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Healthy Love and MoneyFinancial Therapist Explains Why Your Childhood Shapes Your Finances with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinIn today’s powerful conversation, Ed welcomes back the insightful and trailblazing Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, financial therapist, author, and educator, to explore the emotional undercurrents of our financial lives. From her innovative work at the University of Michigan to her unique blend of social work and financial literacy, Lindsay shares how she’s creating safe, inclusive spaces for real financial healing. Together, Ed and Lindsay unpack the emotional weight of money, how to know if financial therapy is right for you, and why understanding your money story is essential no matter your background or bank account balance. Whether you're a prof...2025-05-0638 min

That’s My Personal BusinessHow to Build Financial Self-Trust and Navigate Recession Fears with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinIn this episode, we’re diving deep into the emotional and psychological layers of our relationship with money with financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin. Lindsay is a financial therapist, social worker, author, and speaker who helps people improve their relationship with money—without shame or guilt. As the founder of the financial wellness business Mind Money Balance, she blends psychology and personal finance to guide individuals and organizations toward financial confidence. Lindsay shares how her personal and professional journey led her to bridge mental health and money. We explore why personal finance advice often misses the mark—and how un...2025-03-2439 min

Mind Money Balance164: Be (Financially) Selfish this Holiday SeasonFeeling the pressure to overspend during the holidays? It's time to rethink the season with a focus on financial selfishness—putting your financial well-being first, guilt-free. In this episode, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin explores how to navigate holiday spending in a way that protects your financial goals without sacrificing the joy of the season. You’ll learn why saying "no" to overspending is an act of radical self-care, how to approach holiday gifting, gatherings, and traditions while staying within your budget, and get boundary-setting scripts for tricky situations. By the end of this episode, you'll feel ready to celebrate the...2024-12-2218 min

Mind Money Balance162: Coping with a LayoffA layoff or job loss can trigger an emotional rollercoaster, with feelings of shock, anger, sadness, or relief. Financial Therapist Lindsay shares that nearly half of Americans experience layoff anxiety, as recent statistics highlight the prevalence of layoffs due to cost-cutting measures and industry shifts. In this video, you'll learn that a job loss can evoke emotions similar to those experienced after a significant life event. Watch along for compassionate and actionable strategies for coping with a layoff, including prioritizing self-care, regaining control through small tasks, and building a support system. Read the corresponding blog here! 2024-09-2520 min

Mind Money Balance161: Reducing Employee Turnover with Financial WellnessOver 44 million Americans left their jobs last year. High employee turnover is more than just a statistic; it’s a loud and clear signal that something within your organization isn’t resonating with your team. You're in the right place if you’re involved in hiring, management, or overseeing employee culture and well-being. I’m sharing five practical strategies to help you maintain your employees by implementing financial wellness initiatives in the workplace. Resources: Accompanying Blog https://www.mindmoneybalance.com/blogandvideos/reducing-employee-turnover-financial-wellness Hire Lindsay...2024-09-0916 min $Women\'s Money Wisdom$ Women's Money WisdomEpisode 228: Money Talks: Navigating Financial and Mental Health Wellness with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinHave you ever wondered how financial stress impacts mental health and what can be done to address it? In this episode, Melissa Joy and Lindsay Bryan-Podvin discuss the Financial Empowerment Initiative at the University of Michigan, focusing on the intersection of money and mental health. Lindsay shares insights from her work and the impact of the workshops on participants. They also explore the challenges and misconceptions around seeking financial advice and therapy.Listen and Learn:How the Financial Empowerment Initiative at the University of Michigan connects money and...2024-07-1629 min

Mind Money Balance160: Forgive Yourself for Money MistakesIf you’ve made a money mistake and can’t stop thinking about it, tune in to learn more about why this is. Learn how to cultivate self-compassion to forgive ourselves, extract valuable lessons, and progress towards a healthier financial future. In this episode, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin explains the connection between our early childhood experiences and financial decision-making, talking about how our choices are frequently tied to our desire for safety and security. Lindsay provides guidance on overcoming past money mistakes, encouraging self-forgiveness, and moving forward with a sense of understanding and confidence as you move into financial resi...2024-07-1511 min

HERself241. Understanding Our Emotions Around Money with Financial Therapist Lindsay Bryan PodvinAfter seeing some of Lindsay’s work through a friend, we knew we needed to have her on our podcast. Lindsay Bryan Podvin is a licensed social worker turned financial therapist, and the first of her kind in Michigan! As a financial therapist, Lindsay’s job is to look at the emotional side of money and help others with their mind/money connection.Money is a hot topic whether you’re single, partnered, or married. Sometimes we think we are doing worse financially than we really are. Lindsay’s work with individu...2024-07-0845 min

