AALP 147 – Ending Financial Stress with Emily Guy Birken

Emily Guy Birken is a former educator and a respected personal finance blogger whose experience and education allows her to make complex financial topics relatable and easily understood by the layperson. In today’s podcast conversation we talk about her new book, End Financial Stress Now and she shares: -The science of scarcity and how it controls our life if we don’t stop it. -Her own lessons in receiving a life insurance policy after her father’s death and the challenges she ran into even though she knows a lot about money. -How “shoulds” do nothing to solve our financial problems. -The ways that what you “deserve” set you up for financial failure. Reading Emily’s book was a fantastic opportunity to grow my understanding of this complex topic and I was really excited to be able to share some of her money wisdom with all of you in this conversation!   To learn more about Emily Guy Birken: Author of End Financial Stress Now The Five Years Before You Retire emilyguybirken.com