

Money Isn’t Scary - Money Mindset, Money Anxiety, Intentional Spending, Saving Money, Money Management
Meghan Dwyer - Financial Planner, Money Mindset Coach, Boy Mom
Feel Confident and Secure in your Relationship With Money
Are you sick of feeling overwhelmed whenever you open you bank account? Do you want to learn to spend money with intention instead of emotion? Do you want to stop staying small and have more confidence in your financial decisions?
In this podcast, you will find actionable steps and emotional support to free yourself from shame and help you find peace around money. My mission is to remove the cultural stigma around money, so that you feel less alone and more equipped to start running toward your fears. If you’re ready to have a healthier and more purposeful relationship with money, you’re in the right place!
I’m Meghan, a mom of 2 young boys, a financial planner, and emotional spender. Despite being a financial planner, I’ve never truly felt a sense of control over my own financial situation. Even though I had the knowledge of financial tools and strategies, I just couldn’t seem to implement and I avoided it altogether. When I finally decided to explore my relationship with money and all the thoughts, beliefs and stories that come with it, I started noticing major shifts in my spending patterns. I began feeling less afraid and started feeling calmer and more confident in my financial decisions. And I’m here to share my journey with you!
If you are ready to see massive shifts in your money mindset and finally feel good when you open your bank account – this podcast is for you! Its time to start listening to who knows you best – you!
Are you sick of feeling overwhelmed whenever you open you bank account? Do you want to learn to spend money with intention instead of emotion? Do you want to stop staying small and have more confidence in your financial decisions?
In this podcast, you will find actionable steps and emotional support to free yourself from shame and help you find peace around money. My mission is to remove the cultural stigma around money, so that you feel less alone and more equipped to start running toward your fears. If you’re ready to have a healthier and more purposeful relationship with money, you’re in the right place!
I’m Meghan, a mom of 2 young boys, a financial planner, and emotional spender. Despite being a financial planner, I’ve never truly felt a sense of control over my own financial situation. Even though I had the knowledge of financial tools and strategies, I just couldn’t seem to implement and I avoided it altogether. When I finally decided to explore my relationship with money and all the thoughts, beliefs and stories that come with it, I started noticing major shifts in my spending patterns. I began feeling less afraid and started feeling calmer and more confident in my financial decisions. And I’m here to share my journey with you!
If you are ready to see massive shifts in your money mindset and finally feel good when you open your bank account – this podcast is for you! Its time to start listening to who knows you best – you!
Episodes
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Apr 24, 2024 • 1h 5min
Anger, Sadness and Finding Emotional Balance with Inside Out Screenwriter, Meg Lefauve
Today, I'm sharing my conversation with Meg Lefauve, Oscar-nominated screenwriter for the Disney Pixar film, Inside Out.
It was so cool to be able to talk to Meg and learn more about the inner workings of a movie that has had such an impact on me and my parenting journey.
We talk about the importance of embracing our inner Anger (especially as women), the power of self-awareness and emotional intelligence, lava, and so much more.
Meg LeFauve is an Oscar-nominated writer and Peabody award-winning producer. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for co-writing the script for Pixar's INSIDE OUT. She wrote the script for Pixar’s THE GOOD DINOSAUR which was nominated for a Golden Globe. In addition, she wrote the story for the MCU live action feature CAPTAIN MARVEL, and wrote the script for Netflix/Cartoon Saloon's MY FATHER'S DRAGON which was nominated for two Annie Awards. She has taught at AFI and served as co-chair of the Graduate Producers Program at UCLA's School of Film and Television, where she taught master level story and development classes for over seven years.
Check out Meg's podcast The Screenwriting Life
And go watch Inside Out 2 live in theatres June 14th!

Apr 17, 2024 • 17min
Conditional vs. Unconditional Self Esteem and How it Impacts Our Relationship with Money
In today's episode, I'm sharing my perspectives on conditional and unconditional self-esteem. We learn what they both are and how we conditional self-esteem sets us up for a relationship with ourselves (and our money) rooted in lack of self-trust. I also share my thoughts on how to move out of conditional self-worth and into a space of unconditional self-worth.
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Apr 10, 2024 • 34min
Teaching Our Kids (and Ourselves) that All Feelings Are OK with Alison McGrath
Today I’m chatting with Alison McGrath. Alison is an elementary school adjustment counsel and author of the new book, Walter and the Worry Test.
