Why High Earners Still Feel Broke

I Date Money: Budget • Invest • Build Wealth After Divorce

If you’re constantly borrowing from buckets, shuffling money around, and feeling like you’re failing with money no matter how much you earn, this episode will change everything. You’re not bad with money. You’re missing a stabilizing system that finally makes you feel safe.

Episode Highlights:

• Why high earners still feel broke
• The real reason you keep borrowing from savings and tax buckets
• The emotional toll of constant money shuffling
• The root cause behind “just making ends meet”
• How to build a simple money bucket system that holds, even with fluctuating income
• Why your nervous system can’t feel safe without structure
• The essential first steps of the Money Multiplier System
• How to assign every dollar a job and stop reacting to money
• What happens emotionally and financially when bucket borrowing ends

Timestamps:

00:00 The moment you realize you’re working hard but barely breathing financially

01:20 Why you’re not failing with money

02:10 The divorced mompreneur money pattern

03:15 The trap of “I’ll just make more money”

04:30 The real reason income feels unpredictable

06:00 Borrowing from buckets: symptom, not the cause

07:20 The emotional burden: guilt, shame, fear

09:00 The stabilizing Money Multiplier framework

10:20 Assigning every dollar a job

12:00 Paying yourself first and fixing fluctuating income

13:30 Building safety through structure

15:00 What changes when you stop bucket borrowing

16:00 Why The Smell of Money is the system that finally works

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Ready to stop feeling broke, guilty, and overwhelmed about money—even after divorce? Inside The Smell of Money, you’ll get the tools to rebuild financial stability, master your money mindset, and create a financial plan that finally feels simple. Whether you’re looking for smart investment strategies, clarity with your budget, or even how to start investing with just $100, this is where you’ll find the confidence and stability you’ve been craving.

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Remember, it doesn't matter how much money you make; it's what you do with it

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Intro/Outro music "IDM" by Christa Lily