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Book Ilana Jankowitz: Money Psychology Expert, Speaker & Podcast Guest
Book a money psychology speaker for women who names what your audience actually carries around money — not another budgeting talk. A sought-after money mindset podcast guest and financial wellbeing keynote speaker in Zurich, Ilana turns undercharging, overgiving, and 2am money anxiety into one clear next step listeners can use that week. Warm, quotable, and grounded in over a decade of work with high-earning women — this is non-clinical money therapy.
When producers and event organisers need an expert who can speak about money as more than spreadsheets, they call me. I'm Ilana Jankowitz — a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® based in Zurich, and I've spent over a decade helping high-earning women understand the psychology behind why they earn well and still feel anxious, undercharge, or freeze around wealth. If you're booking a keynote, podcast guest, or panellist who can make the emotional side of money accessible, quotable, and genuinely useful to your audience — you're in the right place.
Full bio
Ilana Jankowitz is a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® and founder of Mindful Money Coaching, based in Zurich. She helps high-earning, high-achieving women untangle the emotional roots of money anxiety — the patterns inherited from childhood, the worthiness gap behind undercharging, and the quiet 2am financial fears that spreadsheets cannot solve. Drawing on the 8 Money Archetypes framework and over a decade of work with international clients, Ilana speaks and writes on financial wellbeing, self-worth, autonomy in partnership, and intergenerational money patterns. Her work has been featured by Swiss Life, Google Zurich, Erste Bank, and on podcasts across Europe and beyond.
As Featured In & Speaking
Swiss Life
Google Zurich
Erste Bank
iHeart Radio
Chai FM
SmartPurse
- Why high earners often feel the most financially anxious — and the inside-out work that finally moves the needle.
- The 8 Money Archetypes: a framework for understanding why smart women undercharge, overgive, or freeze around wealth.
- Self-worth vs. net worth: intergenerational money patterns, autonomy in partnership, and how to finally feel safe with money.
I speak to the women who earn well and still lie awake at 2am. My work sits at the intersection of money psychology and practical coaching. The press quotes start there.
Ilana Jankowitz Certified Money Coach, NLP Practitioner, Money Therapist & Money Coach
For Bookers
A quick orientation for producers, event organisers, and podcast hosts — talk titles, who Ilana speaks to, format options, and what past hosts have said.
Signature talks
- The 2am Money Mind — Why high earners lie awake worrying about money, and the inside-out work that finally quiets the noise.
- The 8 Money Archetypes — A practical framework for understanding why smart women undercharge, overgive, or freeze around wealth.
- Self-Worth vs. Net Worth — Intergenerational money patterns, autonomy in partnership, and how to finally feel safe with money.
- Money DNA — How the money story you inherited shapes the way you earn, spend, save, and build wealth today.
Audience profile
Mid-career professionals · Expats in transition · Women entrepreneurs
Format flexibility
30-min podcast guest · 60-min keynote · Half-day workshop
“Ilana brought language to something our audience had been carrying silently for years. She made the emotional side of money accessible, quotable, and genuinely actionable — our attendees left with a framework they actually use.”
Keynotes and workshops
Ilana has been invited to speak at leading organisations, institutions, and events across Europe on money psychology, feeling safe with money, self-worth, and the emotional side of wealth.
Google Zurich
Invited to speak on the psychology of money and financial wellness in the workplace. Explored how money archetypes affect professional decision-making, negotiation, and career satisfaction. 2020.
Erste Bank
Workshop for Erste Bank's women's network on breaking money taboos and the psychological barriers to financial autonomy and self-worth.
Visit Erste Group →Nomad Summit
Headlined a session on "Money DNA" — how the money patterns we inherit shape the way we earn, spend, save, and feel safe as location-independent founders and creators. Thailand, January 2025.
Visit Nomad Summit →IAPC Conference
Featured speaker at the International Authority for Professional Coaching and Mentoring (IAPC) conference on money psychology for professional coaches.
PWG Zurich
Member and regular speaker at Professional Women's Group events on money mindset, financial autonomy, and the psychology behind high-achieving women's relationship with wealth.
Visit PWG Zurich →Her Financial Freedom
Guest speaker in Cristina Jaeger's wealth-mentoring community for successful women who earn well and still feel unsure building long-term wealth.
Visit Her Financial Freedom →Swisster Events
Speaker at Swisster Events — a Zurich-based network connecting international women living in Switzerland through community gatherings and expert-led sessions.
Visit Swisster Events →Smartpurse
Partner coach on the Smartpurse platform — supporting women in building financial confidence and making informed money decisions from the inside out.
Visit SmartPurse →InvestwithAysha.AG
Collaboration with Aysha on bridging the emotional and practical sides of money — combining investment strategy with the Inside-Out approach to financial wellbeing.
Visit Invest like Aysha →J&J Talk
Featured speaker on money patterns, worthiness, and the quiet financial anxiety that high-achieving women carry.
The Dating Mastery
Collaboration with Kelly Braendli on the intersection of money, relationships, and autonomy — where financial independence meets personal confidence.
Visit Kelly Brändli →Janene "The Pricing Lady"
Guest on Janene Liston's podcast exploring why women undercharge, the worthiness gap in pricing, and how the Inside-Out Method changes the conversation.
Visit The Pricing Lady →Podcast appearances
iHeart Radio
Why high earners often feel the most financially anxious, the link between childhood money experiences and adult financial behaviour, and what it takes to feel safe with money.
Listen on iHeart →
The Female CEO
Why women leaders struggle with money guilt, how the Martyr archetype shows up in female entrepreneurs, and the difference between earning power and financial peace.
Listen to episode →
The Wealth Alchemist
The 8 Money Archetypes in depth: how each archetype manifests in spending, saving, investing, and giving — and the path from shadow to integration.
Listen to episode →
She Shot Caller
Money coaching for ambitious women — breaking through the invisible barriers that keep high-achievers playing small with money.
Listen to episode →
Driven Female Entrepreneurs
With Melitta Campbell — money blocks in business, and the emotional roots that keep entrepreneurs undercharging and overdelivering.
Listen to episode →
Bad Money Habits
The behaviour patterns that keep us stuck — and the surprisingly simple shifts that change everything.
Listen on Spotify →
Marketing, Media and Money
Guest on Patty Farmer's M3 Podcast — how the money stories we carry as founders silently shape our pricing, our offers, and the businesses we build.
Watch on YouTube →
The Pricing Lady · Janene Liston
A two-part conversation on Women and Money: how mindset shapes pricing and business (Ep 7), and how to improve your relationship with money (Ep 8). April 2023.
Radio with Rabbi G · Chai FM
Guest on Chai FM with Liron Mazor (Greengrass Wealth Management): pocket money, teaching children financial responsibility, and the parent money patterns that get passed on. November 2023.
Listen on Chai FM →Print and online features
Columnist
AWCZ Magazine — Regular contributor to the American Women's Club of Zurich magazine on money mindset, financial self-care, and breaking generational money patterns.
Expert
SmartPurse — Listed as a recommended financial-wellness expert on Switzerland's leading financial education platform for women. View →
Listed
Rest and Invest — Featured on the Invest Like Aysha platform as a recommended money coaching professional. View →
Speaker logistics
Everything bookers and producers tend to ask up front — in one place.
- Format
- Keynote / workshop / podcast / panel
- Typical audience size
- 20–500 (intimate workshops to conference keynotes)
- Languages
- EN / DE / FR — confirm with coach
- Fee range
- Fee on request
Ready to book Ilana?
For podcast interviews, keynotes, panels, and written features — send a booking enquiry and Ilana will be in touch.