Mind Money Balance152: Personal Money Routines: Sharing What I Do With My PaycheckLindsay, financial therapist and founder of Mind Money Balance, shares her personal money routines, which she follows annually, quarterly, monthly, and more. She is a huge fan of automating her routine as much as possible, but even with automation, it’s important to check in and tweak as needed. There’s nothing better than hearing from others about what really happens, and she's happy to share more about this. She also shares more about how her paycheck routine looked different when she wasn’t financially able to automate the way she does now. Resources mentioned: Which...2024-05-1321 min

Mind Money Balance151: The Mental Health Benefits of TravelAs if you needed any more reasons to give your boss the “I’m on vacation” autoresponder, let’s talk about how good travel is for your brain. In this episode, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin covers what makes travel so beneficial for our brains. She shares how much time off you need according to research, ways to enhance the mental health benefits of your vacation, how to get the most bang for your buck when you spend on travel, and how to get the mental health benefits of travel if you aren’t in a position to travel right now. 2024-05-0621 min

Mind Money Balance150: What's Missing from Financial Wellness Programs: What Employees WantWhile cold brew on tap and a foosball table might’ve worked in the past to incentivize employees, those perks aren’t what are keeping employees around. In this video, financial therapist goes through recent HR surveys that highlight that when employees struggle financially, it impacts their work. She also shares ways employers can assess the perks and benefits they offer their employees to help support them in–and out–of the office. Tune in for tips on what’s missing from financial wellness programs and how you can make them better. Hire Lindsay Bryan-Podvin for a Financial W...2024-04-2914 min

Mind Money Balance148: Should I Buy a House or Keep Renting in 2024?“Should I buy or rent?” It’s a question that comes up a lot, but outside of the finances, how do you know if it makes sense? In this “Ask Mind Money Balance” episode, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin answers a flight attendant from Atlanta’s question about this exact topic. There are some unique considerations, such as assessing values, determining the why behind short-term renting, and benchmarks to have saved. If you’ve ever wondered whether you should buy or rent, tune in to navigate the emotional and practical steps to achieve your housing goals! Watch the co...2024-04-1514 min

Mind Money Balance146: How To Avoid A Money ScamAn article written by personal finance expert Charlotte Cowles recently went viral when she shared she was victimized and scammed out of a large sum of money. The response online was largely rooted in nasty, victim-blaming. We don’t do that here at Mind Money Balance. Financial scams impact people of all ages, with younger adults 18-29 actually reporting the highest number of financial scams. Rather than trying to train yourself for money scammers' latest “red flag,” learn how to regulate your nervous system and keep yourself safe from this video from financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin. If you’re tuning i...2024-03-1815 min

Right Up My PodcastEp.50 - Money & the Mind: Understanding unhealthy behaviours | Lindsay Bryan-PodvinWe talk to Financial Therapist, Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, about why our psychological relationship with money can be so complicated. Lindsay unpacks the relationship between our finances and our minds, from resetting core beliefs, to understanding what underpins unhealthy spending behaviours. She sets Gwen and Kate the challenge to better understand the different emotions associated with their finances, from pay day to that take away coffee that you just can't live without... or can you. Lindsey holds a Masters in social work, and is trained in financial therapy and financial social work. You can find out more a...2024-03-131h 07

Mind Money Balance136: Save Money on Food When You Aren't A CookWhether you’re not a cook, don’t have time to spend in the kitchen, or just can’t be bothered, there are ways to save on food without becoming a home chef. Financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin offers twelve creative ways to save on food without cooking for a Mind Money Balance audience member who HATES cooking. Watch the corresponding video and read the post here: http://www.mindmoneybalance.com/blogandvideos/save-money-on-food-when-you-cant-cook 2024-01-0818 min

Mind Money Balance133: Emergency Funds the Easy WayBuilding an emergency fund is essential, but the old financial advice of saving 6-8 months of expenses is not only outdated, but can feel like an impossible task for most people. Instead? Let’s look to the research! Sabat and Gallagher reveal new data-driven numbers to aim for in your emergency fund. In this episode, financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin breaks down the latest findings and presents a modern- and doable!- approach to finding your emergency fund number. Watch the corresponding video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSinBdVqfBI&feature=youtu.be 2023-12-1813 min

Mind Money Balance131: Prepare Financially For the Holidays Without Losing Your MindWhether you’re prepping to grate a mound of potatoes for Hanukkah, dusting off your Costco tree for Christmas, or charging your crystals for the winter solstice, it's busy at the end of the calendar year! Not only is it busy emotionally, but it can be expensive. In this episode, financial therapist Lindsay of Mind Money Balance shares tips and tricks to help you identify your holiday values, set financial and emotional limits, offers tips on saving up for gifts, and ways to save on gifts, and shares scripts and ideas for what to do if you ca...2023-12-0420 min

