassette players anymore?)Additional Links:baritessler.com/art-of-moneybaritessler.com/podcast
As a Gen X’er who grew up through my teen years in the 80’s, long before the internet, social media, iphones, and Spotify, I can clearly remember making mixtapes for my friends. Back then, it was no easy feat to pull off, and putting together a collection of hand-picked songs and giving them to a friend on a cassette tape was a sign of affection. It was a way to say, “I see you. I know who you are and what you love, and I care about you. So I’ve made this collection of music that will bring you the kind of feelings I know you like to feel from music.”So this year, my friend, I’m making a mixtape just for you. Only, it’s not a collection of songs. It’s a collection of recordings that will take you on an emotional and psychological journey into many different facets of your relationship with money. It’s…A Money Mixtape, Volume 1, and I made it for youThe first recording on this cassette is something you’ve never heard from me, and unless you’ve spent a good amount of time down in the AI rabbit holes over the recent months, you may have never heard something like this before. Now, before I tell you what this is, the second I mention the phrase “AI,” I know that can raise some people’s hackles. There’s a lot of hate for anything AI related these days. Trust me, I get that. My tech geek husband, Forest, has been way down in all the AI rabbit holes for many months now, so I’ve learned a bit about it all at the dinner table. Here’s the bottom line: there are a lot of crappy ways to use AI tools to create crappy content, and you can make the use of AI tools worse by trying to pretend that what you’re creating with these powerful tools is real, or that what you’re publishing was created by a human, when it was created by an AI tool. Doing that is just flat out lying. My own personal operating system doesn’t allow for any kind of deception like that, so, I’m doing what I’ve always done: I’m being open and transparent with you. This first recording was made by my husband. He took an excerpt of a transcript of me teaching, fed it through a couple AI tools, and had the software create a podcast conversation between two people who are talking about the ideas I covered in the excerpt.The first time I heard it I started laughing. It just sounds so incredibly human, and I couldn’t believe that this podcast conversation about my concept of “money stories” is not actually two people talking…it’s two AI bots. AI tools are just tools. They can be used for good or bad, like any other tool. There are some not-so-great uses of AI, and some very good uses of AI. This, I hope you’ll agree, is one of the good uses. Have a listen to this podcast conversation where Jack and Julia (yes, I just made those names up) are discussing my concept of money stories, how you can start to uncover your own stories, and how doing that can help you unlock a new way to relate with money.Additional Links:baritessler.com/art-of-moneybaritessler.com/podcast
Under-loving, Over-giving, under-receiving. Under-no-ing, over-yes-ing.It has everything to do with your experience of self-worth whether or not this is reflected in your salary or income.Finding and claiming your sense of value is a lifelong process.It unfolds over time in baby steps and leaps and then more baby steps.Overcoming underearning requires both internal and external work.For todays money teaching, I offer some of the internal practices that my community and I have found most helpful in growing our sense of value and overcoming underearning from the inside out.(This is an edited excerpt from my first book: The Art of Money: A Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness)So, which practices are you going to focus on today?Pick one or two and start slowly and lovingly...I am with you,BariP.S. My three-phase financial therapy method includes Money Healing, Money Practices and Money Maps. This list of overcoming under-earning practices comes from the Money Healing realm where the internal work resides. We delve into the external practices of claiming your value by moving through money ceilings, learning how to work with cash flow dips and creating sustainable business models in the Money Practices and Money Maps phases of my financial therapy work.
Dear Friend,Most of my financial therapy work has to do with helping people create a more mindful, savvy and empowered relationship to money.This could be in the realm of personal finances, couples finances and even in business finances.In my Mentor program, which is a group program for therapists, coaches and financial professionals, I’m additionally supporting folks to create a more sustainable business.In that context, we’re not just working on our money psychology, we’re also working on new ways of offering our services and adding new revenue streams.And the way you do that has everything to do with your business models.There’s a funny thing about running a business though: once you do it for several years, you realize that the business model you thought would bring in great revenue forever…sometimes starts to not work so well.And when that happens, it’s time for a business model update.There are dozens of things that can change in the outside world that can lead to you needing to change something in your business model. It could be changes in a social media platform’s algorithm or something larger like a worldwide pandemic.And, there can be dozens of things that can change in our inner world that can also lead us needing to update our business models, such as having a new baby, going through a divorce, or experiencing a health crisis.Sometimes we just need to find creative ways to adapt and adjust our own business model so that it works better for the particular life phase that we are in.After a recent class I led for my Art of Money Mentor group, I had a strong intuition that there are more of you out there who might be facing challenges in your business or private practice that could be less challenging if you updated your business model.And I knew then that I had to share the audio recording from this call, because I took a deep dive into the topic of business models: what they are, why we need to change them, examples of different kinds of models, and a box full of stories from times when I’ve had to change my own business models.So today, I want to share this recording with you from my most recent Mentor Group call.If you have a business or private practice that could use a business model shift, I hope you find some helpful nuggets in this recording!Here’s to getting creative and fine-tuning,
Bari Tessler interviews Lindsay Bryan-Podvin a Social Worker turned Financial Therapist and they discuss ADHD money tips and more. Find more on baritessler.com/podcast
In this candid interview, Geneen shares her own money story about losing her life savings to Bernie Madoff and how it changed her relationship with money - and herself - forever. If you are seeking to bring a deeper sense of security to your money journey, if the question of enoughness resonates with you, I encourage you to do a gentle body check-in and listen in. Content Warning: Please be aware that while this interview is a candid conversation about our intimate relationships with money, enoughness, and ourselves, relationship with food, as well as disordered eating behaviors, do come up along the way. If today’s teaching is not right for you, please know I see you and always encourage you to honor your needs and well-being first and foremost. You’ll hear: - What Geneen learned from her lived experiences with scarcity, abundance, and losing everything more than once.- Why Geneen struggled with feeling disconnected from truly receiving (and spending!) the money she earned.- How the money beliefs Geneen inherited from her father helped her save even in times of scarcity - and kept her from being present with what she had.- Why trying to change “undesirable” behavior keeps you from getting curious about what you believe and why you behave the way you do.- How Geenen overcame catastrophic financial loss and found enoughness within.Find out more here: baritessler.com/2023/06/what-is-enoughnessAlso, heads up: This is an older interview from 2013, and the audio quality is not so good.
