How to tackle your financial anxiety with Alexa von Tobel

Financial anxiety, just like all forms of anxiety, can affect anyone. So, Ofosu and Leah talk with Alexa von Tobel, the founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital and a Certified Financial Planner™ about how to overcome mental barriers around money and take the fear out of finances. She also shares her three key steps to successful money management and how to have better conversations about money with others.

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📚 More about Alexa von Tobel: Alexa is the founder and managing partner of Inspired Capital, a Certified Financial Planner™, and a bestselling author.

📙 You can order her book, "Financially Fearless," here: https://www.amazon.com/Financially-Fearless-LearnVest-Program-Control/dp/0385347618

📘 And you can order her second book, "Financially Forward," here: https://www.amazon.com/Financially-Forward-Todays-Digital-Smarter/dp/1984823523/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

🎧 What's in this episode:

(00:31) Meet Alexa Von Tobel
(01:47) What's at the core of our fears about money
(02:57) Having conversations about money
(03:44) Overcoming mental barriers around money
(04:24) Reframing money as a tool
(07:57) The 3 key steps to successful money management
(10:14) How to talk to your family about financial stress
(12:14) Reframing your beliefs about money
(13:37) Teaching children about money
(16:41) What's giving Alexa von Tobel life right now

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