Episode 414: Unraveling Financial Fears: Understanding Money Emotions and Behaviors w/ Shannah Game

Journey To Launch

Jamila Souffrant

Finances, Business, Realestateinvesting, Entrepreneurship, Earlyretirement, Investing, Budgeting, Wealth

5 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week on the podcast, I am joined by Shannah Game, certified financial planner, trauma of money specialist, and author of Unraveling Your Relationship with Money. Shannah shares her journey from overcoming financial fears to becoming a money expert, emphasizing the emotional aspects of money management. We dive deep into overcoming financial shame, fear, and anxiety, exploring money personality types, emotional blocks around money, and practical ways to navigate financial decision-making. Shannah introduces four money personality types: Nightingale (nervous), Lion (risk-taker), Turtle (conservative), and Wolf (analytical). She recommends practices such as journaling and financial forgiveness, in order to understand financial emotions and behaviors. Shannah also shares her career evolution and goals, aiming for a balanced life with financial freedom and continued personal growth.

In this episode, Shannah shares:

How money beliefs and emotional barriers impact financial progress
The power of financial forgiveness and mindset shifts for overcoming money shame
Practical strategies to balance financial goals while enjoying life
How to work with a partner or spouse with different money habits
Why defining what “enough” looks like for you is key to financial happiness + much more!

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0:00.0	Take a step back and I want you to think about what does enough look like for you?
0:06.8	Can you actually visualize that, draw it out?
0:10.9	I don't care, write it out.
0:12.3	Because until you know what that looks like for yourself, you're never going to get there.
0:16.1	And so it's never going to be enough.
0:20.3	Welcome to the Journey to Launch podcast with your host, Jamila Sufron.
0:24.9	As a money expert who walks her talk, she helps brave journeyers like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well.
0:34.7	Join her on the journey to launch to financial Freedom in five, four, three, two, one.
0:46.9	If you want the episode show notes for this episode, go to Journey tolaunch.com or click the
0:53.1	description of wherever you're listening to this episode.
0:56.1	In the show notes, you'll get the transcribed version of the conversation, the links that we
1:01.2	mentioned, and so much more. Also, whether you are an OG journeyer or brand new to the podcast,
1:07.5	I've created a free Jumpstar guide to help you on your financial freedom journey.
1:12.6	It includes the top episodes to listen to stages to go through to reach financial freedom,
1:17.4	resources, and so much more. You can go to journey tolaunch.com slash jumpstart to get your guide
1:23.7	right now. Okay, let's hop into the episode.
1:30.5	Hey, hey, hey, journeyers. Welcome to the Journey to Launch podcast. Today I have on a special guest, Shauna Game, who is a powerful
1:35.2	financial expert, certified trauma and money specialists, and certified financial planner. She's
1:40.9	a host of the award-winning podcast, Everyone's Talking Money, with over 28 million
1:45.9	downloads. Her new book, Unraveling Your Relationship with Money, Discover and Ditch
1:50.6	Your Money Trauma so you can live an abundant life, takes greeters on a transformative journey
1:56.1	to heal the emotional wounds of financial shame, fear, and anxiety.
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