Why Money’s Messiness Can Be Good for You

With Amanda Clayman | Financial Therapist | Podcaster | Summary: Amanda Clayman discusses her podcast, Emotional Investment, focusing on normalizing conversations about money and emotions. She highlights the intimacy of podcasting and the importance of embracing the messiness of our financial lives. Clayman addresses societal expectations around money, the conflicts they create in relationships, and how shame can prevent financial progress. She emphasizes vulnerability, open communication, and integrating different perspectives in couples' financial relationships. Money, she suggests, is a path to deeper self-awareness. Clayman shares her journey with money-related anxieties and stresses the importance of resilience in navigating financial challenges. She closes with advice for future generations on building a healthy relationship with money. BIO: Amanda Clayman is widely recognized as a leader in the field of financial therapy. Her approach as a clinician is to decode how thoughts, feelings, and associations shape our financial choices, and identify how those patterns both serve and limit us. Her consulting clients and public speaking audiences have included numerous corporations, non-profit organizations, and financial services firms including SoFi, New York Foundation for the Arts, Barnard College, and the Financial Therapy Association Conference. She is a LinkedIn Learning (Lynda.com) author of several financial wellness courses, and the financial wellness expert for SheKnows media, where she writes a financial therapy advice column. Her work has been featured in such media outlets as CNBC, Fox News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, REAL SIMPLE, and Forbes. Quotes: "The messiness of money is a feature. We need to learn to engage with the complexities, contradictions, and discomfort that activate our brain and body." Takeaways: We need to shift our perspective on financial distress and embrace the messiness of our financial lives. Societal expectations around money can create conflicts in relationships, and it's important to have open and constructive conversations about these differences. Shame often prevents us from addressing our financial behaviours, and acceptance and curiosity are key to overcoming shame and making positive changes. No one is completely balanced or perfect when it comes to money, and it's important to embrace our imperfections and work towards a healthier relationship with money. Vulnerability and acceptance are crucial in couples' financial relationships. Money serves as a portal to deeper self-awareness and personal growth. Resilience and flexibility are key in navigating financial challenges. Building a healthy relationship with money requires ongoing self-reflection and self-trust. Links: Amanda's Website: CLICK HERE Amanda's New Podcast: CLICK HERE