Wealth and Wisdom Together®

Willa Williams, AFC® and Weslia Echols, AFC®
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Wealth & Wisdom Together® is the podcast of Trinity Financial Coaching, a faith-based financial coaching practice led by Accredited Financial Counselors® Weslia Echols and Willa Williams. Each episode, Coach Weslia and Coach Willa bring honest, practical conversations about faith, money, and the four borders every Christian woman needs in place before her financial picture can come together: Alignment, Clarity, Confidence, and Fulfillment. This show is for the woman who shows up fully in every area of her life — her career, her family, her faith, her community — and is finally ready to do the same with her money. She earns well. She gives faithfully. And she still wonders where it all goes. This is not generic financial advice. This is Spirit-led, whole-person financial wisdom rooted in over a decade of one-on-one coaching with Christian women who are ready to see their financial picture take shape. Trinity Financial Coaching was founded in 2011. Accredited Financial Counselors® since 2015. "Wisdom is good with an inheritance and an advantage to those who see the sun." Ecclesiastes 7:11 (The Voice)

  1. 143. Discontentment is a Liar: How to Reclaim Your Peace and Build Wealth from a Place of Wholeness

    6d ago

    143. Discontentment is a Liar: How to Reclaim Your Peace and Build Wealth from a Place of Wholeness

    You've been working hard, earning well, and doing all the right things — so why does that low-grade restlessness keep showing up? In this episode, we go deeper than surface-level mindset advice to expose the spirit of discontentment for what it really is: a liar. A spiritual adversary with a specific playbook — and a direct strategy for keeping faith-driven women financially stuck. This is Part 2 of the Contentment Series, and it is the episode that changes how you understand every financial decision you've ever made from a place of anxiety, comparison, or urgency. IN THIS EPISODE: Why discontentment is not a discipline problem — it's a spiritual condition with a psychological footprint, and changing your circumstances will never close the gap it createsThe six specific inner voices discontentment uses against you — the Inner Critic, the Comparison Trap, Rumination, the Financial Identity Crisis, Resistance to Reality, and Self-Punishment — and the exact financial behaviors each one drivesWhat the Bible says about the origin of the lying voice (John 8:44, 2 Corinthians 11:14, 1 Peter 5:8-9) and why naming the source is the first step to fighting backHow cognitive dissonance — the gap between believing you're a faithful steward and the financial behavior that doesn't match — is exactly where discontentment sets up campTwo practical, scripture-grounded moves for fighting back: taking every thought captive (2 Corinthians 10:5) and replacing the lie with truth (Philippians 4:8)The one question to ask before any financial decision made from anxiety, urgency, or comparison — and why it will save you from more regret than any budget ever could WISDOM FROM THE WORD: 2 Corinthians 10:5 + Philippians 4:8 Two moves. One weapon. Take the thought captive — then replace it with what is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, and admirable. Paul wasn't being poetic. He was prescribing the antidote to the inner critic that discontentment sends. Also referenced: Isaiah 55:1-3 | John 8:44 | 2 Corinthians 11:14 | 1 Peter 5:8-9 THIS IS PART 2 OF THE CONTENTMENT SERIES: Part 1 — Ep. 142: Contentment Isn't Settling: The Truth About Building Wealth Without the HustlePart 2 — Ep. 143: Discontentment Is a Liar: How to Reclaim Your Peace and Build Wealth from a Place of Wholeness ← YOU ARE HEREPart 3 — Ep. 144: Learning to Be Content: The Daily Practice of Building Wealth from a Place of Peace RESOURCES + NEXT STEPS: MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Ep. 32 — Career Transitions, Alignment & Fulfillment ft. guest Tanika → https://www.mytfcoach.com/wealthwisdomtogether/episode/2e123564/32-tanika-fitzgerald-career-transitions-alignment-and-fulfillmentComplimentary Resource: Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — 7 lessons, 14 days, built for faith-driven women who are ready to stop circling and start building with clarity: mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshereReady to go deeper? Book your complimentary introductory coaching call: www.mytfcoach.com CONNECT WITH TRINITY FINANCIAL COACHING If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    36 min

