Money Isn’t Scary - Money Mindset, Money Anxiety, Intentional Spending, Saving Money, Money Management

How much of the way you think about money actually belongs to you?

In today's episode, I talk about the money beliefs we inherit from our families - often without even realizing it.

From “We don’t need that” to “Must be nice,” we absorb messages about spending, saving, work, success, and what it means to be “good” with money. But just because we learned a belief growing up doesn’t mean we have to carry it forever.

Today I'm working through how to notice these inherited money rules, question where they came from, and decide which ones still serve us—and which ones we're ready to do differently.

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate, or review Money Isn’t Scary — it helps more women find these much-needed conversations.

You can also find me here:
🎙️ Website: moneyisntscary.com
📸 Instagram: @moneyisntscary

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Are you interested in working 1:1 with me? I'm now officially a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® where I work with you to create greater balance, a higher consciousness and help you transform your relationship with money. This goal of this work is to guide you to a deeper understanding of the unconscious beliefs and patterns we carry that create stress and fear and hold us back from living the life that you want.

You can book a quick 15-minute call here so I can learn more about you and your goals for the program. 

I'm so excited to be able to connect with you on a deeper level and help you discover what's blocking you from living the life you really want!

This week on the pod, I'm joined by Monica Packer, founder of the Progress Over Perfection movement, host of the About Progress podcast, and author of Sticky Habits. Together, we explore why so many of us get stuck waiting for the "perfect" time, how to let go of all-or-nothing thinking, and what it really takes to create lasting change.

In our conversation, we discuss:

What it truly means to choose progress over perfection

Why we're wired to seek certainty—and how it keeps us stuck

The role of consistency and flexibility in building habits that last

Why self-compassion is essential for meaningful growth

How lasting change starts with our identity, not just our behaviors

Connect with Monica:

Sticky Habits: stickyhabitsbook.com

About Progress podcast (wherever you listen to podcasts)

Instagram: @aboutprogress

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate, or review Money Isn’t Scary — it helps more women find these much-needed conversations.

You can also find me here:
🎙️ Website: moneyisntscary.com
📸 Instagram: @moneyisntscary

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Are you interested in working 1:1 with me? I'm now officially a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® where I work with you to create greater balance, a higher consciousness and help you transform your relationship with money. This goal of this work is to guide you to a deeper understanding of the unconscious beliefs and patterns we carry that create stress and fear and hold us back from living the life that you want.

You can book a quick 15-minute call here so I can learn more about you and your goals for the program. 

I'm so excited to be able to connect with you on a deeper level and help you discover what's blocking you from living the life you really want!

Last week on the pod, we talked about how life has become one giant optimization project. This week, we're taking that conversation one step further by looking at how that mindset shows up in our summers.

Somewhere along the way, summer stopped feeling like a season and started feeling like something we have to maximize. Between bucket lists, vacations, camps, beach days, and the pressure to "make memories," it's easy to feel like we're trying to squeeze every last drop out of these few short months.

In this episode, I explore why that pressure feels so intense, how scarcity influences both our spending and our decision-making, and why we often find ourselves buying reassurance instead of experiences.

If you've ever felt guilty for having a quiet weekend, staying home on a beautiful day, or wondering if you're doing "enough" with your kids, this episode is your reminder that there isn't a right way to do summer.

Maybe the best memories aren't the ones we plan. Maybe they're the ones that happen when we stop trying so hard to optimize every moment.

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate, or review Money Isn’t Scary — it helps more women find these much-needed conversations.

You can also find me here:
🎙️ Website: moneyisntscary.com
📸 Instagram: @moneyisntscary

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Are you interested in working 1:1 with me? I'm now officially a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® where I work with you to create greater balance, a higher consciousness and help you transform your relationship with money. This goal of this work is to guide you to a deeper understanding of the unconscious beliefs and patterns we carry that create stress and fear and hold us back from living the life that you want.

You can book a quick 15-minute call here so I can learn more about you and your goals for the program. 

I'm so excited to be able to connect with you on a deeper level and help you discover what's blocking you from living the life you really want!

This week on the show, I'm joined by financial wellness coach, author, entrepreneur, and Stanford-trained sociologist Tari K. Vickery for a conversation about something I believe is at the heart of financial well-being: the emotional side of money.

So often we focus on budgets, investing, and financial strategies, but we rarely stop to ask why we make the financial decisions we do. Tari and I explore how our family experiences, childhood messages, and inherited beliefs shape our relationship with money—and why understanding those stories is the first step toward creating a healthier one.

Connect with Tari:

🌐 Website: https://tarikvickeryauthor.com

📖 Book: The Emotional Side of Money: A Roadmap to Financial Wellness (https://tarikvickeryauthor.com/book)

💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tari-vickery

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarikvickeryauthor

📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tarikvickeryauthor

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate, or review Money Isn’t Scary — it helps more women find these much-needed conversations.

You can also find me here:
🎙️ Website: moneyisntscary.com
📸 Instagram: @moneyisntscary

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Are you interested in working 1:1 with me? I'm now officially a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® where I work with you to create greater balance, a higher consciousness and help you transform your relationship with money. This goal of this work is to guide you to a deeper understanding of the unconscious beliefs and patterns we carry that create stress and fear and hold us back from living the life that you want.

You can book a quick 15-minute call here so I can learn more about you and your goals for the program. 

I'm so excited to be able to connect with you on a deeper level and help you discover what's blocking you from living the life you really want!

This week, I'm talking about something that happened to me recently that I think many of us can relate to: consuming financial advice and somehow ending up feeling worse instead of better.

After a late-night social media scroll left me feeling behind in about twelve different areas of my life, I started thinking about how much financial advice we're exposed to every day—and how overwhelming it can be. Between social media, podcasts, books, and experts all telling us the "right" way to manage money, it's easy to end up carrying around a long list of financial shoulds that feel more like pressure than support.

In this episode, I discuss:
• Why too much financial content can create overwhelm instead of clarity
• How social media fuels comparison and feelings of being "behind"
• The danger of applying someone else's financial advice to a completely different situation
• Why context, life stage, and capacity matter when making financial decisions
• A simple question to ask yourself before taking on any new financial advice

If you've ever felt overwhelmed by money, this episode is a reminder that you don't need to do everything at once—and that just because something is good advice doesn't mean it's the right advice for you right now.

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If you loved this episode, please take a moment to follow, rate, or review Money Isn’t Scary — it helps more women find these much-needed conversations.

You can also find me here:
🎙️ Website: moneyisntscary.com
📸 Instagram: @moneyisntscary

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Are you interested in working 1:1 with me? I'm now officially a Certified Money Coach (CMC)® where I work with you to create greater balance, a higher consciousness and help you transform your relationship with money. This goal of this work is to guide you to a deeper understanding of the unconscious beliefs and patterns we carry that create stress and fear and hold us back from living the life that you want.

You can book a quick 15-minute call here so I can learn more about you and your goals for the program. 

I'm so excited to be able to connect with you on a deeper level and help you discover what's blocking you from living the life you really want!