A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast
In A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, listeners can expect a dynamic and multifaceted exploration of health and wellbeing. Our hosts, a mental performance coach, a functional nutrition clinician, and a rotating expert-in-residence, navigate a wide range of topics, from building mental resilience and optimizing nutrition for brain and gut health to addressing trauma, anxiety, and depression. Join us for practical strategies, actionable insights, engaging discussions around the latest research, and inspirational stories that empower you to take charge of your wellbeing to lead a life of optimal health that’s unique to you. Take what resonates, leave what doesn’t.
A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast
Ep 78: Financial Stress (especially as a parent) with Jamie A. Watson, LMFT, RPT-S
Financial stress is one of the most challenging stressors that exists 😰. We know we can’t really buy happiness or fulfillment, but money shapes our lives, physical health and mental health … sometimes in surprising ways. 💰💸
And it starts when we’re kids – our behaviors, perspectives and patterns as adults are largely informed by what the adults around us modeled, paired with life experience we accumulate.
In this episode of A Coach, a Nutritionist, and an Expert Walk Into a Podcast, Jamie A. Watson, LMFT, RPT-S returns to chat with Mike and Helena about Financial wellbeing and stress – especially as it applies to parents, children and the family dynamic.
In this Episode
🎧 What financial and nutrition learned behaviors have in common
🎧 How money-related conflicts remain a leading cause of divorce, with devastating ACE score implications for children caught in the middle
🎧 Affluence seems like the answer but comes with challenges of its own
🎧 Modern status symbols – think smartphones, Stanley cups, and brand-name items – can be seen as tools for children's social survival, but may contribute to financial stress across all income levels
🎧 Why parents across the economic spectrum are increasingly using technology as co-parents, and the mental health consequences for children
🎧 Presence vs presents
🎧 The role of "dumb phones" and digital breaks to prioritize authentic connection over constant connectivity
🎧 Most of our opinions, perspectives and behaviors toward money and finances come from the adults we’re exposed to as children (most often, our parents)
🎧 We make take on the financial approaches and philosophies of our parents without ever realizing or questioning whether they work for us adults in our own right
🎧 Jamie shares about inheriting expensive taste and credit card habits from her parents
🎧 When and how to have the money conversation; the delicate balance of teaching financial literacy without creating guilt or burden
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