The Rhythm of Money

Indigo Dutton
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The Rhythm of Money is a podcast for women who want to be clear and capable with money. It's for those ready to build the type of wealth that follows a personal vision of steady success. Hosted by a retired investment advisor and former business consultant, this show starts where most money conversations skip past: the nervous system, old beliefs, avoidance, quiet shame, and the emotional patterns that have been shaping financial choices long before any spreadsheet entered the picture. Money isn't only math. It's also rhythm, safety, attention, timing, and trust. From the first episode, The Rhythm of Money offers a steady place to begin again, with practical insight, emotional honesty, and a compassionate yet effective way to build financial thriving over time. The podcast is built as a progression, with each episode building on the last, so be sure to subscribe, and we'll build this together. The Rhythm of Money. Living Your True Note.

  1. Episode 1

    The Invisible Vow - S1E1

    In this opening episode of The Rhythm of Money, we begin with a quiet pattern many women carry without realizing it: the belief that goodness and financial security don’t fully belong together. If you’ve ever felt conflicted about wanting more, receiving more, or building a life that supports you more fully, this episode gives language to what may have been running underneath the surface for years. This is not about blame or shame. It’s about beginning to see the inherited money beliefs that shape how safe, worthy, and allowed we feel around financial wellbeing. This show is about real financial progress. It's also about what actually gets in the way of that progress, and what to do about it. Both things, in the right order. The Rhythm of Money is built as a progression. Each episode builds on the one before. If you're starting here, you're starting in the right place. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    20 min

  2. Episode 2

    The Reset - S1E2

    Understanding something about money is one thing. Being able to act differently because of it, in the actual moment, is something else entirely.   Before changing financial habits, many women first need a way to notice what happens inside when money comes up — the tightening, avoidance, overwhelm, urgency, or shutdown.   In this episode, we work on closing that gap, using a tool you can reach for in about five seconds, any time the old pattern shows up. We begin working with money stress at the level of the body, which is where it has to be seen first if it will change at all.  The Rhythm of Money is built as a progression. Episode 1 is still there if you haven't heard it yet. Welcome.  And if there's a woman you know needs to hear this, share it with her.  No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    17 min

  3. Episode 3

    The One Who Gives - S1E3

    This episode is for the woman who has spent much of her life giving (time, care, money, attention, energy) and may be beginning to notice the cost.   We look at what happens when giving becomes identity: becoming the one who helps, supports, covers, pays, adjusts, understands, and keeps things moving, while receiving becomes uncomfortable or even wrong, if it ever happens at all.  This is not about becoming less loving. It's about noticing when giving has become the only direction energy is allowed to flow in your life.  Through reflection in the safety of a gentle guided segment, this episode invites you to begin seeing the difference between giving from love and giving because you don’t know how not to.  The Rhythm of Money is built as a progression. Episodes 1 and 2 are still there if you’re just finding the show.   And if there’s a woman you know who kept coming to mind as you listened, consider sharing this with her. This can help her benefit from it, and let her know that someone sees her generous spirit, even if it never seems the right moment to say so plainly. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    24 min

  4. Episode 4

    The Illusion of Progress - S1E4

    This episode is for the woman who has been learning about money, researching her options, saving articles, listening to podcasts, and getting ready to take action, but whose financial life still may not be changing in the way she wants.  We explore the difference between preparing to deal with money and actually coming into contact with it: the account, the number, the call, the document, the cash flow, the first real step.  Through reflection and a guided nervous-system segment, this episode helps you begin navigating what happens in your body when you imagine taking real action with money.   If this episode helped you make contact with something you recognize in yourself, leaving a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts takes about thirty seconds and helps the show find the next woman who needs it. Thanks so much if you do.  The Rhythm of Money is a podcast for women in midlife who are ready to build a financial life that can sustain them abundantly, and for decades to come.  The show publishes weekly. Follow wherever you're listening so you don't miss what comes next.  No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    24 min

