The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money

Rick Kahler
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Most financial experts focus solely on numbers, but Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, takes a deeper approach. With over 40 years of experience, Rick blends practical financial advice with powerful emotional insights to help you understand why you make the money decisions you do. Research shows that 90% of our financial choices are driven by emotions—not logic. Whether your habits seem irrational or confusing, Rick helps uncover the underlying beliefs and feelings influencing your behavior. It's about more than just building wealth; it’s about understanding the emotions that shape every financial decision. Tune in to The Financial Therapy Podcast to discover how better emotional awareness can lead to smarter financial choices. Explore more at thefinancialtherapypodcast.com.

  1. NOV 4

    #209 – Money is Like Skin – Trust, Boundaries, and Therapy

    What if money works like skin—protecting, signaling, and setting boundaries? Dublin-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and financial therapist Vessy Tasheva shares how trust, reliability, and clear limits shape the healing process. From earliest money memories and family genograms to the subtle ways clients “test” safety, she shows why financial therapy is about emotions, not advice. By holding consistent presence and boundaries, therapists help clients internalize stability, choice, and healthier relationships with money.  #FinancialTherapy #MoneyMindset #EmotionalFinance #MoneyHealing #FinancialWellness #Psychotherapy #MoneyBoundaries #TrustAndMoney #MoneyPsychology #FamilyMoneyPatterns #MoneyEmotions #FinancialStability #TherapeuticBoundaries #MoneyHealingJourney #HealthyMoneyHabits  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    28 min

  2. OCT 21

    #208 Calming Market Anxiety with Facts, Not Headlines

    Anxiety in the face of shifting headlines isn’t irrational—it often mirrors how state-controlled markets actually behave: lower returns, higher volatility, and a wobblier ride. The lesson isn’t to avoid these markets entirely, but to recognize their place in a diversified portfolio while resisting the urge to overreact when headlines spark fear. By slowing down, noticing which parts of us are panicking, and grounding our decisions in a clear investment policy, we can lead our worries instead of letting them lead us.  #AnxietyAndMarkets #InvestorMindset #MarketVolatility #StateControlledMarkets #InvestmentAnxiety #FinancialWellBeing #InvestorPsychology #DiversifiedPortfolio #WealthManagement #FinancialPlanning #MoneyMindset #InvestmentStrategy #EmotionalInvesting #BehavioralFinance #FinancialTherapy  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    29 min

  3. OCT 7

    #207 Why Financial Wellness Isn’t Financial Independence

    Rick Kahler unpacks a recent article in The Jerusalem Post that mistakenly equated financial well-being with financial independence, highlighting why the two are not the same. Drawing on research and his experience in financial therapy, he explains how financial wellness is about more than income or net worth—it’s about meeting obligations, feeling secure, and having choices. Just as importantly, he distinguishes between financial well-being and emotional well-being, showing why confusing the two can undermine both. Rick’s insights offer a clear reminder that true wellness requires attention to both the numbers and the emotions behind them.  #RickKahler #FinancialWellBeing #FinancialIndependence #FinancialTherapy #FinancialWellness #EmotionalWellBeing #MoneyAndEmotions #FinancialSecurity #FinancialEducation #PersonalFinance #MoneyMindset #FinancialLiteracy #WealthManagement #FinancialPlanning #FinancialPsychology  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    25 min

  4. SEP 23

    #206 What Your Future Self Has to Say About Money

    In this powerful episode, Rick Kahler and Joetta Johnson go beyond theory and guide listeners through a live hypnosis experience centered on connecting with their 80-year-old future self. Joetta explains how this practice, rooted in both hypnosis and Internal Family Systems (IFS), allows individuals to revisit painful financial memories, reframe limiting beliefs, and receive wisdom from their imagined elder self. Through symbols, sensations, and repeated affirmations, clients can rewrite the internal scripts that shape money behavior. The session emphasizes the emotional and neurological power of imagery, repetition, and felt safety, offering listeners not just insight but a tool they can use to create real, lasting change.  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    29 min

