1210: What It Takes to Reach Financial Freedom with Farnoosh Torabi
Emotionally Uncomfortable
Hosted by Heather Chauvin | Insights inspired by Mel Robbins, Bréne Brown, Danielle Laporte, Elizab
4.6 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Your fear of wanting more money isn't about greed, it's rooted in the outdated stories you've inherited.
In this episode, Heather sits down with Farnoosh Torabi, financial expert and host of the So Money podcast, to unpack the emotional blocks that keep women from owning their wealth and ambition.
Listen in as they explore:
🩶 The cultural narratives that make women question their desire for money
🩶 How to rewrite your definition of power so it aligns with who you are
🩶 The mindset shift that transforms financial fear into freedom
If you've ever felt like financial ambition comes at a personal cost, this episode will help you see wealth as a tool for healing, freedom, and self-trust.
About Farnoosh
Farnoosh Torabi is one of America's leading personal finance experts. She is the host of the award-winning podcast So Money that has earned over 30 million downloads. She is a sought-after speaker and author of multiple books. Her newest is entitled A Healthy State of Panic, part-memoir, part-guidebook on how fear can be a superpower to achieve true wealth and career success.
Along with being featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine, Farnoosh has appeared frequently on Today, Good Morning America, and more. She is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University with a degree in finance and international business and holds a master's degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Farnoosh lives on the East Coast with her husband and two children.
Connect with Farnoosh
www.farnooshtorabi.com
https://www.instagram.com/farnooshtorabi/
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| 0:00.0 | The last year, so I've been diving more into money awareness and money consciousness because |
| 0:06.0 | the women that I work with who come to me and say, I want more connection, I want more desire. |
| 0:10.5 | You know, when we start creating fulfillment in one area of our lives, it pulls over into other |
| 0:17.6 | areas. And there's this weird connection between time and energy and money. |
| 0:23.1 | Like psychologically, it's kind of the same thing, except money has this whole category in our |
| 0:30.4 | culture. And so I've been talking to women who I would consider money experts and getting |
| 0:36.3 | their perspective. |
| 0:43.1 | So that's why you're hearing more about money on the podcast because I'm still talking about living in alignment with how you want to feel, parenting in alignment, you know, |
| 0:47.9 | like time and energy and emotional intelligence. |
| 0:52.1 | But this is just a conversation that I want more women to have access to, |
| 0:56.8 | especially to be able to connect with these types of experts. So in today's episode, I'm sitting |
| 1:02.8 | down with Farnoose Chirabi. She is a financial expert and host of the So Money podcast. So you've got to go |
| 1:10.4 | check out So Money. It's all about unpacking emotional |
| 1:15.2 | blocks that keep women from owning their wealth and ambition that's another thing that's a whole |
| 1:22.1 | other conversation but it is really about owning owning owning the life you want, owning who you want to be. |
| 1:28.0 | You don't actually need to know what you want. |
| 1:31.2 | A lot of people have that misconception. |
| 1:33.0 | They're like, just not this. |
| 1:34.2 | I don't know what I want, but it's not this. |
| 1:37.3 | And that's okay. |
| 1:38.6 | So we all need to take baby steps. |
| 1:41.4 | In this episode, Farnush and I talk about the cultural narratives that |
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