Stressing About Money Actually Feeds the Problem
Ask anyone what stresses them out regularly and I bet most have “money” – or finances, or bills, or budget – on their list. There’s nothing quite like looking at our bank accounts to trigger an emotional response. It makes sense. Money is the main resource we use to...
Stop Being Your Own Oppressor
These last few weeks the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been heavy on my heart. The subjugation and oppression of people is never okay. Unfortunately, it happens all the time. On the world stage, it looks like dictators and tyrants violently enforcing their...
Is the child version of you actually ruling your money?
We all went through childhood having at least one experience where something didn’t quite go as planned and money was attached. It may have been that we didn’t get that birthday present we wanted one year, or the family vacation we were promised fell through, or an...
Can we be too happy with money?
One of my favorite podcasts is Freakonomics. The other day they had an episode on Toxic Positivity, which I define as a culture of people who fake “doing great” – a.k.a. “I’m fine” – so they can fit in. That’s what makes it toxic – the rule that we must be happy or...