In this powerful episode of Healing Mindset, host Nazish sits down with Jennifer Edwards, CFP® and founder of Breakthrough Financial Wellness, to explore why even high earners feel stuck, ashamed, or anxious around money. Jennifer reveals that money struggles are rarely about the numbers — they’re rooted in nervous-system responses, childhood stories, societal pressures, and unresolved trauma. Using her signature Seven-Layer Financial Wellness Framework, she explains how calming the body, rewriting old beliefs, and creating safety cues can transform scarcity into true financial (and emotional) freedom.

Key Takeaways:

• Financial stress exists at every income level — from poverty (loss of autonomy) to abundance (difficulty spending after decades of “must accumulate”).

• Scarcity mindset is wired into our nervous system; many wealthy people still fear “going broke” because their early survival strategy was hyper-focus on saving and growth.

• Shame + poor decisions create a vicious downward spiral. Reducing shame (by acknowledging systemic, cultural, and trauma layers) is the first step to better choices.

• The Seven-Layer Financial Wellness Framework (from macro to micro):

1. 1. Societal/systemic forces

   2. Relational/family culture

   3. Educational/knowledge gaps

   4. Behavioral habits

   5. Physiological (sleep, hunger, stress affect money choices)

   6. Psychological (money stories & beliefs)

   7. Trauma (stored in the body, not the mind)

• Trauma is healed in the body first — mindfulness, deep breathing, noticing “cues of safety” (smiles, soothing voices, nature sounds, kind gestures), not just talk therapy.

• Couples fight about money because spending = exposing identity & desires. Understanding the “why” behind a partner’s money habits turns conflict into deeper connection.

• Start your own shift with Jennifer’s free Money Beliefs Inventory (automatic sentence completions reveal subconscious programming).

• Lasting change usually takes 6 months–2 years of compassionate support — breakthroughs are just the beginning.

Connect with Jennifer Edwards
Website: BreakthroughFinancialWellness.com
Resources and newsletter available on the site.

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