How you feel about money
changes everything
Your financial life isn't just about numbers — it's about the emotions driving every decision you make. The Emotional Money Podcast explores why we feel the way we do about money, and how understanding those feelings can transform your financial future.
Why your feelings about money matter
Traditional finance tells you what to do. We help you understand why you haven't been doing it.
Emotions First
We start with how money makes you feel — the anxiety, the excitement, the shame, the hope. Understanding your emotional responses is the first step to financial change.
Know Your Patterns
Discover which of the 5 Money Personas drives your financial decisions. When you see your patterns clearly, you can start making choices that actually align with who you want to be.
Real Transformation
This isn't about budgeting spreadsheets. It's about changing your relationship with money from the inside out — so the strategies you learn actually stick.
Latest Episodes
Fresh conversations about the emotional side of money
Your Money Story — How Childhood Messages Shape Your Financial Life
Every financial decision you make is influenced by messages you absorbed as a child. David and Emme explore how your earliest money memories are still running the show today.
The Five Money Personas — Which One Are You?
Are you an Anxious Protector? A Free Spirit? A Wounded Warrior? Discover the five emotional patterns that define your relationship with money.
Breakup Spending — Why Heartbreak Hits Your Wallet
After a breakup, many of us cope through spending. David and Emme unpack the emotional mechanics of retail therapy and how to catch yourself before the credit card does.
What's your emotional relationship with money?
Take our free 3-minute quiz to discover your Money Persona — the emotional pattern that drives every financial decision you make. Get personalised episode recommendations based on your results.
Take the Free QuizBalanced Builder
Steady, grounded, and growing
Anxious Protector
Driven by the need for security
Avoidant Free Spirit
Living in the moment, avoiding the numbers
Wounded Warrior
Carrying past financial pain forward
Perfectionist Analyzer
Seeking the perfect move before any move
Which one are you?
Meet Your Hosts
Two generations. Two perspectives. One mission: helping you understand your emotional relationship with money.
David
Wealth Manager & Financial Adviser
With decades of experience managing wealth, David brings a deep understanding of the financial world — and an even deeper curiosity about why smart people make emotional money decisions.
Emme
Psychology Student & Co-Host
Emme brings a fresh Gen Z perspective and her psychology studies to every conversation — asking the questions her generation is thinking but nobody else dares to say out loud.
What We Talk About
Every episode falls into one of four content pillars — each exploring a different dimension of your emotional money life.
Emotional Deep Dives
Exploring the feelings that shape your money story
Money Personalities
How your unique wiring affects your finances
Generations & Culture
How your background shapes your money emotions
Real Life Money
Navigating emotional money moments
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