Wealth is a Mindset

Wellness In Every Season · Dec 5, 2025 · 52m

Money isn’t just about math—it’s about your mind, your history, and your nervous system. In this episode, Autumn sits down with mental-health-focused finance coach and author Shang Saavedra to unpack why wealth is truly a mindset and why budgets keep “failing” for really human reasons, not because you’re bad with numbers.

Shang shares how childhood bullying, generational trauma, and growing up as an immigrant shaped her early “revenge success” story—and how she had to heal emotionally to build a healthier relationship with money. She walks through her three root causes of “bad” money behavior…