Dear Money Adventurer,Sometimes, as we move deeper into our relationship with money, we find that this work brings up old wounds or painful emotions that we thought we had healed.These moments are a testament to your mindful awareness and personal growth, yet their unfolding can feel disorienting and overwhelming.Finding yourself moving through painful histories while also simultaneously trying to learn new practical money skills can feel like the ground is giving way beneath your feet.You might feel like a child again, yearning for care and support amid difficulty, longing for safety and stability that you cannot provide yourself.In the midst of these truths lies another: in turning inward to bring awareness and compassion to the places where we feel unsafe, we can learn to cultivate a deeper sense of inner safety to ground us through life’s ebbs and flows.The somatic term for this feeling-safe-in-your-body-no-matter-what is “self-regulation.” – Just as the name suggests, it is a gift that we can cultivate for ourselves.I’m going to share three of my favorite somatic practices to help you foster a sense of internal safety as you navigate your money journey.These body-based exercises are simple, yet profoundly powerful.When you find yourself struggling with money stress, discomfort, or any big emotion, these personal practices can help you feel supported as you learn to self-regulate with compassion and gentle curiosity.Let me show you how.More here: baritessler.com/podcast
Dear Money Adventurer,Every single day of our lives, whether we realize it or not, each one of us is writing our own unique Money Story.Yet, no matter how different our journeys may be, there are certain themes and questions that we all struggle with at some point or another. And when we realize that we aren’t the only ones facing these challenges, the burden is a little easier to carry.As your guide on this journey, here are the 10 Things Your Financial Therapist (me!) wants you to know right now.
In a world where so often our self-worth gets tied to the work we do or the money we make, we unconsciously invest our personal value in metrics, paychecks, and bottom lines. And we undermine our ability to truly honor and share our gifts, to show up as our most authentic selves, and to thrive in our work and lives.
So, how can we transform the attachment between self-worth and money that is so prevalent in life and business?
This question came up during my recent Office Hours call with the Art of Money participants, and the answer is a profoundly personal journey of self-discovery, tuning in to our inner knowing, and reclaiming our deepest values.
Find out more here: https://baritessler.com/podcast
I recently had the opportunity to interview Iris Brilliant for The Art of Money podcast, and I am so excited to share her insightful wisdom with you today. Her former roles include Social Justice Strategist at investment management firm Robasciotti & Philipson and National Organizer at Resource Generation, where she helped move over 10 million dollars to social justice organizations.
In this profoundly moving conversation, Iris shares her own story of navigating unexpected wealth and loss and how we can deconstruct the ideals of capitalism to stand in the integrity of our own personal values to create a more equitable world.
Find out more here: https://baritessler.com/podcast
The work you do, the paycheck you earn, your bank account balance - none of these has anything to do with your intricate worth.
You are priceless beyond measure.
Yet, we live in a world where most of us need to work to earn money to support ourselves, our families, and, as small business owners, our team as well.
We don’t like to talk about making money, though, it feels uncomfortable, shallow, and vulnerable. Even more so when we’re in a position where we want or need to be making more money.
But these silent taboos don’t serve us. Frankly, they never have. So it’s time to bring some loving honesty to break them down.
I recently had the opportunity to interview a dear friend and colleague of mine, Money Coach and author of “Why Women Earn Less: How to Make What You’re Really Worth,” Mikelann Valterra.
Find out more on the podcast: https://baritessler.com/podcast
I am SO excited to introduce you to my latest guest on the Art of Money podcast, Jayson Gaddis. Founder of The Relationship School, leading relationship expert, and sought-after coach, Jayson helps folks learn to repair everyday conflict with respect, compassion, and understanding for each other - and ourselves.
The wisdom, insight, and accessible practices that Jayson shares in this interview will empower you “to love bigger and work out your differences.”
Click here to learn more: https://baritessler.com/podcast
Recently, I had the privilege of interviewing one of my favorite people and dearest friends, Danielle Cohen, who joined me on the Art of Money podcast to share her own story of integrating life, money, and business as a woman, a mother, and a creative entrepreneur who has been forging her own path for over 20 years.
Danielle is a visibility coach, professional photographer, business mentor, and educator with a unique talent for helping others step into and offer their greatest work by becoming more visible, owning their story and their magic, and sharing it with the world.
This conversation is a deep soul dive into the stuff of life - we cover themes of motherhood, family, and relationships, creating new beginnings, pivoting a business during the pandemic, and everything that comes along with it.
Earlier this summer, I had the joy and privilege of interviewing Annie Schuessler, a fellow therapist, Art of Money alum, and host of the phenomenal podcast, “Rebel Therapist.” When Annie first started her private therapy practice, she struggled with her mindset around money, with not knowing how to build her business, and how to balance her desire to help folks heal while also supporting her family.
Twenty years later, Annie has found her spark, mentoring therapists to build ethical, sustainable businesses that honor their passions, the way they want to show up, and the work they want to do in the world.
Listen in as we challenge the status quo and explore:
- How Annie confronted scarcity and the limiting beliefs around money that were undermining her professional and financial success
- How “rocking the boat” and talking honestly about her struggles and experiences led Annie to create a business that is both fulfilling - AND capable of supporting her family
- Honoring queer, feminist values in a capitalist society
- How Annie helps therapists who feel stuck in their practice cultivate new outlets of inspiration and create new opportunities for success
- What it means to be a “rebel therapist”
Tuning into our bodies is a life-saving, life-giving practice.
