Money Healing Club Podcast

Money Healing Club Podcast

The Money Healing Club Podcast is a place to talk about the things we don’t say when we talk about money. Answering questions about impulse spending, icky family dynamics, rebelling against consumerism, and more, Certified Financial Therapist, Rachel Duncan gives you a compassionate, grounded advice and exercises to help you interact with money with less shame and more ease. Get your money & emotions question answered in an upcoming episode here: https://www.moneyhealingclub.com/podcast Welcome to the softest place to land in personal finance.

Episodes

August 22, 2025 21 mins

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Here we go with the #2 most common word I hear about money: AVOIDANCE. (Remember what the #1 is? That's right: SHAME). Do you avoid your money like… the plague? or more accurately, the GYM?? Let's go deeper.

 

In this episode, Rachel responds to a listener question about the lifelong habit of retreating from money tasks — even when you know you’ll feel better afterwards.

Rachel unpacks why money avoidance is such a ...

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What if your body holds the key to healing your relationship with money? Rachel speaks with Jessica Boots, author of "It's All Connected: an interactive leadership and healing journey through the chakras". We explore how the seven chakras can guide us through our money healing journey, as well as our leadership. From root chakra security up to crown chakra wisdom, we unpack how each energy center shows up in our fin...

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When money stress sends you into complete panic mode, sometimes your logical brain knows everything is probably fine... it's a weird dual feeling that happens to all of us. Rachel explores the wild emotional rollercoaster of high-stakes money moments - like home renovations, real estate transactions, and banking delays - and introduces a powerful framework for moving from reactive panic to thoughtful response. Using...

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Financial Art Therapist, Rachel Duncan answers a listener's beautifully simple question "How do I get started? Is it too late to start? How many people are in the group?"

Rachel shares exactly what happens inside the Money Healing Club membership, addresses common fears about sharing money struggles in a group setting, and explains why her approach focuses on decreasing shame and increasing self-love rather than strict budgets and ...

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Ever feel caught between wanting to contribute to the greater good and wondering how you can actually afford to? In this episode, Rachel sits down with Jasmine Rashid, author of The Financial Activist Playbook and a powerhouse in the impact investing world. Jasmine has helped shift billions of dollars away from harmful industries and toward social justice causes, all while navigating her own relationship with money under capitalism...

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What happens when the thing you've been working toward your entire career—retirement—suddenly feels more terrifying than exciting? In this episode, Rachel sits down with John Hankins, a 73-year-old financial therapist who's not just studying retirement psychology, he's living it. After 35 years in IT, John reinvented himself as a financial therapist and brings both professional expertise and personal experience to help people navig...

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Does clothing hold a special place in your heart and wallet? Rachel explores the deeply emotional relationship between clothing, identity, and impulse spending with stylist Kyla Brown. This conversation goes beyond fashion tips to examine how our wardrobe choices reflect our inner journey of self-acceptance, belonging, and the difference between shopping for who we are versus who we fantasize being. Kyla shares her essential wardro...

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Do you feel numb or panicked when you even think about checking your bank account? If your body takes over when money topics come up, you're not alone - this might be financial trauma. In this episode, financial therapist Rachel Duncan sits down with Sydney Harbosky, a certified EFT practitioner, to explore how Emotional Freedom Technique (also called "tapping") can help heal your relationship with money — BODY FIRST. Sydney guides...

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How do you overcome a scarcity mindset when it was essential for your family's survival? Financial therapist Rachel Duncan responds to a listener's question about breaking free from the scarcity scripts inherited from immigrant parents. Rachel explores how financial trauma gets passed down through generations and offers a step-by-step process for honoring your family's experiences while creating new money scripts that serve your pr...

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How does your ADHD impact your financial life? In this collaboration with Everyone's Talkin' Money podcast, financial therapist Rachel Duncan sits down with Shari Rash, financial advisor and podcast host, to explore the unique challenges and surprising strengths that come with ADHD when managing money. Shari shares her personal experience as someone diagnosed with ADHD as an adult and how she's created systems that work with her br...

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Why does your partner's stress surface as money worries? Why is it that one of you have more comfort about money topics and the other avoids it? It's actually all rooted in attachment styles. Financial therapist Rachel Duncan sits down with Ed Coambs CFP (R), LMFT, CFT-I TM, MBA, a fellow financial therapist and planner and author of "The Healthy Love and Money Way," to explore how your past relational experiences shape your money ...

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Do you feel shame discussing your money when you're worried about being judged for having too much or too little? We all do this mental gymnastics, and we're here to explore WHY we do it. I'm join by Hanna Horvath, CFP a certified financial planner and money psychology expert, about the complex relationship between money and identity. We talk about class perception, wealth signaling, lifestyle inflation, and the psychological gymna...

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Rachel Duncan, Financial Therapist, and Leah Kern, RD, an anti-diet dietician from the Shoulders Down Podcast explore the striking parallels between budget culture and diet culture.

How do these two systems use similar tactics of restriction, shame, and unrealistic standards to keep us trapped in destructive cycles?

The conversation explores:

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How do you navigate a strange job market where positions are being pulled mid-interview process? It's frustrating to say the least. Shannon, a fundraising professional turned career coach, shares insider perspectives on employer behaviors during hiring, strategies for protecting your current position, and techniques for effective salary negotiation.

 

💬 "Everybody, you should be making more money and you're worth more. That's my l...

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Rachel Duncan, Financial Therapist, responds to a listener question about the emotional side of taxes. Why do we still feel tax anxiety even when we've improved our systems and understanding? We dive into the psychology behind our tax-related stress and offer practical solutions to help soothe your tax anxiety.

  1. How childhood experiences with taxes can creat...

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Have you ever experienced harm in a community? It's common, and we all have the opportunity to learn, clarify, and regenerate, even through difficult conversations. Here, you'll learn the ingredients for safer spaces and healing conversations.

Financial Therapist, Rachel Duncan is joined by Maz George, a queer, trans, nonbinary coach, facilitator, sacred galvanizer and visual artist based in Brooklyn who supports people seeking gre...

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How does someone become a Financial Therapist? This episode weaves together Rachel's childhood counting coins, a love of bugs, college surprises, being "office mom", and getting a C in self care.

🎯 Key Moments:

- Were you ever the banker in Monopoly too?

- The Feminism & religion that changed how I see everything

- My love/hate relationship with being "Office Mom"

- How can Art therapy and financial therapy work together?

- Wh...

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Are you exhausted from trying to make "ethical" financial choices in a system built for billionaires? This week’s episode of The Money Healing Club Podcast will redefine how you think about financial justice, mutual aid, and community care.

Host Rachel Duncan and Angie Fitzpatrick sit down with River Nice (they/them), a queer, anti-capitalist financial educator, to break down:

  • Why "voting with your dollars" isn't enough—and wh...
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Ever feel weird or uncomfortable when it’s time to sell your services? You’re not alone. In this episode, Rachel Duncan, financial therapist, and Lexi, hypnotherapist, dive deep into the subconscious blocks holding you back from selling with confidence.

Inside this episode, we cover: ✔ Why childhood experiences shape your money & sales mindset ✔ How hypnotherapy can help rewire subconscious beliefs ✔ The 4 brainwave states and ...

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Do you have deep emotions around money? Like, no matter how hard you try to be more aware and organized, it feels like there's a force working against you? In this episode, Rachel Duncan, Financial Therapist and Art Therapist guides you in a powerful writing prompt called 'Dear Money, What Would You Have Me Know?' as an adaptation of Liz Gilbert’s daily prompt. I share my own writing, and invite listeners to write their own, offeri...

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