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The Rachel Cruze Show

The Moment That Exposes Who You Really Are

The Rachel Cruze Show

Ramsey Network

Education, Investing, Business, Self-improvement

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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💵 The simplest way to budget. Download the EveryDollar app for free!   If all your material things were taken from you, what would you have left? In this episode, I unpack a recent conversation with my husband about what you can actually control and count on in life   Next Steps: 🎥 Watch my video What Your 7 Money Tendencies Say About You. 📈 Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a free personalized plan.   Connect With Our Sponsors: Learn more about Christian Healthcare Ministries. Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe.   Explore More From Ramsey Network: 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 🎙️ The Ramsey Show   💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💰 George Kamel 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 📈 EntreLeadership   Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I posted something to my social media recently, and it sparked some good conversation,

0:10.4

and it's something my husband Winston and I think about a lot. So I figured we'd unpack it a little

0:14.3

bit more here on this channel. Now, before we jump in, make sure to like, subscribe, and share

0:18.3

this episode with a friend. All right, here's the clip.

0:21.8

Pits the fan, are we going to be okay? This is a question, Winston, my husband, I, we ask each other

0:27.0

a lot because I'll be honest, we've married 15 years, we've been wise with our money. We've had

0:32.8

incredible opportunities in our lives. And the scary thing for me always is that like our stuff

0:37.4

can become who we are and our identity. And the scary thing for me always is that like our stuff can become

0:38.7

who we are and our identity. And if it's all taken away tomorrow, like, where are you left

0:44.3

standing? And asking yourself that, which I know you can't like get there 100% without it actually

0:48.6

happening. But there's something that's like, okay, if that happens, like what is important? And I keep

0:54.1

realizing time and time again, I don't know if it's because my kids are getting

0:56.2

older or what, but relationships in your life, like if you have kids with your spouse, with friends,

1:03.6

neighbors, people in your community, your family, like all of that, like that's the stuff that

1:08.5

outlasts. And I want to put effort and time and intentionality

1:12.3

into those things. Because at the end of our life, what is left standing? And to sound cheesy,

1:17.1

that is love, right? Like, the people in your life, like, that is what brings such richness and

1:22.7

such value. So stuff is not bad. But if it's all taken away tomorrow, who would you be? So like I said,

1:29.2

Winston I, we talk about this like a good bit because there is so much of my life that I do not

1:36.0

want rooted in my identity because there are things that can be taken away from our jobs,

1:42.6

our clothes, even our, you know, church situation,

1:46.5

even our kids' schools, like so many things that we can tend to be like, this is so important,

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