Changing Your Mind’s Spending Attitudes

Liz Pulliam Weston

Money is clearly more than just a means of paying our bills, protecting our families, and providing for our futures. It’s also a source of anxiety, fear, and frustration. Many people find themselves stuck dealing with the same issues over and over again. Others start to move forward, only to sabotage their progress with destructive behavior. Still others actually solve their most pressing financial issues but still find themselves worrying that they won’t have enough.

Sometimes, in other words, our money problems aren’t just in our wallets. They’re also in our heads.

Here, you’ll find some of the attitudes about money that tend to cause a lot of unnecessary stress. Confronting these misconceptions ...