From Monk To Money Manager: Douglas Lynam On Values-Driven Finance

Join us in this episode as former monk turned financial advisor Douglas Lynam shares how to overcome money anxieties so you can build wealth as a powerful tool for serving a suffering world. Douglas is a keynote speaker, celebrity coach, and best-selling author with a mission to help people transform their relationship with money through his Four Pillars of Finance. Using a values-based, spiritually grounded framework, he teaches people how to make ethical, prosperous, and emotionally healthy financial decisions — across any faith, culture, or worldview…

Douglas brings a rare combination of financial expertise, military discipline, and monastic wisdom. His work bridges spirituality and money, offering a compassionate approach to wealth-building that focuses on purpose, service, and long-term freedom.

Hit play to find out:

• The dangers of weaponizing money.

• How Douglas uses his monastic past as a financial tool for others.

• The ways in which spiritual and financial challenges can coincide with each other.

• What the Four Pillars of Finance are, and how to leverage them to your advantage.

• What it means to be financially literate.

For an in-depth view of Douglas's mindset, be sure to read From Monk to Money Manager: A Former Monk's Financial Guide to Becoming a Little Bit Wealthy – and Why That's Okay. You can also learn more about his writing, speaking, and coaching work on his website!

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🛍️ Recommended Books from this Epsiode:

📖 From Monk to Money Manager: A Former Monk's Financial Guide to Becoming a Little Bit Wealthy — and Why That's Okay – A unique and refreshing approach to money, wealth-building, and financial peace rooted in simplicity and mindfulness.
👉 Get it here

📘 Taming Your Money Monster: 9 Paths to Money Mastery with the Enneagram – Understand your financial personality type and learn how to shift your relationship with money through awareness, strategy, and inner work.
👉 Check it out

📙 I Will Teach You to Be Rich (Second Edition) – A practical 6-week program for saving, investing, spending wisely, and building wealth — without guilt or unrealistic restrictions.
👉 Explore it here

📕 Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money & Achieving Financial Independence – A classic, life-changing guide to reshaping how you earn, spend, and build freedom through financial clarity.
👉 Discover it here

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