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You’re earning good money, yet your account balance keeps surprising you. Today I’m breaking down the hidden spending that drains your financial stability and the personal story that forced me to confront my own money leaks.

• The day I realized my “small” expenses were costing me thousands

• Why hidden spending patterns create guilt, confusion, and instability

• The three biggest red flags in every divorced mompreneur’s budget

• How to find the recurring charges you’ve stopped noticing

• Simple methods to track spending without spreadsheets

• How emotional spending ties directly to fear and stress

• The first step to creating a spending system that pays you

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Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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Ready to match your Profit & Loss Statement to your bank account...in this episode Lisa Drennon's shares the exact steps to make profit without fear, shame, or spreadsheets.

You can make six figures and still feel broke. It’s not about how much you earn, it’s about how you manage what you have.

Highlights:

• Why high income doesn’t always mean financial peace
• The biggest mistakes divorced women make with money and how to fix them
• The method that creates stability and confidence
• How to stop feeling guilty about spending
• The mindset shift that builds trust in your financial decisions

Resources mentioned in the show:

Open your Novo business checking account:

https://onboarding.novo.co/signup?referral_code=LisaDrennon&first_name=Lisa

Open your Axos business savings account:

https://www.axosbank.com/logout?status=active

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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Every time you get ahead, a “family emergency” pulls you straight back to zero. In this episode Lisa shows single moms how to build a bulletproof money mindset, set family money boundaries, and stop overspending with a conscious spending challenge that actually works.

• The repeating “family ATM” pattern and why it isn’t just bad luck
• The 4 psychological triggers: Guilt Gauntlet, Obligation Trap, Crisis Currency, Scarcity Echo
• From savior to steward: the mindset shift that protects your bank account
• Three steps to rebuild your money mindset and stop overspending
• Boundary scripts that are kind, clear, and firm
• The gifting rule that ends resentment and protects relationships
• How the 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge finds $500 in a week

• 0:00 Cold open: why emergencies keep resetting your progress
• 2:24 Exposing the psychology behind family money sabotage
• 4:42 Trigger 1: The Guilt Gauntlet
• 6:43 Trigger 2: The Obligation Trap
• 8:41 Trigger 3: Crisis Currency
• 12:47 Trigger 4: The Scarcity Echo
• 16:25 Step 1: Identify scripts and rewrite your money story
• 21:12 Step 2: Reframe from family savior to financial steward
• 21:56 Step 3: Boundaries with compassion and clarity
• 26:23 The gifting rule and how to use it
• 28:36 What happens after you say no: the extinction burst
• 30:45 Recap and your next decision
• 31:24 CTA and share with a single mom who needs this

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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In this episode, Lisa Drennon discusses how to enjoy the holiday season without overspending. She shares her personal journey of creating a budget that allows for joy and peace during the holidays, emphasizing that financial stress can detract from the holiday spirit. Lisa provides practical tips for conscious spending, including creating a spending system, sticking to a list, and focusing on meaningful gifts rather than expensive ones. She encourages listeners to shift their perspective on holiday spending and offers tools to help achieve financial clarity and confidence.

Takeaways

• The holiday season can be enjoyed without overspending.
• Creating a budget can lead to a peaceful holiday experience.
• Overspending does not equate to generosity.
• A written spending plan provides freedom and control.
• Meaningful gifts can be more valuable than expensive ones.
• Setting a spending limit helps track expenses and reduce guilt.
• Focusing on peace rather than pressure is essential during the holidays.
• Kids value relationships over material gifts.
• Financial clarity can lead to a more joyful holiday season.
• Saving money during the holidays is about creating freedom, not cutting joy.

Chapters

00:00

Embracing a Joyful Holiday Season Without Overspending

02:36

Creating a Conscious Spending System

05:10

Finding Meaning in Gifts and Experiences

07:43

Transforming Relationships Through Budgeting

09:20

Building Financial Confidence After Divorce

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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If you’re tired of feeling like there’s never enough money no matter how much you make this episode is your reset. The simple money shift I teach today is what helps divorced mompreneurs finally get paid every month with clarity and confidence.

Highlights:

The truth about why combining business and personal money keeps your income stuck

Three hidden mistakes that block your business growth

How to set up a simple 3-account system that organizes your cash flow

The exact percentages to use for taxes, profit, and your paycheck

Why clarity with your money instantly increases confidence

How to create weekly “money dates” to keep cash flowing and stress low

• Novo business checking: Open Your Business Checking Today
• Axos business savings account: Set aside taxes
• Bask personal savings account: High yield interest rate
• Schedule a 10-minute hot seat coaching call: Solve one money problem

If you’re ready to stop the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle and finally pay yourself with peace and profit, join The Smell of Money. Inside, you’ll get the 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge and learn how to separate business and personal money for good.

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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What if the scent in your room could change the numbers in your bank account? In this episode, Lisa Drennon shares how essential oils helped her rewire her money mindset, stop panic spending, and rebuild financial stability after debt and emotional burnout.

