On this episode of Money is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with author Jennifer Blanchard about redefining what it means to feel rich before reaching a particular financial milestone. Jennifer shares her journey from debt, financial uncertainty, and feeling limited by money to developing a healthier relationship with earning, receiving, and experiencing abundance. Christine and Jennifer …
On this episode of The Money Is Emotional Podcast, host Christine Luken explores how money shame can be transformed from something painful and limiting into a source of financial dignity, self-awareness, and action. She distinguishes between external money shame, which comes from other people’s expectations and judgments, and internal money shame, which comes from our …
On this episode, Christine Luken speaks with Jen Conkey, a multifamily real estate investor, capital strategist, and entrepreneur, about moving from simply earning money to becoming a strategic owner of wealth. Jen shares her journey from a 22-year corporate career where she earned a high income but experienced lifestyle creep and financial stress to building …
On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with David Delisle, founder of The Awesome Stuff, about helping children develop a healthy relationship with money before they inherit unhealthy financial beliefs from the world around them. Christine and David discuss: Why money conversations and education should start from a young age. The money …
On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with Juliana Uto, investor, startup advisor, and founder of Wealth Bravery, about developing the skills and judgment needed to become a better steward of wealth. Christine and Juliana discuss: Financial knowledge isn’t the same as investor judgment. How women can develop investment confidence? Risk tolerance …
On this episode of the Money Is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken challenges common stereotypes about trust fund and “nepo” babies while exploring the realities of inheritance, family businesses and generational wealth. Christine argues that criticizing people who inherit wealth while hoping to create wealth for your own family sends conflicting messages about your financial …
In this deeply personal episode of the Money Is Emotional Podcast, host Christine Luken welcomes her friend Nicole Olsthoorn for an honest conversation about a misunderstanding that could have ended their friendship but instead made it stronger. Rather than avoiding conflict, both women chose curiosity, accountability, and open communication, demonstrating what emotionally mature friendships can …
On this episode of the Money is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken sits down with Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Author, Melissa Murphy Pavone, author of Divorce by Design, to discuss how people can navigate divorce with greater clarity, intention, and financial confidence. Melissa shares how her mother’s difficult divorce inspired her career in divorce …
So often, we believe that if we could just make more money, hit a certain number, or achieve a particular level of success, then we’d finally feel secure, fulfilled, and at peace. But what happens when you get there? What happens when you’ve won the money game, and yet you’re still asking bigger questions about …
On this episode, host Christine Luken, originally known as a financial dignity coach, introduces a transformative identity: The Merchant Priestess. This new title reflects a deeper integration of her professional expertise in money management with her spiritual journey and identity. Christine shares: The limitations of referring to herself as only a financial coach. Her Akashic …