In this episode, Phaedrus interviews Jessie-Susannah Karnatz (AKA the Money Witch) who helps people “untangle their financial shadows” by masterfully reinterpreting personal finance as an important part of one’s healing process and self-care. 

Topics covered include:

• The Money Witch's journey from successful union organizer at the Lusty Lady Peep Show in San Francisco to tax preparer, bookkeeper, author, financial coach, and healing priestess
• Critiques of mainstream personal finance and the societal shame and guilt associated with money
• The importance of acknowledging both personal sovereignty and systemic structures of economic disenfranchisement
• Post-punk baggage and the difference between being poor and being broke
• Unique financial and tax challenges faced by sex workers
• The importance of paying taxes even if you're paid under the table and the source of your income is illegal
• First steps toward empowered decision making when it comes to money
• Making space for feelings that arise when redefining and healing your relationship with personal finance

Special thanks to Jessie-Susannah Karnatz (AKA the Money Witch). Be sure to check out her links here:

https://www.moneywitch.com/

https://www.instagram.com/money.witch

For more insight into personal finance for those who live and work outside of the mainstream, be sure to follow The Money Voyeur:

• Website: moneyvoyeur.com
• Instagram: @moneyvoyeur
• Twitter: @moneyvoyeur

If you have any questions related to the fascinating intersection of kink, money, and sex, be sure to send them to: money.voyeur@gmail.com