You don't need a major life event to have experienced financial trauma. In this episode, I chat with Rahkim Sabree who specializes in financial trauma. We talk about what it is, where it comes from, and how you can work through it to accomplish your financial goals. He also shares his story of getting out of poverty, microaggressions at work, pursuing entrepreneurship, and mental health.  

“You do not have to have experienced the (financial) trauma directly in order to inherit that trauma.” - Rahkim Sabree

“I still believe in this idea of abundance. I still have aspirations and goals that have a monetary value but  I’m also realizing that as much as it’s about the money, it’s also not. It’s about the impact. It’s about the experience. It’s about the freedom.” - Rahkim Sabree

What You Will Learn From This Episode

• What is financial trauma and how it can affect you
• Some examples of insidious financial trauma that can happen every day
• How you can have financial trauma even if you don't experience it first-hand
• A three-part process on how to shift your money mindset if your experience has always been with lack
• On microaggressions that Rahkim experienced and what he did to change his situation
• How working for yourself for the first time can affect your money and mental health in good and bad ways

About Rahkim Sabree:

Rahkim Sabree is a nationally certified financial education instructor (CFEI), TED speaker, best-selling author of the book "Financially Irresponsible", and Financial Empowerment Coach who focuses on financial trauma.

His work has been published in Entrepreneur, Business Insider, The Grio, Thrive Global, Black Enterprise, GoBankrates, CreditCards.com, and so much more.

Rahkim is also someone who has grown up disadvantaged and experiencing poverty. Today, Rahkim works exclusively with leaders whose mission is to improve people's lives, who see bigger than themselves, and who in addition to wanting to propel their business to the next level, want to (re-) find greater flexibility and freedom using the power of money.

Resources:

Resources include affiliate links which support the website and podcast.

• Lea Landaverde Interview - On Money Trauma, First Generation Finance, and Building Wealth
• The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.
• Financially Irresponsible by Rahkim Sabree

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