  5. Episode 5

    The Missing Language of Money - S1E5

    You can understand exactly why your financial life isn't quite where you want it to be. You can name the patterns, recognize where they came from, and still find that something in you sidesteps the accounts, defers the decisions, and keeps the real picture slightly out of focus. That gap, between what the mind understands and what the body does, is where most financial change quietly stalls out. This episode is about starting to close that gap. In this episode, we introduce the work of psychologist Eugene Gendlin, whose decades-long study of what actually makes people change revealed something almost no one talks about. The decisions that shape a financial life are not made on spreadsheets. They are made in the body, in the moment of contact, before language gets there. And if you can't hear what your body is telling you in those moments, you are making decisions in the dark. We begin to change that. You will learn what your body's financial signals actually are, why they are worth listening to, and how to begin recognizing them in four common money situations. This is the first layer of a language your body has been speaking your entire life. Today is Day One of learning your personal alphabet. This show builds on itself. Start with Episode 1 if you're new, and follow or subscribe so the next episode finds you. Next week:  You’ll learn how to catch the flinch, the half-second when your body reacts and your mind rushes in to explain, dismiss, or override what you felt.  No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    25 min

  6. Episode 6

    The Financial Flinch - S1E6

    This episode is for the woman who handles a lot, understands more than she gives herself credit for, and still notices that certain money moments make something in her tighten, rush, avoid, or override.   We’re naming “The Flinch,” the half-second between your body’s first response to money and the story your mind tells afterward.  This isn’t about being bad with money. It isn’t about not knowing enough. And it isn’t about forcing yourself to push through.  It’s about beginning to notice the moment before the old pattern takes over so that your financial life can become less automatic, more conscious, and more truly yours.  If this episode gives language to something you recognize, consider sharing it with one woman who may benefit from it too. The Rhythm of Money Living Your True Note No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    23 min

  7. Episode 7

    The Skill of Receiving - S1E7

    What if earning more money isn’t the thing that creates wealth in your life? You’ve probably spent a lot of your life being the one who gives. This episode asks what happens when you turn in the other direction, and what that turn has to do with building real wealth. Receiving is a financial skill. Not a feeling, not a personality trait, but something you develop the same way you’ve developed every other capacity in your adult life. In this episode, we name four things that quietly block receiving, and look at the deeper reasons some women can work hard, earn well, and still feel like money moves through their lives without truly accumulating. Then we’ll do a direct practice to begin closing that gap this week. This episode is especially for the woman who has spent years being the one who gives, handles, supports, earns, and manages, but is ready to learn another financial rhythm. New here? Episode 3 is a good complement to this one. This show builds as a progression. Each episode amplifies the effects of the ones before it. Follow the show so you don’t miss what’s coming. Next week, we take everything we’ve built so far and bring it to one money situation you’ve been avoiding, so something new can begin to emerge. This is The Rhythm of Money. Living your true note. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    29 min

  8. Episode 8

    The Cost of Avoidance: How to Stop Paying It - S1E8

    If manifestation hasn’t fixed your relationship with money, it might be because you're fighting a nervous system response. What if ending financial avoidance began with addressing the “energy drain” at its somatic root?  In this episode you’ll learn why financial avoidance can be so hard to stop, especially for midlife women who may have income, responsibility, experience, and intelligence, yet still feel financial anxiety when it’s time to look directly at money.  We’ll look at the connection between high income anxiety, overworking and money, and the hidden energy drain that can keep you avoiding balances, decisions, conversations, or financial tasks. You’ll also learn why financial healing often has to begin in the body, especially when old money fear, pressure, or money trauma keeps your nervous system bracing before you ever take action. 00:00 The hidden cost of avoidance 01:52 When money tasks become charged 04:10 A charged example 05:27 Avoidance uses energy 07:33 What "Focusing" is (And how it shifts avoidance) 08:56 Why money avoidance lives in the body 09:50 The neighbor story and the feeling of being disregarded 13:28 Why inner work doesn't replace outer action 15:25 Guided Focusing practice for releasing financial avoidance 24:10 What to practice this week to anchor this new ability 25:20 What’s coming in the next two episodes  In this episode of The Rhythm of Money, we explore the cost of avoidance, not as a character flaw, but as an energy pattern your body may have learned to repeat. Then we move into a guided practice to help you notice where avoidance lives in your body, soften the charge around it, and begin creating a different relationship with financial clarity.  If this episode names something you recognize in yourself, the most helpful thing you can do for the show right now is leave a rating on Spotify or Apple Podcasts. It takes about thirty seconds, and it helps the show find the next woman who needs it. Thanks so much if you do.   In the next episode, we’ll be looking at how to anchor your day in what sustains you, so there’s less to clear and more to build from. Follow or subscribe so you don’t miss it.  This is The Rhythm of Money. Living your true note. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    27 min

