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Unfiltered & Unapologetic with Caitlin Gil-Soto
Unfiltered & Unapologetic blends money, nervous system regulation, faith, and cultural healing — especially for first-gen and children of immigrants who learned survival before stability.
Hosted by Caitlin Gil-Soto (MSF candidate), this is where we rewrite narratives around money, rest, boundaries, relationships, and self-worth with emotional depth, cultural context, and practical tools.
You’ll hear conversations on:
• Faith and identity
• Nervous system patterns and emotional trauma
• Money guilt, abundance, and financial healing
• Boundaries without fear
• Rest and softness as generational repair
• What it means to break cycles with compassion, not aggression
If you’re healing yourself while honoring where you come from — this podcast was made for you.
Follow us on IG: @unfilandunapologeticpod
Unfiltered & Unapologetic mezcla dinero, regulación del sistema nervioso, fe y sanación cultural — especialmente para los que crecimos aprendiendo a sobrevivir antes de sentirnos seguros.
Dirigido por Caitlin Gil-Soto (candidata a Maestría en Finanzas), este es el espacio donde reescribimos narrativas sobre el dinero, el descanso, los límites, las relaciones y el merecimiento — con profundidad emocional, contexto cultural y herramientas prácticas.
Aquí hablamos de:
• Fe e identidad
• Patrones emocionales y trauma generacional
• Culpa financiera, abundancia y sanación con el dinero
• Límites sin miedo
• Descanso y suavidad como reparación ancestral
• Cómo sanar sin desconectarnos de nuestra cultura ni de quienes vinieron antes
Si estás sanando y creciendo, honrando tus raíces sin repetir las mismas heridas — este podcast es para ti.
Síguenos en IG: @unfilandunapologeticpod
Unfiltered & Unapologetic with Caitlin Gil-Soto
Finance Fridays 4. Money in Survival Mode: Why Money Feels Like an Emergency (Even When It’s Not)
In this episode of Finance Fridays, we talk about a truth that always comes back: everything leads to the nervous system.
So often we think our relationship with money is a problem of discipline, income, or numbers. But in reality, it’s about internal safety, emotional regulation, and learned survival patterns.
In this episode, we explore how the body processes money before the mind, why even with stability we can still feel anxious, and how to rewire our relationship with money from a place of calm instead of fear.
Segment 1 — The nervous system: your internal safety system
We talk about what the nervous system really is in simple terms: the internal mechanism that decides whether we feel safe or in danger. It’s not mental, it’s bodily, automatic, and learned through past experiences.
Segment 2 — The body processes money before the mind
We explore how money is first experienced in the body: tension, anxiety, avoidance, urgency. Before doing any math, the body asks: is this safe?
Segment 3 — Survival mode money patterns
We analyze common behaviors like overworking, avoiding bills, impulse spending, undercharging, or saving money from fear — not as personal flaws, but as nervous system strategies.
Segment 4 — The first-gen nervous system
From a cultural perspective, we talk about how growing up first-gen or in immigrant households teaches us to live in constant alert, expecting loss, even when stability exists.
Segment 5 — Why affirmations don’t work when you’re stressed
We reflect on why positive thinking isn’t enough if the body is still in survival mode, and why regulation has to come before any financial strategy.
Segment 6 — What rewiring actually means
Rewiring isn’t about getting rich. It’s about teaching the body that money is not danger. Routines, pauses, predictability, and care as the foundation for a new relationship with money.
Segment 7 — The identity shift
The shift from surviving to feeling supported. From controlling everything to trusting. From internal scarcity to allowing money to circulate without fear.
Journal Prompt
Where in my life am I seeking financial safety externally, instead of building it internally?
Affirmation
Stability lives within me, not in numbers.
I am safe receiving, holding, and trusting money.
Closing Prayer (included in the episode)
An intimate prayer to release survival, trust in provision, and allow a softer, safer, and more conscious relationship with money.
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