In Chapter 2 of Happy Money, Ken Honda shifts the focus from what you know about money to how you feel about it and why that difference changes everything.

We explore the distinction between Money IQ (strategies, knowledge, logic) and Money EQ (emotions, beliefs, confidence, self-worth), and why most of us are trained in one while quietly sabotaged by the other.

This episode dives into the eight money personality types - from compulsive savers and spenders to warriors, gamblers, and money-makers - and why you’ll probably recognize yourself in several of them, depending on life phase, stress, or identity shifts. We talk honestly about entrepreneurship, burnout, fear of failure, confidence, and how old beliefs resurface when the stakes get real.

We also unpack emotions that block money flow such as anxiety, fear, doubt, guilt, and self-neglect and why awareness, not avoidance, is the real work. The conversation moves into belief systems, “money containers,” and what it actually means to expand your capacity without burning yourself out.

This isn’t about fixing your finances.
It’s about understanding the patterns running underneath them.

✨ In this episode, we reflect on:
• Money IQ vs Money EQ — and why EQ often comes first
• The 8 money personality types (and how they shift over time)
• Entrepreneurship, fear, confidence, and old programming
• Emotional blocks that affect money far beyond finances
• Why sharing your money struggles matters more than you think
• Beliefs, capacity, and learning to grow without hitting the wall

If you’ve ever felt torn between ambition and balance, confidence and fear, logic and emotion this chapter gives you language for what’s really going on.

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👯 Hosts: Sofia Stigendal & Marielle Almquist
🎧 Editing: Elmer Hermansson
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BookBright: Review, Rethink & Rewrite your story – one book at a time!

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This episode starts with a simple question — and quickly turns into something much deeper:What does money actually mean to you?

In Chapter 1 of Happy Money, Ken Honda invites us to explore our emotional relationship with money, rather than chasing strategies, investments, or “the next sure thing.” And honestly? We didn’t expect a book about money to bring up this much identity, childhood programming, and self-worth.

We talk about money as energy, attachment to outcomes, scarcity vs abundance, and how early experiences shape the way we give, earn, spend — and value ourselves. Along the way, the conversation gets personal: generosity as self-protection, the fear of not being “enough,” parenting, comparison, and what it really means to live with enough.

This is not an episode about getting rich.
It’s about feeling free.

✨ In this episode, we reflect on:
• Why money is never “just money”
• Detaching your self-worth from outcomes
• Scarcity thinking and comparison
• Gratitude, control, and a more Zen relationship with money
• What our kids learn about money — without us noticing

If you’ve ever felt stressed, ashamed, conflicted, or confused about money — this chapter (and this conversation) might open something important.

📚 Book: Happy Money by Ken Honda
📚 Chapter 1: What does money mean to you? Solving the mystery of money

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👯 Hosts: Sofia Stigendal & Marielle Almquist
🎧 Editing: Elmer Hermansson
📲 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @bookbright_podcast
— and don’t hesitate to reach out with your reflections and thoughts.

BookBright: Review, Rethink & Rewrite your story – one book at a time!

Get a book brief for each episode: https://bookbrightpodcast.com/bookbrief

Happy Money - Introduction

We’re starting a new book!

In this episode, we open Happy Money by Ken Honda and explore a different way of thinking about money — not as numbers or strategies, but as a relationship.

We talk about:

• The idea of happy money and unhappy money
• How early experiences shape our beliefs about money
• Why money isn’t the problem, but the meaning we attach to it often is
• Performance, self-worth, and the pressure to “earn” approval

This is a reflective conversation about money, identity, and responsibility and why changing how we relate to money might matter more than changing how much we make.

As always: buy the book, read along, and join us chapter by chapter.

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👯 Hosts: Sofia Stigendal & Marielle Almquist
🎧 Editing: Elmer Hermansson
📲 Follow us on Instagram & TikTok @bookbright_podcast
— and don’t hesitate to reach out with your reflections and thoughts.

BookBright: Review, Rethink & Rewrite your story – one book at a time!