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Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Money Isn’t the Goal: Building a Financial Life With Purpose | John Coleman (Bonus Episode)

Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips

Diane Boden

Education, How To, Home & Garden, Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

What if the goal of money isn’t just more - but meaning? In this conversation, Diane explores a refreshing and purpose-driven approach to personal finance inspired by Good Money by John Coleman. Rather than following the traditional formula of earning more, saving for retirement, and checking all the expected boxes, this episode invites you to rethink your relationship with money from the ground up. Together, we unpack how to align your finances with your values, prioritize purpose in your work, spend more intentionally, and use your resources to create real impact.

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About John|

John Coleman is an investor, author, and speaker whose work explores the intersection of faith, purpose and finance. He serves as co-CEO of Sovereign’s Capital, a values-driven investment firm active in public equities, private equity and venture capital, and is a co-founder of the Faith Driven Investor movement. A frequent contributor to Harvard Business Review, his writing has also appeared in Forbes, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Financial Times and Los Angeles Times. His books include Passion & Purpose, The HBR Guide to Crafting Your Purpose and even a novel, Miracles. A graduate of Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School, Coleman and his wife live in Atlanta with their four children, pursuing the good life he teaches—one marked by purpose, generosity and faithful stewardship.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

For those of you that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience.

0:05.9

This episode is coming from a Christian perspective, so if that's not something you're interested in,

0:10.5

check out one of the other episodes that dropped this week, or join me back to your next week for episodes that you don't want to miss.

0:17.5

This is meant to encourage people to really reflect on the why that they're doing things and to really

0:23.1

firmly establish for themselves and their families, what is our vision of a good life and make

0:28.4

money subservient to that? And the good news is most of those things that make a good life are

0:34.4

practically free, right? Financial and material stability enables them,

0:38.3

but we can lean into relationships for free. We can develop great character and virtue for free.

0:44.1

Mental, physical, and spiritual health, we can take care of usually at pretty low cost, right?

0:48.5

And so we've got these things we could focus on. We just sometimes get distracted by the less

0:52.8

meaningful things. What is it that defines a

0:55.2

good life for me? What do I think that looks like? And is my spending, is my earning, is my investing

1:01.0

really lining up with that? Or am I off track? Am I not connecting the way I use my money to my vision

1:07.0

for what a good life is? And if I'm not to try and adapt my spending, earning,

1:13.6

giving, et cetera, so that it enables me to reach this good life that I think should ultimately

1:20.0

define my life. This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist mom's podcast.

1:25.2

What if the goal of money isn't just more, but meaning? In today's

1:28.8

conversation, I explore a refreshing and purpose-driven approach to personal finance inspired by the

1:34.4

book Good Money by John Coleman. Rather than following the traditional formula of earning more,

1:39.5

saving for retirement, and checking all the expected boxes, today's episode invites you to rethink your

1:44.7

relationship with money from the ground up. Together, John and I unpack how to align your finances

1:49.6

with your values, prioritize purpose in your work, spend more intentionally, and use your

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