Finding it hard to deal with your financial wellbeing? A tough job that sees you through from paycheck to paycheck? How about having to face your debts and credits with skyrocketing interest rates? Imagine living with a bipolar and PTSD disorder. That is what Minnie Riley has experienced.
Listen to Melanie as she chats with Minnie Riley from the blog Wealthy CamGirl. Minnie makes a living as a freelance camgirl and internet marketing sales affiliate. She lives a sober-ish lifestyle and has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, PTSD with occasional substance abuse.
In this episode, learn about how to take concrete steps in securing your financial wellbeing even while managing a mental illness. Find out how Minnie manages to live life according to her terms even amidst a traumatic past. Minnie’s life experiences mirror how we should look at our spending habits. Learn how self-awareness of our behavior especially towards money matters will help shape up our life for the better.
“I learned that taking care of my mental health as well as securing my financial future entails taking my meds, keep showing up for doctor’s appointments, the next thing is having a healthy diet, and then not spending all my money. Because I’m so used to chaos, I would spend my money to create chaos which is not the right thing to do.”
– Minnie Riley
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Timestamps
1:50 – Minnie’s profile – what she does as a self-employed Camgirl
5:10 – When did Minnie realize she has mental health issues and how her job affected it
06:55 – How are things like in a cam chatroom and how does she deal with offensive words
9:11 – Her job being money focused and other job and legal concerns that she’s worried about like taxes
14:56 – The root cause of her bipolar and PTSD, what she considers the biggest toxic trigger and how she deals with it
16:38 – Minnie’s childhood – how she got her bipolar (which is more of a depression side) and PTSD
19:25 – Sharing her past mistakes, like her payday loan and spending sprees, why she did those things and why she considers them more of a lesson
20:15 – What her retirement account looks like now, how her bipolar and PTSD affects her expenses
24:25 – On filing bankruptcy three times, borrowing from payday loans and credit card and what Minnie learns from those instances plus what you should know when you’re self-employed and working from home
31:39 – Living and focusing on small progress to manage her mental health and secure her financial future
37:36 – Learning from her spending pattern and awareness about why she does what she’s doing
41:37 – How she plans on spending her money and truly become a mentally stable and financially independent adult
Connect with Minnie
Connect with Melanie
- mentalhealthandwealth.com
- melanielockert.com
- Contact: mentalhealthandwealthshow@gmail.com
