Wealth Codes

I’ll admit: I rolled my eyes at the term ‘wealth priestess’ when I first hit play. But by Chapter 3, I was scribbling notes about my grandfather’s Depression-era money shame—something no traditional finance book has ever made me examine. That’s the sleight of hand *Wealth Codes* pulls off. Piceno’s framework isn’t about manifesting Lamborghinis via positive thinking; it’s a structured, sometimes uncomfortable excavation of how family trauma, cultural narratives, and even past-life beliefs (yes, really) shape your financial decisions. The audiobook’s standout moments come when experts like Dr. Lila Vasquez (a psychologist specializing in money disorders) dissect the ‘scarcity trance’ with clinical precision, only for Piceno to follow with a shamanic ‘cord-cutting’ exercise set to Maya James’s hypnotic, ASMR-adjacent delivery. That said, the pacing stumbles in the middle. A 45-minute deep dive into ‘sacred geometry and abundance grids’ feels indulgent even for the spiritually curious, and James’s narration—otherwise stellar—occasionally trips over the more esoteric terminology (her pronunciation of ‘Hathor’ as *Hay-thor* instead of *Hah-thor* pulled me out of the moment). The production also misses a trick by not including a PDF companion for the book’s many visual exercises; you’ll need to pause and sketch ‘wealth mandalas’ on scrap paper like a financial caveperson. Still, these are quibbles. For listeners tired of finance books that ignore the *why* behind their money mess—or who’ve ever suspected their bank balance is haunted by something deeper—*Wealth Codes* is a revelatory, if polarizing, listen. Just don’t expect your CPA to approve of the ‘crystal grid for tax season’ chapter.