Feeling stuck in cycles of overspending, financial anxiety, or the constant sense that there's never enough? In this transformative episode, Leah sits down with Brenda St. Louis—bestselling author, financial therapist, and money coach— who reveals that your money problems aren't actually money problems at all. They're nervous system issues rooted in inherited beliefs passed down through generations. Brenda breaks down the five toxic money beliefs keeping you trapped, shares the surprising truth about money's origin (it wasn't bartering), and shows you how to rewire your relationship with money from fear-based to love-based. If you're ready to heal your money story and experience genuine financial freedom, this episode will change everything.

✨ Key Takeaways From This Episode:

• Money issues are never actually money issues -they're nervous system and memory issues rooted in your emotional history
• The five toxic money beliefs: money is bad, I have to work hard for my money, money makes me look good, money will solve all my problems, and there's never enough
• Money didn't originate from bartering, it came from reciprocity and debt in ancient communities as a way to track generosity and connection
• Financial freedom is an inside job-it's not about the amount in your bank account, but being free of nervous system contraction around money
• Intimacy with money is the biggest growth lever in your financial journey (most people either obsessively track it or completely avoid it)
• What we do with money makes total emotional sense, even when it doesn't make logical sense
• Your money beliefs are inherited from your ancestors -clearing these patterns breaks the cycle for future generations
• The three pillars of a healthy money relationship: joy, peace, and confidence
• If you want to make more money, you first have to ask yourself: "Who do I need to become?"
• You can give someone a million dollars, but if they can't receive it, they'll be back to broke in five years (the "bird feeder" vs. building a nest)
• Your desires are divine direction, but they have to be YOUR authentic desires—not someone else's Instagram dream
• Money as a mirror: the way you treat money often reflects how you treat everything else in your life
• Creating a "chalice of receiving"—building your capacity to actually hold and steward wealth
• Fear-based money decisions contract you; love-based decisions expand you
• From the origin story of money to the nervous system: understanding that money was designed as connection, not separation

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