Let's try something. I'm going to say a word, and I want you to notice what happens to you.

Here comes the word. Money.

What did that do to you? Did you tense up a little? Where in your body did you feel your response?

Okay, now let's try two words. Your money.

Did you tense up more?

Maybe you fidgeted.

Well, don't turn off the podcast because we're here to help you this week.

It's depression mode.

I'm John Moe.

I'm glad you're here. For a lot of people, money, personal finance is a really anxious making topic.

I think a lot of it has to do with how much it bleeds all over a lot of other topics.

It's tied into your sense of self-worth, your place in society. It gets all over

your concept of security, your view of the future. And here in America, at least, we live in a

capitalist society where money affects stuff like your health care and definitely your retirement.

So it's tempting to just duck the issue, to tune it out, to neglect it,

to just not deal. But even not dealing is a form of dealing with it. It's a choice. You have to

face money. There's no way around it. Celia Roberts Hughes is a financial therapist in Nashville, Tennessee, and she specializes

in people who get kind of, I don't know, skittish, freaked out, nervous about money. She helps them,

and she's here with us. Celia Roberts Hughes, welcome to Depression Mode.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm excited to be here.

What is a financial therapist?

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