Money Trauma

3 out of 4 Gen-Zs and Millennials have PTSD-like symptoms caused by financially induced stress. Mental health and trauma have gotten more into the mainstream, and yet we don’t apply the same lens to money. 'Money Trauma' challenges the many misconceptions about money behaviours - uncovering experiences like financial stress, gambling, and wealth accumulation from a trauma-informed perspective. Follow us on a journey around the world speaking to experts about how these stories contradict real experiences people psychologically and socially - and who ends up benefitting from these stories.

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Episodes

The Psychology of Wealth Accumulation

What is the emotional world beneath the rich - those who inherit or accumulate large amounts of wealth? How is the impulse behind 'the goalpost never stops moving' connected to psychological security? Who benefits from the rich getting richer? Speaking with people who work closely with the ultra-wealthy, we examine how the systems surrounding the rich enforce dynamics of wealth accumulation. We ask what common stories and experiences sustain these structures, whose interests they serve, and what...

Mar 20, 2026•40 min

The Myth of Laziness

Laziness - it’s something we’ve all heard, or said before. It’s is one of those heavily thrown around terms, that could be said with in loving banter, or be heavy with projected accusation. But what does it actually mean? Going around the world, we’ll explore tropes of how laziness is portrayed, and how it was created to serve colonial capitalism. In the contemporary, we explore its ongoing weaponization against the most vulnerable in society. Does it even exist? What does it have to do with our...

Mar 13, 2026•39 min•Season 1Ep. 2

What is Money Trauma?

What if our relationship with money isn’t about discipline, intelligence, or willpower at all — but about survival, safety, and belonging? In this opening episode, we explore money trauma: the often invisible ways financial behaviors are shaped by fear, shame, scarcity, and inherited beliefs. From overspending and avoidance to perfectionism and burnout, we unpack the rationality myth of money; how class, relational and racial experiences activates the nervous system, and what could happen if we ...

Mar 06, 2026•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Introducing Money Trauma

Feb 19, 2026•1 min

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