Understanding Your Relationship with Money — Financial Psychology with Mary Liz Burns

2025-10-05

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What’s your relationship with money? Do you worry about having enough? Does money guide all of your decisions? In this episode of Stories of Change and Creativity, I talk with Mary Liz Burns about the psychology of money. She has more than two decades of experience in personal finance communications and media. Mary Liz has an MBA with a focus on financial psychology and is a certified senior advisor.After a successful career in corporate communications and public relations — including 22 years with AARP — Mary Liz realized the mis...

What’s your relationship with money? Do you worry about having enough? Does money guide all of your decisions?

In this episode of Stories of Change and Creativity, I talk with Mary Liz Burns about the psychology of money. She has more than two decades of experience in personal finance communications and media. Mary Liz has an MBA with a focus on financial psychology and is a certified senior advisor.

After a successful career in corporate communications and public relations — including 22 years with AARP — Mary Liz realized the missing piece in most money conversations: the human connection. Now, she helps people understand their personal “money stories” and develop healthier, more compassionate relationships with money.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why our relationship with money is emotional, not rational — and how fear and shame can hold us back
The four money scripts that shape financial behavior
How childhood experiences and “financial flashpoints” form our money beliefs
How our relationship with money changes in different stages of life
Practical steps to begin your own money awareness journey — where to start

Quotes

“My goal from now until the day I die is to reduce the fear and shame we have around money — and to help people have open, honest conversations, starting with themselves.” — Mary Liz Burns

“Financial education alone is not enough to change behavior. We have to bring the human piece to it.” — Mary Liz Burns

Resources & Links

Take the free Money Scripts Test (by Dr. Brad Klontz)
Learn more about Mary Liz Burns and her work in financial psychology https://www.marylizburns.money/

Note: This content is not intended as specific legal or financial advice, and listeners should consider their individual circumstances when applying this information and to seek professional assistance if needed.

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