276: Owning Your Financial Awareness and Talking about Money with Kids with Financial Therapist, Aja Evans
Conversations with Cam
Dear Media
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2024
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
In this episode with financial therapist Aja Evans, we discuss what Aja does in her profession and how taking ownership of her own financial education led her to her career. She talks about what she most often sees in her financial therapy practice, the common misconceptions people have about managing finances, and explains why we feel shame around money. She also shares how we can start talking to kids about money, why learning to spend is as equally important as learning to save, and how money and self-esteem are linked. Finally, we talk about “the thrill of the chase” we feel as consumers, how we can slow ourselves down when we impulsively spend, how we can set boundaries around money and other people, and more.
Key Takeaway / Points:
- What is a financial therapist?
- Why and how Aja became a financial therapist
- What Aja sees most often in her financial therapy practice
- The most common misconceptions people have about managing their finances
- Why do we feel shame around money?
- How can we start talking to children about money?
- Why learning how to spend is as equally important as learning how to save
- A practical tip for having kids interact with money
- How money and self-esteem are linked
- On the thrill of the chase as consumers
- On scarcity mindsets fueling our spending
- How to slow yourself down during an impulse spend
- On setting boundaries around money with other people
- How Aja fills her cup
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| 0:23.1 | No, in reality, I can't miss a week, please. So I'm so excited for you all to listen to this episode. |
| 0:29.2 | It's a friend and financial therapist and repeating guest, Asia Evans. We chat all about why we feel |
| 0:37.4 | certain things around money. Like, |
| 0:39.9 | why do we feel shame around money, whether we have it or whether we don't? And why do we feel |
| 0:44.2 | pressure to spend money in a way of like showing people we love them? Why can't we set boundaries |
| 0:51.2 | around money? Why do we chase the thrill of a sale or the like, |
| 0:56.7 | you know, sell out mentality? Why does that get everyone to want something? I'm fascinated by this |
| 1:02.2 | topic as a consumer and also now as someone who's like created a product and is selling. I have so |
| 1:08.7 | many thoughts. Also just in life, my relationship with money has been |
| 1:13.2 | very interesting and my emotions around it. And I feel this episode will help people feel seen, |
| 1:19.5 | but also provide tangible pieces of advice and context for why we are the way we are. So I hope you |
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