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🎙️ Episode Title

Reset Your Finances God’s Way: Vision Before Budgeting

📖 Episode Description

In today’s episode of Real with Haley, we’re having an honest, grace-filled conversation about money, stewardship, and starting fresh—without shame.

Haley opens up about her own struggles with budgeting, overspending, and avoiding financial reality for far too long. As a nurse practitioner, wife, and mom, she shares what finally pushed her to stop ignoring her finances and begin resetting them God’s way—by starting with vision, not numbers.

This episode invites you to step away from panic, comparison, and guilt, and instead approach your finances with prayer, purpose, and peace. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, behind, or “bad with money,” this conversation is for you.

✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• Why budgeting without a vision often leads to burnout and failure
• What it truly means to steward money that belongs to God
• How comparison culture fuels overspending and dissatisfaction
• The difference between peace vs. panic in your finances
• Why margin matters more than maxing out credit cards
• How financial vision prioritizes stewardship over status
• The danger of lifestyle creep—and the beauty of legacy living
• Simple examples of God-honoring financial generosity
• How to write a 1–2 sentence financial vision before building a budget

💭 Reflection Questions

• What does financial peace look like in this season of your life?
• How might God be asking you to steward your money differently?
• Does your current spending support your values—or stress them?
• Where could creating margin allow you to be more generous?

📝 Your Weekly Challenge

Don’t start with numbers.

Before opening a spreadsheet or budgeting app:

1. Pray about your finances
2. Write a 1–2 sentence financial vision
3. Let that vision guide your budget—not the other way around

Example Vision Statements:

• “I want to steward my money in a way that honors God, reduces stress, and creates margin for generosity.”
• “I want my finances to support my health, family, and calling—not control them.”

🤍 Encouragement

You are not behind.

You are not bad with money.

You are becoming intentional.

Progress > perfection.

When God sets the vision, peace follows the plan.

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Thank you for being here. Join us next time as we continue growing in faith, wellness, and freedom—together.

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