How Money Impacts Your Mental Health with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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This week of financial wellness content is brought to you by Wealthfront. Learn more at https://www.wealthfront.com/headspace. Money isn’t just numbers—it’s deeply tied to our emotions and well-being. Join Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, financial therapist and author of The Financial Anxiety Solution, as she explores the profound link between your finances and mental health, and shares why understanding this connection is the first step toward lasting financial peace. Nothing in the ad for Wealthfront should be construed as investment advice, tax advice, or an offer or recommendation of any specific account or strategy. APY on deposits as of April 30, 2025, is representative, subject to change, and requires no minimum. Funds are swept to program banks where they earn the variable APY. Bonus offer terms & conditions apply and details can be found on the marketing partner’s promotional page for Wealthfront. The Cash Account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Learn more about money and mental health from Lindsay here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week of financial wellness content is brought to you by Wealthfront.
0:06.2	Savings should feel like progress, not pressure.
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0:22.9	No stress, no guesswork.
0:24.7	Right now, get a $50 bonus when you deposit $500 into your first cash account at wealthfront.com
0:31.8	slash headspace.
0:33.5	Wealthfront is not a bank.
0:34.6	Rate is subject to change.
0:35.6	For more information, see the episode description.
0:57.0	That's a bank. Rate is subject to change. For more information, see the episode description. Hi, my name is Lindsay, Brian Podfin, and welcome to Radio Headspace and to Monday morning. I'm a financial therapist, author of the Financial Anxiety Solution and founder of Mind Money Balance.
1:04.0	My work focuses on the intersection of finances and mental health, and that's what we'll be discussing this week.
1:10.0	Today, I want to give a basic overview of how money affects our mental health because it does,
1:15.8	and by understanding that we can work toward a healthier relationship to our finances.
1:23.9	When it comes to money and our mental health, so much of the messaging is around financial
1:30.3	literacy and financial knowledge. And of course, literacy matters and knowledge matters. But money is
1:36.6	really about how we feel. Research shows that between 80 and 90% of our financial decisions are
1:43.2	based on how we feel.
1:45.6	And my job as a financial therapist is to help people understand
1:49.7	that the way we feel about money impacts the decisions we make
1:54.0	or the decisions that we don't make.
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