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Have you lost your money due to poor financial decisions? Do you have debts that keep on piling up and you can’t even tell your friends or relatives how devastated you are? Financial struggles can be overwhelming and can make you anxious. That is why you should listen to today’s episode as Melanie talks with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin. Lindsay is the first financial therapist in Michigan and the owner and founder of Mind Money Balance.
In this episode, you will learn what financial anxiety is and how you can combat it. You will also discover that every one of us has a money story and ruminative thoughts that affect our financial behavior in a negative or positive way. Find out how to make your money story positive and how to handle those ruminative thoughts. Listen now so you can have an anxiety-free and happier financial journey!
“The difficult thing about financial anxiety is that a lot of the worries if we don’t engage with them when it comes to our personal finances, they could manifest and become something really scary.”
– Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
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Timestamps
2:04 – Lindsay’s background and what she does as a financial therapist
3:50 – How do you know if you have financial anxiety, how it differs from social anxiety and how it can have a bigger, negative impact in your life
6:38 – Overcoming financial anxiety – how Lindsay helps her clients
9:51 – What is your money story and how it affects your personal finances
13:13 – Changing negative money story into a positive money story
19:37 – Ruminative thoughts and what you can do about it
22:22 – All about Lindsay’s book ‘The Financial Anxiety Solution’ – a recommended resource to combat financial anxiety
25:05 – Lindsay’s advice to people struggling with money and mental health
Resources:
- Lola Retreat
- The Art of Money: Life-Changing Guide to Financial Happiness by Bari Tessler
- The Financial Anxiety Solution: A Step-by-Step Workbook to Stop Worrying about Money, Take Control of Your Finances, and Live a Happier Life by Lindsay Bryan-Podvin
People Mentioned:
Connect with Lindsay
Connect with Melanie
- mentalhealthandwealth.com
- melanielockert.com
- Contact: mentalhealthandwealthshow@gmail.com
