Minding Your Money
Is Your Mind on Your Money or Is Your Money on Your Mind? By Diane Kern, Ph.D. Creator of Happy & Healthy U Seminar Series: www.happyandhealthyu.com When Our Money is on Our Minds : We are experiencing stress in relationship to our finances. This is an unhealthy state. We feel as though we have no power over our money. In other words, we view ourselves as victims of our finances. Situations such as excessive debt, insufficient funds, and behaviors, such as overspending and disordered priorities cause feelings of insecurity and create emotional stress (i.e. worry, depression, low self-esteem, frustration and embarrassment). Usually, this state was created by insufficient money management education and the lack of training related to values associated with money. This is also the state in which we operate when money becomes the "fix it" remedy for our emotional distress. For instance "retail therapy" may be utilized to address our feelings of inad...