Latest Money scripts Podcast Episodes
130 – If Only My Partner Would Change, Things Would Be Great!
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - October 24, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes“If my partner would change, we would resolve our conflict about when and where we should retire!” “My spouse doesn’t understand that I work hard for us!” These are common statements uttered in frustration about money and work conflicts. So, how do couples make their conversations constructive a...
129 - What Can Be Emotional About Travel Insurance?
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - October 17, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutesOne important thing to take along when you travel abroad is travel insurance. I needed to use mine on three international trips this year, one to London in January, one to Puerto Rico that I didn’t take in February, and one to Budapest in May. These are the only international trips I’ve taken si...
128 - Dealing With The Emotional Trauma of Insolvency
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - October 10, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesPersonal bankruptcy is not something I’ve addressed in the podcast, which surprises me given the approximately one million people a year who file for bankruptcy in the U.S. I’ll be the first to admit that listening to a podcast on insolvency or bankruptcy doesn’t relate to most of us, however b...
127 - I Don't Deserve Money Means I Don't Deserve To Live
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - October 03, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutes“I don’t deserve money,” is one of the ten most common money scripts. Holding this belief has very little to do with whether society, friends, or family view you as deserving. Few people would argue that we all deserve the support money can give us to have nutritious food, safe and adequate she...
#126 - From Macro to Micro – How do Cognitive Biases Form
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - September 26, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesRick and his guest, Deb Kaplan, introduce the term Cognitive Biases in this segment. They choose Confirmation Bias and Loss Aversion to explore how couples can resolve conflict by first understanding their own biases. This provides couples an opportunity to be curious about themselves and their ...
#125 - 7 Critical Areas That Lead to Unethical Financial Decisions
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - September 19, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesYou might think that you lack financial savvy and are doomed to make money mistakes. But even people who are good with money can slip up sometimes. One of the tricky things about poor financial choices is that they often go unnoticed or unacknowledged by the person who makes them. It might take ...
#124 How Fear and Anxiety Keeps You Poor and Others Rich
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - September 12, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesVendors pushing investments like gold are selling more than gold, they are pushing fear, creating a sense of panic and anxiety within a person that they suggest can only be solved by buying gold. The problem is that they have a huge conflict of interest. If you don’t buy gold, they don’t eat. ...
#123 Wondering About IFS, MDMA, Groups, and Transformation
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - September 05, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutesRick visits some notes he made in 2020 where he wondered about the possibilities of applying IFS, MDMA Assisted Therapy, and the use of groups to financial therapy. All of these are transformative in their own right, but what are the possibilities when combined with financial therapy? A podca...
#122 - Are Gambling, Gaming, and Hoarding Always a Problematic Behavior?
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - August 29, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesGambling, gaming, and hoarding for many can be an enjoyable endeavor. For some, it can become impulsive, compulsive or part of an unhealthy cycle. Rick and Deb Kaplan explore what beliefs and behaviors one might consider to assess whether healthy behaviors are problematic, compulsive or addicti...
#121 - Winning the Lottery - What I Ought to Do vs. What I Do
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - August 22, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesWhat would you do with a million-dollar windfall? This question was the topic of a survey in a March 28, 2023, article by Jessica Whitehouse in onlinegambling.com, “This is how Americans would spend $1,000,000 in lottery winnings.” Before I read past the headline, I mentally answered, “Blow it!...
#120 - Money Scripts Myths That Won't Go Away!
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - August 15, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes“Rick, what is your money script?” I was a bit baffled and responded, “I have well over one hundred, I don’t have just one.” He responded, “No, there are only four and I was wondering which one is yours.” He clearly didn’t understand the concept of money scripts. In this episode we explore th...
#119 - One Woman's Journey to Financial Wellness
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - August 08, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesJoin Rick for a conversation with Chaitali Shah, a financial coach with, Wealthron, Mumbai, India. Chaitali will talk about her transition from the finance industry where she has worked since the age of 21 and gained extensive experience in financial planning, investment management and taught fi...
#118 – Exploring the Psychology of Compulsive Financial Behaviors
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - August 01, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesCompulsive behaviors are often due to an individual’s need to self-medicate unresolved wounds. Deb Kaplan and Rick Kahler explore the psychology of compulsive financial behaviors through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS). IFS focuses on a person's internal “parts” and “Self.” Partners ca...
#117 – Non-Duality and Oversimplification
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - July 25, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesK.I.S.S., Keep It Simple Stupid. It’s a catchy phrase, but what does it mean? What does simple mean. Does it mean to make complex topics understandable, or not to make a simple communication overly complex, or not to oversimplify complex topics? Oliver Wendell Holmes explained oversimplifica...
#116 – Emotional Blocks in Long Term Care Planning
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - July 18, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesIt doesn’t occur to most people to seriously consider the likelihood they may outlive their retirement income. It is often “blown off” with an attempt to laugh it off. It’s often one of those laughs that is more about anxiety that anything that’s actually funny. The greatest financial risk fo...