Our bodies have precious wisdom to share with us, but in a culture that teaches us to ignore those messages, how do we get back to our bodies and learn to listen to the insight that they have to share with us?
In the latest installment of my Money Memoirs series, I had the opportunity to interview Kimberly Ann Johnson, a Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner, educator, and author who helps women heal their trauma, connect with their bodies, and awaken to their own innate power to start living life on their own terms.
For more head to baritessler.com/podcast
Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to Wendy Allegaert, a Health Insurance Advocate who specializes in Medicare. She loves to study all things insurance, so you can ask her about Obama Care, the positives changes the Biden administration has already put into place or meet with her to brainstorm health insurance strategies.
Wendy has also been an Art of Money student since 2015 and has done her own courageously beautiful money work over the years. Our interview will start with her sharing some of her experiences with the Art of Money program and community -- she is currently in two accountability groups -- and what has positively changed in her own money journey over the years.
Head to Baritessler.com/podcast for more information.
In today's Art of Money podcast interview, Bari interviews Jacquette Timmons on how to price your services.
Jacquette M. Timmons is a financial behaviorist committed to getting you to see that you don't manage money — you manage your choices around money. She's the author of Financial Intimacy: How to Create a Healthy Relationship with Your Money and Your Mate and the creator of The Comfort Circle™ dinner series, where she hosts discussions about money, business, and life over food and wine. When she's not providing behavioral-based financial coaching, she's traveling the country for speaking engagements to talk about the intersection of emotions and money. Her work has been featured on "Good Morning America," Oprah.com, CNN, HLN, FOX, Black Enterprise, NPR, Wall Street Journal and Family Circle.
Here we are, at our last Money Mocha for this year, and this one’s a tender one. It’s about legacies…money legacies. Those we’ve inherited from others and those we’ll leave behind for others to inherit from us.
I often tell people that money touches every part of our lives. Every. Part. The way we relate to money even affects other people’s lives long after we’ll leave this Earth for the great journey beyond.
Not many people think about what money legacies they’ve picked up from their parents or other relatives that were around when we were growing up. And fewer people think about what money legacies they’ll leave for others to pick up.
But today…we’re going to put it on the table. Something deeper and more meaningful than what you’re probably used to thinking about when it comes to personal finance.
I’m going to tell you the story about the time my father had a stroke and I went to be with him in the hospital…and all that I learned in my time with him about money legacies.
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I hope the last mocha brought you in touch with something in your relationship with money that’s a bit deeper than the typical “save 20% of what you earn and build up your 401k” kind of advice that tends to get attention in the personal finance world.
It’s not that I disagree with advice like that. Its just…there is SO MUCH more to creating a healthy relationship with money than the “spend less than you make” type of mainstream sound bites.
To be honest, while advice like that is helpful for things on the surface level (that tiny tip of the iceberg that sits above the water), the real work that creates lasting, profound transformations happens in the deeper levels of our psyche. Those quiet levels below the surface that are sometimes hard to get down to, and hard to put to words once you get down there.
That’s what today’s Money Mocha is about. Are you ready to do a little interior spelunking and see what might actually be going on under the surface of your money life?
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Today’s Money Mocha is a portion of a much longer conversation I had with Amy Bradbury, who is a profitability powerhouse, financial strategist, and QuickBooks guru who helps entrepreneurs with cash flow, systems, and business models.
Amy discusses the number one perspective shift she guides entrepreneurs through who are working on trying to figure out how much money their business needs to operate well enough to give them the level of lifestyle they need it to.
Her tools line right up with a foundational part of my Art of Money methodology but are applied in the realm of one’s business.
More Here: http://baritessler.com/66
Money touches every part of our lives, in one way or another, every single day. And every day we go about our lives making money decisions both large and small, we’re most often running some very old scripts unconsciously in the background, like an app that runs quietly in the background of your laptop.
These scripts are powerful, and many of them were created unintentionally far in the blurry, faded past of our childhoods. Comments your mom made at the kitchen while paying bills. Things your dad did when he got an unexpected bonus from work right before Christmas. That trip your family took to DisneyLand where your parents were arguing about money outside of the hotel room where they thought you couldn’t hear.
These scripts are part of your money stories, and those stories are so powerful they can cause you to make money decisions to this very day. There’s good news about these stories though: they’re not written in stone.
You’re writing your own money stories every day, every week, every month, and every year. And here’s the key: you have the power to start writing new money stories, new scripts, that can then run in the background, guiding you to make better money choices. And those better choices can lead to less stress and grind, and more peace and calm.
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To start out this first Money Mocha, I have a quick question for you: what do you do when life throws a money curveball at you? Not a ball of money (which would be nice), but something super unexpected and not something you would want to happen.
Do you have a plan in place? Do you have any tools you can use as the financial stress meter starts to quickly spike into the red zone?
If you don’t have a toolbox and you don’t have a plan, don’t worry. Most people don’t. But today? I’m going to give you both a toolbox and a plan for how to use those tools in today’s Money Mocha.
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When you infuse money with your deepest values, big change starts to happen. Resistance melts away and you start feeling more coherence and peace around money. The best news? You can start making this shift today with my simple tool: Values-Based Bookkeeping.
Pour yourself a cuppa and relax while I tell you the story of Values-Based Bookkeeping: a simple, profound re-naming practice you can start using today.
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“When life changes, money changes. And, when money changes, life changes”. Sudden Money Author and money pioneer, Susan Bradley.
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In this Episode, I interview Michael Bovee, the Founder of the Consumer Recovery Network. He’s a family man and debt geek. Super geek, actually, but he promises to use his superpower for good because most people need help when it comes to debt and credit.
I’m excited to share with you an interview I did this week with Student Loan expert, Travis Hornsby. His company helps people figure out when someone should pay off their student loans or seek forgiveness programs and the best path forward.
