Becoming You - The Podcast with John Fleming S1E7: How Our Relationship with Money Shapes Our Identity with Michelle Thomé
In this episode of Becoming You – The Podcast, John speaks with Michelle Thomé, a counsellor and Transactional Analysis practitioner from Brazil, whose work explores the emotional and relational dimensions of money.
Michelle shares her personal journey of becoming and how her relationship with money has been a powerful lens into deeper questions of identity, self-worth, and belonging.
Together, Michelle and John explore how our money patterns are often inherited, unconscious, and shaped by the roles we take on in childhood - and how reconnecting with ourselves can begin to shift our financial narratives in gentle, embodied ways.
What You’ll Discover in This Episode:
- Why our relationship with money is rarely just about money
- How grief, family dynamics, and loss shape financial identity
- The link between Transactional Analysis “scripts” and the stories we tell ourselves about worth
- What Michelle means by “being loyal to a dysfunctional system” - and how to begin healing it
- How small moments of joy, like browsing flights or enjoying a shower, helped her to build connection with the present self
- Why curiosity, community, and compassion are key to transforming your relationship with money
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