When life hits hard: divorce, business droughts, or global shutdowns, peace can feel impossible. In this episode, host Jana Marler shares how faith, structure, and practical money habits create calm in the chaos. You’ll learn the simple systems that helped her keep her home, her family, and her sanity when income disappeared, and how you can build financial peace that lasts. This isn’t about chasing wealth—it’s about stewarding what you’ve been given with purpose, wisdom, and faith.

Episode Highlights:

• The mindset shift: Money isn’t the enemy—mismanagement is.

• Why preparation beats panic every time.

• Jana’s real-life story of surviving a year with zero event income.

• The zero-based budget and how to make every dollar work for you.

• Building your “storm fund”—the difference between peace and panic.

• Digital envelopes: how Jana modernized the old cash-envelope method.

• The truth about paying yourself on purpose (and why it’s not selfish).

• Turning financial discipline into spiritual stewardship.

• Living your legacy now—not someday.

• This week’s challenge: track your spending, open your storm fund, and pray for wisdom over your finances.

If this episode encouraged you, share it with someone who needs a little peace in their finances.
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