Waking Up Wealthy with Isha Vela

Isha Vela

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Welcome to Waking Up Wealthy, the podcast for visionaries and rebels who are ready to revolutionize their relationship with money and create powerful collective ripples with the money they make. I'm your host, Isha Vela—trauma psychologist, somatic practitioner, financial professional, and minimalist—bringing you practical money tools, unconventional wealth perspectives, and Aquarian era business strategies to guide you in building wealth that's aligned, ethical, and empowering. Let's wake up to the true meaning of wealth together.

Recent Episodes

SEP 11, 2026
6.16 | Matriarchy as a Marketing Tool
When everyone slaps "matriarchy" on a co-housing community, a leadership coaching course, and a business model without having the ACTUAL infrastructure, it dilutes both the meaning and the movement. Matriarchy is not vibes or an aesthetic. It's a blueprint for a more humane and connected way of living. On today's episode, we're talking about what matriarchy actually is and isn't. I outline the four must-have pillars of matriarchal infrastructure, in other words, what's required legally and somatically for matriarchy to become real and established for the long game: Ownership Governance Wealth Systems Embodiment In approximately 30 minutes, you'll know what gaps you need to close in your co-housing ownership structure, your leadership structures, in how you move money through your business, and in how you share power. Get the transcripts and learn more on my website: www.ishavela.com/podcast Ready to move money like a matriarch? Access FLOW, my free email mini course that'll change how you think about financial stewardship forever and have you moving money like a matriarch within the week: https://links.eschub.com/widget/form/TvsJJKnkNzW8C3R7VGUH Apply to book your customized, complimentary financial strategy session: https://www.vortex-collective.com/client-intake Apply to join my coven of financial matriarchs on a mission to create lineage and legacy wealth: https://www.vortex-collective.com/expansion-intake Access free content on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wealthecologyinstitute
30 MIN
JUL 29, 2026
6.13 | The Signs of Hidden Financial Abuse
This is the first time I tell the full story of my experience with financial abuse. Because 1 in 6 women experience it, and most think it'll NEVER happen to them. Because I, a psychologist, was one of the 3 in 5 women who don't see it until AFTER they leave the relationship. Because I've sat down with dozens of women who are experiencing the same things I did and they're NOT calling it financial abuse. They're calling it: "The economy's bad and he hasn't been able to find work." "He's depressed and has a learning disorder that's made it hard for him to keep a job." "We haven't been able to get out of debt despite me making good money." "We constantly fight about money." "He refuses to sit down with anyone other than his advisor." Meanwhile, women are burning out under carrying the load of what they can't name as abuse because it doesn't fit the textbook definition. In this episode, I share: -the process of moving from "what am I doing wrong" to "there's definitely something wrong here" that enabled me to leave; -my recommended GTFO plan; -other women's stories of financial abuse that they graciously offered over IG (and gave consent to share for this episode). In 30 minutes, you'll recognize the subtle signs of financial control in your relationship dynamics, inoculate yourself against financial abuse, and maybe even help someone who's in that sitch right now. Get the transcripts and learn more on my website: www.ishavela.com/podcast Ready to move money like a matriarch? Access FLOW, my free email mini course that'll change how you think about financial stewardship forever and have you moving money like a matriarch within the week: https://links.eschub.com/widget/form/TvsJJKnkNzW8C3R7VGUH Apply to book your customized, complimentary financial strategy session: https://www.vortex-collective.com/client-intake Apply to join my coven of financial matriarchs on a mission to create lineage and legacy wealth: https://www.vortex-collective.com/expansion-intake Access free content on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wealthecologyinstitute
36 MIN
JUL 14, 2026
6.12 | Four Models of Matriarchal Wealth Redistribution
I used to drool at the thought of becoming a professional philanthropist. I pictured myself donating my time, wads of money, energy funding women's businesses and ecological projects all around the world. That image in my head felt like the peak experience, like if I could achieve that it would mean I'd arrived. But when I started studying matriarchal economics and specifically wealth distribution models, I had to rethink some things. Because philanthropy is the dominant model of redistribution inside the current economy and it is structurally designed to leave the power differential intact. In this podcast episode I dive into the four categories of redistribution that get collapsed under philanthropy, and each one's role in moving us from the control of the triangle (where power is concentrated at the top) to circle (where power is distributed through relationships). In just under 30 minutes, you'll understand how to balance your redistribution portfolio along with 4 steps to putting it in action in ways that distribute power. Get the transcripts and learn more on my website: www.ishavela.com/podcast Ready to move money like a matriarch? Access FLOW, my free email mini course that'll change how you think about financial stewardship forever and have you moving money like a matriarch within the week: https://links.eschub.com/widget/form/TvsJJKnkNzW8C3R7VGUH Apply to book your customized, complimentary financial strategy session: https://www.vortex-collective.com/client-intake Apply to join my coven of financial revolutionaries on a mission to create lineage and legacy wealth: https://www.vortex-collective.com/expansion-intake Access free content on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@wealthecologyinstitute
31 MIN