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Women are used to taking on so many roles and even more so during the pandemic, acting as parent, teacher, employee and more. All of this work is leading to mental health and financial issues — and especially burnout. Experiencing burnout herself in her career, Jenny Maenpaa shares her own story of how she was able to cope and help other women too.
Jenny is a clinical therapist, Women’s Leadership Coach, and #1 Best Selling Author. She works with women all over the world to uncover their own value systems and learn to design their dream lives through her practice, Forward in HeelsTM. Jenny is also the host of the Feminist AF Podcast.
In this episode, Jenny shares her realizations on why women are allowed to need help even if they are not in the most traumatic situations.
She explains why women are more likely to develop an anxiety disorder and more prone to experience imposter syndrome, while also offering advice on how to combat those issues. She also tackles why women are more cautious to take risks when it comes to money matters and investments.
And during this time of the pandemic, Jenny shares her advice to every woman on how to manage their mental health and ways to improve their relationship with money.
What You Will Learn From This Episode
- Why women are more likely to develop an anxiety disorder
- Why women are prone to having imposter syndrome and how to combat it
- What is neuroplasticity and how it can help with issues of trauma and mental health
- What are self-actualization and the actionable steps towards it
- Managing mental health during the pandemic
- How you can improve your relationship with money
“It opened up this whole idea for me that women like me are allowed to want help. They are allowed to want therapy, even if they are not in the most traumatic, most crisis-filled situation. We can also just want our lives to be better.” – Jenny Maenpaa
“Self-actualization is not a state that you reach. It is something that you strive for.” – Jenny Maenpaa
“You do not have to be an amazing teacher, and an amazing parent, and an amazing spouse, and an amazing employee all at once. There’s literally not enough capacity for that.” – Jenny Maenpaa
“Money is inherently valueless. Meaning, that it’s not good, it’s not evil, it doesn’t have its own agenda. It allows you to do things you choose to do with it… and allows you to pursue your values.” – Jenny Maenpaa
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Timestamps
2:33 – How Jenny became an advocate on the topic of women and mental health
6:11 – Why women are more likely to develop an anxiety disorder
9:07 – Why women are more cautious to invest
11:53 – On imposter syndrome, why women are prone to it and advice on how to combat it
15:23 – What is neuroplasticity and how it can help with issues of trauma and mental health
18:35 – Why it is okay to not produce anything and just continue what you’re doing during the pandemic
19:51 – What is self-actualization and the actionable steps towards it
23:33 – Jenny’s advice on women to help manage their mental health during the pandemic
26:45 – How you can improve your relationship with money
30:03 – On Jenny’s book ‘Forward and Heels’ and how Jenny help her clients
Resources and People Mentioned
- Forward in Heels
- Feminist AF Podcast
- The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
- Abraham Maslow
Connect with Jenny
Connect with Melanie
- mentalhealthandwealth.com
- melanielockert.com
- Contact: mentalhealthandwealthshow@gmail.com
