Episode 97: How Inherited Trauma Shapes Financial Decision-Making in Family Businesses

Episode 97: How Inherited Trauma Shapes Financial Decision-Making in Family Businesses TNCFB Our guest today is Ruschelle Khanna. Ruschelle is a Chief Wellness & Emotions Officer for families navigating the emotional and relational complexities of wealth, succession, and intergenerational legacy. She works with parents, adult children, and family systems to improve communication, heal inherited patterns, and support healthier leadership transitions. Through her private Family Alignment engagements, Ruschelle helps families move from tension and avoidance to clarity, trust, and shared direction. Her work is discreet, non-pathologizing, and designed to complement financial, legal, and advisory structures. She is the author of Inherited Trauma and Family Wealth , a book exploring how unspoken emotional dynamics, family history, and identity shape financial decision-making and succession outcomes. Ruschelle is also the co-founder of the Ancestral Healing Center. In this episode of Family Business Today, you will learn: Why family business members find it difficult to discuss money When is the best time to start the transition planning conversation The signs that a family is reacting from inherited stress rather than responding from shared values How high-stress moments for family businesses can cause inherited patterns, bad or good, to surface and replay More about Ruschelle’s book and other resources for family business members who recognize old patterns affecting their family’s business decisions And more… To learn more about Ruschelle and her business, visit . At the Tennessee Center for Family Business our passion is to help business owners create a positive environment in which their family THRIVES , their business performs and working together they create a lasting family legacy. To learn more about the Tennessee Center for Family Business visit . If you are considering a transition in your family business contact us today for a FREE Transition Assessment (follow link) and receive a one-on-one review of your business transition preparedness with a family business consultant. Until next time, There’s No Business Like a Family Business…. We Know!

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This episode was published on Feb 2, 2026.

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