Seven Sessions.
One Cohesive Journey.
We have designed the series to build progressively, but each session also stands on its own. Come for one, stay for all.
How Money Became Emotional
We start at the beginning: how our earliest experiences with money shape the patterns we carry into adulthood. This session explores the concept of money scripts, the often-unconscious beliefs we inherit from family, culture, and formative experiences. Understanding where our patterns come from is the foundation for everything that follows.
The Emotional Architecture of Overspending
Overspending is rarely about greed or carelessness. We trace the emotional pathways involved: stress relief, identity expression, social belonging, and the dopamine mechanics of retail environments both physical and digital. We also look at how modern commerce is designed to work against our best intentions.
What We Signal When We Spend
Money is a language. What we spend it on communicates things to ourselves and others about who we are, or who we want to be. This session examines the role of identity in financial behavior, why status signaling is so deeply wired, and how our spending often reflects aspirations more than reality.
Why the Future Self Feels Like a Stranger
Present bias, the tendency to overweight immediate rewards over future ones, is one of the most researched phenomena in behavioral economics. We examine how it manifests in saving behavior, why the future self feels psychologically distant, and what strategies have shown promise in helping people bridge that gap in meaningful ways.
Why Losing Hurts More Than Winning Helps
Loss aversion, the asymmetric pain of losing versus the pleasure of gaining, shapes financial decisions in ways most people never examine. We look at how it affects everything from reluctance to invest to difficulty changing financial habits. Recognizing loss aversion at work is the first step to making more considered choices.
Small Reframes, Lasting Change
This session is where we shift from diagnosis to exploration. We examine specific perspective reframes that participants have found genuinely useful, drawing on behavioral research and collective experience. These are not platitudes. They are small, concrete changes in how to think about money that fit into ordinary life.
Talking About Money Without the Tension
Money is one of the most avoided topics in personal relationships. We explore why, and what happens when those conversations do not happen. This final session looks at the language of money, how to approach financial conversations with partners, family, and colleagues in ways that are honest and productive rather than fraught.
What to Expect
in Each Session
Sessions are hosted via video conference and run for 75 minutes each. We begin with a brief framing of the topic, move into the core content, and leave substantial time for discussion and questions. We use polls and small group exercises to make the experience interactive rather than passive.
We keep participant numbers intentionally small. This is a deliberate choice. We believe the quality of conversation matters more than the size of the audience. Smaller groups allow for genuine exchange and make it possible for individual questions and perspectives to shape the session.
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