Valued: Unpacking Your Money Baggage

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Valued: Unpacking Your Money Baggage

By Kaia Findlay,

Anita Rao

Published November 4, 2022 at 5:40 AM EDT

An illustration showing two hands filling out a receipt for the store "Money Stuff LLC." The items on the receipt are: "Dad lost his job $$, College debt $$$, Frozen bank account $, Loan from Grandma $$." The word "Valued" is in the middle of the image on the right-hand side.

Anita is getting married next year, which means she's been thinking a lot about money and what kind of spending aligns with her values. Turns out that her money behaviors (and yours) are shaped by experiences and beliefs that have accumulated since childhood. She talks with a financial therapist and a money coach about their work to help people better understand their money hang-ups and explores some unconventional ways to think about your money.

Meet the guests:

, a financial therapist and money reiki practitioner, helps us go deep when we think about our relationship to money 鈥� and how that can help our relationships to each other
, an organizer and money coach, explains how we can translate feelings of shame or guilt about money into tangible action that can help our communities

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Kaia Findlay

Kaia Findlay is the lead producer of Embodied, 深夜福利's weekly podcast and radio show about sex, relationships and health. Kaia first joined the 深夜福利 team in 2020 as a producer for The State of Things.

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Anita Rao

Anita Rao is an award-winning journalist, host, creator, and executive editor of "Embodied," a weekly radio show and podcast about sex, relationships & health.

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