MONEY THERAPY
TELLING YOUR MONEY STORY by Sherri Richards
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a ticking time bomb. The truth was the hot mess had always been there; the steady paycheck had just kept the wolves at bay.
It was easy to know what my salary and benefits should be in the corporate world. Where I worked, there were always salary systems to say this job pays in the range of this much. It was relatively unemotional, (except at review time when raises and bonuses were discussed). I generally knew what to expect. When I left that world to venture out on my own, I found thant money was
In our society, almost 60% of us have less than $1000 in savings, leaving us one small disaster away from a financial crisis. The number one cause of divorce is related to conflicts around money. It’s not just the fighting, it’s also the lying, (often to ourselves), passiveaggressive behavior, and associated guilt and shame that gets us. This is even before we get to the actual mechanics of working with our money, i.e. paying bills and investing. I can say that I have lived this experience myself. It was not pretty.
hen I left the corporate world 13 years ago to venture into the world of entrepreneurship and opened my consulting company, I had no idea that my mixed up and very dysfunctional money beliefs would show up so big and bold. After all, I have a master’s degree in Finance. I know this stuff. HA!
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