Matt Paradise on Whole-Health Wealth & Lasting Recovery

Rich sits down with award-winning author and nationally recognized financial educator Matt Paradise to explore “whole-health wealth”—the blend of practical money skills, mindset, and healing. Matt shares his path from homelessness and addiction to 20 years in nonprofit credit counseling, his battle with cholangiocarcinoma, and the tools anyone can use to lower anxiety, get out of debt, and build a purposeful life. Listeners walk away with real-world frameworks for budgeting, credit repair, and changing the money stories that keep them stuck. Sponsored by Elite Power Washing Guest Bio:  Matt Paradise is the award-winning author of Financially Capable and a nationally recognized financial educator and keynote speaker. After overcoming addiction and years of instability, he spent two decades with American Consumer Credit Counseling creating education programs from prisons and shelters to corporations and later founded his own speaking and consulting practice. A survivor of cholangiocarcinoma and a liver transplant, Matt champions a “whole-health wealth” approach that marries money management with mental and emotional wellbeing. Main Topics: ·         Money as a mental-health conversation, not just math·         Early life, addiction, homelessness, and the turning point to sobriety (July 1999)·         Nonprofit credit counseling: budgeting, debt management, and credit reports/security clearances·         “Process addictions” (spending, gambling, digital) and financial psychology·         Building education outreach across prisons, shelters, and companies·         Cancer diagnosis (cholangiocarcinoma), treatment path, and transplant; choosing hope·         Writing Financially Capable: the “dirty B-word” (budget), practical tools, and mindset·         Nonprofits as businesses: sustainability, staffing, and fundraising realities·         Gratitude, community, and purpose as engines for lasting financial change  Resources mentioned: ·         Matts website: https://www.mattparadise.com/·         Financially Capable by Matt Paradise (book; seven awards mentioned)·         American Consumer Credit Counseling (ACCC / “ACACCC”) – nonprofit counseling and debt programs·         FDIC volunteer program collaboration; Department of Corrections education efforts·         Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation (resources on symptoms/treatment)·         Community colleges (as affordable on-ramps for adult learning)·         Episode Sponsor: Elite Power Washing·         Supporter: Real Life Prosthetics·         Supporter: Full Circle Boards·         Supporter: Sincerely Sawyer Photography Send us Fan MailElite Power WashingMaryland's #1 Rated Exterior Cleaning and has earned the Harford County Living Stamp of ApprovalDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showRate & Review on Apple Podcasts Follow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett Facebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett Instagram – @conversationswithrichbennettTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTokSponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Hosted on BuzzsproutSquadCastSubscribe by Email