Financial Behavior Coach (Money Coach) DonJay Rice on Financial Behavior, Coachable Change, and Hope

Connect with DonJay Rice→ Website: https://www.drumbeatofwealth.com/→ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donjay-rice-fbs%C2%AE-36950a297/What this episode is about→ What “financial behavior coaching” really means, and how grief and trauma shape money decisions.→ The “broken record” pattern, how it keeps repeating, and how to scratch a new groove.→ Curiosity, shame work, and small wins that compound into lasting change.Who this helps→ Individuals and couples stuck in repeating money patterns, anxiety, or avoidance.→ Coaches who want practical ways to guide clients through money emotions and behavior change.Key takeaways→ “Financial behavior coach” means rewiring habits, not just building a budget.→ The broken record shows up as repeat credit card cycles, penny pinching, or enabling kids.→ Curiosity is fuel. You cannot fix what you will not examine.→ Shame loses power when it is named, not hidden.→ Coachability looks like facing the unknown and staying open when it gets uncomfortable.→ Relentlessness matters. Momentum comes from honest work between sessions.→ Start with emotions, then skills. Calm the nervous system, then pick tools.→ Progress counts, even if you are not ready for every hard step yet.→ Community helps. LinkedIn, podcasts, and real relationships open doors and support.→ Failures are not final. Learn the lesson, give grace, and move forward.Quotables→ “I help you fix your broken record.”→ “You cannot work on what you cannot see.”→ “If you have a pulse, you have shame.”→ “Failures are not final. They are feedback.”→ “Books and budgets are tools, behavior is the engine.”Practical tools and frameworks→ Discovery journaling, map the repeating money moment and the trigger behind it.→ Motivational Interviewing, ask, reflect, and let the client choose the next step.→ 6 Stages of Change, meet people where they are, not where you wish they were.→ Enneagram awareness, notice default stress patterns around money conversations.→ Grace practice, 1 sentence of self-compassion any time you slip.Books mentioned→ Wooden by John Wooden.→ Grace Is Greater by Kyle Idleman.→ Genius of Generosity by Chip Ingram.→ Money Mammoth by Brad Klontz, Edward Horwitz, and Ted Klontz.Hosted by Jordan Ring→ I’m Jordan, ghostwriter, book coach, and developmental editor.→ Let’s turn your ideas into a book that moves people and drives results.→ Connect with me at https://jmring.com/