• How financial anxiety silently drives emotional spending
• The surprising role scent plays in your money mindset
• Lisa’s 3 essential oils for calm, clarity, and confidence
• How she paid off $100,000 in six months
• The simple spending system that builds lasting stability
• Why your nervous system—not your income—determines financial security
• How to start your own 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge

00:00 The scent that changed everything

02:00 How Lisa fell into $100K of hidden debt

06:00 Peppermint for clarity and decision-making

08:00 Bergamot for financial peace and confidence

13:00 The missing money bucket: fun money

15:00 How emotional safety fuels financial security

18:00 Start your 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge

• Join The Smell of Money and get immediate access to the 7-day Conscious Spending Challenge: The Smell of Money

• Get the 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge tracker

• Shop Lisa’s recommended essential oils (affiliate link)

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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If you’ve ever felt stuck in debt, living paycheck to paycheck, or wondering where all your money goes, this episode will change everything. Discover the one simple budgeting habit that can completely transform your finances without restriction, stress, or confusion.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why most people stay trapped in debt even when they’re “budgeting”
• The one five-minute daily habit that gives you total control of your money
• How Kate paid off $35,000 of debt in six months using this exact system
• Why awareness, not income, is the foundation of financial freedom
• How to uncover hundreds or even thousands of “hidden dollars” each month

Key Timestamps:

00:01 – The budgeting myth that keeps you broke

01:16 – The real definition of “The Smell of Money”

03:01 – Lisa’s personal story: from debt to financial freedom

07:30 – The awareness gap: why most budgets fail

09:38 – How tracking changed everything

11:59 – Your 3 simple steps to start today

14:09 – The challenge that will change your money story

Join the 7-Day Conscious Spending Challenge: https://idatemoney.com/the-smell-of-money

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Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

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Financial stability isn’t just for the wealthy. It’s for anyone ready to put a simple plan in place and finally feel confident about money.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

• Why budgeting isn’t restrictive—it’s freedom in disguise
• How to build an emergency fund starting with just $500
• The snowball method Lisa used to pay off $100K in debt
• How to start investing with as little as $100
• The importance of diversifying your income streams
• Why retirement planning starts now (not later)
• Insurance essentials most entrepreneurs overlook
• How to build financial literacy without overwhelm
• The power of monthly financial reviews
• How to rewrite your money story for lasting stability

Summary for podcast apps:

In this episode of iDateMoney®, Lisa Drennon shares 10 proven strategies to create financial stability and rewrite your money story. From budgeting and debt payoff to investing, retirement planning, and mindset shifts, you’ll learn how to move from fear and guilt into clarity, stability, and confidence with money.

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

Join The Smell of Money today: Click Here to join.

Want to keep your money and your peace. Start by falling in love with yourself, then choose love that won’t bankrupt your energy or your bank account.

• The hidden cost of external validation and how it leaks cash flow
• The 3-question first-date filter: Safety, Spirituality, Sobriety
• Spotting codependency and narcissism on date one
• Why “If you’re trying to make it work, it’s not working”
• How healthy relationships help you keep money, not just make it
• True wealth: the definition successful families actually use
• Practical boundaries for entrepreneurs and mompreneurs who are scaling without burning out

• 00:00 Welcome and mission: fall in love with money like a partner
• 03:00 Chaya’s story: success outside, silent sickness inside
• 06:45 The 3 S’s: safety, spirituality, sobriety
• 10:20 Should I stay or go. the hard truth
• 12:30 Personal empowerment that protects your profits
• 16:45 Balance for mompreneurs: health, joy, and sustainable scale
• 19:20 What true wealth really means
• 20:36 Where to connect with Chaya

Chaya Garcia, Epic Love Expert, keynote speaker, and founder of the Love Lighter Movement. She helps successful, spiritual single women identify red flags fast and attract relationships that create safety, clarity, and lifelong joy.

Connect with Chaya:

On Instagram: @EpicLoveExpert

Book a call with Chaya: connectwithkhaya.com

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If today’s conversation sparked an aha moment or gave you a new perspective on your relationship with money, we’d love to hear from you! Your journey to financial empowerment starts here.

✨ Here’s your next step:

Take the Money Archetype Quiz to discover your unique money personality and gain clarity on how to manage and grow your wealth. It’s a game-changer!

👉 Meet Your Money Archetype

📲 Stay Connected

• Join our exclusive community: Money Magnets: Wealth Women, Sovereign Souls
• Follow me on Instagram for daily money tips and inspiration!

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Before you can multiply money, you have to see it. In this episode, Lisa shares how one week of radical awareness revealed the hidden leaks and hidden power in her finances—and how you can do the same.

Highlights:

• Why awareness is the first step to wealth confidence
• The rules of the 7-Day Money Tracking Challenge
• Real-life examples of hidden money leaks
• How small daily habits secretly drain your account
• The surprising mindset shift that creates clarity and confidence

Key Timestamps (approx):

00:01 – The moment I realized awareness was missing

02:22 – The challenge that changed everything

07:12 – The subscription surprise

09:21 – How tracking changed my habits in real time

11:47 – 3 lessons from one week of awareness

Resources & Links:

Download the free 7-Day Spending Tracker

One week, every dollar tracked. What I discovered shocked me—and it will surprise you too. In this episode, I share the 7-Day Money Tracking Challenge that revealed hidden leaks, cut financial stress, and gave me the clarity to take control.

Thank you for tuning into this week’s episode of I Date Money! 🗝🌬💖💸

If today’s conversation sparked an aha moment or gave you a new perspective on your relationship with money, we’d love to hear from you! Your journey to financial empowerment starts here.

✨ Here’s your next step:

Take the Money Archetype Quiz to discover your unique money personality and gain clarity on how to manage and grow your wealth. It’s a game-changer!

👉 Meet Your Money Archetype

📲 Stay Connected

• Join our exclusive community: Money Magnets: Wealth Women, Sovereign Souls
• Follow me on Instagram for daily money tips and inspiration!

💬 Let’s Keep the Conversation Going

What resonated most with you from today’s episode? Share your thoughts by leaving a 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Star Review & share the podcast with all of your entrepreneur friends who are ready to find #truewealth!

Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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