Part 2: The root of the "Value Voice." It often isn't about the math; it's about an old, scared part of us that thinks money equals safety—or success. Is your net worth your scorecard? (Hint: It isn’t.)
👉 Part 3 tomorrow: How to lower the volume.
#MoneyTrauma #InnerChild
She thought they were $15 boots.
They were actually worth $2,000.
No one tells you how to navigate wealth when you weren’t raised with it.
💸 Part 11
#moneytrauma #capitalism #selfworth #deprogramming
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Why Budgeting Feels Like Punishment When You Grew Up With Less
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#MoneyTrauma #Budgeting #PersonalFinance #ChildhoodPoverty #FinancialAnxiety #WriteACatalyst
A young woman in a yellow sweater is looking at a laptop on the desk in front of her, she is smiling. The text is "The first time I opened my bank account without panic" and then "fuckfinancialshame.com"
On a white background, black text reads "...or I would go through these phases where I would check obsessively multiple times a day. I’ve never been a big spender, but I was keeping myself up at night doing the math over and over. It’s like I was in denial about how I can be working this hard, making this much money and still feel like I’m failing at “adulting”. I kept thinking to myself “What the hell is wrong with me?”
On a white background, black text reads "I couldn’t tell you exactly when it happened, but as I learned to trust myself with money more and more, the shame and guilt fell away. One big change was learning how to practice EXPECTING to spend, and finally letting go of feeling like I needed to constantly restrict myself! Now when I check my bank account every other day, I feel pretty proud that in just a few months I’ve completely change my realtionship with my money. -Sarah* " Then fuckfinancialshame.com, and "*all client stories are composites"
On a white background, black test reads "...you felt like you could really trust yourself with money? Healing your relationship with money is probably closer than you might think! What would your life look like if you were financially resilient? Reach out and let us know! fuckfinancialshame.com"
Sarah's story is pretty common for lots of the smart, successful, millennial women we work with. It fucking sucks to feel like you're failng all the time. Fortunately, you can learn to trust yourself with money again! #resilient #millennialwoman #moneytrauma
Two words: #MoneyTrauma
We blame economics for its current extractive form because most can't see past it.
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