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Good Life Project · July 23, 2026 · 51m 35s

How Much Money Is Enough? Your Confusing Money Questions Answered.

Leisa Peterson

Leisa Peterson, a financial coach and former 30-year veteran of financial services, explores how childhood money stories shape adult financial decisions. She discusses inherited financial beliefs, how to define personal 'enough,' red flags when hiring financial advisors, and why silence around financial regret causes more damage than the decisions themselves. The episode challenges listeners to rewrite their money narratives.

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Curious

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Financial Regret Damage Comes From Silence, Not Bad Decisions
Research on financial regret shows the real psychological damage isn't the poor financial decision itself, but the silence and shame that follows it.
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Highlights

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Childhood Money Stories Shape Lifelong Financial Decisions
By age 7, most people absorb unexamined rules about money, worth, and deservingness from family conversations that persist into adulthood, often without questioning whether these beliefs are actually true.
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Editorial

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Define Your Own 'Enough' Instead of Borrowing Someone Else's
Most people never consciously define what 'enough' means financially—they instead adopt an external number (a salary benchmark, a net worth goal, a lifestyle) that never satisfies because it was never theirs to begin with.
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Health Crisis Revealed Assets That Never Show Up on Bank Statements
Peterson's husband's serious health diagnosis forced her to recognize that the assets that matter most—time, presence, relationship quality, peace of mind—are invisible on financial statements but determine actual life quality.
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Red Flags When Hiring a Financial Advisor
Peterson offers specific questions to ask financial advisors before hiring them, with particular attention to one answer that should trigger immediate exit.
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Misc

✧Peterson had a near-fatal health event that forced her to reassess her relationship with money and success
✧She works primarily with women to uncover inherited financial stories
✧Research shows financial regret damage comes from silence, not the bad decision itself
✧Identical twins raised in same household can end up in vastly different financial situations due to different money story interpretations
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