Monique Malcolm: I know many of you are grappling with the key themes Monique and I discussed. We talk about different ways to break through money ceilings as an entrepreneur (hint: I love hard work…but it doesn't always have to BE hard work!). Then we delve into how Monique found herself in $35k worth of debt + how she halved debt that in just 6 months!! We talk about the EXACT moment she knew something had to change, the tools she used to organize her money, and the mindset shifts that had to happen. Valuable for everyone — whether you deal with debt or not.
In this open-hearted interview, we delve into how Randi transitioned from soul-sucking jobs into running a business she adores; older motherhood; how to enforce elegant boundaries when it feels difficult; what caused her to dig a consumer credit-shaped hole for herself in her 20’s, and the lifelines that helped her begin to climb out of it. The 3 key things that helped Randi get out of debt will be helpful for so many — as will her sage teachings on self-kindness.
Cait Howerton is a Millennial Financial Planner who is savvy, smart, real, and relatable. Hear how she supports the LGBTQ+ community around money, how her parents’ financial struggles impacted her view of money in relationships (hint: she’s uber-careful!), the immense challenge of coming out as queer in a small town, the ways she and her honey navigate difficult conversations and manage their money… plus how she finds a balance between frugality and fun. I loved this mature and thoughtful conversation.
Christina Rasmussen: Christina’s a well-known author and group educator on grief, and in this no-holds-barred, incredibly intimate conversation, she gets SO real about growing up poor in Greece: including the huge challenges and gifts of a history she has never before shared publicly. She talks about the money and mindset shifts she’s made as she nears 50; and how her relationship to money has shifted and evolved as she journeyed through soul-shaking loss, left the security of the corporate world, and grown her acclaimed counseling practice.
Manisha is a financial powerhouse, with many a TV appearance to her name, who is on the cusp of turning 50 — with so much wisdom to share in her bright, brilliant and thoughtful way.
We talk divorce, financial literacy for women, and how visiting family in India + growing up in a money-savvy, feminist family shaped the way Manisha stewards money.
Plus, we delve into too-often taboo topics like the impact of mental health on money (including her recent diagnosis), and the similarity between dieting and budgeting.
It was a delight to interview the tenacious Toi Smith, a Business Strategist and Creator of the Game Changer Fund for visionary black women. I have long admired her online. She opens up about what it’s really like supporting four boys as a solopreneur and single Mom, all the ways gender roles in her family were untraditional throughout her childhood, and how she figured out (and raised) her rates! Toi has done a lot of therapy-fuelled money work as a single parent and black woman raising her family without child support, and it shows.
Here’s a glimpse at how my business model has shifted over the past 20 years (and the phase I’m growing into next!).
People say money is the biggest reason couples get divorced. But I disagree.
Whether you’re just beginning your life together or just celebrated your golden anniversary, these tools and practices have been tested and loved by many couples before you, who have stepped into more intimate, empowered, and peaceful money relationships together.
Here are my top tips for talking money with your honey.
A Money Date can be playful, sacred, decadent, spontaneous or scheduled, a quick connection, or luxuriously long - it’s simply time and space for you to connect with your money. And you might be surprised by just how fun and fulfilling they can be!
In today’s Money Mocha, you’ll learn...
- The “chocolate cake” metaphor for your money relationship
- Ultra-quick ideas to shift your mood and make your Money Date feel more meaningful
- Inspiration to dive deeper with the emotional, spiritual, and practical layers of money
Plus! Permission to ditch that old spreadsheet that just isn’t working for you
When your morning cuppa is ready, join me here to listen in or read along.
If you’re new to me and all of this Art of Money stuff, you may not know what I mean by doing a “body check in” and why that has anything to do with anything about money.
Well, this little technique may not sound like much, but this simple little exercise has changed not only my relationship to money, but has done the same for the thousands of people that have put the Art of Money work into practice in their lives. (Turns out it also comes in handy if you lose your way while speaking on stage, as I found out at the Lincoln Center.)
If you’re reading this, it probably means you’re interested in improving your money life in some way. If that’s true, you’re in luck.
After helping people improve their relationship with over the last 19 years, one thing has become super obvious: the easiest, fastest way to change your relationship with money is by becoming aware of the emotions and sensations in your body when the topic of money comes up, either in your mind or in conversation with someone (like your sweetie.)
If I could make a wish and have you walk away from this series of Money Mocha posts with just one thing, it would be this: that you learn to do a body check-in and remember to use it the next time you feel a money challenge come up for you.
Learning to do a body check-in is pretty simple. It’s like a quick mini meditation that grounds your awareness in your body and allows you to find clarity within the sometimes murky emotions around money.
But here’s the thing, and this is super important: the body check-in is something to be practiced before, during, and after any moment of working on your money life. This isn’t a “one and done” kind of a tool. It’s something to be practiced all the time during daily money interactions, money decisions, or in money conversations.
I’ve made a short guided audio recording for you to make it easy to learn. Just press play below and we can do a quick body check-in right now. And then next time a challenging emotion comes up around money? Remember this little exercise and give it a try. It has worked wonders for the thousands of folks that have learned it in my Art of Money methodology:
My jaw dropped when I heard this term: Social justice investing.
I was already intimately familiar with SRI - socially responsible investing. But social justice investing?! This is a whole new level of leveraging money for social change. I knew I had to talk to the woman who coined the phrase: Rachel Robasciotti.
Rachel is a pioneer in the money field in many different ways. She’s a young, queer woman of color in a field that’s 68% male and 77% white. She became a financial planner at a very young age — so she’s simultaneously young and got 20+ years’ experience.
Perhaps most importantly, Rachel’s woman-owned, independent investment firm, Robasciotti & Philipson, is doing things SO differently: lower minimums to invest; integrating emotional intelligence into financial decision making; strategic investing to make major social impact. I am incredibly inspired!
Plus, their clients are 80% women, 70% LGBTQ, and 100% progressive.
Racheal Cook is an award-winning business strategist who believes entrepreneurship doesn’t have to be so complicated. Through her signature online mastermind Sweet Spot Strategy, she helps women entrepreneurs to simplify business and amplify results by designing a business around what works best, for you.
