The Money Reckoning: Can I move my work from transaction to gift? With Roni Wiener

The Money Reckoning: Can I move my work from transaction to gift? With Roni Wiener

May 23, 2025 · 23 min

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Julia S interviews Roni Wiener about transitioning from transactional work to a gift-based approach.

I have been writing The Money Reckoning blog, untangling money at work, following a groundbreaking team change how they pay themselves. I didn’t expect that I’d be tested. I was recently asked to “value my time.” I've been questioning transactional vs gift nonviolent approaches. Before, I would have responded with a rate. Now, here’s a chance to actually try something different . But what, and how? So I turned to a mentor, Roni Wiener , a brilliant nonviolent facilitator, who is walking the talk – moving from highly-paid consulting to offering their work as a gift – and sustaining much of their life through gifts. I was fascinated – how would that even work? So I asked Roni for a call, and we recorded our conversation. Follow The Money Reckoning blog series . Watch the video interview with Roni here . THE IMPACT. Roni Wiener teaches groups to make decisions that care for everyone, on transforming collaboration and in partnership with nonviolence organizations like NGL . THE JOURNEY. Roni has moved from highly-paid consulting in the traditional capitalist model to offering their work as a gift – and sustaining their life with gifts. Here are the lessons I learned from Roni about…

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