More "This Is Uncomfortable" is on the way
This Is Uncomfortable
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4.6 • 3.6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Summary
“This Is Uncomfortable” returns Jan. 15. Listen to this note from Reema for more, including an exciting change — we're going to start coming to you weekly! Bringing you more uncomfortable conversations with everyday people, experts, and authors about how money shapes our choices, relationships, and identity.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, it's Rima with some exciting news to share with y'all. |
| 0:05.4 | I started this show about six years ago, which is wild. |
| 0:09.1 | But now this moment, it feels different. |
| 0:11.9 | The world feels less predictable. |
| 0:13.6 | The cost of living feels heavier. |
| 0:16.1 | And I really think more than ever we need a place where we can talk openly about this stuff in real time |
| 0:20.8 | to make sense of our financial lives together and try to learn from each other. Which is why we have |
| 0:26.2 | decided to bring you all a lot more of this is uncomfortable. Starting January 15th, I'm going to be |
| 0:31.8 | in your feeds every single week with a new episode, still bringing you the intimate stories you've |
| 0:36.7 | come to expect, but also |
| 0:38.4 | new conversations with all sorts of people, behavioral economists, therapists, and big thinkers |
| 0:42.8 | who will help us make sense of how our culture and economy are shaping our relationship with |
| 0:48.0 | money and how we see ourselves. |
| 0:50.0 | You know, my husband makes so much more money than me, and he has a purpose. So what's my purpose? |
| 0:58.0 | At first I was like, oh, ha ha, you know, I went viral again, like whatever. It did not stop. |
| 1:04.0 | Were you able to avert midlife crisis? Oh, actually, no. No. We'll have personal stories, advice segments, and expert guidance on things like how to finally tackle that financial task that, let's be real, has been on our to-do list for years. |
| 1:19.7 | If you have a friend who is in the same boat, you know what? |
| 1:22.9 | We're going to set aside two hours next Saturday with a nice bottle of wine at the end. We're to sit next to each |
| 1:28.7 | other on the couch with our laptops and we are going to get this done. Or how to hack your brain to |
| 1:33.8 | stop impulse shopping. Something to work on is finding ways to get a dopamine hit that don't involve |
| 1:39.5 | spending money because that's ultimately like what that impulsivity is giving you. And I'm excited to bring you all conversations with people who aren't afraid to pull back the |
| 1:47.8 | curtain on their spending to literally open up their spreadsheets and share all of the juicy |
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