  5. SEP 9

    #205 Financial Hypnosis - What Science Says and Why It’s Not What You Think

    In this insightful column, Rick Kahler explores how clinical hypnosis offers a profound yet underutilized method for transforming financial behavior. Drawing from Joetta Johnson’s expertise, he explains how hypnosis accesses the brain’s emotional memory systems—often the true source of irrational money behaviors like avoidance, overspending, or shutdown. Unlike logic-based approaches, hypnosis works by gently revisiting the subconscious beliefs formed in childhood, then updating them through emotional contradiction. This method, rooted in memory reconsolidation and aligned with Internal Family Systems (IFS), creates real, lasting change without bypassing client autonomy. For those stuck in financial patterns that defy strategy, hypnosis may be the bridge between awareness and transformation. #MoneyAndMindset, #FinancialHealing, #MoneyHypnosis, #WealthTransformation, #MindsetShift, #SubconsciousRewiring, #MoneyPatterns, #FinancialBehavior, #WealthMindset, #MoneyBeliefs, #BreakMoneyBlocks, #InnerWealth, #HypnosisForChange, #MoneyHealingJourney, #TransformYourMoneyStory, #EmotionalWealth, #MoneyMindsetMatters, #FinancialEmpowerment, #WealthGrowthMindset, #MoneyAndSelfWorth  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    30 min

  6. AUG 26

    #204 Why Earning More Isn’t the Cure for Underearning

    Joetta Johnson returns with Rick Kahler to dive deep into the emotional and subconscious roots of underearning. Sharing her personal transformation and the development of her “Earning Power” program, Joetta unpacks how limiting beliefs, especially those rooted in authority figures, time scarcity, and undervaluing oneself, can sabotage financial progress, even after income increases. She challenges the hustle narrative, emphasizing that true earning power includes the capacity to hold, not just generate, money. Through tools like hypnosis and time-mapping, Joetta helps clients rewire the subconscious mind to support sustainable financial growth. Her work bridges self-worth, wealth accumulation, and the emotional healing necessary to break free from old money patterns.  #UnderearningRecovery, #EarningPower, #MoneyMindset, #WealthHealing, #BreakMoneyPatterns, #FinancialEmpowerment, #MoneyBeliefs, #SelfWorthAndWealth, #AbundanceMindset, #MoneyHealing, #WealthBuildingJourney, #RewriteYourMoneyStory, #FinancialGrowth, #MindsetAndMoney, #WealthMindsetCoach, #MoneyAndSelfWorth, #TransformYourEarnings, #SubconsciousRewiring, #MoneyMindsetMatters, #HealYourMoneyStory  A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    30 min

  7. AUG 12

    #203 What If You Built Your Career Around Feeling Aligned?

    Rick Kahler sits down with Joetta Johnson to explore how designing a career around how you want your life to feel can lead to deeper fulfillment and authenticity. From her early days at Deloitte to becoming a pioneer in conscious financial coaching, Joetta’s story is a powerful reminder that clarity doesn’t always start with a job title—it starts with values. This inspiring conversation dives into how aligning your work with your inner life can reshape your relationship with money, purpose, and the path ahead. #CareerDesign, #FinancialWellness, #MoneyAndMeaning, #JoettaJohnson, #ConsciousFinance, #LifeAlignment, #FinancialTherapy, #PurposeDrivenCareer, #MoneyMindset, #RickKahler A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    28 min

  8. JUL 29

    #202 Why Financial Breakthroughs Fade—And How to Make Them Stick

    Have you ever had a breakthrough about money that felt like it changed everything—only to find yourself slipping right back into the same patterns days later? You’re not alone. In this video, Rick Kahler shares why those “aha” moments don’t always stick and what the latest brain science reveals about making lasting change. Drawing on insights from Unlocking the Emotional Brain, Rick explains how memory reconsolidation works and why slowing down after a breakthrough can help your brain actually rewrite old emotional money stories. Whether you tend to overspend, avoid financial conversations, or get stuck in anxiety, this is a practical invitation to protect those insights and give them space to take root. A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive our money decisions. Join Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, as he blends practical financial wisdom with the emotional insights that shape our choices. Discover how financial therapy can help you make money decisions that truly align with your values..

    28 min
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Most financial experts focus solely on numbers, but Rick Kahler, CFP®, CFT™, takes a deeper approach. With over 40 years of experience, Rick blends practical financial advice with powerful emotional insights to help you understand why you make the money decisions you do. Research shows that 90% of our financial choices are driven by emotions—not logic. Whether your habits seem irrational or confusing, Rick helps uncover the underlying beliefs and feelings influencing your behavior. It's about more than just building wealth; it’s about understanding the emotions that shape every financial decision. Tune in to The Financial Therapy Podcast to discover how better emotional awareness can lead to smarter financial choices. Explore more at thefinancialtherapypodcast.com.

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