Everyone's Talkin' Money Crash! Money Trauma and Recovery with Catching Up to FI's Bill and Becky
Feb 12, 2024
In this engaging discussion, Shauna Game, a certified financial planner and author, delves into the nuances of money trauma. She shares her journey from a film festival background to financial planning. Listeners learn how childhood experiences shape money beliefs and instigate trauma. Shauna highlights the importance of recognizing these traumas in relationships and the effective strategies for healing, like journaling and self-awareness. The conversation offers invaluable insights into managing financial behaviors and transforming scarcity mindsets into positive habits.
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Investigate Your Early Money Story
- Look back at your money story from ages zero to seven to find formative beliefs and messages about money.
- Ask family or guardians about economic context and repeated phrases to uncover hidden scripts.
Money Is Felt In The Body
- Money trauma is a somatic, limbic-system reaction that shows up as fight/flight or freeze when money is mentioned.
- Physical sensations (racing heart, tight shoulders) reveal underlying emotional responses to finances.
Divorce Emptied Her Pockets
- Shauna described getting divorced in her early 30s and losing nearly every asset while being the sole earner.
- She left with a car payment and a blue suitcase full of what she could carry, then rebuilt her life and practice.