Real estate is one of the most emotionally loaded topics in personal finance. For many of us, real estate investing has always felt tangled with inequity, bro-dude energy, and a sense that the whole system is rigged. But what happens when someone shows you a different way to see it? A way rooted in values, impact, and community care?

In this episode of Money Feels, we’re joined by real estate investor and appraiser Christine Traynor, who has completely changed the way Alyssa sees real estate. We’re diving into the emotional, ethical, and practical layers of real estate investing, especially for women who want financial freedom but feel conflicted about how to build it.

We unpack the tension between building wealth and honouring housing as a human need, explore what “ethical investing” can actually look like in practice, and discuss how women can enter the real estate space without losing their values to hustle culture.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how power, access, ethics, and identity shape our financial lives far more than interest rates or investment gurus ever could.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• Why real estate feels dominated by bro culture
• Whether real estate investing is inherently unethical
• How to reconcile building wealth with the affordability crisis
• Why so many women feel intimidated, unwelcome, or unprepared to invest
• The first steps for beginners who want to “dip a toe in”
• Red flags most new investors don’t know to look for
• How to evaluate whether a property supports or harms a community
• The role of diversification, especially as women’s wealth grows

This episode explores what it means to build wealth with intention, to challenge old narratives, question the ethics of our financial choices, and make room for nuance in a world that often wants simple answers. It’s a reminder that your values can guide your financial decisions, and that wealth-building doesn’t have to mean abandoning what matters to you.

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Life moves in seasons. Some that grow you gently, and some that split you wide open. As Bridget steps into her 40s this week, she’s looking back on her 20s and 30s with honesty, humour, grief, and gratitude. Aging is something we all experience, but rarely talk about with this kind of openness.

In this episode of Money Feels, we’re exploring the emotional, financial, and identity shifts that happen as you move through decades of your life. We unpack how money shaped each season, what she wishes she’d known sooner, and why getting older is not something to fear, it’s something to grow into.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how life stages, identity shifts, and the pursuit of “enough” shape our financial lives far more than budgets ever could.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• What Bridget’s 20s actually looked like
• The pressure, comparison, and self-doubt that defined parts of her 30s
• How her relationship with money shifted
• What turning 40 is bringing up emotionally and financially
• The biggest myths we’re taught about what life “should” look like
• Why aging feels both tender and empowering
• The unexpected gifts of getting older: softness, self-trust, boundaries, clarity
• What she hopes her 40s will feel like (spoiler: less hustle, more peace)

This episode explores what it means to evolve, to outgrow versions of yourself, and to realize that your 20s and 30s don’t define you — they prepare you. It’s a reminder that there is no right timeline, no perfect milestone checklist, and no deadline for becoming who you want to be.

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Money and relationships are complicated enough. But when secrecy, control, or manipulation enter the picture, things get heavy fast. Financial infidelity and financial abuse are two topics that almost no one talks about openly… even though so many people quietly live through them.

In this episode of Money Feels, we’re breaking down what these terms actually mean, how common they are, and why they’re often misunderstood. We unpack the ways money can become a weapon, how financial control intersects with safety, and why these issues show up in all kinds of relationships, not just the stereotypes we’ve been taught.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how trust, power, shame, and survival shape our financial lives far more than income ever could.

Content Note: This episode discusses financial infidelity, financial abuse, economic control, and their connection to intimate partner violence. Please listen in a way that feels safe for you.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• What financial infidelity actually is
• How common are financial secrets in relationships
• Why financial infidelity is rooted in shame, not spreadsheets
• What financial and economic abuse can look like
• Why financial abuse shows up in almost every case of domestic violence
• Red flags to watch for in your own relationship
• What makes secrecy harmful vs. protective
• The difference between financial conflict, financial mismanagement, and financial harm

This episode explores what happens when money becomes a tool of control, why secrecy thrives in shame, and how to start naming what’s happening if something doesn’t feel right.

Canadian Resources & Support

If this episode brings something up for you or if you’re experiencing financial harm, these Canadian resources can help:

● Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
Economic abuse education, survivor tools, and multilingual fact sheets.
https://ccfwe.org
● Canadian Bankers’ Association — Financial Abuse Support & Provincial Resources
Information + links to help centres across Canada.
https://cba.ca
● Tech Safety Canada — Digital Financial Abuse Toolkit
Support for tech-enabled financial control (online banking, passwords, apps).
https://techsafety.ca
● NICE (National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly)
Resources for preventing and responding to financial abuse of older adults.
https://nicenet.ca
● ShelterSafe Canada
Find local women’s shelters and domestic violence supports by province.
https://sheltersafe.ca

You deserve safety, autonomy, and access to your own financial life.

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Have you ever noticed that the people with the most power and privilege seem the most afraid of losing it? From private bunkers to doomsday yachts, billionaires are stockpiling for the apocalypse, and in doing so, revealing what money can’t actually buy: safety, trust, or community.

In this episode of Money Feels, we’re unpacking the strange world of prepper billionaires — the ultra-wealthy who are preparing to survive the collapse of the very systems they helped create.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how culture, gender, and ego all shape the way we love, earn, and prepare for the end of the world (apparently).

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• The rise of luxury survivalism
• Why wealth and fear often grow together
• How billionaires try to buy safety instead of building community
• The irony of trying to escape the collapse of a system you benefit from
• The psychology of control and scarcity at the highest income levels
• What “emotional prepping” looks like for the rest of us

This episode explores what happens when safety becomes a solo project and why true survival might depend less on money and more on connection.

