
Episodes
142 episodes
Why Your Brain Treats a Pay Raise as a Spending Raise
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Why Your Brain Treats a Raise as Spending Money
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Why Credit Card Rewards Feel Like Free Money
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Why Thematic ETFs Feel Exciting but Index Funds Feel Boring
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Why Rebalancing Your Portfolio Feels Like a Loss
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Why Your Brain Treats an Emergency Fund as a Spending Pool
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Why Your Brain Treats a Minimum Payment as Good Enough
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Why a Big Paycheck Feels Like Wealth
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Why a Price Target Is Not a Prediction
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Why Your Brain Treats a Market Decline as a Clearance Sale
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Why Your Brain Treats a Market Correction as a Panic Signal
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How a Bull Market Makes You Feel Like a Genius
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Why Your Brain Treats a Financial Windfall as Unearned Guilt
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Why Your Brain Treats a Home Equity Line as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Loan as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Windfall as Mad Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Sunk Cost as a Reason to Stay
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Why Your Brain Treats a Stock Split as a Bargain
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Why Your Brain Treats a Dollar as a Percentage
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Why Your Brain Treats a Monthly Budget as a Diet
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Why Your Brain Treats a Side Hustle as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats an Old 401(k) as Invisible Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Subscription as a Fixed Utility Bill
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Why Your Brain Treats a Bonus as Found Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Tax Refund as Found Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Savings Goal as a Sacrifice
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Why Your Brain Treats a Credit Card Payment as a Monthly Bill
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Why Your Brain Treats a Discount as a Personal Victory
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Why Your Brain Treats Insurance as a Waste Not a Hedge
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Why Your Brain Treats a Raise as a Permission to Spend More
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Why Your Brain Treats a Recession as a Spending Freeze
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Why Your Brain Treats an Inheritance as Monopoly Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Credit Card Reward as a Win Not a Fee
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Why Your Brain Treats a Discount as a Win Not Spending
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Why Your Brain Treats a Matching Contribution as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Mutual Fund as One Investment
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Why Your Brain Treats a Windfall as a Lottery Ticket
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Why Your Brain Treats an Investment Win as Skill Not Luck
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Why Your Brain Treats a Free Trial as a Free Lunch
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Why Your Brain Treats a Recurring Subscription as a Sunk Cost
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Why Your Brain Treats a Home Equity Line as Free Cash
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Why Your Brain Treats a Recurring Donation as Monopoly Money
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Why Your Brain Treats an Inheritance as Monopoly Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Stock Split as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Subscription as a Monthly Allowance
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Why Your Brain Treats a Charity Donation as Personal Spending
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Why Your Brain Treats a Salary as a Floor Not a Ceiling
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Why Your Brain Treats a Raise as Just Enough to Catch Up
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Why Your Brain Treats a Credit Score as a Character Judgment
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Why Your Brain Treats Round Numbers as Spending Anchors
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Why Your Brain Treats a Gift Card as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Tax Refund as Found Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Flat Dollar as Two Different Amounts
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Why Your Brain Treats a Credit Limit as Spending Permission
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Why Your Brain Treats a Discount as a Personal Victory
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Why Your Brain Treats a Penny Saved as Two Pennies Earned
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Why Your Brain Treats a Subscription as a Sunk Cost
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Why Your Brain Treats an Annual Subscription as Sunk Cost
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Why Your Brain Treats a Purchase as a Reward
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Why Your Brain Treats a Discount as a Personal Victory
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Why Your Brain Treats Cash Back as a Discount Not Income
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Why You Feel Rich With a Small Windfall
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Why Your Brain Treats Credit Card Points as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Mortgage as a Good Debt
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Why Your Brain Treats a House as a Savings Account
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Why Your Brain Treats a Windfall as Lottery Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Raise as Lifestyle Creep
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Why Your Brain Treats a Side Hustle as Real Income
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Why Your Brain Treats a Salary as Safe Money and Side Hustle as Risky
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Why Your Brain Treats Inheritance as Windfall
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Why Your Brain Treats a 401k as Monopoly Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Subscription as a Fixed Cost
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Why the Pain of Paying Now Beats Paying Later
