50 Fires: Money and Meaning with Carl Richards Rewriting Your Money Story with Breanna Rae Blaney
Apr 30, 2025
Breanna Rae Blaney, a financial wellness leader and co-founder of the Anya Institute for Human Revolution, joins the conversation to explore the emotional connections we have with money. She shares the 'Triple A' framework—awareness, alignment, and action—to foster a values-driven financial journey. Topics include redefining success beyond monetary gain, the impact of childhood experiences on financial identity, and the importance of aligning personal values with spending. Breanna encourages a shift from viewing money as an end goal to a tool for meaningful living.
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Childhood Banking Power Feeling
- Breanna felt powerful and grown-up depositing her birthday check at a bank near her family's coffee shop at age five or six.
- This early experience shaped her aspiration to succeed and feel empowered through money.
Money as Energy and Portal
- Money operates as a portal into our self-relationship and is fundamentally energy.
- Early beliefs linked money with power, but Breanna rewrote her narrative to seek freedom, not control.
Rebelling Against Money Control
- Breanna impulsively bought $450 headphones she couldn't afford to rebel against money's control.
- This illustrates how early money wounds play out unconsciously in spending behavior.