  9. Episode 9

    The Daily First Receiving Practice S1E9

    What if body awareness didn’t have to begin with a problem? In this episode of The Rhythm of Money, I’m sharing The Daily First Receiving Practice, the simple morning embodiment practice I use to begin the day from awareness, receiving, and gratitude before effort begins. We’ll cover: 1:45 Why Body Awareness Shouldn’t Begin With a Problem 4:15 Building a Habit of Receiving Before All Else 9:15 Guided Practice: The Daily First Receiving Practice 18:30 Weekly Practice: Build an Abundance Money Baseline  This is not the practice you reach for when money has already triggered you. That’s what the Reset is for. The Daily First Receiving Practice is different. It’s something you do when nothing is wrong, before the day starts pulling on you, so your body learns that embodiment isn’t only for crisis. Through light, breath, ground, water, and gratitude, this practice helps you return to your body in an ordinary moment. Over time, that steadier baseline can help you hear your body’s guidance more clearly as you move through financial decisions, daily pressure, and the full rhythm of your life. For midlife women navigating financial anxiety, money avoidance, overthinking, money mindset work, or the pressure to finally look at the full financial picture, this episode offers a simple way to begin from receiving instead of bracing. Comment if you can: What does your body usually receive first in the morning? Dread, pressure, a mental list, quiet, light, or something else?  In the next episode, we’ll sit down with your financial life as it is right now, the full picture. We’ll bring enough steadiness to see what’s there clearly, with everything we’ve built here supporting you as you do. This is The Rhythm of Money. Living your true note. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    21 min

  10. Episode 10

    The Financial Truth You've Been Avoiding S1E10

    This is the episode the whole season has been building toward, the one where you actually look at your financial life. Today we put together two simple, honest pictures of where things actually stand right now, not a budget, not a complicated spreadsheet. We walk through exactly what to gather: what you own set against what you owe, and what comes in each month set against what goes out. Before any of that, there's a guided practice to help your body meet this work from steady ground instead of dread, because the bracing before looking is almost always the harder part, not the looking itself. By the end, you'll have a plain plan for the hour you'll set aside this week to make both pictures real. A note for anyone joining partway through the season: this episode rests on the ground built in the episodes before it. You're welcome to listen here first, but episodes one and two are a recommended place to start. If you appreciate this episode, please rate/review the show. It helps the next woman find it, and helps the show itself. This podcast is for education and reflection, not personalized financial advice.  New episodes arrive every Wednesday. Follow or subscribe so you don't miss what's next. This is The Rhythm of Money. Living Your True Note. No financial advice is offered or implied. For guidance specific to your situation, consult a licensed financial professional.

    21 min
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The Rhythm of Money is a podcast for women who want to be clear and capable with money. It's for those ready to build the type of wealth that follows a personal vision of steady success. Hosted by a retired investment advisor and former business consultant, this show starts where most money conversations skip past: the nervous system, old beliefs, avoidance, quiet shame, and the emotional patterns that have been shaping financial choices long before any spreadsheet entered the picture. Money isn't only math. It's also rhythm, safety, attention, timing, and trust. From the first episode, The Rhythm of Money offers a steady place to begin again, with practical insight, emotional honesty, and a compassionate yet effective way to build financial thriving over time. The podcast is built as a progression, with each episode building on the last, so be sure to subscribe, and we'll build this together. The Rhythm of Money. Living Your True Note.

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  • Creator
    Indigo Dutton
  • Episodes
    11
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Rhythm of Money
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