Money psychology & habits
It's rarely a knowledge gap — it's a behavior gap
Financial education usually fails for a reason no spreadsheet can fix: money is emotional before it's mathematical, and almost no one is taught the emotional side, so we inherit our patterns by accident. This track is the foundation under every other one — the behavioral and emotional layer of money. It covers the money 'scripts' absorbed in childhood and why shame keeps people stuck, how to break the avoidance cycle with tiny low-stakes actions and self-compassion, why behavior design beats willpower (automation, friction, implementation intentions), and how lifestyle creep quietly eats raises while the gap between income and spending is the real driver of wealth. Warm, judgment-free, never preachy.
4 lessons · about 26 minutes total · 100% free
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1. Why money feels emotional
Your money habits run on beliefs you absorbed as a kid. Learn the four money scripts, how shame keeps you stuck, and why naming your pattern comes first.
6 min read
2. Breaking the avoidance cycle
Not looking at your money feels safer and costs more. Learn the shame-avoidance loop, the tiny first actions that break it, and how a five-minute money date works.
7 min read
3. Behavior design beats willpower
Willpower drains; defaults don't. Learn the three levers of behavior design (automation, friction, when-then rules) and see a $3,600 paycheck redesigned so saving happens by itself.
7 min read
4. Lifestyle creep and the meaning of enough
A raise rarely makes money feel easier, because spending rises to match. See how lifestyle creep works, why the gap builds wealth, and how to define enough.
6 min read