223: Understanding Our Emotions Around Money with Financial Therapist Aja Evans

On what a financial therapist does

How Aja came to be a financial therapist and the awakening she had about money in her twenties

How we perceive wealth as children and how that shapes us as adults

On how the “more” mentality can be a recipe for disaster

On small steps to implement to get comfortable talking about money

On the necessity of women empowering themselves with financial awareness

On the positive opportunities that can arise from talking about money with your partner

On understanding that everyone has different relationships or triggers with money

On unpacking your root cause of money anxiety or fear

Answering listener questions on:

Managing the mental load of student debt

Tips for supporting parents who are not financially stable

On deciding how much you can spend on yourself

The psychology of why we spend money when we’re stressed