Mind Money Balance123: The Finances of Being ChildfreeDINKS, SINKS, and DINKWADS rejoice! Fellow DINK and financial therapist Lindsay of Mind Money Balance, talks about making lifestyle choices in alignment with your values and how it might impact your finances if you opt out of having kids. This episode covers the high cost of childcare, the importance of legal documents for DINKS and SINKS, myths about parents and happiness, and pushing back against societal norms. Watch the corresponding video here and find the resources referenced in today’s podcast: https://youtu.be/Cs04ryRJwgY?si=2IXQFi18Hj0FGlEb 2023-10-0218 min

The Mental Wellness Practice[024] How Your Finances Affect Mental Wellness with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinThe Mental Wellness Practice is a place for you to learn practical tips to support your well-being. In this season of the podcast, Dr. Shainna a mental health counselor, educator, advocate, and author of the best-selling Self-Love Workbook will help us take a step back to expand our view of health. In each episode, Dr. Shainna is joined by a wellness expert and together they discuss a new area of wellness, explore how that area influences mental health, and highlight a variety of self-care skills you can integrate into your life. In this episode we are joined by Lindsay B...2023-09-2738 min $Everyone\'s Talkin\' Money$ Everyone's Talkin' MoneyHow to Break the Financial Anxiety Cycle with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinHow often do you think about money and for bonus points, what are those thoughts? The truth is, we all have financial anxiety. But if you are spinning in anxious money thoughts and unsure how to get out of that loop, this episode is for you. As Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, a biracial financial therapist and wellness expert and author of the book “The Financial Anxiety Solution” says, “Anxiety is a normal and healthy stress response that all humans have - if their nervous system is working appropriately and it might come along with some physical symptoms - sweaty palms, heart racing...2023-09-2050 min

Mind Money Balance121: How Should We Split Food Expenses in a Relationship?Do you and your partner struggle to figure out how to share food expenses? What about knowing how much you “should” spend on food each month? In this Ask Mind Money Balance episode, a letter writer asks financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin how to settle who should pay for what food in a relationship. Corresponding Video Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix8UOna-gDE 2023-09-1808 min

Martinis and Your Money PodcastMoney Mindset with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinFor my final season, I’m focused on delivering the best of the best. The best of what I’ve learned over the past 9 years of podcasting, guests, topics, and more. This month, I’m focused on the foundation and fundamentals of money and our relationship with it. Joining me today Lindsay Bryan-Podvin a financial therapist and author of the book The Financial Anxiety Solution. Lindsay returns to the show to share more about how people can establish a healthy money mindset around finances as well as tools that can help people who struggle with the anxiety they 2023-09-1555 min

Mind Money Balance116: What is Financial Trauma?Financial trauma is a term that's become increasingly popular, especially over the past few years. But what is money trauma, anyway? Is it a real diagnosis? How do you know if you have it? Are there tools you can use to manage or heal it? Trauma-informed certified financial therapist and LMSW Lindsay Bryan-Podvin walks you through an understanding of money trauma. Corresponding video available at https://youtu.be/xrlvpisYj8M 2023-08-1418 min

Mind Money Balance112: 6 Reasons Personal Finance Gurus are WrongLindsay Bryan-Podvin, LMSW, and financial therapist, is BACK to share six myths peddled by shame-based personal finance experts. In this episode, she breaks down what these gurus get wrong and why these old “rules” make you feel bad. From “If I can do it, so can you” to “If you work hard, you’ll be rewarded financially,” Lindsay will help you understand why these rules are usually wrong. Watch on YouTube and join the community in the comments! 2023-07-1714 min

Keys to Financial ConfidenceUnlocking Financial Abundance: Cultivating a Healthy Money Mindset with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinJoin us for a transformative episode as we sit down with financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin to explore the essential concept of cultivating a healthy MONEY MINDSET. In this interview, we dive deep into Chapter 8 of my book, "Keys to Financial Confidence: Unlock Your Best Life," and uncover invaluable insights with Lindsay. Lindsay Bryan-Podvin is a millennial, speaker, and biracial financial therapist who has made it her mission to help individuals alleviate financial stress through the application of therapy techniques to their relationship with money. As the author of "The Financial Anxiety Solution," Lindsay brings a wealth of...2023-06-2330 min

