millionaire mindset: parenting yourself

Financial Feminist

Her First $100K

Self-improvement, Education, Business, How To

4.7 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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If you’ve been doing everything "right" financially and still feel like you’re failing, this episode is for you. In this third installment of the millionaire mindset series, I'm talking about one of the most transformative (and underrated) wealth skills there is: parenting yourself. I'm breaking down why self-discipline without self-care is just self-abandonment, how your unmet basic needs are quietly costing you money and momentum, and the practical, tactical ways you can start treating yourself like someone worth taking care of––starting right now. Because you can't out-hustle a dysregulated nervous system, and the most successful people I know aren't bullying themselves into success. They're parenting themselves into it. Mentioned in this episode: millionaire mindset: taking risks - https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/millionaire-mindset-taking-risks/ millionaire mindset: time wealth - https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/millionaire-mindset-time-wealth/ Amanda Goetz episode - https://herfirst100k.com/financial-feminist-show-notes/earn-more-money-without-hustle/ Visit ⁠https://herfirst100k.com/ffpod⁠ to get your free daily reset worksheet & any other resources mentioned on or show! 00:00 Intro 00:23 What Millionaire Mindset series is about 02:08 Taking care of yourself like a child 03:35 Seeing future you as someone to take care of 06:16 Becoming someone you can rely on 07:37 Self-discipline without self-care is self abandonment 13:09 Create a bedtime routine 16:16 Building transitions into your day 17:58 Talking to yourself 19:21 Creating safety within your own brain and body 21:21 When feeling emotionally overwhelmed 23:19 Self-talk scripts to try 25:41 Finding joy and play again 28:42 Free daily reset sheet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everything you've been told that's woo-boo or crazy are actually the things that are going to make you wealthy.
0:04.7	Millionaires don't rely on motivation or self-criticism.
0:07.7	Instead, they rely on self-trust, structure, and basic self-care, aka parenting themselves.
0:14.4	The most successful people I know do not bully themselves into success.
0:19.1	Instead, they take care of themselves like someone they're responsible for.
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1:09.8	I miss school.
1:11.9	That may be kind of controversial to say because so many kids are like, I hate school,
1:16.0	but I was always the kid who loves school.
1:17.9	And I have a feeling you might have been the kid who love school too,
1:20.9	because you're here learning on this podcast.
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