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🧠 Understanding Your Financial Trauma w/ Rahkim Sabree
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- Money Healing Club Podcast
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- Feb 20, 2026
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- 3231
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EPISODE SUMMARY What if your money stress isn't a personal failure, but a wound shaped by systems bigger than you? On this episode of the Money Healing Club podcast, Rachel welcomes Rahkim Sabree, author of "Overcoming Financial Trauma," for a conversation about how financial trauma lives in our bodies, communities, and histories. They explore the six sources of financial trauma, the benefit cliff that keeps people stuck, and what happened when Rahkim lost his home to a fire 30 days before his book launched. This episode validates the collective nature of financial stress and offers real frameworks for healing. 💬 "Many times when we talk about financial trauma, we talk about it through a first person lens that says, 'I experienced this thing.' But when we take a step back, our financial socialization keeps us very isolated. My goal is to help people detach their self-worth from this phenomenon and view it as more of a societal issue." Key Takeaways: Financial trauma is any instance observed or experienced that negatively impacts how you view, interact with, or believe about money The six sources include: genetic/generational, vicarious/observational, workplace, poverty/financial instability, systemic/institutional, and acute financial events Financial fawning in the workplace means regularly crossing your own boundaries to stay employed (and it's a survival strategy) The benefit cliff creates a trap where earning $1 more can cost you thousands in support, preventing economic mobility Our trauma brains may be operating on "old software" while navigating economic systems built on outdated foundations Co-regulation practices (like collective breathing) can help us stay present through financial stress About Rahkim Sabree: Rahkim is a nationally recognized financial therap…