The Problem of Money Podcast

Shabbar Kassam (Financial Advisor) and Tim Malnick (Organisational Psychologist) explore the complex relationship people have with money. They discuss the psychological aspects of money and how it can block personal growth, reflecting on their own journeys with money and the emotional constraints it can impose. Together, they aim to uncover deeper insights into everyday money conversations and the impact of unconscious biases on one's ability to live a life of freedom.

The Problem of Money Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Shabbar Kassam and Tim Malnick, with 60 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Shabbar Kassam and Tim Malnick hosts The Problem of Money Podcast, a education show with 60 episodes published.

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  Episode #59

  Ep 59: Why You Stop Yourself from LIVING!

  Aug 12, 202640 minS1

  The numbers work. You could afford to do the thing. And you still don't. Something keeps pulling you back to the safe version of your life, and it isn't the maths. In Part Two of their conversation on power, Shabbar and Tim bring it home to personal money decisions. They look at the story we absorbed about retirement, the identity we build around being good with money, and the quiet self policing that makes any change feel dangerous. Using Stephen Lukes' four forms of power, they work through real examples of people whose finances are fine but whose lives are on hold. It is a plain conversation about money psychology, financial anxiety, and what it actually costs to keep waiting. Key themes: Why having enough money does not switch off the fear of running out What happens to your sense of self when the identity you built around earning stops fitting The belief that living fully now is foolish, and where it came from Why the people around you set the limits on what you think is possible The discomfort of stepping out of line, and why it is not a sign you are doing it wrong Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn: Shabbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shabbarkassam Tim: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/timmalnick Explore Tim's work and register for his upcoming workshop: https://timothymalnick.com/ Find out more about Shabbar's financial planning services: https://lumosfinancial.com/

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  Episode #58

  Ep 58: You're Not STUPID for QUESTIONING The Money Story

  Jul 29, 202648 minS1

  You have probably had the thought but never said it out loud. Something about the way we all chase the number does not quite add up. Then you decide you must be the one who is missing something. In this conversation Shabbar and Tim look at why it feels so risky to say what you actually think about money, growth and the economy. They use the story of the emperor's new clothes and a real letter written to the Queen after the 2008 crash to show how easily we hand our power to people who are good with numbers, and how quickly we decide our own lived experience does not count. Tim then shares a four part framework on how power works, ending with the version most of us live inside, the one where nobody has to silence us because we do it to ourselves. This is a two part conversation about money psychology, shame and the slow work of getting your voice back. Key themes: Why questioning the growth story makes intelligent people feel stupid What happens when economics becomes maths and forgets psychology, philosophy and history Why we put people in suits on a pedestal but never the mechanic fixing our car The difference between not rocking the boat and not believing there is a boat How much energy goes into keeping yourself a compliant individual Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn: Shabbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shabbarkassam Tim: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/timmalnick Explore Tim's work and register for his upcoming workshop: https://timothymalnick.com/ Find out more about Shabbar's financial planning services: https://lumosfinancial.com/

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  Episode #57

  Ep 57: I'm GOOD at Making Money, So Why Would I Ever STOP?

  Jul 15, 202641 minS1

  Someone recently said to Shabbar: I'm good at growing businesses and making money. That's my gift. So why would I ever stop? He didn't have an answer. This episode is the answer he wishes he'd given. Shabbar and Tim take that real conversation and follow it somewhere bigger: the growth story we've all absorbed, where the salary, the pension and the business are always meant to get larger, and nobody ever asks when enough arrives. Tim brings a test that separates people who love their work from people trapped chasing a number, and a blunt observation from nature: nothing alive grows forever, and when something does, we call it a tumour. Along the way they cover Steven Bartlett, a client who left a corporate salary and finally felt rich, and why our money mindset quietly shapes everything from our pensions to the NHS. It ends with a simple exercise for spotting what you're really trying to maximise in your own life. Key themes: The question that stumps most successful people: why would I ever stop? How to tell whether you love your work or you're just good at it Why nothing in nature grows forever, and what that says about our money story She quit the salary, kept the purpose, and finally felt rich A 10% experiment: shifting attention from the numbers to the life Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn: Shabbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shabbarkassam Tim: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/timmalnick Explore Tim's work and register for his upcoming workshop: https://timothymalnick.com/ Find out more about Shabbar's financial planning services: https://lumosfinancial.com/

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  Episode #56

  Ep 56: How You've Been Trained to Be a CONSUMER

  Jul 1, 202642 minS1

  You buy the car, the upgrade, the next thing, half hoping it will finally make you feel powerful or free or like you're doing well. Underneath, a part of you already knows it won't. In this part of their mini series, Shabbar and Tim step back from personal money stories to look at the bigger picture: the constant pull towards growth and more, and how it shapes the way we spend, save, and measure our lives. They trace how wanting more gets sold to us from the outside and fed by something unspoken inside. They also revisit our unconscious projections, the money work idea that the status, power, and freedom we chase through what we buy were always in us, never in the object. It is a conversation about money psychology, identity, and what we are really hoping the next purchase will give us. Key themes: Why the next purchase never quite delivers the feeling you bought it for How we slipped from being citizens into being consumers, and why it matters Why the urge to grow and accumulate is so often driven by fear Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn: Shabbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shabbarkassam Tim: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/timmalnick Explore Tim's work and register for his upcoming workshop: https://timothymalnick.com/ Find out more about Shabbar's financial planning services: https://lumosfinancial.com/

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  Episode #55

  Ep 55: The Good Life is NOT Found in GDP Growth

  Jun 17, 202640 minS1

  Most of us were never asked what we actually wanted from the economy. We were just handed a role: consume, earn more, and trust that growth will sort everything out. This episode is about what happens when you stop taking that on good faith. Shabbar and Tim continue their series on growth, asking what the economy is actually costing us, not just the planet but our sense of being alive. They look at why governments chase GDP the same way individuals chase a number, and what gets lost when growth becomes the only measure of success. Along the way, they surface an uncomfortable paradox: the savings meant to give us security are tied up in companies that need us to keep spending: Why governments chase a number rather than asking what people actually want. The pension paradox: how responsible saving quietly fuels the consumption machine. What corporations gain from you never feeling like you have enough. Why questioning economic growth can feel foolish, and why that feeling is worth examining. What it would mean to think of yourself as a citizen rather than a consumer. Enjoyed this episode? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions, or your own stories about money. Reach out and connect with us on LinkedIn: Shabbar: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/shabbarkassam Tim: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/timmalnick Explore Tim's work and register for his upcoming workshop: https://timothymalnick.com/ Find out more about Shabbar's financial planning services: https://lumosfinancial.com/

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