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Have you ever noticed how buying anything these days seems to come with judgment attached? Whether it’s the “right” kind of coffee cup, the “wrong” influencer haul, or the moral high ground of minimalism, our spending habits have become a public performance of virtue.

In this episode of Money Feels, we’re unpacking the moralization of everyday consumption — how culture, social media, and capitalism have turned simple purchases into moral statements.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how culture, gender, and ego all shape the way we love, earn, and consume.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• How consumption became moralized: “good” vs. “bad” spending
• The four moral strategies we use to justify our purchases
• Why economists view consumption as neutral, but we don’t
• Whether anti-consumption trends (like deinfluencing or minimalism) are just another performance of virtue
• The emotional labour of being a “conscious consumer”
• Why it’s okay to just like things

As we peel back the layers, we ask: can we truly consume without performing morality — or is that impossible in a capitalist culture? Because sometimes, the most ethical thing you can do is stop moralizing your morning latte. 

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Have you ever noticed how success can make women feel more alone — not more secure? In this episode of Money Feels, we’re unpacking why wealth and independence can come with unexpected emotional costs, and why partnership — once seen as an economic safety net — doesn’t always add value anymore.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money and how culture, gender, and ego all shape the way we love, earn, and connect.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

• The rise of single women and the economic evolution of marriage
• Whether wealth makes partnerships harder
• The psychology of “dating up”
• How society moralizes women’s choices around wealth and independence
• Why female friendship often becomes the most emotionally satisfying relationship in women’s lives.
• The Nicole Kidman / Keith Urban moment:
• What it means to find love that doesn’t require shrinking

As more women reach financial independence, the economics of love are changing — and so are the emotions that come with it. This episode explores why partnership looks different when you already feel whole, and why the richest thing you can have might just be peace.

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Have you ever wondered why money feels so emotional, even when you know what you “should” be doing? In this episode of Money Feels, we’re unpacking how psychology, therapy, and financial planning all overlap, and why the numbers only tell half the story.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast, where we talk about the emotional side of money — and how culture, identity, and lived experience shape the way we earn, spend, save, and share.

In today’s episode, we discuss the following:

• Why your financial plan should include your feelings (not just your goals)
• How shame, guilt, and anxiety show up in your money habits
• The weight of generational money trauma — and how it keeps us stuck
• The constant tug between scarcity and abundance mindsets
• How capitalism, inequality, and gender roles quietly influence our sense of “enough”

Money touches everything — our relationships, our security, our joy. But until we understand why we feel the way we do about it, even the best financial plan won’t feel right.

Book financial therapy with Alyssa 

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Have you ever wondered if we’ve completely lost the plot on lifestyle spending? In this episode of Money Feels, we’re unpacking how what used to be luxuries have slowly become defaults — and what that shift means for our wallets, our emotions, and our ability to just sit with discomfort without buying something.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast, where we talk about the emotional side of money, and how culture, social media, and convenience are reshaping what “normal” spending looks like.

In today's episode, we discuss the following:

• How the “default” has changed: from used cars to new, from one vacation a year to multiple international trips
• Why every experience now comes with a spending component 
• The role of social media in fueling constant consumption (and why not sharing is seen as gatekeeping)
• The loss of friction in spending decisions, and what it might look like to bring some friction back
• Whether we’ve collectively forgotten how to sit with discomfort without pulling out our wallets

Thanks for listening to another episode! If you want bonus episodes and more, you can join our Patreon! Until then, follow us on Instagram @mixedupmoney, @bridgiecasey and @moneyfeelspodcast, and we’ll see you next time! 

Have you ever wondered why you keep saying “yes” with your money when you really want to say “no”? In this episode of Money Feels, we’re joined again by out very first guest, Chantel Chapman — founder of Trauma of Money, internationally recognized educator, and now author of Trauma of Money — to unpack something called financial fawning.

We’re your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast where we talk about the emotional side of money — including how our nervous systems, past experiences, and need for safety shape the way we spend, give, and say “yes.”

In today’s episode, we discuss the following:

• What “financial fawning” means and how it differs from people-pleasing
• Why do we over-give, over-spend, or say “yes” to money requests even when we can’t afford to?
• How trauma and social conditioning make fawning feel like safety
• The difference between generosity and self-abandonment
• How this shows up in friendships, families, and relationships
• Practical ways to stop fawning and start setting boundaries — without guilt or shame

A quick thank-you to ATB Financial for sponsoring today’s live episode! If you’re a new client, you can earn up to $820 in welcome bonuses by clicking here.

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Have you ever wondered what really happens when we privatize health care? In this episode of Money Feels, we’re joined by emergency physician and public health advocate Dr. Shazma Mithani to talk about why more private clinics, pay-to-play systems, and investor-owned health care might sound efficient but leave most of us worse off.

We're your hosts, Alyssa and Bridget. Welcome to the podcast, where we talk about the emotional side of money — including the systems that shape what kind of care we get, and who gets left behind when profit enters the chat.

In today's episode, we discuss the following:

• What “privatization” actually means in Canada
• Why letting people “skip the line” doesn’t reduce wait times
• How for-profit care puts shareholders ahead of patients
• What we can learn from other real-world examples
• The emotional toll of navigating health care
• What a stronger, more equitable public system could look like

Thanks for listening to our first episode of a new season! If you want bonus episodes and more, you can join our Patreon! Until then, follow us on Instagram @mixedupmoney, @bridgiecasey and @moneyfeelspodcast, and we’ll see you next time!