Why Building Generational Wealth Starts with Healing Your Money Wounds
Welcome to the first episode of “Hay Dinero!” We’ll start at the foundation of our wealth journey: our money mindset. Join us as we dive deep into our relationship with money and discuss how financial generational trauma can weave its way into our lives.
Breaking down financial generational trauma
Haizel McIntyre, a social worker-turned-financial educator, speaks to us about how to prevent our personal finances from negatively affecting our mental health and how to face our money wounds. As the founder of Making Money Movers, she offers financial literacy education to those in underserved socioeconomic communities, starting as early as age five.
Sharing our money stories in safe spaces
Cindy Y. Rodriguez, the host of “Hay Dinero,” also invites her 26-year-old niece Andrea to have a vulnerable conversation about creating money goals while giving ourselves grace in the process — because it’s important to practice self-compassion on your wealth journey.
Setting financial goals
Allow yourself maximum freedom in setting down your goals — whether you input on your laptop or pick up pen and paper. What’s the big picture? What’s the “why” behind your goals? And what tiny goals can you set in place to help get you started on this journey?
Journal prompts
Our money wounds can impact our relationship with money. Think about financial patterns and beliefs in your family that have come down through generations. How have these shaped your approach to money now?
Finance educator Haizel McIntyre emphasizes the importance of preventing problems of personal finance from negatively affecting our well-being. How do you currently manage the emotional toll of financial challenges? What can you do to protect your mental health?
Take a moment to write down one financial goal you would like to work on. How can you approach it with self-compassion along the way? What small steps can you take?
The journey begins
After watching “Hay Dinero,” share your money journey, successes, and aspirations using #SiHayDinero. This hashtag is more than a tag — it’s an affirmation of abundance and a shift in mindset. Whether breaking generational patterns or celebrating victories, let’s unite and amplify our wins. We’re shattering the “no hay dinero” myth. Your stories matter. Your dreams matter. Together, we’re building a legacy of wealth.
It’s never too late to start your wealth journey. Join the #SiHayDinero Movement! Together we’ll explore uncharted financial territory, examine our money mindset, face financial generational trauma, and set new goals — while also practicing self-compassion.
“Hay Dinero” is a five-part docuseries that provides practical financial planning tips for the Latinx community while shedding light on the connection between culture and generational trauma. Host Cindy Y. Rodriguez shares her wealth journey and interviews Latina leaders and money experts, who share practical tools and tips so you can shift your money mindset and get one step closer to building generational wealth.
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“Hay Dinero” is co-produced by RAVA FILMS and The WNET Group’s Chasing the Dream initiative.
The WNET Group is the parent organization of THIRTEEN, WLIW21, NJ Spotlight News, ALL ARTS and operator of NJ PBS – media made possible by all of you.
Chasing the Dream: Poverty and Opportunity in America is a multiplatform public media initiative reporting on poverty, justice, and economic opportunity, and showcasing promising solutions. Major funding for Chasing the Dream is provided by The JPB Foundation with additional funding from Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III.