  2. Apr 21

    142. Contentment Isn't Settling: The Truth About Building Wealth Without the Hustle

    You're working hard, earning well, and still feeling like something is missing. This episode names that feeling and reframes everything you thought you knew about contentment. Weslia and Willa open a three-part series by laying the foundation: what contentment actually is, what it is not, and why it is the first piece every faith-driven woman must put in place before her wealth-building can hold. IN THIS EPISODE: Why a content person is not a consuming person. How discontentment is actively marketed to keep you spending, striving, and stuck.The "seven streams of income" myth and the real financial cost of chasing more before you've maximized what's already in your handsThe critical difference between contentment and complacency, and why confusing the two is keeping high-achieving women on the sidelinesWhy contentment is not a personality type or a spiritual gift. It is a practice, and you can learn it.Your first step: noticing the forces working against your contentment, from the outside and from within WISDOM FROM THE WORD: Philippians 4:12 — "I have learned to be content." Contentment is not the reward. It is the result of peace and surrender.1 Timothy 6:6 — Godliness with contentment is great gain. The counter-cultural declaration of this entire series.Psalm 37:4-5 — Delight yourself in the Lord and your desires begin to align with His. The urgency settles because you are anchored. RESOURCES + NEXT STEPS: Start here: Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment (free 7-lesson, 14-day mini-course): mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Discover your STEWARD Identity®, the spiritual foundation that anchors every financial decision you'll ever makeEpisode 143: Discontentment Is a Liar — How to Reclaim Your Peace and Build Wealth from a Place of Wholeness: May 5, 2026Episode 144: Learning to Be Content — The Daily Practice of Building Wealth from a Place of Peace: May 19, 2026 SERIES: You Were Never Meant to Choose— A 3-Part Series on Contentment, Wealth, and the Life God Designed for You If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    34 min
  3. 141. How Gratitude Shifts Your Money Mindset in a Shaky World

    11/18/2025

    141. How Gratitude Shifts Your Money Mindset in a Shaky World

    Gratitude is powerful. It shapes the way we see our lives, the choices we make, the peace we feel, and the attitudes we bring to our finances. It influences everything from how we respond to stress to how we steward the resources God has entrusted to us. In a world filled with uncertainty, gratitude becomes more than a virtue; it becomes a stabilizing force. As financial coaches who work with high-achieving Christian women, we’ve seen firsthand how gratitude can soften fear, quiet comparison, and open the door to clarity and confidence, especially in seasons where money feels tight or the world feels shaky. So as we enter this Thanksgiving season, we want to lean into a conversation that can anchor your spirit and strengthen your financial journey: how gratitude transforms your money mindset. Resources: Download the Gratitude & Financial Fulfillment Reflection Guide: https://mytfcoach.kit.com/af5151b445 Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT: https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about Learn more about our premium coaching membership program: Wealth & Wisdom STEWARDS Circle: https://www.mytfcoach.com/financialcoaching If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    36 min
  4. 140. Surrendering Tolerations: The First Step to Financial Fulfillment

    11/04/2025

    140. Surrendering Tolerations: The First Step to Financial Fulfillment

    As the year comes to a close, many of us start reflecting on where we are and what we want to change before the new year begins. We set goals, make resolutions, and dream about what’s next—but before new growth can happen, something has to be released. In this episode of Wealth & Wisdom Together, we will guide you through a faith-based exercise in surrender—identifying what you’ve been tolerating, releasing limiting beliefs, and allowing God to prune what no longer serves your financial growth. If you’re ready to reframe your mindset, release tolerations and become all that God has created you to be, this conversation will bless you! Resources: Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT: https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about Learn more about our premium coaching membership program: Wealth & Wisdom STEWARDS Circle: https://www.mytfcoach.com/financialcoaching If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    38 min
  5. 139. Why Making More Money Can Actually Increase Your Financial Fears and How to Break Free

    10/21/2025

    139. Why Making More Money Can Actually Increase Your Financial Fears and How to Break Free

    What happens when you start earning more money than ever, yet fear and old beliefs still dictate your financial decisions? In this inspiring conversation, we sit down with Dr. Timeka Tounsel, a member of the Wealth & Wisdom Stewards Circle, who shares her story of earning more, moving across the country, and confronting the hidden emotional challenges that came with financial growth. Dr. Tounsel reveals how increased income exposed limiting beliefs she didn’t realize were still guiding her choices—and how faith-based coaching helped her release fear, rewrite her money story, and trust herself again. You’ll discover: How to identify and overcome limiting beliefs about moneyThe difference between financial fear and faithful stewardshipWhy values-based budgeting leads to lasting peaceHow faith-infused coaching empowers confident decision-makingHer journey from fear to financial confidence shows that true freedom isn’t about a number—it’s about walking in wisdom, abundance, and trust in God’s provision. If you're ready to walk in your own financial confidence, enrollment for the Wealth & Wisdom Stewards Circle is now open! Visit the link below to enroll: https://www.mytfcoach.com/financialcoaching. . Resources: Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT: https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about Learn more about our premium coaching membership program: Wealth & Wisdom STEWARDS Circle: https://www.mytfcoach.com/financialcoaching If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    48 min
  6. 138. Make Your Money Make Sense: Trust God, Trust Yourself, Trust the Process

