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When Financial Safety Comes at the Cost of Peace Money vigilance is often the most socially praised money script. It looks responsible, disciplined and sensible. And in many ways, it is. If you grew up believing that money must be watched closely, protected carefully and never taken for granted, you may be operating with a […]

When Self-Worth Becomes a Price Tag For some people, money feels like safety. For others, it feels like success. If you grew up believing that how much you earn, own or display determines how you are seen, you may be operating with a money status script. At its core, this belief sounds like: “My value […]

  When More Never Feels Like Enough For some people, money feels uncomfortable or even wrong. For others, money feels like the answer. At its core, this belief sounds like: “Once I earn more, save more or reach a certain number, everything will settle down. Then I can relax. Then I will be happy.” This […]

Why “Being Good With Money” Can Feel Wrong and How to Gently Rewrite the Script** Most of us absorb our beliefs about money long before we ever earn any. By the time we reach adulthood, these early messages behave like background software: automatic, familiar and usually unnoticed. One of the most common is the money […]