Family Business Today · 2026-02-02
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.
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