“Spiritual is who I am. Finance is what I know.” I got chills when Saundra Davis said that! This nugget of money wisdom tumbled out of her heart in our recent interview. That interview is right below – but first, please allow me to say: this interview was an absolute honor and thrill! I’ve wanted to interview Saundra for many years, and am proud to add her to the impressive and growing list of money pioneers I’ve interviewed and shared…
People say money is the biggest reason couples get divorced. But I disagree. Now, of course: money is high-stakes, emotional territory. And money is certainly an area of life where we can experience a lot of stress and friction — especially in a relationship or marriage. Because as emotional and primal and confusing as money is for ONE person, when you add a whole other person to the mix — with their own money stories and patterns and childhood messages…
Your relationship to money is like a layer cake. (Now there’s a metaphor we can get behind, right?) There’s a big, thick, gooey emotional layer. (I’m imagining dark chocolate ganache, if you can’t tell.) Maybe there are actually several of these layers, throughout the cake. Then there’s a psychological-mental layer. That’s all of the beliefs and patterns you have about money, whether they came from you, your parents, your culture, or beyond. (Raspberry coulis, perhaps?) Money has relational and cultural…