Money Is Emotional

In this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken explains how to choose the right financial professional based on your specific money challenges. With so many options available—including financial planners, financial advisors, financial coaches, wealth coaches, and financial counselors—it can be difficult to know who is best equipped to help.

Christine emphasizes that not all financial professionals provide the same services, and hiring the wrong person can cost you time, money, and frustration.

Christine discusses:

How to know which financial planner you actually need.

Why you should not judge a financial planner by their title.

How financial coaches help with debt, spending, saving, investing, and money mindset.

Deciding between group coaching or private 1:1 financial coaching.

The cheapest option isn’t always the best value.



Resources:

Connect with Christine Luken for Private Financial Dignity® Coaching: https://www.christineluken.com/apply/

Book a Money Power Hour with Christine: https://bit.ly/MoneyPowerHr

Join the waitlist for The Merchant Priestess Path: https://7-pillars-llc.kit.com/mpwaitlist

Join my free community, Spiritual Women Building Wealth: https://bit.ly/SWBWfbgroup

Episode 92 of the Money is Emotional Podcast, Creating Your Wealth Map: https://bit.ly/MIEpodcast92

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 discuss:

Feeling rich and being financially wealthy are not the same thing.

How childhood experiences can shape our beliefs around money.

Why you may be financially successful but still feel like you’re lacking

Why Jennifer’s mum told her that money shouldn’t be received for doing things that are easy.

Practical ways to cultivate a feeling of abundance without overspending or going into debt.

Connect with Christine Luken:

Join my free community, Spiritual Women Building Wealth: https://bit.ly/SWBWfbgroup

Book a Money Power Hour with Christine: https://bit.ly/MoneyPowerHr

Connect with Christine Luken for financial coaching: https://www.christineluken.com/apply/

Join the waitlist for the next round of The Merchant Priestess Path: https://7-pillars-llc.kit.com/mpwaitlist

Subscribe to the Merchant Priestess Substack to get early access to my next book: https://christineluken.substack.com/

Connect with Jennifer Blanchard:

How to Feel Rich Even If You’re Not Yet book: https://amzn.to/4gHrw2V

Substack: substack.com/@authorjenniferblanchard

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/authorjenniferblanchard

TikTok: tiktok.com/@fuckthehow

Website: https://www.jenniferblanchard.net/

About Jennifer Blanchard:

Jennifer Blanchard is the self-made bestselling author of F*ck the How, Quantum Leap Your Life, and Manifest Everything, which are roadmaps for manifesting your dreams and desires without needing to know the How ahead of time.

Her practical approach to intentional manifesting is doable and easy to understand. Readers of her books and students of her courses have said Jennifer clarifies and translates everything they’ve previously learned about manifestation.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Relations with a minor in Creative Writing.

Jennifer has authored more than a dozen books, including several romance novels, and is co-author of the book, Miraclefesting: Inspiring Stories to Help You Recognize and Create Everyday Miracles in Your Life.

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 own financial behaviors, inaction, or lack of knowledge.

Christine discusses:

How to tell if you are feeling external money shame.

The difference between internal and external money shame.

The cure for internal money shame.

Money shame can reveal neglected desires and goals.

How to transform money shame.



Connect with Christine Luken:

Connect with Christine Luken for financial coaching: https://www.christineluken.com/apply

Join my free community, Spiritual Women Building Wealth: https://bit.ly/SWBWfbgroup

Book a Money Power Hour with Christine: https://bit.ly/MoneyPowerHr

Money is Emotional and additional books by Christine Luken: https://www.christineluken.com/books/

Join the waitlist for the next round of The Merchant Priestess Path: https://7-pillars-llc.kit.com/mpwaitlist

Disappointment is Necessary: How Letting Others Down Sets You Free by HR Hutzel:

https://hrhutzel.substack.com/p/disappointment-is-necessary-how-letting-others-down-sets-you-free

Subscribe to the Merchant Priestess Substack to get early access to my next book: https://christineluken.substack.com

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 a real estate portfolio that generates cash flow and ultimately leaving corporate America.

Christine and Jen discuss:

The problem with lifestyle creep.

Why profit matters more than revenue.

Buy assets before buying liabilities.

What does a wealth circulator mean

The fears or beliefs that prevent high earners from becoming owners.

Teaching women to prioritize cash flow.



Connect with Christine Luken:

Join my free community, Spiritual Women Building Wealth: https://bit.ly/SWBWfbgroup

Book a Money Power Hour with Christine: https://bit.ly/MoneyPowerHr

Connect with Christine Luken for financial coaching: https://www.christineluken.com/apply

Join the waitlist for the next round of The Merchant Priestess Path: https://7-pillars-llc.kit.com/mpwaitlist

Subscribe to the Merchant Priestess Substack to get early access to my next book: https://christineluken.substack.com

Connect with Jen Conkey:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenconkey

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.conkey

Remote Multifamily Investing Academy (RMFIA): https://rmfiacademy.com

Website: https://eightfigurefemme.com

About Jen Conkey:

Jen Conkey is a transformational leader, entrepreneur, and mindset strategist with a mission to empower individuals to break free from limitations and achieve extraordinary results.

As a co-founder of initiatives like the Remote Multifamily Investing Academy, Warriors of Wealth, and WOW Live, Jen has positively impacted thousands of lives by guiding them to unshackle themselves from fear, self-doubt, and societal expectations.

With expertise in NLP, neuroscience, and leadership development, Jen’s unique approach combines cutting-edge science with actionable strategies to create lasting change. Known for her vibrant energy (“Jenergy”) and strategic insights, she inspires individuals to build lives filled with purpose, freedom, and prosperity.

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 stories pass down to their children.

It’s okay for parents not to have all the answers.

Money conversations don’t have to be confrontational.

Financial wellbeing begins long before you earn your first paycheck.



Connect with Christine Luken:

Join my free community, Spiritual Women Building Wealth: https://bit.ly/SWBWfbgroup

Book a Money Power Hour with Christine: https://bit.ly/MoneyPowerHr

Join the waitlist for the next round of The Merchant Priestess Path: https://7-pillars-llc.kit.com/mpwaitlist

Subscribe to the Merchant Priestess Substack to get early access to my next book: https://christineluken.substack.com/



Connect with David Delisle:

Website:  https://www.theawesomestuff.com

The Golden Quest: Your Journey to a Richer Life graphic novel and The Awesome Stuff Discovery Cards: https://www.theawesomestuff.com/products/essential-pack-book-cards/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theawesomestuff

TikTok: @theawesomestuff

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theawesomestuff



About David Delisle:

David Delisle  is a TEDx speaker, author, and creator of The Awesome Stuff. He wrote The Golden Quest and built the question, “Is this my Awesome Stuff?”, after watching his own father chase more and lose what mattered most. He speaks to schools, families, and communities across North America.