The Currency of Happiness
The Currency of Happiness is a podcast for people who want to win with money without losing themselves in the process.
If you’re balancing career, leadership, family and ambition, this show gives you practical systems for building financial clarity, stronger habits and intentional leadership at work and at home. We go beyond tactics to talk about how money, discipline, purpose and values actually intersect in real life.
Hosted by Andrew Rocha, a banking leader, real estate investor, and father, each episode blends personal finance, leadership development, and life design through honest solo episodes and meaningful conversations.
This isn’t about chasing more. It’s about building a life that’s truly worth it.
Episodes
24 episodes
I Failed at 6 Businesses Before This One. Here's What Each One Built in Me.
In 1948, David Ogilvy arrived in New York City with $6,000, no clients, no credentials, and no experience writing advertisements. He was 38 years old. What came before that moment was seventeen years of getting expelled from Oxford, working in ...
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Child Abuse Prevention in Canada: Building a $29M Centre That's Changing Everything - Mark Jones CEO of Central Alberta Child Advocacy Centre
In September 2015, a 22-year-old named Lindsey More died by suicide. She had been close friends with Mark Jones's daughter. She had spent time in his home. And when she was gone, Mark, a former teacher and principal with 35 years in public educ...
How to Retire Your Wife Before 30: Real Estate, Sacrifice, and Keeping Your Promise
Before Emily and I were married, she had a goal. Free by 23. Financially free before her twenty-third birthday, done working for money, living life on her own terms.Twenty-three came and went.I watched that dream get quieter. And ...
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Financial Planning for Real Life: How to Stop Feeling Stuck With Money - Ryan Gaunce
Most people don't feel stuck with money because they're lazy or irresponsible. They feel stuck because they're overwhelmed. They don't know where to start, they're afraid of making the wrong move, and the longer they wait, the heavier it feels....
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His Ship Sank. All 27 Men Survived. Here's What That Says About Leadership.
November 21st, 1915. Antarctica. Ernest Shackleton is standing on the ice watching his ship sink. The expedition is over before it ever started. Twenty-seven men are stranded over a thousand miles from any other human being with no radio, no re...
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How to Rebuild Your Life as a Single Parent When Everything Falls Apart - Steve Moser
Most people think joy is something you find when life finally gets easier. Steve Moser learned it's something you choose when it doesn't.Steve has walked through betrayal, single parenthood, rebuilding, remarriage, and opening his home t...
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I Bought a House While My Wife Was in Labour. Here's What It Taught Me.
My wife was in active labour with our third child. My phone buzzed. It was my realtor.I waited a reasonable amount of time before looking. Maybe two minutes. We made an offer before the baby arrived. I walked through the front door a few...
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How to Raise Emotionally Resilient Kids: A Child Psychiatrist Explains - Dr. Kene Ezeibe
More kids are anxious, overwhelmed, and struggling than ever before. But what if the real issue isn't just what's happening to our kids, it's what's happening around them?Dr. Kene Ezeibe is a child and adolescent mental health physician ...
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Why Reading Is the Highest-Leverage Habit You're Not Taking Seriously
I spent a summer repairing windshields in a parking lot. No plan. No vision. Just heat, slow days, and eventually, books. That summer didn't look like much. Looking back, it was the beginning of everything.Reading doesn't just give you ...
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Success Doesn’t Fix What’s Broken Inside - Garret Cook
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore the tension between hustle culture, high performance, and mental health.Many people chase success, believing achievement will fix what feels broken inside. But the reality i...
How We Paid Off $60,000 of Debt in 7 Months
Sixty thousand dollars.That is how much debt my wife Emily and I were carrying early in our marriage.In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, Andrew Rocha shares how they paid off sixty thousand dollars of debt in seven months. ...
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Why So Many People Are Searching For God Again? - Jachin Mullen
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore why so many people across cultures are searching again for meaning, purpose, and something solid to build their lives on.There is a growing spiritual hunger happening right ...
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How I Bought My First Rental Without Feeling Ready
Most people wait to feel ready before they do something meaningful. More confident. More prepared. More certain. But that moment almost never arrives.In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, Andrew Rocha shares the story of buying h...
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Leading When There Are No Perfect Options with Chad Krahn
Leadership is easy in theory. It gets complicated in real life.In this episode I sit down with Chad Krahn, Red Deer City Councillor, husband, father, and author of Welcome to Monday. We talk about the real weight of responsibility, the c...
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The Five Things Money Can Do
Money is just a tool. So why does it so often feel like a trap instead of support?In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, Andrew Rocha breaks down the five things money can actually do and the one direction most people unconsciousl...
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Leadership Has a Cost: Responsibility, Stewardship & Legacy (Mike Bolton)
Leadership looks like influence from the outside. But real leadership carries weight, responsibility, and consequences.Dr. Mike Bolton advises companies, sits on boards, coaches leaders, and helps shape organizations around the world. F...
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Debt Looks Like Freedom… Until It Starts Controlling Your Life
Debt rarely feels dangerous at first. It feels like relief. Progress. Momentum. But over time, it quietly begins to shrink your life.In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, Andrew Rocha shares the season when he and his wife Emily ...
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Building Legacy Through Real Estate - A Conversation with Bryce Kander
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore what it really looks like to build legacy through real estate, family, leadership, and influence.Most people meet Bryce Kander and see the realtor, the investor, and ...
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The Cost of a Performance-Based Identity
In this solo episode of The Currency of Happiness, we confront one of the most common and costly traps in modern success.A performance based identity.If your self worth collapses the moment you stop achieving, this episode ...
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Faith, Formation & The Weight of Story A Conversation with Steven Schwartz
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore faith, formation, creativity, and the responsibility that comes with helping millions engage with Scripture.Most people read the Bible. Very few people carry the weight of h...
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What Are We Actually Chasing?
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we ask an uncomfortable but necessary question.What are we actually chasing?Most people spend decades chasing more money, more success, more approval, and more proof that they a...
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Healing, Wholeness & Rewriting Your Life - A Conversation with Garth & Melanie Mitchell-Epp
In this episode of The Currency of Happiness, we explore what it really means to heal, become whole and rebuild a life after everything falls apart.Some people rebuild their lives once. Garth Mitchell‑Epp and Melanie Mitchell‑Epp ...
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