264. How to Reclaim Your Power (and Your Finances) After Everything Falls Apart with Jen Hatmaker

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, How To, Business

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🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Today is the LAST day to get 50% off Stock Market School! Join now: https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod What happens when the life you’ve spent decades building shatters overnight? Today’s guest, Jen Hatmaker, joins me to talk about the moment everything collapsed—and how she rebuilt her identity, her faith, her confidence, and her finances from the ground up. In this deeply honest conversation, we explore what it means to wake up to your own power after betrayal, divorce, and a total life upheaval, and how taking control of your money can become the foundation for reclaiming every part of your story. Jen’s links: Book: https://jenhatmaker.com/awake/ Website: https://jenhatmaker.com/ Visit ⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠ to stay up to date and find any resources mentioned on our show! 00:00 Intro 00:54 The Story We Tell Ourselves vs. Reality 02:04 The Moment Everything Changed 04:00 Why We Ignore Red Flags 06:36 The Cost of Disruption and Divorce 09:14 Money Reckoning After Divorce 12:07 Why Women Opt Out of Finances 15:19 The Emotional Labor of Money 17:22 The First 90 Days: Financial Overwhelm 20:06 Becoming Financially Literate 22:44 From Shame to Action 25:22 Taking Ownership and Finding Safety 28:22 The Cost of Self-Erasure 31:07 What Happens When Women Have Money 34:07 Deconstructing Faith and Identity 38:42 Finding New Definitions of Church 41:18 Advice for Anyone in Upheaval Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:22.8	into 2026 as the best financial version of you. Thank you for supporting her first 100K, which is a
0:27.7	woman owned and run business. And thank you for investing in yourself in your financial education.
0:35.4	This is your wake up call to stop ignoring your money and stop letting someone else manage it for you.
0:40.9	Today's guest was the epitome of what I call the ostrich effect, burying your head in the sand,
0:45.5	acting like your financial problems don't exist, until suddenly shit hits the fan and you have
0:50.1	no other choice but to get honest with yourself about money.
0:52.9	After waking up in the middle of the night to find her husband of 25 years, voice noting his mistress saying, I just can't
0:59.8	quit you. Jen Hatmaker's entire life blew up. And not only did she have to rebuild from scratch,
1:06.0	she had to get really honest about the fact that she was completely ignoring and had no knowledge of anything
1:11.8	when it comes to money. This is a common story that I get messages about every single day,
1:17.5	women at every stage of life, but especially 40 plus who are going through some sort of crisis,
1:23.6	a divorce, a death of a partner, a financial awakening where they realize that they need to get
1:30.3	their financial shit together and that nobody's coming to save them. Let's get into it. But first,
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