Well…it’s here. Our last episode. We so appreciate our listeners and guests and couldn’t have kept the show going without you all!

Audio outro: Earnest Jackson, Sugar Daddy and the Gumbo Roux, “Inflation”
Audio outro: Never half-ass two things

Links:
Welcome to Group Therapy podcast
Money and the Mind website
Money and the Mind playlist

Intro music by David von Kampen

Andy and Aaron discuss recent economic conditions that might give rise to financial stress, including interest rates, inflation, and markets going down. Andy also walks through some financial therapy that’s been helpful to clients.

Audio outro: Fall Out Boy, “Sugar, We’re Goin Down”

Intro music by David von Kampen

Andy is on his own this week to share general therapeutic insights that his clients have found helpful. Topics include staying present, guided imagery, structuring time, writing a letter and destroying it, listing values, self-appreciation, vulnerability with money, reviewing expectations, internal validation, breathing, ups and downs of markets as a mental health analogy, thinking vs. knowing, boundaries, and more!

Audio outro: The Killers, “Andy, You’re A Star”
Audio outro: Parks and Recreation, “That’ll do, Andrew”

Intro music by David von Kampen

Andy and Aaron discuss a listener's email about Dave Ramsey, when criticism becomes shame, and in the back half of the episode tackle the topic of personal responsibility and how to form meaningful connections.

Audio outro: Dave Matthews Band, “Two Step”

Links:
Brene Brown
Why Checklist-Style Financial Planning Works: What Advisors Can Learn From Dave Ramsey's Baby Steps
Millennial Mental Health Channel: Two Men Being Vulnerable About Their Struggles With Weight and Body Image on Apple Podcasts

Intro music by David von Kampen

Andy and Aaron discuss “good” and “bad” emotions, avoidance, “God has a plan,” toxic positivity and money beliefs, a false sense of self, the importance of action, radical acceptance, Ted Lasso’s toxic positivity, and more.

Audio outro: Britney Spears, “Toxic”

Links:
The Dangers of Toxic Positivity (And How to Avoid It) | Jordan Harbinger
Toxic Positivity: Keeping It Real in a World Obsessed with Being Happy by Whitney Goodman
Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse, explained
Man's Search for Meaning a book by Viktor E. Frankl

Intro music by David von Kampen

Andy and Aaron are back (we apologize for the lack of shows of late!). We discuss Dave Ramsey, student loan relief, how often finances come up in Andy’s therapy sessions, what does success mean to you?, listening to your body, what we’ve been spending money and time on lately, and more!

Audio outro: Maggie Rogers, “Symphony”

Links:
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
You should always keep a $100 bill in your wallet

Intro music by David von Kampen

We took a summer break, but we’re back with psychologist and sleep expert Dr. Kristen Casey! We discuss anxiety's impact on sleep, reframing, sleepiness vs. tiredness, ways to help fall asleep, sleep debt, Dr. Casey’s money stories, whether jet skis can cure depression, what makes you amazing, dreams, why people might wake up in the middle of the night and not fall back asleep, and more!

(Note: Multiple instances of language throughout.)

Audio outro: Stars, “Asleep”

Links:
Dr. Casey on Instagram
Dr. Casey on TikTok
Millennial Mental Health Channel (feat. Dr. Justin Romano and Eddie Carillo)
Dr. Casey episode on MMHC
The Money with Katie Show: Victim vs. Victor mindset episode
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

Intro music by David von Kampen

Dr. Brad Klontz joins the show to discuss misinformation around money and mental health, the near impossibility of successful day trading, cryptocurrency, how the wealthy approach investing, harmful money advice on social media, the best way to motivate people to save, and more!

Audio outro: The Black Keys, “For the Love of Money”

Intro music by David von Kampen

Links:
Dr. Brad Klontz website
Money Mindset YouTube channel
Dr. Klontz on TikTok
Money Mammoth book
Mind Over Money book
Research articles
Find your Money Script
Money and the Mind Ep40 with Dr. Klontz

Bio from Dr. Klontz’s website (lightly edited):

Bradley T. Klontz, Psy.D., CFP is a Co-Founder of the Financial Psychology Institute and an Associate Professor of Practice in Financial Psychology at Creighton University Heider College of Business. He is a Managing Principal of Your Mental Wealth Advisors, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, and a Former President of the Hawaii Psychological Association. He has partnered with organizations including Capital One, JP Morgan Chase, Mutual of Omaha, and H&R Block in efforts to help raise public awareness around issues related to financial health and financial psychology.

Dr. Klontz was awarded the Innovative Practice Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association for his application of psychological interventions to help people with money and wealth issues and his innovative practice in financial psychology for practitioners across the country.

Dr. Klontz has been a columnist for the Journal of Financial Planning, On Wall Street, and PsychologyToday.com, and has co-authored/co-edited six books on the psychology of money.

His work has been featured on ABC News’ 20/20, Good Morning America, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Time, Kiplinger’s, Money Magazine, NPR, and many others.