Why You Are Not Bad With Money: with financial expert & best-selling author, Leah Hadley

About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Royster and financial expert Leah Hadley discuss dismantling the shame around finances and empowering women to reclaim their financial sovereignty.

Money is one of the most powerful tools used in high conflict divorce and coparenting dynamics. For many women: the narrative that they are "bad with money" is not a personal failure: it is a story they have been told to keep them feeling small or stuck. In this episode: I am joined by Leah Hadley (a financial expert OG). We are dismantling the shame around finances and giving you the clinical and practical tools to reclaim your financial sovereignty. We dive deep into: Financial Mindset tools, including values & clarity around what you really want. The importance of sisterhood and support as you build intentional wealth. How to pick a good financial planning pro and what to watch out for. About Leah Hadley: Leah Hadley is a financial planner, Accredited Financial Counselor, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, and the founder of Intentional Wealth Partners and Intentional Divorce Solutions. She is the author of Intentional Money: The Modern Woman's Guide to Building Wealth, Purpose and Peace, and the creator of The Empowered Sisterhood , a community built to help women achieve lasting financial confidence. Leah's work is rooted in the belief that when women are financially…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Karalynn Royster

Guest: Leah Hadley

Topics covered

• financial empowerment
• co-parenting
• high conflict divorce
• financial mindset
• women and money
• wealth building

Keywords

• money
• financial tools
• co-parenting dynamics
• financial mindset
• wealth
• financial planning
• women empowerment

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Intentional Wealth Partners, Intentional Divorce Solutions, The Empowered Sisterhood

Books & works: Intentional Money: The Modern Woman's Guide to Building Wealth, Purpose and Peace

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