n this episode of Christian Talk After Dark, I sat down with Suprena Spence to unpack the mental health side of money trauma and how it often shows up as anxiety, avoidance, fear, and chronic stress.

We talk about:

• Why financial instability triggers anxiety

• How money shame impacts emotional regulation

• The connection between credit stress and mental health

• Why avoidance is a trauma response — not a character flaw

• How healing begins with awareness, support, and safe conversations

This conversation is for anyone who feels overwhelmed by finances, anxious about credit, or silently carrying the weight of financial pressure.

As your Realtor for the People, my mission is not just to help you buy a home — but to help you heal enough to believe stability is possible.

🎧 Listen with compassion.

🧠 Reflect with honesty.

🤍 Heal with community.

If this resonates, I invite you to join my I AM Worthy of Credit Community, where we address money trauma, rebuild credit, and move toward homeownership together — without shame.

No matter where you are financially, emotion is always in the room.

When money is tight, there’s fear, shame, and survival mode.

When you’re rebuilding, there’s hope mixed with anxiety.

When you’re stable, there’s pressure to maintain it.

When you’re abundant, there’s responsibility, guilt, and sometimes loneliness.

Every level comes with feelings — not just figures.

Money isn’t just math.

It’s memory.

It’s meaning.

It’s how we learned to feel safe… or unsafe.

That’s why healing your finances without healing your emotions never lasts.

And why growing your income often brings up things you didn’t expect.

Welcome back to Grown & Holy: Christian Talk After Dark.

It’s the end of Week 1 of the I AM Worthy of Credit Challenge, and tonight we’re going deeper—into the unspoken money wounds so many of us carry but were never taught how to recognize, name, or heal.

In this episode, Raquel uncovers the quiet ways money trauma shows up in our emotions, habits, relationships, and sense of worth—and why it’s not your fault. Growing up, most of us weren’t taught financial confidence; we inherited silence, stress, survival mode, and fear.

Get ready for a powerful blend of scripture, healing tools, real-life stories, and practical credit-rebuilding steps that remind you:

You can heal.

You can rise.

You can rewrite your money story.

Tonight we explore:

✨ What “money trauma” actually is (and why most people don’t see it in themselves)

✨ The emotional patterns that come from growing up without financial safety

✨ How money trauma shapes your relationship with bills, budgeting, and credit

✨ The spiritual impact of financial fear and how God restores confidence

✨ Why shame keeps us stuck — and how to break that cycle

✨ Practical next steps to start rebuilding your credit with clarity and grace

✨ A reminder that financial healing is heart work + homework

This episode is a mirror, a balm, and a breakthrough.

You’ll walk away understanding yourself in a new light—and realizing you were never “bad with money.” You were simply never taught, never supported, and never affirmed.

But tonight, that changes.

You’re learning. You’re growing. You’re healing.

And God is rewriting your financial future.

Press play and breathe… healing is here.

In this opening episode of Grown & Holy: Christian Talk After Dark, we get real about something most people never say out loud: how deeply it hurts to be denied for credit, loans, or financial opportunities.

When that “We’re sorry, you’re not approved” hits your inbox… it doesn’t just hit your credit score.

It hits your confidence.

It hits your identity.

It hits that place inside of you that already wondered, “Am I enough?”

Raquel Long — The Realtor for the People — takes you into the emotional and spiritual side of money trauma, uncovering why those repeated rejections feel so personal and how they quietly shape the way we see ourselves, our future, and even our faith.

In this episode, you’ll discover:

✨ Why credit denial feels like rejection of you, not just your application

✨ The hidden shame and silence surrounding financial setbacks

✨ How money trauma impacts mental health, self-worth, and decision-making

✨ What the Bible says about identity, restoration, and starting again

✨ A practical first step to begin healing from financial wounds

✨ Why your credit story does not define your value or your destiny

This is the conversation your heart has been waiting for.

Tender. Honest. Healing.

The kind you only have after 9pm with someone who truly sees you.

If you’ve ever felt embarrassed, discouraged, or defeated by your financial past—this episode is your safe space, your reset, and your reminder:

You are worthy of credit. You are worthy of stability. You are worthy of the life God promised.

Pull up and press play. Your healing starts tonight