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Financial Follies of the Comparison Trap

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Do you find yourself feeling bad or jealous when you see other’s “success”? What happens when we start comparing ourselves to others?

In this episode, we talk about how comparing ourselves to others takes a toll on both our financial and emotional well-being. We talk about how “keeping up with the Joneses” has evolved and been exacerbated by social media, how to catch ourselves when we fall into the comparison trap, and how getting clear on our priorities and values allows us to break that cycle.

Sarah and Garrett also go over some simple exercises and questions to ask yourself when you find yourself falling into the comparison trap. They also chat about how they’ve fallen into this themselves, and what they’ve done to get out of it.

 

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • The crucial difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
  • How it’s easier to fall into the comparison trap today compared to even five years ago
  • What we can do to stop feeling negative when we find ourselves looking at other people’s lives
  • An extreme example of someone who pretended to go on a trip to Southeast Asia (and nobody knew she was faking!)
  • Why Sarah decided to delete her Instagram account

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Taking Financial Leaps of Faith With Jared Easley

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Taking leaps of faith – Exciting? Hella scary? Worth it? All three?

For this episode we sit down with Jared Easley, who has had to take many of these leaps to help grow Podcast Movement, the world’s largest podcast only conference with his business partner, Dan Franks. We talk about how to take leaps of faith, both financially and in our careers, and how you can approach these life changes when there is someone else in your life to consider. Jared was gracious enough to share his highs and lows, including what it takes to pursue a goal that may not reap financial rewards right away. We also talk about using the power of curiosity to ask yourself the right questions, especially when you feel like giving up.

Even if you’re not an entrepreneur there are a lot of great takeaways from this episode, such as what people in full-time jobs can do to find more satisfaction, such as saving up money for a sabbatical and even asking for a raise.

 

 

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What Jared’s biggest lesson has been from continually taking risks
  • What is a financial leap (hint: it doesn’t always mean quitting your job to start a business)
  • How we can develop the mindset to be confident in our choices in our financial lives
  • Why failure isn’t as scary as we think it is
  • How you balance family and relationships with taking risks
  • How using the power of curiosity can help you take leaps in a much more organic way

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Navigating Financial Expectations from Friends and Families

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How can creating boundaries in our relationships help us thrive in our financial lives?

In this episode, we talk about how to manage financial expectations and set boundaries with our friends and family. How does our confidence (or lack thereof) affect our ability to set boundaries? How can we move on from a friendship that is no longer serving us, financially or otherwise? And what are the positive outcomes we’ve experienced from creating our own financial boundaries?

Sarah and Garrett dive deep into how to find the confidence to set financial boundaries and be honest about your needs. They also talk about how setting boundaries is actually about acting from a place of love, and when it’s necessary to let people go from your life.

 

 

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • Why it can be hard to help friends and family when you’re growing and changing
  • What you can do if you feel scared about setting boundaries or financial expectations
  • How do you know when you’ve outgrown a relationship? (hint: it’s scary to admit!)
  • How creating boundaries can actually create positive outcomes for your friends and family

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Understanding our Unconscious Money Patterns

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How do our beliefs about money affect how we handle and relate to it as adults?

In this episode, we explore how our experiences with money growing up influence how we manage it as adults. We talk about what money scripts are, why they are so important, and how to become more aware of our unconscious patterns so we can be more intentional and in control of our money.

Sarah and Garrett dive into what they experienced growing up, and how those things had both a positive and negative impact on their personal finances. They also explore how willpower isn’t the answer to your money woes, how to create lasting changes, and where to start looking to uncover your unconscious money beliefs.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What are some of the most common lessons people learn about money growing up
  • How messages we receive, even in our adult years, affect how we feel and think about money
  • What simple techniques we can use to overcome the negative beliefs we have money (hint: it has nothing to do with forgetting about it)
  • How tools and budgeting systems fail us when we aren’t aware of our underlying behaviors
  • Why it’s important to acknowledge our “past money scripts” before we can move on n our financial lives

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How Fear And Confidence Affect Our Money Decisions

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How does your fear around money affect  your decisions? What can we do to move away from fear and feel more confident in our money?

In this episode we sit down with Jen Hemphill, a Money Confidence Coach, an AFC® (Accredited Financial Counselor), and host of the Her Money Matters® Podcast.  Her first book Her Money Matters: The Missing Truths From Traditional Money Advice helps to fill the missing gaps for when you are financially stuck.

Jen has a unique perspective on how our money stories translate into fear around our money and how that affects our day-to-day decisions. We dive into how we can begin to shift our fears into being more confident in our financials lives. We also share how to incorporate self-care practices to relieve stress and fear (it doesn’t cost a lot, trust us!), ways to find the community to help you grow, and so much more.

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What You Hear in This Episode:

  • What fear looks like in our financial lives
  • What is a past and present money story, and why those two are crucial when it comes to uncovering our fears
  • What does it mean to be confident with our money? How does that help us make better decisions?
  • How we tend to make poor choices when we’re maxed out on our “mental bandwidth”
  • Simple shifts we can all make to feel better about our money (hint: it’s not spending hundreds of dollars on self-care)

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How Can Money Help Us Create a More Meaningful Life?

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What is a meaningful life and how can money become a tool to create it? What happens when we’re so focused on making money we forget to smell the roses and appreciate life?

In this episode, we sit down with Leisa Peterson, founder of WealthClinic and the host of the Art of Abundance podcast. We wanted to have Leisa on because she has a unique way of combining mindfulness practices into her work with money. We dive into how to define what a meaningful life looks like, how you know if you’re using money to achieve it, and the work we need to do in order to find meaning around money and our lives.

Yup, it’s another vulnerable episode folks, as Garrett and Sarah dive deep into pivotal moments into their lives, how chasing money isn’t always the answer, what really is the secret to purpose and meaning in one’s life.

 

 

What You Hear in This Episode:

  • How Leisa approaches her relationship with money, and how it’s now has nothing to do with earning and saving
  • Some of the ways we unknowingly sabotage our happiness by treating having money as the end goal.
  • How your relationship with money can change as you work on creating a meaningful life
  • Common misconceptions of a what a meaningful life is and money’s role in it
  • Pivotal moments (including your rock bottom) that can help you shift the trajectory of your financial life
  • How Leisa’s upbringing influenced negative feelings she had with money, and how she released these “invisible scripts”
  • How anyone can start diving into their blocks to a meaningful life

 

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