This is NPR's Life Kit.

I'm Andy Tagle, one of the producers of this show.

And today, we're going to talk about money.

More specifically, we're going to talk feelings about money.

Hopes and fears, guilt and shame.

And the significant role they play in your financial life.

Feeling uncomfortable yet?

Good.

Then we're in the same boat.

I've never been great with money.

A trade I often blamed on being too busy or perpetually poor

mass skills, or a weakness for convenience and good sample sales.

But of course, my dilemma is more complex than just a bad relationship with algebra.

Money is more mindset than coins than dollars and coins.

That's Tiffany Leechay.

Much better known as the Buttenista.

I like to say I'm America's favorite financial educator.

If not, at least you're a favorite financial educator.

In addition to being one of Life Kit's favorite financial educators,

Leechays the author of the new book Get Good With Money.

It's a super practical guide to getting your financial house in order to achieve

what she calls financial wholeness and 10 steps.

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