Why More Money Isn’t Making You Happier — And How to Reclaim What Really Matters with Jeff Golden

2025-06-12

If wealth is up, why is happiness down? In this soulful episode of Everyone’s Talkin’ Money, Shari sits down with educator and award-winning author Jeff Golden to explore one of the biggest contradictions in modern life: we have more money than ever, yet we’re more disconnected and unfulfilled. Drawing from his book Reclaiming the Sacred, Jeff shares how we’ve been conditioned to chase the wrong things—and how to realign with what truly matters. You’ll hear: Why money only accoun...

If wealth is up, why is happiness down?

In this soulful episode of Everyone’s Talkin’ Money, Shari sits down with educator and award-winning author Jeff Golden to explore one of the biggest contradictions in modern life: we have more money than ever, yet we’re more disconnected and unfulfilled.

Drawing from his book Reclaiming the Sacred, Jeff shares how we’ve been conditioned to chase the wrong things—and how to realign with what truly matters.

You’ll hear:

Why money only accounts for 2–4% of happiness

What really drives our well-being (and it’s not what you think)

How our culture of consumption is numbing us, not fulfilling us What “enough” actually looks like—and how to know when you’ve reached it

Why micro-actions are more powerful than big life overhauls

How to model a healthier money narrative for your kids (and yourself)

Reclaiming the Sacred, Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the World was named Best Environmental Book of 2023 by IndieReader, and winner of the Grand Prize at the Nautilus Book Awards (previous winners include the Dalai Lama, Brené Brown, and Barbara Kingsolver).

Buy Jeff's Book: Reclaiming the Sacred

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