Steph Wagner

Like, wait a minute.

I was taught this through your words, but your actions made me think a certain way.

And then here we are.

And that caused me, right, to be very nervous about this, to always feel like I didn't have that confidence to make good personal finance decisions.

You know, another one, too, I think is it was very much a source of conflict.

and fighting within my family?

And I think that's important question to ask yourself.

What were the dynamics about money as you were being raised?

Did both your parents work on it and act like a true partnership around it?

Or did one person handle everything?

Was it a source of conflict?

Was money even discussed?

Right?

Did you receive words or even subliminally through actions of, you know, maybe my mom hid things in the trunk from my dad, again, because she didn't want fighting.

All of that goes into your current behaviors.

But it's not until we stop to say, why am I doing this?

Like I said, that we can change course.

and really have a much better, healthier relationship with money, which is the very first step.

You can know a lot, but you're not going to implement it if this isn't a comfortable experience for you.

Absolutely.