Episode Details

What if your struggles with money were never about discipline or intelligence, but about safety?

In this episode of The Midlife Butterfly, Kena sits down with Certified Money Coach and Somatic Practitioner Nadine Zumot to explore the deeper truth behind money wounds, self-worth, and nervous system regulation, especially for women navigating midlife transitions like divorce, reinvention, or awakening 

Together, they unpack how early childhood experiences, inherited family stories, and trauma shape our relationship with money far beyond spreadsheets and budgets. You’ll hear why money blocks aren’t flaws to fix, but protective patterns your body learned to survive, and how healing them requires compassion, embodiment, and nervous-system safety.

This is a grounded, honest conversation about overspending, underspending, overgiving, avoidance, and the invisible ways money controls our sense of worth. By the end, you’ll feel less broken ($), less ashamed, and more empowered to meet money as a companion—not a threat—and begin relating to it from trust, choice, and self-respect.

✨ In This Episode You’ll Learn

• How childhood experiences silently shape your adult money patterns
• Why money wounds are protective responses, not personal failures
• What happens when money becomes tied to self-worth and safety
• The truth about nervous system regulation and financial behavior
• How embodied, holistic money work creates lasting change

💜 Connect with Nadine:

• Follow Nadine on Instagram @nadinezumot
• Listen to Nadine’s Podcast Un-F*ck Your Money
• Join Nadine’s self-paced workshop: 5 Days of Money Magic

🦋 Reflection Questions for You:

1. Which of the four money blocks—overgiving, underspending, overspending, or avoidance—feels most familiar in your life right now?
2. What inherited money story are you finally ready to release and rewrite?
3. What would shift if money felt safe instead of charged?

🦋 Work With Kena
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I offer connection calls for women who are ready to stop waiting and come back to who they truly are. It's a real conversation to feel into whether working together is a yes.

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Music: Reborn by Alexander Nakarada