What if the goal was to understand why we spend what we spend and whether our spending is actually taking us where we want to go?
How Childhood Money Trauma Affects Your Relationship With Money
Children don't need to understand the details to absorb the emotional climate they're raised in.
My mind didn't know what was happening but my body did.
Long before I earned my own income, my nervous system had already learned that money was unpredictable, it could disappear and it wasn't something you could truly relax around….
How Your Relationship With Your Mother Affects Your Relationship With Money
For years, I couldn't understand what happened to my finances every time I visited my family.
I would arrive home with good intentions and a healthy bank balance but by the time I left, I'd spent far more money than I'd planned. I felt emotionally exhausted, financially drained, and completely confused.
It happened over and over again…
What if you don't need more self-discipline? What if you need more support?
Today, people often compliment me on my discipline - they see the books, the business, the travel, and the consistency. What they don't see is the support behind it.
The Emotional Cost of Success: How Rejection Affects Your Ability to Build Wealth
When we're expanding, whether that's asking for more money, building a business, investing, or becoming more visible we often assume the biggest obstacles will be practical and that’s not true. The greatest challenge is often emotional.
Why Trying to Save Money Was Costing Me More Than I Realized
For years, I believed that being good with money meant spending as little as possible. I thought every dollar I didn't spend was a dollar I'd saved.
My thinking changed when I lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. When I lived out there I would often take a 12-hour overnight bus to Bangkok instead of paying an extra US$25 for a direct flight.