Why Being “Good With Money” Still Feels So Hard w/ Shannah Game #1103
How to Money
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4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
How often do you stop to consider that your hormones might be the ones clicking "Add to Cart"? We like to pretend money is just logic and spreadsheets, but let’s be real: it’s emotional, it’s messy, and it’s never just about the numbers. If you’re tired of carrying the weight of old financial mistakes or wondering why you’re stuck in the same self-sabotaging loops, this episode is your manual for a reset. Today, we’re joined by Shannah Game, a CFP and Money Therapist who bridges the gap between your brain and your bank account. Get ready to ditch the shame, kill the stress, and finally build a relationship with money that actually feels good. Today we discuss:
- How even successful folks feel stressed about their money
- Importance of communication with your parter
- Understanding and enjoying the financial journey in addition to goals
- Identifying ‘enough’
- Recognizing the ways you’re crushing it
- Financial growth accompanied by emotional growth
- Impact of your finances on your overall well-being
- And much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to How to Money. |
| 0:05.7 | I'm Joel. |
| 0:06.2 | And today I'm talking about why being good with money? It's just something |
| 0:39.1 | we don't really talk about, but money is emotional, right? It's never just numbers on a screen. |
| 0:45.1 | And so if you are carrying around old money mistakes, if you're feeling stuck in maybe some of the |
| 0:50.4 | same patterns that you've had in regards to your finances for years on end, |
| 0:54.7 | or you're just unsure why you keep second-guessing yourself when you're trying to make changes, |
| 0:59.6 | this episode is for you. Today's guest, Shauna Game, she is both a CFP and a money therapist. |
| 1:06.3 | She helps people understand the deeper forces behind their financial decisions so they can ditch the shame, |
| 1:12.2 | ease the stress, and build a healthier relationship with money. Shana, thank you so much for joining |
| 1:18.1 | me. I'm so glad you're here. Thanks so much for having me. This is my favorite topic to talk about. |
| 1:24.4 | Lovely. Oh, I love it too. I think it's so fun. The intersection, I was just telling you |
| 1:28.9 | right before we started like 401K contribution limits still interesting, less interesting than some of the |
| 1:34.3 | topics we're going to cover today. First question for you is, what do you like to explore John? |
| 1:39.2 | Like we call it the craft beer equivalent because we like spending a lot of money on good craft beer but we're |
| 1:45.6 | still doing the smart stuff with our money saving for our futures what's what's that splurge for you |
| 1:49.5 | absolutely anything dessert the sweeter the better cookies ice cream cupcakes you got a good piece of pie |
| 1:58.6 | a good you know six layer cake i you, you're going to get my money. |
| 2:03.0 | Even if it's not tasty, there's still going to be something redeemable from it. That's my theory. |
| 2:10.3 | I love it. Okay. Do you have an absolute favorite, like, last meal sort of dessert? What would you want to cap it off well i i have this |
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