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Money is Not Your Problem
If you've ever said "I'm just bad with money" — this podcast is for you.
Money Is Not Your Problem is for capable, hardworking women who are tired of starting over, avoiding their numbers, and wondering why nothing seems to stick. The truth is, financial struggle rarely comes down to math. It comes down to patterns, beliefs, and the stories we carry about what we deserve or what's even possible for us.
Each episode gives you something real: a financial concept explained simply, a mindset shift worth sitting with, and a practical step you can take before the week is out.
I'm Madeleine Strasburg — Financial and Life Coach, former math teacher, and founder of Strasburg Coaching. With a Master of Education, over 20 years of teaching personal finance, and certifications from Ramsey Solutions and The Life Coach School, I've worked with women at every stage of the financial journey. I know what it looks like to be smart and responsible yet still feel completely stuck with money.
This podcast is built on one core belief: money management is a learnable skill. Not a personality trait. Not a moral score. A skill — and you can build it.
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Money is Not Your Problem
Ep.47 🤢 Shame eats [relationships] for breakfast
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Do you know where shame goes after it leaves your head? It ripples outward — and it hits the people you love most.
In our last episode, we talked about the Financial Hangover. Today we talk about what happens after. Because I've lived this. I had a CPA situation — a tax bill that left our account without warning — and instead of telling my husband, I went silent. I'm the money person. I'm the numbers person. How could I let this happen? So I hid it. And that's when the Avoidance Tax gets really expensive.
We discuss how shame is an isolating force. It convinces you that you're a burden. So you pull away. You stop communicating. You stop being transparent. And that withdrawal builds a wall — slowly, quietly — until the truth comes out and explodes into an argument that was never actually about the money. You're arguing about the distance. You're arguing because your partner got shut out of reality while you were trying to protect him (and yourself!) from your (own) shame.
The Regulate, Reframe, Reclaim strategy isn't just about balancing a checkbook. It's about rebuilding financial intimacy in your marriage. You sit down with your spouse — not in shame, but in leadership — and you say: here's what happened, here's what went wrong, let's figure out the plan from here.
It is okay to have different ways of handling money if you both share the same vision for your future, especially your finances.
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