Where Wealth Meets Identity: Finding Voice Inside the Family Legacy
From Legacy Builders: Strategies for Building Successful Family Enterprises by Cory Gagnon
May 22, 2026 · 53 min · Episode 69
About this episode
The episode features Dr. Shay Harris-Pierre discussing the intersection of family relationships, wealth, and identity in the context of family legacies.
In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Shay Harris-Pierre, Senior Consultant with Continuity Family Business Consulting, where she works at the intersection of family relationships, wealth, and identity. A clinically trained consultant and therapist, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Certified Financial Therapist, Shay brings nearly fifteen years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families navigate the emotional dimensions of money. Through her work in family enterprise consulting, she supports multigenerational families as they move through questions of succession, governance, identity, and the relational complexities that wealth can create across generations. Our conversation explores how families can better understand the personal stories and inherited expectations shaping the way wealth is experienced, discussed, and shared.
People in this episode
Host: Cory Gagnon
Guest: Dr. Shay Harris-Pierre
Topics covered
- family relationships
- wealth
- identity
- succession
- governance
- multigenerational families
Keywords
- family legacy
- financial therapy
- wealth management
- emotional dimensions of money
- succession planning
- identity in wealth
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Continuity Family Business Consulting
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