You're Not Bad With Money, It's Money Trauma (ft. Naseema McElroy)
About this episode
Naseema McElroy discusses money trauma and financial anxiety, offering insights on building wealth without shame.
In this episode of The Vibe With Ky Podcast, Naseema McElroy breaks down money trauma, financial anxiety, and how to build real wealth without shame. If you make decent money and still feel broke, behind, or ashamed every time you open your banking app, this conversation was made for you. Naseema McElroy is a labor and delivery nurse, single mom of three, and the founder of Financially Intentional. She paid off one million dollars in debt and built a millionaire net worth in three years while working bedside, which makes her uniquely honest about what it actually takes. We get into why earning more never quiets the anxiety on its own, and why so much of our money struggle is really money trauma, not a math problem. It is the kind of talk that changes how you see your own bank account. Here is some of what we cover: Why financial shame is usually inherited, and how to start letting it go How to build simple wealth systems that run in the background, starting with as little as ten dollars Why impulse spending is often an ADHD and dopamine pattern, not a willpower failure, and how to gamify money so it works with your brain How small, intentional decisions can change your finances…
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