Money doesn’t have to feel heavy, confusing, or terrifying but for most people, it does.
In this episode of Your Ultimate Life, Kellan Fluckiger sits down with Wade Reed, financial coach, educator, and creator of the Awesome Money Method, to dismantle the fear, shame, secrecy, and stress surrounding money.
Wade shares how money has quietly enslaved individuals, families, and marriages — not because they’re bad with money, but because they were never taught how to see it clearly. Together, they expose the “money fog” that keeps people stuck and walk through a simple, powerful framework to replace fear with confidence, clarity, and capability.
If money has ever caused tension in your relationship, anxiety in your mind, or avoidance in your life, this episode is essential.
YOU’LL DISCOVER
✅ What Wade means by “money slavery” and how it sneaks into everyday life
✅ Why secrecy and shame around money destroy confidence and relationships
✅ How childhood money experiences shape adult financial behavior
✅ Why money is a tool, not a measure of your worth
✅ The truth about why money breaks marriages and how it can become a unifier instead
✅ Why more money does NOT remove financial stress
✅ The Awesome Money Method (OSOM):
✅ Organize - create clarity
✅ Systemize - create ease
✅ Optimize - create efficiency
✅ Maximize - create compound growth
✅ Why “save what’s left” never works and what does
✅ How changing the flow of money (not the amount) changes everything
✅ Why budgeting fails and how a spending strategy succeeds
✅ What true wealth really means beyond money
✅ How financial clarity unlocks purpose, peace, and joy
CHAPTERS (adjust after upload)
00:00 - Welcome to Your Ultimate Life
01:50 - Meet Wade Reed
03:30 - The hidden slavery of money
05:40 - Childhood money lessons & awareness
08:20 - Shame, secrecy & worth tied to income
11:00 - Money as a societal construct
13:30 - Why money isn’t good or evil — it’s a tool
15:30 - Money, marriage & misalignment
18:00 - Avoidance, conflict & the “money elephant”
20:20 - Organize: creating clarity
23:00 - Financial junk drawers & missing documents
26:10 - Creating one clear financial system
29:40 - Systemize: changing the flow of money
33:30 - Save first, spend second (the breakthrough shift)
36:50 - Optimize: aligning money with your vision
40:00 - Maximize: investing & compound growth
42:40 - Why no one cares more about your money than you
45:00 - Introducing the book True Wealth
47:00 - Clearing the money fog
48:10 - Final message: clarity creates freedom
RESOURCES
✨ Wade Reed — Money Mastery Coaching
👉 https://MoneyMasteryCoaching.com
🎙 Podcast: The Wealth Acceleration Podcast
📘 Book:
True Wealth: Replacing Financial Fear and Worry with Confidence and Capability
(Available mid-December or via waitlist)
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