Money Is Emotional

On this episode of Money is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with author Jennifer Blanchard about redefining what it means to feel rich before reaching a particular financial milestone. Jennifer shares her journey from debt, financial uncertainty, and feeling limited by money to developing a healthier relationship with earning, receiving, and experiencing abundance.

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About Jennifer Blanchard:

Jennifer Blanchard is the self-made bestselling author of F*ck the How, Quantum Leap Your Life, and Manifest Everything, which are roadmaps for manifesting your dreams and desires without needing to know the How ahead of time.

Her practical approach to intentional manifesting is doable and easy to understand. Readers of her books and students of her courses have said Jennifer clarifies and translates everything they’ve previously learned about manifestation.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Public Relations with a minor in Creative Writing.

Jennifer has authored more than a dozen books, including several romance novels, and is co-author of the book, Miraclefesting: Inspiring Stories to Help You Recognize and Create Everyday Miracles in Your Life.

On this episode of The Money Is Emotional Podcast, host Christine Luken explores how money shame can be transformed from something painful and limiting into a source of financial dignity, self-awareness, and action. She distinguishes between external money shame, which comes from other people’s expectations and judgments, and internal money shame, which comes from our own financial behaviors, inaction, or lack of knowledge.

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On this episode, Christine Luken speaks with Jen Conkey, a multifamily real estate investor, capital strategist, and entrepreneur, about moving from simply earning money to becoming a strategic owner of wealth. Jen shares her journey from a 22-year corporate career where she earned a high income but experienced lifestyle creep and financial stress to building a real estate portfolio that generates cash flow and ultimately leaving corporate America.

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About Jen Conkey:

Jen Conkey is a transformational leader, entrepreneur, and mindset strategist with a mission to empower individuals to break free from limitations and achieve extraordinary results.

As a co-founder of initiatives like the Remote Multifamily Investing Academy, Warriors of Wealth, and WOW Live, Jen has positively impacted thousands of lives by guiding them to unshackle themselves from fear, self-doubt, and societal expectations.

With expertise in NLP, neuroscience, and leadership development, Jen’s unique approach combines cutting-edge science with actionable strategies to create lasting change. Known for her vibrant energy (“Jenergy”) and strategic insights, she inspires individuals to build lives filled with purpose, freedom, and prosperity.

On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with David Delisle, founder of The Awesome Stuff, about helping children develop a healthy relationship with money before they inherit unhealthy financial beliefs from the world around them.

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About David Delisle:

David Delisle  is a TEDx speaker, author, and creator of The Awesome Stuff. He wrote The Golden Quest and built the question, “Is this my Awesome Stuff?”, after watching his own father chase more and lose what mattered most. He speaks to schools, families, and communities across North America.

On this episode of Money Is Emotional, Christine Luken speaks with Juliana Uto, investor, startup advisor, and founder of Wealth Bravery, about developing the skills and judgment needed to become a better steward of wealth.

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For nearly two decades, Juliana was a senior leader at a global oil and gas major — evaluating assets, making strategic investment decisions at a corporate level, and operating in environments where capital decisions carried real consequence. All while quietly building her own multi-seven-figure portfolio from the inside out.

When her daughter was born, she knew she wanted to be present — not traveling internationally for someone else’s balance sheet. She left at forty. Not because she had to — because she’d built the architecture to make it possible. The optionality to stay or go, to work or not, wasn’t something she stumbled into at sixty-five. It was something she designed for, intentionally, long before she needed it.

Then she built Wealth Bravery to give other high-earning women the same framework: the capital allocator’s lens, the private markets access, and the clarity that changes how you see everything you’re building.

On this episode of the Money Is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken challenges common stereotypes about trust fund and “nepo” babies while exploring the realities of inheritance, family businesses and generational wealth. Christine argues that criticizing people who inherit wealth while hoping to create wealth for your own family sends conflicting messages about your financial goals.

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In this deeply personal episode of the Money Is Emotional Podcast, host Christine Luken welcomes her friend Nicole Olsthoorn for an honest conversation about a misunderstanding that could have ended their friendship but instead made it stronger. Rather than avoiding conflict, both women chose curiosity, accountability, and open communication, demonstrating what emotionally mature friendships can look like.

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About my guest:

Nicole Olsthoorn (aka The Celtic Goddess) is a high priestess, a seer and channel, and an expert in creating sacred spaces. She uses her spiritual gifts to guide ambitious soul-led female founders and leading ladies in the reclamation of their feminine intuition, power, and leadership through online and in-person rites, rituals, and ceremonies that elevate and transform instantly. Nicole believes that women are the catalyst for the evolution of humanity, and that the world isn’t collapsing — she is emerging.

On this episode of the Money is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken sits down with Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Author, Melissa Murphy Pavone, author of Divorce by Design, to discuss how people can navigate divorce with greater clarity, intention, and financial confidence.

Melissa shares how her mother’s difficult divorce inspired her career in divorce financial planning after witnessing the long-term consequences of emotional financial decisions. She explains that divorce is not just a legal process but one of the largest financial transactions most people will ever experience, making it essential to have both emotional and financial support throughout the journey.

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Melissa Murphy Pavone is a highly respected financial expert specializing in collaborative divorce.

As both a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) and Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®), Melissa offers a unique blend of expertise that empowers individuals to make informed financial decisions during one of life’s most challenging transitions.

Her passion for collaborative divorce stems from her commitment to helping couples navigate divorce in a constructive, non-adversarial way. Melissa works closely with family law attorneys, mediators, and mental health professionals to provide a holistic approach to divorce that focuses on fairness and long-term financial security for all parties involved.

So often, we believe that if we could just make more money, hit a certain number, or achieve a particular level of success, then we’d finally feel secure, fulfilled, and at peace. But what happens when you get there? What happens when you’ve won the money game, and yet you’re still asking bigger questions about purpose, identity, freedom, relationships, and legacy?

On this episode of Money is Emotional podcast, host Christine Luken is joined by Moa Diseborn, the founder of Studio Molodi, a private world for people who have achieved significant financial success and are exploring what comes next.

She works with discreetly wealthy entrepreneurs, investors, and visionaries who want more than external success—they want a life that feels rich from the inside out. Her philosophy is simple: when money is no longer the main problem, the real work begins.

Moa is known as “The Secret Millionaire’s Best Friend,” and on this episode we’re diving into the journey from getting rich to living richly.

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About Moa Diseborn:

Moa Diseborn is a behavioural scientist and coach who has spent more than a decade working with people navigating wealth, life transitions and the invisible challenges that often come with external success.

Her work sits in the space between identity, values, direction and lived design. Clients come to her not for more information, but for a clearer way forward.

On this episode, host Christine Luken, originally known as a financial dignity coach, introduces a transformative identity: The Merchant Priestess. This new title reflects a deeper integration of her professional expertise in money management with her spiritual journey and identity.

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