In this interview, we discuss bootstrapping your business, how to design your income streams and business models, how to come to profitability and sustainability as well as the 3 phases of a business.
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
Today I have the honor of introducing you to one of the pioneers in this conscious money field: Saundra Davis.
We discuss:
- How she found herself in a brand-new profession (Financial Planning) at 44.
- Why she decided personal finance was THE way she could make real change, particularly in the black community.
- How she brings the intuitive, spiritual side of her life into money coaching.
- Intersectionality, the income and wealth gaps, how the women’s movement has been different for black women, and the problem with summits.
- What everyone can do to support diversity.
- Why money is so much more complicated than “if you know better, you do better” and how that impacts the coaches she trains.
Today, I’d like to tell you the real, from-the-trenches story of a big financial trauma I faced — and exactly how I worked through it, in the middle of the afternoon … in my bathtub.
Growing up in a wealthy family has its own set of challenges and pain points, and Rebecca articulates these so beautifully and openly. Plus, hear the stages of her money journey and how she relates to her “inner teenager,” especially when she shows up at the Apple Store (so helpful!).
Kate’s a well-known, successful coach and entrepreneur, and in this no-holds-barred, incredibly intimate conversation, she gets SO real about growing up poor: the challenges and incredible gifts. She talks about her fire to fight, the personal Money Healing Ritual she concocted, and how her money work has shifted and evolved as she’s grown her business.
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
Listen to Patricia’s Money Memoir and find out how a decade of deep money work has impacted her life.
In this deep yet playful conversation, Patricia shares openly and vividly about:
- What inspired her to begin this work 10 years ago.
- How money work has helped her forgive her challenging father.
- Why she kept coming back to this work, even when it was tough (I love her metaphor of “little sips”).
- How she’s claimed her value, let go of shame, and deepened her self-compassion.
- How learning to get into her body has transformed her money, relationships, and career.
Cozy up with a cuppa and listen to Alethea’s Money Memoir about motherhood, meaning, multiple incomes, and more.
She shares personal stories and insights about:
What it was like to leave her high-paying architecture career to pursue more meaningful work when her kids were little. How motherhood helped her claim her own value — regardless of the paycheck. How the money dynamics in her marriage changed when she stayed home with the kids — and how they worked through this. The gifts and challenges of her lineage as a Chinese-UK-born immigrant and how they’ve impacted her money relationship. The 3 “money mantras” she’s put on mental repeat — LOVE. THESE!
Hear what an award-winning biz strategist wishes more people knew about money (and much more) in this Money Memoir.
In her uplifting and clear way, Racheal shares:
- The unusual money gifts and challenges her entrepreneurial lineage endowed her with
- The money blindspots she sees over and over with entrepreneurs
- How she does bookkeeping as a person how hates the “hard slog” of details
- The surprising upsides of actually looking at her numbers How she and her husband do money together — roles, Money Dates, and scary leaps.
Hear Keisha’s fabulous Money Memoir about standing in her truth and redefining money legacy.
Keisha has done her money work, and it shows! She shares:
- The REAL money issues facing her high-earning luxury branding clients
- Why she got brave and shared a truth she’d kept hidden -- and how it impacted her income
- The money messages she learned as a black woman in the Deep South
- How she “chutzpah’ed” her way into earning $90K at 19
- What it’s taken for her to let go of the “good girl” money mindset and stop overgiving
- How she’s redefined legacy (THIS is what made her stand out in a crowd of 100 women!)
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
Hear my talk with the one ’n only Vicki Robin: matriarch of minimalism and conscious money work.
Vicki is a master of both the micro and macro sides of money. You’ll hear:
How she lived on $5K per YEAR in the 80’s (and more importantly, WHY) The practices I still vividly remember from her book - a wakeup call in a flash Her “10 mile diet” experiment and why she treats sustainability as an “extreme sport” Why she was (unknowingly!) named the “Eve” of the “FIRE” movement (Financial Independence and Retire Early) The “macro” reasons why she’s had to update her money teachings for Millennials and the new economic realities (so important!)
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
In the following audio of my keynote speech, you’ll hear me share:
- 4 “money koans” from my own life and what they taught me
- The 3 elegant steps I recommend for solving your own Big Money Riddles
- The exact set of questions I used when my child was born (big money koan!!) and how it revolutionized my business model
- How I bring my body into my money koans.
In this episode, 3 amazing Art of Money guest teachers share:
- The top subconscious fears that sabotage people’s earning
- Why wanting to “earn more” isn’t enough — and what to do instead
- One simple practice to uncover the roots of your under-earning (and see what’s really been holding you back)
- The “click” high earners all share — and how to get there
- The un-blueprint method for building a thriving business that includes your “crazy bits”
And more!
You can be savvy about money AND make it come alive with your deepest values, creativity, and playfulness.
When you infuse money with your deepest values, big change starts to happen. Resistance melts away and you start feeling more coherence and peace around money.
The best news? You can start making this shift today with my simple tool: Values-Based Bookkeeping.
Pour yourself a cuppa and relax while I tell you the story of Values-Based Bookkeeping: a simple, profound practice you can start using today.
Listen to this teaching about emotions + money and learn: - How to decode your fight-flight-freeze fear responses around money - 7 things deep money work actually can help you do, with your emotions (yes, there’s hope!) - The vulnerability my husband had about his own money emotions (so good) - My favorite, trusty tool to help you respond to money emotions when they inevitably arise.
For years now, I’ve watched people throw themselves into the same 3 mainstream approaches to money. And they almost never stick.
I first started noticing it when I was a graduate student at Naropa University. I was studying somatic psychotherapy and authentic movement and was surrounded by dancers and tons of creative, spiritual types. And there was SO much suffering around money. Mostly because people simply never looked money in the eye.
