Money Mindset
Wealth Transfer Journaling: How to Write Your Own Money Story
What story do you want your money to tell? Explore three financial therapy journal prompts to navigate wealth transfer, uncover your Money Story, understand the emotions behind inheritance, and create healthier financial boundaries with compassion and curiosity.
Read MoreCommon Pain Points in Wealth Transfer: When Inheriting Money Feels Complicated
Wealth transfer can bring more than financial change. Explore three common wealth transfer challenges—communication breakdown, grief and emotional processing, and safety—and learn how my approach to financial therapy can help you navigate them with greater confidence and support.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Great Wealth Transfer: The Emotional Side of Receiving Wealth
What is the Great Wealth Transfer, and why can receiving wealth feel so complicated? Explore the emotional side of inheritance, scarcity, Money Stories, and adjusting to a new financial reality.
Read MoreMoney Self-Talk: How to Talk to Yourself Differently About Money
The way you talk to yourself about money matters. Learn how shifting from self-criticism to compassionate curiosity can change the way you understand your money patterns and decisions.
Read MoreWhat Money and Food Can Teach Us About Control, Restriction, and Perfectionism
Money and food have more in common than you might think. Explore how control, restriction, and perfectionism can shape your relationship with money—and what can create more sustainable change.
Read MoreThe “Get My Sh*t Together” Money Cycle: How Financial Perfectionism Keeps You Stuck
Feeling pressure to finally “get your money together”? Financial perfectionism can turn good intentions into a cycle of rigid plans, shame, and avoidance. Here’s a different way to approach your money.
Read MoreYou Are Not Bad With Money: What Debt Shame Is Really Trying to Tell You
Debt shame keeps so many women up at night. Here’s why staying out of debt works better than getting out — plus, where the real shift begins.
Read MoreWhy You Keep Breaking Money Promises (And How to Stop the Cycle of Money Stress)
By Wendy Wright, LMFT, Financial Therapist, Money Coach, and Money Story Specialist™ Founder of the Wendy Wright Financial Therapy Approach™ | Creator of the 10 Principles of Financial Therapy© Have you ever promised yourself: “This is the month I’ll finally stick to my budget.” “I’ll never use my credit card again.” “I’ll pay off my…
Read MoreWhy Reaching Out for Help with Money Feels So Hard
Many people avoid asking for financial help because of shame, fear of judgment, and anxiety—not because they lack intelligence. Financial therapist Wendy Wright explains why money feels so emotional, how financial therapy addresses the root causes of financial stress, and why reaching out for help with money is a courageous first step toward healing.
Read MoreCan You Heal Your Relationship with Money?
By Wendy Wright, LMFT, Financial Therapist, Money Coach, and Money Story Specialist™ The short answer? Yes. Just like any important relationship in your life, your relationship with money can grow, change, and heal over time. For many people, money isn’t just about numbers. It’s connected to stress, fear, shame, security, family experiences, self-worth, and hope…
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