This episode starts with a simple question — and quickly turns into something much deeper:What does money actually mean to you?

In Chapter 1 of Happy Money, Ken Honda invites us to explore our emotional relationship with money, rather than chasing strategies, investments, or “the next sure thing.” And honestly? We didn’t expect a book about money to bring up this much identity, childhood programming, and self-worth.

We talk about money as energy, attachment to outcomes, scarcity vs abundance, and how early experiences shape the way we give, earn, spend — and value ourselves. Along the way, the conversation gets personal: generosity as self-protection, the fear of not being “enough,” parenting, comparison, and what it really means to live with enough.

This is not an episode about getting rich.
It’s about feeling free.

✨ In this episode, we reflect on:
• Why money is never “just money”
• Detaching your self-worth from outcomes
• Scarcity thinking and comparison
• Gratitude, control, and a more Zen relationship with money
• What our kids learn about money — without us noticing

If you’ve ever felt stressed, ashamed, conflicted, or confused about money — this chapter (and this conversation) might open something important.

📚 Book: Happy Money by Ken Honda
📚 Chapter 1: What does money mean to you? Solving the mystery of money

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👯 Hosts: Sofia Stigendal & Marielle Almquist
🎧 Editing: Elmer Hermansson
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