I saw this suffering around money even more clearly a few years later, when I hung my shingle as a bookkeeper out in California. My clients were therapists, coaches, and artists — and they had so much suffering and shame, around money.
I was just beginning my own journey with money at the time, and certainly shared much of their suffering. But I was committed to figuring out why smart, compassionate people like us kept getting stuck with money … and how I could help us all experience more peace and empowerment in this crucial area of life.
Money is a practical, emotional, and ever-changing endeavor. That’s why we need an integrated, multi-faceted framework if we want to mature our relationship with it.
Sit back and relax as I tell you the tale of how I created the 3-phase Art of Money methodology … and how this multi-pronged view of money can help get you unstuck … and create real, lasting transformation.
You’ll hear:
Why the “just do it!” approach to money never sticks for long (it’s not a lack of willpower) The ingredient missing from Law of Attraction and other spiritual and emotional money work (they can be helpful as long as you add this) The strange-but-true “origin story” of my Art of Money methodology (including a prayer, an apple orchard, and flip charts galore) An overview of my 3 phase methodology and how it solves the problem of fractured money approaches.
In this brand-new keynote speech, I share 4 of my personal “money koans” and the steps I’ve used to solve them.
In this Money Memoir, I’m sharing my delightful conversation with Sonya Brewer: a body-centered psychotherapist who’s undergone a huge financial transformation.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- How she’s learning to be OK after financial crisis mode
- How her “deeply poor” upbringing taught her to go for her dreams
- Why “the bottom fell out” of her money life after grad school
- How she and her partner went from fighting over buying a pack of gum to intimate money dates
- How buying a house with her partner brought up both of their money “stuff”
- How she deals with survival/panic mode around money
- Why she’s so on fire for helping couples talk about money.
In this high-octane interview, Jayson and I discuss:
-How becoming a parent made him realize he needed to make money on his own terms. -The challenges he faced, growing up in a wealthy family. -How he’s dealt with anger and rebellion in his money relationship (so glad he spoke to this!) -The big “oh shit” moment in his business and how he pivoted. -The many months of private training he needed to learn QuickBooks (I did as well!) -The crucial mistake people make when trying to enroll their sweetie in change. -How he works through the emotions on money dates with his wife. (So inspiring!)
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
You’ll just have to listen to this Money Memoir to fully grok its power, but here’s some of what Danielle shares:
- How fear keeps us from asking for what we need (and deserve)
- The “magical money thinking” she grew up with and how she’s facing it anew now
- How complex PTSD and anxiety impact her money world
- How she “did” money as a single Mom of 3 boys
- The HUGE money “dragon” she just slayed — and the lessons she learned from it. (So powerful.)
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
In our wide-ranging discussion, you’ll learn:
- How a financial catastrophe gave her a sense of spiritual resilience and opened fresh possibilities
- When everyone told her to declare bankruptcy, what she did instead (so inspiring)
- How different income models have shifted her time-and-money mindset
- Why showing up 100% helps her cultivate “enoughness”
- How she and her partner “do” money so it’s about love, not a power struggle
- The importance of being gentle with ourselves as we fine-tune our finances
Find out more on: baritessler.com/podcast
Listen to my Money Memoir with Ricardo McRae to hear how he transformed his relationship with money. You’ll hear:
- How he went from running away from money to becoming a Financial Planner
- The dignity and self-sufficiency his challenging past taught him
- How he released the money belief that kept him earning but not saving
- The “magic words” a friend told him at one of his lowest financial moments
- The hard-knock-life skills he’s trying to pass on to his son — without the pain of deprivation.
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
We cover a ton of ground in this intimate Money Memoir. Listen in to hear:
- Why she decided she would “do money” differently than her parents
- How she avoided the “starving artist” trap
- How she makes getting “nerdy” with money feel meditative, calming, and creative
- How Money Dates with her husband changed their marriage
- How she uses money to get anchored in the present moment AND plan for the future.
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
In our inspiring + practical + hilarious conversation, you’ll hear: - What Berna does instead of budgeting (she calls it “BAE” and it’s genius) - How she set goals to save her from overwhelm - The magic behind her “Bye Felicia” Google Doc, which went viral on YouTube - Why “avocado toast splurges” aren’t 100% to blame for Millennials’ financial struggles - How she and her sweetie got honest about money — together
Find out more here: baritessler.com/podcast
The true story of how I hyperventilated at the car dealership Yes, I hyperventilate in some big ticket money decisions…like this one.
“Good car, good car,” I said, patting the dashboard of our electric Nissan Leaf.
Our little family is so grateful for this car. It reduces our carbon footprint — and shows our son how fun and cool that can be! It gives us tons more freedom than when we only had one car. And it runs like a dream.
But 4 years ago, when we were wondering whether to buy our Leaf, things weren’t so crystal-clear.
Like any money decision, there were a lot of factors to weigh. After all, it was a big ticket purchase. Did we really want to spend that much money? How could we KNOW it would be a good decision that we wouldn’t regret? And what about the differences between how I like to make money decisions and how Forest (my hubby) approaches them?
Truth: we made this BIG money decision in 20 minutes flat. This wasn’t an impulse purchase, though! We were able to make this decision quickly thanks to the years we’ve spent working on our money relationships — solo and as a couple.
But we also used a simple, comprehensive framework to weigh all the factors … which we’ve used ever since. It works that well!
Kick back and listen to the true story of how I hyperventilated in the car dealership … and then made a FAB money decision with my hubby that still makes us smile, years later.
You’ll learn:
The exact framework we used to make a BIG money decision (and have used ever since) How Forest and I navigate our VERY different money decision-making styles How we weighed our short-term, long-term, and values-based money priorities How to de-stress big ticket money decisions (you can do this anywhere!)
Why is money so stressful and sticky in our love relationships?
Bari, we can talk about anything — sex, politics, vaccinations, religion — but we can’t get on the same page about money. We either fight about it … or don’t talk about it at all.
