Selomé Samuel is a certified trauma-informed financial and life coach who wants to help people realize that anyone can be good with money.

She's also a creative who through doing her own work around money, realized how much money stress can hijack our creative energy.

She believes that work around money is deep and has the power to ripple out for generations.

Money is power and it is her mission to restore power to those who have historically been stripped of it.

Show Notes:

[4:37] - Selomé shares her background and how she found herself as a life coach with an emphasis on money.

[8:09] - A really common misunderstanding is that if you are bad at money, it's a characteristic you can't change.

[9:53] - Hard work is good, but it is a myth that the harder you work, the more money you'll make.

[12:36] - A lot of people hide behind their hard work and believe that they don't deserve more money because they aren't enough.

[15:40] - Everyone has a different relationship with money.

[20:22] - Selomé explains what your nervous system is and how it is connected to your relationship with money.

[24:10] - In her own experience, Selomé's nervous system perceived spending money as dangerous.

[27:05] - It can be very frustrating for people who know there's something wrong with their finances and they can't find a solution.

[32:30] - There can be a really shaming narrative that people with debt fall into. They feel like all their money should be going to pay it off.

[34:04] - Many women feel uncomfortable with money.

[37:18] - With money, it is so easy to place blame on someone or something else.

[40:50] - Shame is at the root of most money problems.

[43:20] - There is a common disconnection between people who heal and want to help the world and making money.

[47:20] - Jill shares an experience in owning an expensive bag that she never felt that she deserved.

[49:19] - A lot of people place their worthiness with how much money they have.

[52:23] - Selomé describes the experience of buying a vacuum that created such a negative experience that she could have completely avoided.

[55:03] - The way you feel about money isn't bad or wrong. It's connected to something that needs to be worked on.

[56:27] - As challenging as it can be, doing the inner work is crucial.

[58:55] - You can find a good coach in the ones who don't actually have it all figured out.

I know there was something in this episode that you were meant to hear. Let me know what that is. Thank you for being here today with me on our healing journeys.

Connect with Selomé:

• Net Positive Coaching Home Page

• Apply to work with Selomé

• Free masterclass recording on Discovering Your Subconscious Money Blocks

• Selomé on Instagram