Rebuilding Your Money Confidence

Everyone's Talkin' Money

Shari Rash

Business, Self-improvement, Education

4.6 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

If you've been feeling stuck, scared, or straight-up pissed about money lately — this one's for you. According to a new LinkedIn Workforce Confidence survey, Americans are less confident about their financial future than they were in 2020. Yep, lower than the panic-buying, banana-bread-baking era of the pandemic. In this episode, I break down why your financial confidence is tanking (spoiler: it’s not just you), what’s actually going on behind the scenes, and the real, practical things you can do this week to take your power back — without budgeting yourself into oblivion. We’re talking emotional burnout, job market instability, AI-induced panic, and the sneaky ways financial trauma is still messing with your decision-making. But more importantly, we’re talking solutions — bold, doable, no-BS strategies to rebuild confidence, reclaim control, and move forward. What You’ll Learn: Why financial confidence is at a record low (and why that matters) How fear is silently shaping your money moves 5 practical steps to start rebuilding confidence today The one tiny money goal you can hit this week to feel back in charge Why your nervous system and your bank account need a plan LINKS LinkedIn Survey Instagram: @shannahgame True Home Confessions podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There are days when you're hungry for McDonald's.
0:03.0	Then there are days when you're Big Arch hungry for McDonald's.
0:08.0	You'll get to know the difference.
0:10.0	New Big Arch for Big McDonald's hunger.
0:15.0	Until 9th of September, from 11 AM,
0:18.0	participating restaurants only, subject to availability.
0:20.0	Hey, it's Shawna and welcome to everyone's talking money.
0:32.3	Hey, you. Yeah, you, with your coffee in hand.
0:36.3	Or maybe pacing the kitchen kitchen thinking about money again.
0:41.6	Let me hit you with a stat that might make your stomach drop.
0:46.2	American workers are feeling worse about their financial futures right now than they did even in the darkest days of the pandemic. And you're like,
0:57.0	yeah, of course, Shana. There's a lot going on. According to a new LinkedIn workforce confidence
1:03.6	survey, our collective confidence in being able to improve our financial situations just hit a new low. I know, like cue the wamp-wamp.
1:14.8	Lower than 2020. Lower than when we were panic buying frozen pizza, toilet paper, and hand sanitizer.
1:24.0	Get this. In February, confidence dropped to plus 15. That is barely above the neutral mark.
1:31.9	In January, 2022, it was plus 32. That was back when we still believe that, that, you know,
1:39.8	things like budgeting apps could, could fix our lives. But here's the deal. If you're feeling financially
1:46.3	freaked out, I want you to know that you are absolutely not alone, but you're not stuck either.
1:54.2	This episode, I want this to feel like a warm hug and also a little bit of a tough love pep talk,
2:03.5	maybe all rolled into one. I'm going to be breaking down what's going on, why it's happening, and most importantly, what the heck you can do
2:09.9	about it. No fluff, no shame, you know the drill here, just real talk. So let's talk about this confidence crash. LinkedIn's Workforce
2:21.4	Confidence Index, it's something that measures how optimistic workers feel about job security,
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