Content Warning: This episode briefly discusses suicide and financial trauma. Please listen with care.

This episode is a raw, powerful conversation about financial rock bottom and the mindset shifts that create lasting transformation. Scott Maderer, stewardship coach and author, shares the deeply personal story of how he and his wife went from crushing debt and suicidal thoughts to complete financial freedom, buying their home in cash and building a successful business.

This isn't just another debt payoff story. Scott reveals how communication breakdowns, emotional spending, and the "provider protection" mindset nearly destroyed his marriage and his life. More importantly, he shares the stewardship principles that don't just build wealth but create sustainable abundance through serving others.

Key Learning Points

• The deadly trap of "protecting" your spouse from financial stress - How keeping money problems secret amplifies stress for both partners
• Why debt payoff methods matter less than mindset shifts - The 1% that clicked vs. the 99% they disagreed with in popular financial advice
• The stewardship mindset vs. hoarding mentality - How serving others creates more wealth than focusing solely on accumulation
• Open hands vs. clenched fists - Why contentment and ambition aren't opposites, and how letting go allows more to flow in
• The emotional vs. mathematical nature of money - Understanding that financial behavior is rarely about the numbers
• Why time, talent, and treasure alignment creates authentic success - Building wealth that matches your values and calling

Memorable Quotes

"I began to feel like I was literally worth more dead than alive. My life insurance would pay out, would pay off all the debt, would leave my wife with some money." - Scott's raw honesty about financial desperation

"Sometimes that 1% of what you hear is just what you need to hear to make the change that you need to make." - Lisa on being open to wisdom from unexpected sources

"What it did for me was it gave me hope. It isn't so much the methodology... it's much more that hearing somebody's story gave me hope that maybe there is a way to change this." - Scott on the power of shared stories

"Your fists are clenched - open, you can't receive." - The physical manifestation of financial scarcity mindset

"Driven and content aren't opposites. What's actually the opposite of driven is complacency." - Redefining ambition through stewardship

"It's not about what am I gonna get? It's about how can I help others and then it flows back to me." - The stewardship approach to wealth building

Guest Information

Scott Maderer is a stewardship coach, author of "Inspired Living," and host of the Inspired Stewardship podcast. He and his wife Carrie help Christian men and couples align their time, talent, and treasures to live out their authentic calling while building sustainable wealth.

Scott’s Free Offer: Free resources on time, talent, and treasure management at inspiredstewardship.com/sass

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Resources

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Ever looked at your income and thought, "Wait, why doesn't this feel like wealth?" In this episode, Lisa Marie breaks down the critical difference between making money and building TRUE wealth. She reveals her signature Five Wealth Codes framework and exposes the three sneaky profit leaks that quietly sabotage even the most successful women.

This isn't just another money management episode - it's your roadmap from financial chaos to financial leadership. Lisa talks all about why revenue doesn't equal wealth and how to align your money, mindset, body, emotions, and energy for sustainable success.

Key Learning Points

• The Five Wealth Codes Framework: Spiritual (values & purpose), Emotional (feelings toward money), Mental (thoughts & mindset), Physical (energy & habits), and Financial (actions & systems)
• Three Profit Leaks that drain wealth: Awareness of Values, Attitude of Abundance, and Allocation of Assets
• Why making money and managing money are completely different skill sets
• How physical chaos directly impacts financial chaos
• The difference between budgeting and strategic money allocation
• Why hope without strategy keeps you stuck in financial fog

Memorable Quotes

"Real wealth is when your money, mindset, body, emotions, and energy are all working in sync. That's where power lives."

"If your values aren't clear, your money will follow confusion, not conviction."

"Abundance is an attitude, not a balance sheet."

"Hope is not a strategy. Yes, it's great to manifest and pray, but you also have to have some action behind it."

"When you get aligned, you become unstoppable. Your income grows, and it feels safe, fun, and doesn't feel hard and stressful."

Resources

• Free Wealth Alignment Call with Lisa Marie
• Sign up for the Cash and Sass™ Podcast Newsletter
• Profit Queen Partnership

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In this Showcase Series episode, Lisa Marie Robinson, The Sassy Wealth Queen, joins Erin Gray on the Wealthy Soul and Strategy Podcast for an empowering and heartfelt conversation about healing your relationship with money, calming your nervous system, and learning to build wealth that actually feels safe.

Lisa Marie opens up about:

• Growing up believing that money was only for the rich and greedy
  
  
• Facing bankruptcy, foreclosure, and food stamps before rebuilding her life
  
  
• How gratitude changed everything in her relationship with money
  
  
• The power of awareness, grace, and knowledge as financial tools
  
  
• Why every woman needs to know her numbers and trust herself with money

This episode is all about breaking generational patterns, creating safety around money, and giving yourself credit for how far you have come.

No matter how hard you work, it's not just a numbers problem, it's a wealth alignment problem. That's exactly what we fix inside Build To Bank, my brand new experience where I am teaching how the five wealth codes and the three profit links show up in your life and business.

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