Fear Runs Your Wallet | Joy Slabaugh | Growing Money with Sean Trace

Fear Runs Your Wallet | Joy Slabaugh | Growing Money with Sean Trace

July 19, 2026 · 44 min

About this episode

Joy Slabaugh discusses the emotional aspects of money and how anxiety around it relates to deep human needs.

Money is never just money - and this episode of Growing Money proves it. I sat down with Joy Slabaugh, a CFP turned licensed trauma counselor, who's spent her career at the exact intersection of finance and emotional healing. Joy walked me through why our anxiety around money almost always traces back to three deep human needs: safety, freedom, or connection. We got into the "eating cat food alone" fear that shows up again and again in her sessions with wealthy clients, why ...

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Host: Sean Trace

Guest: Joy Slabaugh

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Organizations: CFP, licensed trauma counselor

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