In this first episode of The Money Story Project, I share why I started this podcast - and how my own journey from “I’m not a maths person” to Chartered Accountant, Fractional CFO, and trauma-informed finance coach changed the way I think about money entirely.
This isn’t a rags-to-riches tale, a list of “10 hacks to get rich,” or a lecture on what you should be doing. It’s about exploring the deeper roots of how we relate to money - the stories we’ve been told, the stereotypes we’ve absorbed, the barriers we’ve faced, and the systems that shape it all.
In this episode, I talk about:
- Why I believe nobody is inherently “bad with money.”
- How early messages about maths, creativity, and “the kind of person who works in finance” nearly kept me out of this work.
- The turning point when I realised that money conversations had to include how we feel - and how making space for those stories transformed my work with clients.
- Why money is never just an individual thing, and how identity, culture, class, gender, neurodivergence, and trauma all intersect with our financial lives.
- What you can expect from future episodes - and how to share your own story if you’d like to be part of the project.
Whether you’re a founder, creative, freelancer, or simply someone who’s ever been made to feel “bad with money,” you’ll find space here for honesty, complexity, and solidarity.
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