The Grow Your Private Practice ShowHow therapist training can hold you back as a private practitioner, with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinI thoroughly enjoyed training to be a therapist, and couldn't wait to start a practice of my own. But once I became qualified, I realised how uncomfortable it felt to do the marketing necessary to attract clients. How could I promote myself whilst staying within personal disclosure boundaries?How could I be visible without it compromising my client work?And now that my business is all about helping other therapists to grow their practice, I am aware of them going through exactly the same difficulties.So today, I chat wi...2023-05-2547 min

Weird FinanceOvercoming Financial Anxiety with Lindsay Bryan PodvinIn this episode of Weird Finance, Paco talks to Lindsay Bryan-Podvin about her journey in becoming a financial therapist, healthy and unhealthy ways of dealing with financial anxiety, the four money personas, and how to know when it’s time to seek financial therapy. Lindsay Bryan-Podvin (@mindmoneybalance) is a biracial financial wellness expert, speaker, and author of "The Financial Anxiety Solution." A practicing social worker since 2012, she uses a shame-free approach to help people get their minds and money in balance by focusing on the intersection of money and mental health using financial therapy. While financial literacy is...2023-04-3056 min

Baggage Check: Mental Health Talk and AdviceMoney, Money, Money, MON-EY! Tackling Our Financial Baggage with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinMoney is consistently identified as one of the biggest stressors that people experience. So why is its impact on individual mental health not much of a focus, and why are most therapists not trained in any way to talk about the specifics of this issue?And why is it so ever-lovin' awkward to talk about?We sat down with financial therapist (yes, that's a thing, and it's fantastic!) Lindsay Bryan-Podvin to tackle our baggage about money. From communicating about it in relationships, to talking about shame and what different "money styles" mean (and how early...2023-04-281h 00

Overcoming Financial Trauma"Finding Balance: Navigating Empathy and Accountability in Overcoming Financial Anxiety" w/ Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, LMSWLindsay Bryan-Podvin stops by to talk to Rahkim about Financial Anxiety Mental Health Being a Financial Therapist And more! Lindsay Bryan-Podvin (she/her) is a biracial financial wellness expert, speaker, and author of the book "The Financial Anxiety Solution." A practicing social worker since 2012, she uses a shame-free approach to help people get their minds and money in balance by focusing on the intersection of money and mental health using financial therapy. While financial literacy is important, she champions the belief that money is rooted in emotions and impacted by the systems around us...2023-04-0553 min

The Mental Health and Wealth ShowFinancial Enabling vs Financial Generosity: An Interview with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinIn this episode, I bring back financial therapist Lindsay Bryan-Podvin. Lindsay is a biracial financial wellness expert, speaker, and author of the book "The Financial Anxiety Solution”. Lindsay uses a shame-free approach to help people get their minds and money in balance by focusing on the intersection of money and mental health using financial therapy. We dig deep into when do we help people and when do we harm them by giving money, how to know if we are being taken advantage of and what to consider before giving someone money. “Being an enabler prevents the pe...2023-02-1747 min

ChroniFI PodcastHelping Others Without Burning Out: Interview with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinPurpose-Driven Work - This week's episode is one of my personal favorites. Lindsay Bryan-Podvin is the founder of Mind Money Balance, the author of "The Financial Anxiety Solution," and the first Financial Therapist in the state of Michigan. We discuss Lindsay's unique (and flexible!) approach to scheduling the weeks of her life, how she got into financial therapy, the importance of keeping your own engine running in order to properly serve others, and other topics. Lindsay is super engaging and insightful - excited to hear what you think of this conversation. If you want to...2022-12-2132 min

Take Back Retirement56: How Do We Reduce Financial Anxiety? with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, Financial TherapistToday, we sit down with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin, social worker, financial therapist, speaker, and author of The Financial Anxiety Solution. Lindsay reflects on how her own lived experience led her to choose financial therapy as a career path. Listen in as Lindsay shares how she aims to close “the gap in how we talk about money,” highlighting the importance of having regular conversations with those you trust “about how money makes you feel.” We also discuss the need for more people to be open about sharing their money stories in order to collective...2022-12-1540 min

Beyond the CouchFinancial Anxiety, Scarcity, & Enoughness with Lindsay Bryan-PodvinThis week, Diana chats with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin about the anxieties we have about money and how to cultivate a healthier relationship to our finances. They discuss the mental, cultural, and emotional hurdles that keep many people, especially those who identify as BIPOC or come from immigrant backgrounds, from gaining financial literacy. They talk about how to cultivate a sense of enoughness in the midst of a capitalistic society and how to approach money in a way that aligns with your values. Pointing out that current financial advice so often comes from a place of white privilege and outdated notions...2022-10-2630 min