#115 - Truthers - The Shame in Facing Financial Facts
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - July 11, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesThe media you consume is a significant factor, probably the most significant factor, in your investment returns. If you are one of the millions of Americans that choose to only consume media with a far left or far right ideology, it would be in your financial best-interest to be “down the middl...
#114 - Why Is It So Hard Discussing Money With My Partner?
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - July 04, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesWhy is it so hard for many couples to talk about money? Rick’s guest, Debra Kaplan, dives into romantic relationships, some of the reasons that it becomes hard to discuss money and the ways that our childhood experiences influence our beliefs and behaviors about money. A podcast that blends the...
#113 – Is Workaholism and Over-Spending Hurting Your Coupleship
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - June 27, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesHow many times have you heard yourself or your partner repeat these statements; “I’m passionate about work, that’s why I work long hours!” or, “I won’t be home late?” In this episode, Rick and Deb take on the topic of workaholism other money behaviors, beginning with work and shifting to compuls...
#112 - The Shocking Challenge of the Financially Unequal Relationship
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - June 20, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesReferences to income and wealth inequality generally focus on how unevenly income and wealth are distributed throughout a population. The greater the gap between those at the top and the bottom, the more problematic it can be to the social health of a country. In a marriage or committed relation...
#111– The Challenges of Aligning Our Money With Our Values
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - June 13, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesBringing alignment of your stated values with your money is something I’ve been promoting for over 20 years. They don’t always align. It’s not unusual for a person to embrace a value that is not fully embraced in their spending. A person who is concerned about climate change and a strong propone...
#110 – Hidden Fees, Hidden Emotions
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - June 06, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesIn his state of the union address, President Biden announced he is “taking on junk fees” which are the hidden fees involved with many of the services we purchase. Hidden fees and terms have been around a long time. The old adage of, “Read the fine print,” is timeless advice. I love the quote b...
#109 – The Biggest Risk to a Senior's Financial Plan, Your Kids | Part Two
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - May 30, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutesWhat can you and your children do to assure your financial plan won’t be sabotaged by family money scripts? There are a number of steps to take and all require dealing with you and your children's emotional vulnerabilities. Find out five specific steps that can guard against your financial pla...
#108 – The Biggest Risk to a Senior's Financial Plan, Your Kids | Part One
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - May 23, 2023 09:00 - 22 minutesWhat is the biggest risk to a senior parent that has just lost their spouse? Even if they have a well-designed financial plan and the best financial planner possible in their corner, there is one factor that can deal them a knockout blow, their kids. Understand why your kids can pose one of the...
#107 – An IFS View of “Stocks or Gambling”
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - May 16, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesIs investing in the stock market akin to gambling? Certainly, investing in stock markets carry a reasonable amount of risk. Unlike what some contend, that investing in the market is gambling, done correctly it is not remotely gambling. The operative word is “done correctly.” To understand th...
#106 – The Elements of a Financially Intimate Coupleship
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - May 09, 2023 09:00 - 29 minutesRick talks with his guest, Debra Kaplan, about their collaboration that resulted in them writing, “Coupleship Inc: From Financial Conflict to Financial Intimacy.” They dive into some of the elements of a financially intimate coupleship and their unique perspectives that help couples successfully...
#105 – Increase My Lifestyle 100 Percent? - Not Interested
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - May 02, 2023 09:00 - 26 minutesOften, the most logical and beneficial financial solutions are the absolutely most difficult to make, especially when there is a large emotionally charged component to them. There are millions whose budgets are strained, they live paycheck to pay check, they are not saving money for retirement,...
#104 - Reducing Financial Anxiety with MMT
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - April 25, 2023 09:00 - 27 minutesMy son, Davin, age 21 recently asked me, “So what do you think about Modern Monetary Theory now?” MMT has come under a lot of criticism recently given the huge spending bills, So why is MMT under fire by some as the primary cause of the high inflation rates? Many politicians incorrectly interp...
#103 - Two Year Anniversary
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - April 18, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutesRick takes a look back at the origins of the Financial Therapy Podcast, going behind the scenes as to how it came about, its format, some statistics, and considers what may be next. A podcast that blends the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive making them. Rick Kahl...
#102 - Talking Couples Therapy, IFIO, IFS and Narcissism
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - April 11, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutesJoin a conversation on couples therapy with an emphasis on IFIO, IFS, and Narcissism with a former GGU student Louis Wellmeier, a former attorney whose role was adversarial, to an integrated financial planner whose role is to collaborate with his clients to make their lives better. The session ...
#101 – Bari Tessler – Tools of Transformation – Part Two
The Financial Therapy Podcast - It's Not Just About The Money - April 04, 2023 09:00 - 30 minutesI’ve often repeated Jacob Needleman’s quote that money won’t give you meaning, but it’s impossible to find meaning without money. In this segment, Bari brings this to life and will give you the path to connecting your money with your values and then the three steps to how to make good money dec...
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