Who Are You When Money Stops Making You Feel Safe?

**What happens when you hand someone else the power to decide what your life looks like?** Trish Ramirez knows money and dragsters. This drag car racer has spent more than 35 years in the financial industry, helping women understand money, build wealth, and change the way they think about their finances. But there was a time when Trish knew what she wanted and didn't trust herself enough to fight for it. She wanted to buy a house. Someone she trusted told her everything would be fine. It wasn't. And years later, she found herself rebuilding her life after divorce and asking a much bigger question than what happened to the house: **Why didn't I trust myself?** In this conversation, Trish and Michelle talk about money, financial independence, relationships, divorce, power, and the stories we're handed about who should manage the money. Because money isn't just numbers. It can become tied to your identity. Your confidence. Your relationships. Your sense of safety. And sometimes, the hardest financial decision isn't deciding what to do with your money. It's admitting you've been handing your power to someone else. We also get into the money stories we inherit as children, why even a financial professional can still feel anxious looking at her own numbers, and what happens when losing a job or relationship forces you to question who you thought you were. And then Trish reveals a part of herself you probably wouldn't expect. Because the financial advisor sitting across from Michelle isn't the whole story. Neither of us is. **We're not our job titles. We're not our bank accounts. And we're sure as hell not the roles we've been handed.** So what happens when you finally trust yourself enough to take your power back? Listen to the conversation. If something in this episode made you see your own relationship with money differently, share it with someone who needs the conversation. **Follow Hot Mess Magic wherever you listen to podcasts, and join the Hot Mess Magic Community to keep the conversation going.** Because sometimes the money conversation isn't really about money. It's about who gets to decide. **Connect** **Michelle Burke** IG - @michelleaburke **Trish Ramirez** IG - @patricialynnramirez Website - Ramirez Wealth Management