Alison McGrath is a School Adjustment Counselor who has a passion for teaching coping strategies to students from kindergarten through fifth grade. Alison loves to teach children about growth mindset, self compassion, mindfulness and reframing worry thoughts. She has found the fundamentals of cognitive behavioral therapy to be especially powerful for individuals who have anxiety. Her personal library of books is large and she is a supporter of bibliotherapy. Alison hopes that this book will aid educators and parents to help guide children on the journey to be as worry free as possible.
Check Out More from Alison and buy the book: Author Alison McGrath
Find Walter on Amazon
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Apr 3, 2024 • 12min
Learning to Be OK with What Is
“Favorable situations are vitamins for the body; unfavorable situations are vitamins for the soul.” ~Dadashri
Today, I'm talking through some recent insights I've had on avoidant behaviors and why I struggle to be OK in the present moment. I think we're all avoiding something and once we can befriend the discomfort of it, it no longer holds power over us. Join me as I walk through my own perspectives on this concept and how it's connection with our relationship with money.
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Mar 27, 2024 • 44min
How to Create Healthy Habits and Actually Stick to Them with Emily Nichols
Today I'm chatting with Emily Nichols, a podcast host, mother and habit coach who helps busy moms develop sustainable health habits.
In her work, Emily shares solutions on how to live a healthy lifestyle that doesn’t feel overwhelming or complicated, but rather sustainable and empowering.
Find More from Emily:
https://emily-nichols.com/
Listen to her podcast: Habit Hack Your Health
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Mar 20, 2024 • 12min
The Elusiveness of Balance
Today I'm sharing my thoughts on the idea of balance - how it doesn't actually exist and what we can do to stop striving for it in our everyday lives.
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Mar 13, 2024 • 47min
Embracing our Awkwardness with Henna Pryor
Today, I'm sharing my conversation with Henna Pryor, Author, Workplace Performance Expert, TedX and keynote speaker, and coach.
Henna is here to normalize feeling awkward and helps us reframe it by showing us how we can turn it into a super power.
Find more from Henna:
Website: https://pryoritygroup.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hennapryor/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hennapryor/
TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L0uvH1wpqg&t=619s
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Mar 6, 2024 • 17min
Taking Back Control: How Feeling Like a Victim Keeps us Small and What We Can Do to Let Go
Today I'm sharing my thoughts on victimhood, which is something that has been dragging me down personally lately. I talk about how victimhood can play out in our life, why we do it (hint, its a copying mechanism) and how we can decipher between facts and interpretations to reframe our mindsets around it.
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Feb 28, 2024 • 46min
Finding the Courage to Design a Life Worth Living with Amanda Greaves
In today's episode, I'm sharing my conversation with Amanda Greaves, author, Interior Designer, speaker and guide. Amanda shares her relatable and raw life story with the world in her book which is brand spanking new, just out this month – the Chameleon Diaries: Designing a Life Worth Changing For.
In 2022, acknowledging career burn-out and breaking a long-lived pattern of toxic personal relationships, Amanda found herself standing on the precipice of ‘do I stay, or do I go’ and made the decision to shift her perspective and career, change her life’s intentions, and re-design her future.
Through courageous acts of self-discovery and relentlessly working to uncover her inner most truth with authentic courage, she took a leap of faith, wrote a book, and subsequently embarked on a new journey towards fulfillment, self-love and unapologetic self-acceptance.
Find More from Amanda at:
https://amandagreaves.com/
Buy her book
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Feb 21, 2024 • 42min
How Knowing Your Money Personality Type Can Help you Make Better Financial Decisions with Danielle Hayden
Today I’m chatting with Danielle Hayden– CEO and Founder of Kickstart Accounting Inc. Danielle Hayden is a reformed corporate CFO who is on a mission to help rule-breaking female entrepreneurs understand their numbers so they can gain the confidence needed to create sustainable profits.
Danielle is a mentor and a guide in the realms of accounting, finance and sustainable business growth. She empowers female founders to develop a killer money mindset so they can truly understand and respect their own financials.
Find More from Danielle:
https://kickstartaccountinginc.com/ (take her money personality quiz!)
https://www.instagram.com/kickstartaccounting/
Danielle's Podcast Business By the Books
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