Why is knowledge alone not a remedy to fix financial stress when couples lack alignment, communication and emotional clarity around money ... which leads to your legacy? How are even high-achievers trapped by generational cycles of confusion, conflict as well as overwhelm? What are the real problems keeping couples and families stuck and how do you move to create that path forward to your legacy built on unity, pace and the intentional wealth?

In this episode, hostess Angelina Carleton speaks with Dr. Nicholas Michels to expose the hidden financial wounds many successful individuals carry from childhood—fear, instability, and patterns of scarcity that quietly shape adulthood, your relationships as well as your legacy. He reveals how growing up in a fractured home creates unresolved money trauma that later resurfaces in marriage no matter the professional success. Tune in to hear how through his personal story—including turning down an $8.1M signing bonus—he uncovers what he really needed to do to design his pioneering legacy plan.  

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At Legacy Planning©, we work with rising entrepreneurs, wealth creators, and family stewards who are ready to turn their success into lasting contribution. Our co-active coaching and advisory services help you clarify what truly matters—beyond balance sheets and the four corners of a document. We guide you in aligning your values, relationships, and influence into a living legacy you can lead with confidence today, and pass on with intention tomorrow.

Whether you're navigating a personal transition, succession planning, or seeking deeper meaning after financial success, we provide the structure and space to ask life's most important question: What will you leave in the hearts and hands of others? Because legacy isn’t what you leave behind—It’s how you show up now.

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