    10/07/2025

    138. Make Your Money Make Sense: Trust God, Trust Yourself, Trust the Process

    We’ve all been in that space where we feel like we “should” have it together by now. The bills are paid, but the balance never seems to grow. You’re earning more, but somehow the peace you’re looking for hasn’t caught up. That’s why we created a space where shame turns into self-compassion and isolation becomes sisterhood, because managing money God’s way was never meant to be done alone. Welcome to Wealth & Wisdom Together, where we help you manage money confidently, live life purposefully, and build wealth intentionally—all through faith and practical wisdom. In this conversation, we’re making your money make sense by learning to trust God, trust yourself, and trust the process. We’re talking about how stewardship, systems, and sisterhood come together to bring peace—not pressure—to your financial life. Tune in now to learn more! Resources: Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT: https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about Learn more about our premium coaching membership program: Wealth & Wisdom STEWARDS Circle If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    53 min
  7. 137. From Chaos to Clarity: The Four Borders of Financial Fulfillment

    09/23/2025

    137. From Chaos to Clarity: The Four Borders of Financial Fulfillment

    Have you ever felt like your finances are one big, 1,000-piece puzzle with no picture on the box? Pieces scattered everywhere: bank accounts, credit cards, bills, and receipts. You’re trying to make them fit, but the more you try, the more overwhelming it feels. If you just whispered, “That’s me,” you’re not alone. At Trinity Financial Coaching we’ve met countless women who are smart, successful, and hardworking, yet still feel behind when it comes to their money. They make good incomes, pay their bills, and show up for their families, but deep down they wonder: “Why don’t I feel further along? Why does it still feel like chaos?” The truth is, you’re not failing. You’re not even behind. You simply don’t have the picture on the box yet. What you need is a frame. And in the financial journey, that frame is built by what we call the Four Borders of Financial Fulfillment: alignment, clarity, confidence, and fulfillment. Tune in now to learn more! Resources: Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about Learn more about our premium coaching membership program: Wealth & Wisdom STEWARDS Circle If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    24 min
  8. 136. How Perfectionism with Money Keeps You Stuck (and How to Break Free)

    09/09/2025

    136. How Perfectionism with Money Keeps You Stuck (and How to Break Free)

    Are you waiting to “get it all right” before you feel good about your money? If so, you’re not alone. Too many high-achieving women get caught in the trap of perfectionism with money, swinging between extremes, over-researching every option, and then beating themselves up when it doesn’t go perfectly. But here’s the truth: perfectionism doesn’t protect you—it paralyzes you. In this week’s episode of Wealth and Wisdom Together®, we’re breaking down why perfection keeps you stuck, how it steals your joy, and the simple, Spirit-led shifts that help you break free. You’ll hear: - How perfectionism shows up in your money decisions (and how to spot it). - Why excellence and perfection are not the same thing. - Practical ways to celebrate progress, even if it feels “small.” - And, a biblical perspective that proves God values faithfulness over flawlessness. Peace doesn’t come from perfection, it comes from progress. Resources: Sign up for Your FIRST STEP TO FINANCIAL FULFILLMENT https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere Let's Talk! Schedule a Clarity Call: https://www.mytfcoach.com/book-online Meet Weslia and Willa: https://www.mytfcoach.com/about If something in this episode brought your financial picture into focus, your next step is already waiting for you. Begin Your First Step to Financial Fulfillment — a complimentary 7-lesson audio course at Trinity Financial Coaching. Start today at https://www.mytfcoach.com/fulfillmentstartshere. Ready to go further? Book your complimentary Introductory Call with Coach Weslia or Coach Willa at https://www.mytfcoach.com.

    22 min
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Wealth & Wisdom Together® is the podcast of Trinity Financial Coaching, a faith-based financial coaching practice led by Accredited Financial Counselors® Weslia Echols and Willa Williams. Each episode, Coach Weslia and Coach Willa bring honest, practical conversations about faith, money, and the four borders every Christian woman needs in place before her financial picture can come together: Alignment, Clarity, Confidence, and Fulfillment. This show is for the woman who shows up fully in every area of her life — her career, her family, her faith, her community — and is finally ready to do the same with her money. She earns well. She gives faithfully. And she still wonders where it all goes. This is not generic financial advice. This is Spirit-led, whole-person financial wisdom rooted in over a decade of one-on-one coaching with Christian women who are ready to see their financial picture take shape. Trinity Financial Coaching was founded in 2011. Accredited Financial Counselors® since 2015. "Wisdom is good with an inheritance and an advantage to those who see the sun." Ecclesiastes 7:11 (The Voice)

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  • Creator
    Willa Williams, AFC® and Weslia Echols, AFC®
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    145
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Willa Williams and Weslia Echols
  • Show Website
    Wealth and Wisdom Together®