Ep 493: Break the Cycle of Financial Anxiety Without Changing Your Job or Income

HerMoney with Jean Chatzky

Jean Chatzky Her Money

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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When it comes to money, most of us know the basics. We’ve read the advice: build an emergency fund, stick to a budget, invest for the future. But what if we’re still struggling to feel confident or in control? What if our emotions — fear, guilt, shame — are silently running the show? That’s where financial therapy comes in. This week, Jean sits down with Erika Wasserman, certified financial therapist and author of “Conversations With Your Financial Therapist,” to pull back the curtain on why our money beliefs run so deep, and how we can start to change them. 💡 In This Episode, You'll Learn: What a financial therapist does and how to know if you need one Why religion and culture can impact how you feel about wealth, success, and spending The MONEY Method: Erika’s 5-step tool for better financial conversations Scripts to help you talk to your partner, parents, or adult kids about money 💬 Join our private Facebook group: HerMoney Facebook Community 💌 Subscribe to the HerMoney newsletter ⁠4-Week Coaching Program⁠: Identify and understand your spending, build a strategic plan, and take control of your money. ⁠6-Week Pre-Retirement Program⁠: We’ll help you prepare financially and emotionally for this exciting milestone. 📈⁠InvestingFixx⁠: Learn, connect, and start investing—your first month is completely free. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:30.9	One thing in life is certain, there's going to be change coming.
1:34.9	And with merging money, separating money, adding money for kids, aging parents, a new job.
1:41.4	But if we don't have the confidence to have those conversations, whatever you're doing
1:46.1	right now with your relationship with money, you're only getting better at. So if you're avoiding
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1:58.2	Hey, everyone. Welcome to Her Money. I'm Jean Chatsky.
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