The Money Story Project

The Money Story Project

Hosted by: Harriet Formby

The Money Story Project® shares real, unfiltered stories from founders, creatives, freelancers, and beyond, exploring how money weaves through identity, belonging, family, culture, education, work, and the systems we...

Episodes

S2 E5: Trauma, Compassion & Change: What Happens When the Plane Actually Crashes - with Briony Gunson

Season #2

"My body was remembering: we are talking about the thing that is fundamentally unsafe." That's my guest this week, Briony Gunson - mindset coach, breathwork facilitator, and corporate wellbeing trainer based in the...
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S2 E4: Money as a Hidden Creative Collaborator — with Paul Macauley & Laura Mugridge

Season #2

"As soon as I think about the wider issue of money, I just sort of go... uuuuurggghhhhhhhhhee." That's Laura Mugridge's immediate, visceral response when asked about money. For her creative partner Paul Macauley,...
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S2 E3: Feelings, Fairness & Friendship — with Good Eggs Holly Close & Sophie Bellamy

Season #2

“The fact that friendship underlines our business is what makes it feel so successful when it comes to managing our finances” This week on The Money Story Project, I’m joined by not one but two guests for the first...
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S2 E2: Control, Survival, Freedom with Emily Armitage

Season #2

“I remember standing on London Bridge and feeling like my arm was missing. Like it was as if a part of myself was not there.” ⚠️ Content warning: This episode includes discussion of coercive control and financial...
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S2 E1: Safety, Survival, Self-Worth with Gemma Donnelly

Season #2

"What do you want though? As opposed to what's the smartest move? What are your values? What do you care about? How do you want to live your life?" That's my guest this week, Gemma Donnelly - Wellbeing &...
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S1 E10: Anxiety, Awareness, Agency - with Dennis Harhalakis

Season #1

"Finance is numbers. Money is beliefs." That's how my guest this week, Dennis Harhalakis — Certified Money Coach (CMC)®, founder of Cambridge Money Coaching, and trainer for the Money Coaching Institute of California...
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S1 E9: Co-founders & Money: Patterns, Partnership, Trust - With Nicki Coe

Season #1

"Nothing shines a light on your personal patterns, beliefs, and triggers like being a co-founder."  That's how Nicki Coe - co-founder coach and co-founder of branding agency LUNA + LION - describes the experience of...
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S1 E8: Value, Systems, Vulnerability: Playing Long Games with Yommy Ojo

Season #1

"FOMO is one of the most powerful human behaviours. Having acceptance or having clout is actually a big powerful motivator for a lot of business owners. But it's rarely talked about openly." That's Yommy Ojo speaking...
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S1 BONUS: The Ideal vs. Authentic Self: Reimagining Our Money Stories

Season #1

That gut punch when you see someone else's financial success? This bonus episode unpacks what it's actually revealing. We explore the taboo around jealousy and shame, and what these emotions tell us about the gap...
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S1 E7: Privilege, Poverty & Running a Business with ADHD - with guest Siobhan Strode

Season #1

"I can check my bank account and I know I'm gonna be okay, but I still feel like I'm not gonna be okay." That's how Siobhan Strode describes her relationship with money, even decades after the childhood loss that...
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S1 E6: Suspicion, Permission & Possibility with Paulina Folaron

Season #1

"There was like a whole whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of energy. Opportunity, open doors, possibility." That's how our guest this week, Paulina Folaron - digital marketing consultant, operations specialist, and...
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S1 E5: Creativity, Resilience & Honouring Energy - with Kirsty Anna Sinclair

Season #1

"I feel like we're on the precipice of a whole brand new story, particularly around females and money. For that to start happening, we have to start thinking about it differently, talking about it differently, and...
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