You're listening to an airwave media podcast. Her money is supported by Fidelity Investments.

Together we're here to empower, educate, and encourage women to start talking about money.

Discover more at fidelity.com slash its time.

Her money comes to you through PRX. Hey, it's Jean Chatsky.

Welcome to Her Money.

If you are a frequent listener of this podcast or even someone who's just not

tuning in for the very first time you have probably heard me say life happens and

usually when I say life happens, I'm talking about having an emergency

fund, having some savings because there are only so many things and so many

expenses that you can actually control. But today we're taking

a different approach with that phrase. The folks at our sponsor Fidelity, they've done some fascinating new research that

shows just how stressful these life events can be on your happiness, your health, your overall well-being.

So here in the studio to give us a full debriefing is Jeannie Thompson.

She is Senior Vice President of Thought Leadership

for Fidelity Investments.

And she leads a team that develops data-driven insights

based on quantitative research and qualitative research and all of that data and you know I love the data I'm a data nerd or whatever you want to call me all of that information goes in to develop theories and products and services

that help us manage our money and live our lives a little bit better. And all of that includes the research that we're going to talk

about today so Jeannie welcome. Thank you Gene excited to be here. I'm

excited to have you here. I've been asking you to come in for a while and I'm

excited that you finally made it to New York.

Tell me about this particular study.

...