Welcome to The Financial Madrina Podcast a new bi-weekly show for first-gen professionals who are ready to stop treating money like a willpower problem and start understanding it as an emotional one.

In this launch episode, Certified Financial Social Worker Sara Diaz introduces the show's mission: exploring the intersection of money and mental health for first-generation professionals navigating financial systems nobody taught them how to use. Sara unpacks why avoiding your bank account isn't a math problem, why spending money on yourself can trigger guilt, and why salary negotiation anxiety often has nothing to do with the number on the table and everything to do with the survival patterns you inherited.

If you've ever felt like you're doing everything "right" with money and still feel behind this episode names exactly why, and what this podcast will do about it.

New episodes drop every other Tuesday at 6am. Some weeks solo, some weeks with guests at the intersection of financial and emotional wellness.

In this episode:

• Why money is emotional before it's ever practical
• The nervous system explanation behind avoiding your finances
• What breaking generational financial cycles actually requires

For more information on how to work with Sara, check out thefinancialmadrina.com.