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

In this episode, I sit down with financial therapist Aja Evans to discuss all things money and our complex emotions around finances. Aja shares how she came to financial therapy, how we perceive wealth as children and how that shapes us as adults, and how the “more” mentality can be a recipe for disaster. She talks about the necessity for women to empower themselves with financial awareness, how to talk about money with your partner and how it can bring about positive opportunities, and how to start getting curious about your root causes of financial anxiety or fear. Finally, she answers listener questions on managing the mental load of student debt, deciding how much you can spend on yourself, and why we spend money when we’re stressed.

Key Takeaway / Points:

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

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