I can’t tell you how many couples have told me some version of that, over the last 16 years. And study after study shows: money is the #1 source of stress in intimate relationships.
But when we get on the same team with money, a whole new world of intimacy, love, and respect opens up.
It’s not always comfortable at first … but it can be so sexy!! (Yes, really and truly!)
Kick back — with your sweetie or solo — and listen to some of my best tips for creating money love with your honey.
You’ll hear:
A simple, 4-phase framework to start fresh and get on the same team How to set the scene for happier, more peaceful conversations around money Sample questions to spark deep connections around money Why polarizing on money habits isn’t always bad news Why NOT to start with the numbers How my hubby made his case to me for a big-ticket purchase.
For many people, the mere thought of sitting down, logging into their accounts, and looking at the real-life numbers of what they earn, spend, save, and owe is mildly (or extremely) terrifying.
If you find yourself in that camp, know that you’re not alone.
Why is looking at our money so doggone hard? What can we do about it? And what’s really waiting for us, on the other side? Sit back, relax, and listen in as I share my thoughts on this rampant phenomenon.
You’ll hear:
5 of the most common reasons why we don’t want to look at our numbers The comforting thing that’s always waiting for you on the other side, when you muster the courage to look 6 steps for working through your resistance to looking (without giving into it or strong-arming yourself) What I mean by a “Money Practice” and simple guidelines to get started.
So there you are, all set to pay your bills in a loving, conscious way. Your candle’s lit. You put a few squares of your favorite, fair-trade dark chocolate on a saucer (the fine china, even). You’ve got soft jazz playing and incense wafting.
And suddenly, you hit a wall of fog. You go “deer in headlights” and can’t focus on the numbers on the screen, let alone unpack your feelings about them. You’re overwhelmed with emotions you can’t quite name — and after ten minutes of trying to willpower your way through your spreadsheets, you give up.
Why does this happen? And how can you work through it instead of simply succumbing to it or strong-arming yourself past it (which feels like icky punishment)?
Money can be scary, vulnerable stuff. Not just mentally or emotionally. Physically, too.
It’s not just our heads and hearts that interact with money. It’s our bodies, too. Our nervous systems and fight-flight-freeze fear responses.
Our relationship with money shows up in tight shoulders, clenched jaws, and angsty tummies.
Here’s the good news: when you know how to work with money and the body, you can feel a deeper sense of safety, peace, and gentle power than ever before.
You can end the war. You can trust yourself. You can relax into the present moment. You can feel your feelings, get the information they’re trying to give you, and not get swept away by emotional drama.
Tuning into the body is a life-saving, life-giving practice. Especially when it comes to money.
My background in somatic (= body-based) practice is one of the biggest reasons why my money teachings feel so different from everyone else’s.
Sit back and let your body relax while I tell you:
What to do when you feel upset or unsafe with money: a guided visualization through my favorite, 60-second practice. Why body-based awareness is square one for all deep change How I got started with body-based practices and have applied them over the years
Sometimes, we hit a brick wall, with our money stuff.
(This is useful. When we listen to it.)
The credit card payment comes due … and we feel all kinds of anger, shame, or just plain resistance.
Or we see “student loan payment” in our monthly spending plan … and feel a queasy knot of anger in our stomach.
What’s going on here … is simpler than you might think. (And way more profound.) What we CALL our spending, saving, debt, and income streams can have a huge effect. A rose by any other name … doesn’t always smell as sweet!
Today, I teach the powerful tool of re-naming to help people bring more meaning, creativity, and playfulness into their money work. But this all started 15 years ago … in a dream. It was more of a vision, really. A parting gift from my very first money mentor, Tamara. And it showed me how powerful and deeply meaningful money can truly be — and an incredibly simple renaming practice to help us embody our values, with every money decision we make.
Sit back, sip a mocha, and let me tell you this story … and how you can start using this ultra-simple (yet powerful!) renaming tool, today: https://baritessler.com/7
Listen as I share with you what a "money koan" is and how to solve your own.
This is one of my all-time favorite ideas!
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/16
What to do when cashflow dips! Get a two handfuls of simple & heartfelt strategies to surf and survive life’s inevitable cashflow dips in my new interview with Tad Hargrave.
Show Notes Here: https://baritessler.com/15
What would it take, for you to feel truly SAFE?
It’s one of the questions we must ask ourselves, when facing personal and global uncertainty.
It’s an emotional question. A somatic question. And a money question.
In my Art of Money community, we have members from all points along the earning spectrum — from self-described “under-earners” to people earning well over six figures per year.
And you know what I’ve learned?
Feeling safe has nothing to do with money. And everything. (Just not in the way you might think.)
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/14
I always smile a little when someone I’m interviewing says,
“Oh, Bari … I can’t believe I’m sharing this with you!”
Truth? It happens pretty often. Not because I have some kinda sorcery. And I always make sure my interviewees are comfortable with sharing what we’ve recorded, afterwards.
This is the magic of creating a safe space to get real, get vulnerable, and get brave about money.
Because the truth is, we all deal with money. We all have some sort of shame about it, at least at some point in our lives. Most of us have never been taught how to manage it (let alone our emotions around it). And (here’s the kicker)...
When we get brave and get honest about money with each other...healing happens.
In today’s Money Memoir (our second to last), I’m talking to Jennifer Lee.
Many of you know her from her Right Brain Business Plan (for creative entrepreneurs). But you’ve never heard her quite like this. Because this is the magic of a safe, un-shaming space to talk about money — and all it touches.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/13
Maketa is one of my favorite people — and I know you’ll see why, after listening to this Money Memoir with him.
Maketa and his wife had a money “wake-up call” a few years ago. (Or, as I like to call it, a “money initiation.”)
After what they thought was a prosperous year, they got their tax bill. (Dunh, dunh, dunh.) They had no idea they owed so much — and it wiped out their entire savings account, overnight.
Sometimes, our biggest “failures” … open the most joyful doors.
