About this episode

The episode discusses financial abuse and what women need to know before starting over after experiencing it.

This conversation originally aired during our 2025 Breaking the Chains… Escaping Abuse telesummit with financial coach Suzanne Skolian, where we discussed one of the most overlooked forms of abuse: financial control. Financial abuse rarely begins with obvious manipulation. Often, it starts slowly through secrecy, monitoring, “allowances,” restricted access to accounts, damaged credit, or being made to feel incapable of surviving independently. Over time, money becomes more than a financial is...

People in this episode

Hosts: Elizabeth Jane, Deana Lynn

Guest: Suzanne Skolian

Topics covered

• financial abuse
• financial control
• women's empowerment
• abuse recovery
• independence

Keywords

• financial abuse
• control
• independence
• women
• telesummit
• recovery
• credit

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