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So now I often have a lot of shopping carts that are full and I'm about to press buy

and I go through the work and I'm so proud of myself when I don't buy it

because it's trying to fill an inner void with external material goods

and you can't fill something that is on the inside with something on the outside.

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Hey everybody, I'm Jean Chatsky.

Thank you so much for joining me today on her money.

Let me just start this week's episode by asking all of you a question.

How are you?

And I mean it.

How are you really?

So many of us, we've had incredibly difficult years.

We've lost jobs.

We've lost loved ones.

And while we've grieved, in many cases, we've also dealt with it by doing what women often do.

We just soldier on.

We put on a brave face.

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