Maketa and his beautiful wife harnessed this hardship. They realized they needed to learn more about money. And it had to go deeper than numbers. All the way down into gender roles, their individual life stories, their definitions of success, and on and on.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/12
What happens when you mix a middle class upbringing (with all of its paradoxes and subtle guilt), a contentious divorce, and a remarkably resilient, deep-thinking woman? You get …
An amazing journey into greater self-worth … far beyond the bank account.
In this raw and uplifting Money Memoir, Nancy opens up about her personal journey. We cover money, divorce, her Jewish heritage, and most importantly: how she claimed her sense of value.
Most of us don’t talk about money, except with our closest friends. But we ALL have money stories. Tough times we survived. Triumphs and gifts. Practical wisdom and soul-deep insights. And when we share our money stories with one another, openly and lovingly? Well, magic happens. We un-shame. We spread confidence and peace of mind and a whole lotta love. Honesty is just the beginning … Please curl up with a cuppa and enjoy this special, intimate interview series: Money Memoirs.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/11
Most of us don’t talk about money, except with our closest friends. But we ALL have money stories. Tough times we survived. Triumphs and gifts. Practical wisdom and soul-deep insights. And when we share our money stories with one another, openly and lovingly? Well, magic happens. We un-shame. We spread confidence and peace of mind and a whole lotta love. Honesty is just the beginning … Please curl up with a cuppa and enjoy this special, intimate interview series: Money Memoirs.
When I dreamed up this Money Memoirs series, I knew I wanted to include Jacquette Timmons.
Not only is Jacquette one of our favorite Guest Teachers in The Art of Money, she’s got a rich, multi-layered understanding of money.
As a Financial Behaviorist, Jacquette helps people go beneath the dollars and cents — straight to the underlying behaviors and beliefs creating their financial success (or keeping them from it).
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/10
Get ready to bust out your superhero cape. This mini-class might have you flying.
I recently asked my community of Art of Money members what their all-time favorite pieces of content I’d ever created were. The superclip you’re about to hear was one hands-down winner.
In this superclip, I talk to three powerhouse money guides about what it really takes to earn more money — or, as two of them put it, “overcome under-earning.” And it’s all woven together with helpful commentary and insights from my dear hubby, Forest.
For many, earning more money is a tough, multi-layered nut to crack. As you’ll hear in this piece, that’s because it takes more than practical strategies. We also have to turn within and do some emotional and identity work, too.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/9
You get honest with your honey when it’s been your “turn” to do the dishes the last seven times.
(You might even get playful and growl.)
You tell her when you can’t stomach watching another rom com … and need to get some “cave time” with the fellas.
(And she probably gives you a smooch and celebrates your honesty.)
If you and your honey can get honest about so much else … why do you get so stuck, when it comes to talking about money?
If you’re in this boat … you’re far from alone. Study after study shows: the #1 thing couples fight about is money.
At first, my hubby and I couldn’t talk about money. (Par for the course, right?)
But over many years, through trial and error and a whole lotta love, we’ve learned to come together, open up, get smart, and connect with each other, around money.
Yes: that includes when we disagree!!
Grab your sweetie (or not) and listen to my 4 Phases of Money Love + favorite tips for getting on the same (money) team: https://baritessler.com/8
In today’s Money Mocha, I’ll share:
- A story of discovering and overcoming Money Shame (starring yours truly)
- What Money Shame is and why ALL of us carry it
- Why tough love isn’t the answer to Money Shame
- How to recognize when Money Shame is coming up for you
- My absolute favorite tool for managing Money Shame. This powerful practice is so simple, so accessible, that you can use it anywhere to offer yourself gentle awareness in the midst of overwhelm.
So grab your morning cuppa and join me here to listen or read along with today’s Money Mocha: https://baritessler.com/6
In this final episode of the Art of Money podcast’s first mini-season, Bari shares some of the core tools and practices from her methodology, which were designed to help you solve your biggest money problems.
Some are mindfulness and body-based, some are intimate and chocolatey, and some are just plain smart...but they’re all gentle and ready for you to use, lickety-split.
Bari shares the story of one of her biggest failures in business, and how she turned it into one of her biggest wins. You’ll also hear real-life stories from her students about how they use these tools (including what happened when one woman’s “inner teenager” threw a tantrum in the Apple Store...and the genius way she handled it).
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/5
In this tender + practical episode of the Art of Money podcast, Bari talks with estate planner Martha Hartney about how to protect your money, belongings, and children when you die. Yeah, I know...it seems a bit heavy. Money and death are intense, taboo subjects, but when we look directly at them, they’re also full of love, connection, and compassion. Martha weaves an emotional (and hypothetical) story about Bari’s own son to illustrate the surprising truth about guardianship -- and empower you with the motivation and know-how you need to put your estate in order, and protect the ones you love should you leave before you expect to.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/4
In this episode of the Art of Money podcast, Bari and Forest tell the stories of how The Art of Money methodology was born: the crazy-serendipitous way Bari met her first money mentor, how she and Forest created the 3-phase approach to deep money work, the financial struggles they faced at the beginning of their relationship (and businesses), and all the personal and practical money tools they created along the way.
Show notes here: https://baritessler.com/3
In this episode of the Art of Money podcast, we talk to three smartypants experts about what it really takes to earn more money -- or, as some of them call it, “overcome underearning.” So many people want to earn more money, and while many people will tell you how to do that, it’s rarely a balanced viewpoint. In this episode, we explore the roots of underearning and what three of my sharpest financial colleagues recommend to earn more money, from inner healing to practical tactics. Show Notes Here: https://baritessler.com/2
In this episode of the Art of Money podcast, we dive into stories about an area of money not often heard of publicly: what happens when we hit really, really challenging financial periods of our life? For most of us, those challenging times are sources of money shame, and in this episode, we explore money shame and how five of my dear colleagues moved through their own rough financial patches, and the shame that came from them.
Show Notes: https://baritessler.com/1