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How Anchoring Bias Makes You Overpay for Everything
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The Mental Toll of Financial Decision Fatigue
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Why Your Brain Treats a Gym Membership as an Investment
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Why Your Brain Treats Free Trials as Already Paid For
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The Diderot Effect Why One Purchase Leads to Ten More
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Why Your Brain Treats Your 401k Match as a Bonus
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Why Your Brain Treats Gift Cards as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Bonuses as Found Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Found Money as Spendable
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Why Your Brain Treats Insurance as a Waste of Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Credit Card Rewards as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats a Home Equity Line as Free Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Tax Refunds as Found Money
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The Pain of Paying Why Free Trials and Subscriptions Feel Different
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Why Your Brain Treats a Raise as Permission to Spend
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Why You Feel Richer When Your Home Value Rises
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Why Your Brain Thinks Paying Off Debt Is Boring
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Why Your Brain Treats Market Dips as Clearance Sales and Discount Seasons
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Why Your Brain Treats Market Dips as Clearance Sales and Discount Seasons
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Why Your Brain Treats Monthly Bills as Fixed and Annual Subscriptions as Optional
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Why Your Brain Treats Housing Equity as a Savings Account
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Why Parking Your Cash in Savings Is a Mental Trap
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Why Your Brain Treats Subscription Fees as Invisible
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Why Your Brain Treats Savings as Pain and Spending as Pleasure
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Why You Regret Spending on Experiences vs Things
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Why Your Brain Treats Paying Off Debt as an Investment
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The Endowment Effect Why You Overvalue What You Already Own
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Why Your Brain Treats Gifts as Free Money but Inheritance as Tainted
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Why Your Brain Treats Inheritance as Guilty Money
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Why Your Brain Treats Dollar Cost Averaging as a Safety Blanket
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Why Your Brain Treats Diversification as Boring and Concentrated Bets as Smart
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Why Your Brain Treats Index Funds as Boring and Stock Picking as Exciting
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Why Your Brain Treats Retirement Accounts as Untouchable
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Why Your Brain Thinks Windfall Money Is Different
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Why Your Bonus Feels Like Found Money But Isnt
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Why Your Brain Hates Paying for Advice You Already Paid For
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Why Your Brain Resents Paying for Financial Advice
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The Pain of Paying Why Cash Feels Different Than Credit
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Why Your Brain Treats Credit Card Points as Free Money
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Why You Feel Poor Even When Your Net Worth Grows
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The 50-30-20 Budget Rule Is a Trap
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How Your Brain Makes You Overpay for Comfort
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Why Your Financial Confidence Is a Liability
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Why You Should Stop Checking Your Portfolio Every Day
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Why Your Brain Optimizes for Today Over Decades
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Why Your Brain Overvalues Cash and Undervalues Assets
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Why Your Brain Treats Your Home as a Better Investment Than It Is
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The Endowment Effect in Your Own Portfolio
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The Sunk Cost Trap in Your Investment Portfolio
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Why Your Financial Advisor Might Be Overconfident
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Why Your Brain Won't Let You Cut Losses on a Bad Investment
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Why You Should Buy Insurance You Hope Never to Use
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Why Your Spending Habits Mirror Your Parents More Than You Think
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Why You Should Own a Financial Calendar
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Why You Should Write a Financial Autobiography
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Why Your Financial Advisor Recommends Index Funds
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Why Your Past Money Decisions Are Sabotaging Your Future
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Why Your Friends Money Habits Are Contagious
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Why You Need a Financial Advisor Even If Youre Good With Money
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Why You Should Spend Money on Things That Scare You
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Why Your Brain Treats Stocks Like Lottery Tickets
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Why You Almost Never Regret Spending on Experiences
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The Endowment Effect Why You Overvalue What You Own
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Why Saving Too Much Is a Financial Risk
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Why You Feel Poor Even When You Earn More
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Why Berkshire Keeps Buying These Five Stocks
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Why You Keep Buying Things You Dont Need
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Why Your Brain Fails at Long-Term Financial Decisions
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How a 40-Year-Old Debt-Ceiling Bet Explains Your Financial Biases
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