Financial Therapy: Minding Your Money

5 Things The Best Financial Advisors Do For You

Hey everyone, I'm Lena Banks – a Certified Financial Planning professional and small business coach based in Austin, TX. Welcome to Financial Therapy! Today's episode is all about the 5 things the best financial advisors will do for you as their client. Listen in to be more confident making your next financial move!
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Traditional vs. Behavioral Finance - Part 2: The 4 Horsemen

Hey everyone, welcome back to Financial Therapy! Today we’re closing out a two-part episode about traditional finance theory vs. behavioral finance, and the biases that can creep into our financial decision-making.
This episode, we'll talk more about "4 Horsemen" affecting our financial behaviors: obligation, fear/denial, guilt/shame, and pride--and discuss how gaining an understanding about them can help us make more thoughtful financial moves in the future.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Traditional vs. Behavioral Finance - Part 1: Our Biases

Hey everyone, welcome back to Financial Therapy! Today we’re starting a two-part episode about traditional finance theory vs. behavioral finance, and the biases that can creep into our financial decision-making.
In his book, The Subconscious Mind of The Consumer (and How To Reach It), Harvard Business school professor Gerald Zaltzman says that 95% of purchasing decisions happen in the subconscious mind and are driven by emotions. We'll learn about 13 common biases, and discuss how gaining an understanding about them can help us make more thoughtful financial moves in the future.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Post-Divorce Realities - Part 2

Hey everyone! Welcome to your Financial Therapy for the week.
Lena, Andi, and Pam continue the conversation about post-divorce financial realities. In Part 2 of the discussion, we talk what you may be feeling about spending on kids--as well as six practical steps you can take to give you more peace of mind on your post-divorce financial journey.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Post-Divorce Realities - Part 1

Hey everyone! Welcome to your Financial Therapy for the week.
Today we're starting our discussion about post-divorce financial realities. After a divorce is final, we can confront reduced income, changes in retirement and tax planning, insurance needs, and/or childcare. We have a general need for a new mindset and spending habits that reflect our new financial situation. But what about the emotional toll that comes with the changing finances--including the stress and strain that naturally comes with having less free time, less resources for self-care, and more obligations that you carry alone with respect to childcare or maintaining a home?
In this two-part episode, we talk about it all--as well as six practical steps you can take to give you more peace of mind on your post-divorce financial journey.
 Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

The Cost of Connection

The pandemic reset our needs and expectations around 'going out'. Now, more people are turning to paid activities like social clubs; dating, dinner, and activity-based apps; and and other ways to establish and maintain their relationships--all of which can add up financially. In this episode we discuss how we invest in the activities and services that connect us to others.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Money Mindsets

Are you a minimizer or maximizer? A saver or investor? In this episode Lena and friend of the Financial Therapy podcast, Andi Cobb, cover Six Money Mindsets, and chat a bit about how they influence how we make financial decisions.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)

Origin Story w/ Andi Cobb

Today we'll ask our guest: What's your financial origin story? Were you taught financial literacy? Or did your caregivers rarely discuss money growing up? More often than not, we get our money mindsets passed down to us from our parents, or whoever was most responsible for making the financial decisions.
Whether you were scraping by, or had an abundance of wealth (or whether either is the case right now), those early influences affect how you now view money, how you choose to earn and spend it, and ultimately, your financial health and wellness.

Financial Therapy - Why We're Here

Hey everyone, I'm Lena Banks – a Certified Financial Planning professional and small business coach based in Austin, TX. Welcome to Financial Therapy! I'm excited to get real people talking about how we can be more secure and confident in our financial decision-making, and ultimately, have a greater sense of well-being overall.
Call or text to submit your feedback and questions for the show: 1-844-4FINPOD (1-844-434-6763)