I Treat My Bank Account Like a Relationship I Can't Ghost.
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How did Lia’s early childhood experiences shape her relationship with money?
Imagine going from we can't afford groceries to a million dollar payout and then back again all before you're fifteen years old. You've probably heard yourself asking, why does money still feel so out of control, even when I'm earning well? Why do I keep repeating the same financial patterns no matter how much I know better? Maybe you've tried budgeting apps, savings goals, but if the emotional pattern underneath hasn't shifted, the numbers don't either. My guest today, Leah Bliss, lived this. She grew up in extreme financial swings, rich neighborhood, then poor school, then child support chaos, and then her income tripled overnight through LinkedIn training during COVID. And she spent every dollar.
Because having more money doesn't automatically make you better at managing it. It wasn't until she lost two jobs on the same day, yes, the same day, that she finally built the financial relationship she'd been avoiding her whole life. She started treating her bank account like a person she was dating. She stopped ghosting it. Today Leah runs Bliss Magic, a LinkedIn strategy and thought leadership company. But what she really teaches, whether it's LinkedIn or money, is this: consistency, trust, and showing up even when it's uncomfortable. That's true for relationships and it's true for your finances. Listen in. Welcome to Making Change with Your Money, a podcast that highlights the stories and strategies of women who experienced a big life transition and overcame challenges as they redefined financial success for themselves.
Now here's your host, Certified Financial Planner, Laura Roder. So welcome Leah to the Making Change with Your Money podcast.
Thank you. Oh my gosh, Laura, I am so excited to be here.
Yeah, this is gonna be fun. So I'm gonna start with the same question I always do, Leah, which is what was money like in your family growing up?
Wow, such a weighty question for so many people. It for me existed in extremes. So my parents So my father was a marketing executive during the dot com boom. And I remember we moved to a small town in Ohio when I was about ten years old. And we had five of us living in a two-bedroom apartment. And my dad had joined a startup and we were in the poor neighborhood, we were in the poor schools, and I was a uh majority minority. And then his company got sold for tens of millions of dollars. All of a sudden the We have this мільяндола пай аут. buy a giant house in the suburbs and have this full fifth. in what money was and so I don't think At ten years old I had a lot of concept. It was just like we live here.
Oh, now we live here. Five years later, when my parents split up. My mom, who had been a full time stay at home mom, went back to work. We were getting, as you can imagine, ample child support. For the family. Бат There wasn't a lot of educational background for finances. There was not a lot of money knowledge that existed for both my parents. And I think and I think that they would agree to that. And so I remember very specifically. having times when my mom would be like, We're poor, we can't afford groceries. to the next, you know, ten days later when child support checks would come in, it would be, let's go spend a thousand dollars at Walmart in one fell swoop. Wow. And so I really existed so many times in these extreme places.
With money. And I always saw money as something I guess the first layer of my relationship was the fear and the lack mentality. Well I don't have enough money. As a young adult, it was oh, you know, pinch and pennies. Doing what I can. I lived without a car for many years. I lived downtown, so I could walk everywhere, but The next iteration was I'm comfortable enough, I'm not even gonna think about money. Which is also extremely detrimental. I'm just not gonna manage my finances. I don't need to budget. I don't need to do retirement planning. I don't need a safety net. I'm just gonna go off sunshine and good vibes.
What was the turning point that made Lia treat her bank account like a dating partner?
And so I think starting off in such extremes. Finding a middle ground of a great money relationship has been a lifelong
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
How did Lia’s early childhood experiences shape her relationship with money?
0:00–5:24
2
What was the turning point that made Lia treat her bank account like a dating partner?
5:24–8:49
3
How did Lia’s income suddenly triple during COVID and what challenges followed?
8:49–13:17
4
What lessons did Lia learn from losing both jobs on the same day?
13:17–17:10
5
How did daily bank‑account check‑ins change Lia’s financial mindset?
17:10–32:09
6
What LinkedIn strategies does Lia use to build trust and generate leads?
32:09–52:36
7
How can entrepreneurs use commenting on LinkedIn to grow their visibility?
52:36–57:02