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Bonus: Does Money Stress You Out? From "Happier with Gretchen Rubin"

Marketplace All-in-One

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4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

 For a lot of us, money is a source of anxiety and guilt. Reema recently joined the podcast “Happier with Gretchen Rubin” for a roundtable conversation with Gretchen and Haley Sacks (a.k.a. Mrs. Dow Jones) about why money feels so emotionally loaded – and the small, realistic changes that can make managing it feel easier.

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0:00.0

Hey, everyone, it's Rima. Just dropping into your feed with the little bonus episode.

0:04.5

I wanted to share a recent conversation I had with author and speaker Gretchen Rubin on her podcast Happier.

0:09.9

We talked about why it can be so hard to talk about money, and some simple tips we can all use to better manage our finances.

0:16.5

I had a great time on her podcast and thought you might want to listen.

0:19.4

So here's my conversation with

0:20.9

Gretchen Rubin and financial expert, Haley Sacks. Hope you all enjoy it, and I'll catch you all

0:25.7

Thursday with a new episode of This Is Uncomfortable. Hello, we are here for more happier, a podcast where we get happier.

0:44.1

Today's episode is the next in our roundtable conversation series, and the topic today is our financial lives.

0:51.6

For many of us, dealing with money is a source of dread, anxiety, guilt,

0:56.3

just general discomfort, a constant chore that we're trying to avoid. In this roundtable,

1:02.5

we'll talk about how we can design our financial lives better to gain greater feelings

1:07.3

of peace and control. I'm Gretchen Rubin, a writer who studies happiness and human nature.

1:13.0

I'm host of the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast. And I also have a new podcast since you asked.

1:17.5

That's an advice podcast with a twist. And I'm also the author of many books, including The Happiness

1:22.5

Project and Happier at Home. Those two are particularly relevant to our discussion today. And joining me today,

1:30.3

two terrific guests. I am so looking forward to this conversation. First, Haley Sachs, who has an

1:36.4

AKA Mrs. Dow Jones. Haley Sachs is a leading voice in financial literacy for millennials in Gen Z. She's a financial expert, host of the Financial Tea Podcast, and author of Future Rich Person, The New Rules for Building Wealth. Hello, Haley. How are you?

1:55.7

I am so excited to be here. I am a huge fan of your work, so I'm a little bit starstruck, but I can't wait for this.

2:03.1

This is so nice to hear. And we are also joined by Reba Kreis. Rima is the host of the weekly

2:08.8

Marketplace podcast. This is Uncomfortable, a show about life and how money messes with it.

2:15.8

She began her career in audio as an NPR Crockbello and joined Marketplace as a reporter in 2016, where she has covered a wide range of social and economic issues. Hello, Rima.

2:27.3

Hello. Thank you so much for having me here. I'm so excited to talk about this. This is going to be great.

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