Is Your Brain Blocking Your Financial Goals? (with Jessica Moorhouse) SB1636

The Stacking Benjamins Show

Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP

Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Education, Retirement, Investing, Cfp, Business, Money

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

What’s really standing between you and your financial goals? In today’s mentor, Jessica Moorhouse—financial counselor, podcast host, and author of Everything But Money—joins Joe to dive into the mental and emotional side of managing money. Jessica shares her journey with therapy, how relationships shape our financial habits, and the role of self-talk in creating a healthier money mindset. Whether you’re feeling stuck or just want a fresh perspective, this interview offers practical tools to help you take control of your financial future.

In our headline segment, we explore the concept of a “no-buy” list—a clever strategy one woman used to pay off $34,000 in debt. Learn how gamifying financial goals can make saving more manageable—and even fun! Whether it’s cutting back on unnecessary spending or finding creative ways to save, this segment will inspire you to rethink how you approach your financial challenges.

Here’s what we cover today:

Saluting our troops—and wondering why Doug still doesn’t have a Navy Federal mug
Meet Jessica Moorhouse: Financial counselor, podcast host, and author of Everything But Money
Unlocking the connection between your money mindset and financial success with Jessica
How Jessica’s personal journey and therapy shaped her healthier money mindset
Unpacking how emotions and relationships impact financial habits
Understanding rational vs. irrational guilt—and how it affects your money decisions
Recognizing irrational guilt and why it’s critical to tackle it
Celebrating financial wins and overcoming the fear that holds you back
Jessica’s book Everything But Money—and why it’s a must-read for anyone improving their financial mindset
Sneak peek: What’s next on the More Money Podcast with Jessica Moorhouse
Doug’s historical trivia: Financial lessons from the past
Gamifying financial goals: Make saving and investing fun and rewarding
Real-life success stories: The No Buy Challenge and how it helped pay off $34,000 in debt
Join our community: Upcoming meetups and ways to get involved
Final thoughts and takeaways: Simple actions you can start today to improve your financial mindset

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://stackingbenjamins.com/changing-your-money-self-talk-jessica-moorhouse-1636

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0:00.0	Let's make it go.
0:00.9	You guys ready? No. I'm like a puppy dog. I still have peanut butter in my mouth. How is that like a puppy dog? It's the way we lure O.G. to the microphone. Put his medicine in the peanut butter. Come here. Come over to the microphone. You put peanut butter on the microphone. Come on. come on. Come on. Come on. Here, boy. Yes. And you can tell what is crunchy peanut butter because that's what he gets all foul. You know, with one of our dogs with Sasha, she kind of knows there's medicine tucked in there. So now I have to, when she gets close, I like have to stick my finger in and put it in the roof of her mouth.
0:38.0	So she doesn't have a choice because she's like, I'm not falling for that again.
0:41.7	She's onto it.
0:42.6	Someday, OG will catch on.
0:44.2	Right.
0:44.9	But you know what?
0:45.5	Everybody catches on to the fact that we salute our troops every Monday.
0:49.0	That's what we do here on the podcast.
0:51.1	So raise your mug.
0:52.9	Raising my pineapple drink today. Or your pineapple drink.
0:56.0	Oh, look at this. He's got the new Navy Federal mug.
1:00.2	Oh, on behalf of the men and women at Navy Federal Credit Ian, who sent OG a free mug.
1:05.3	WTF. How come I don't have a cork-bottomed insulated mug?
1:08.8	You got this too, right, Joe? And yes, yes, I did.
1:16.4	That was, you woke up and chose violence this morning.
1:20.0	That was so unnecessary.
1:21.6	I'm having the men and women.
1:22.6	If it made me federal credit, you've got to say it quick now.
1:24.9	And the men and women making podcast to mom's basement with or without the mug.
1:29.8	Big salute to our troops.
1:30.8	Thanks for keeping us safe.
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