358: Breaking Emotional Spending Cycles And Redefining Your Money Story With Shang Saavedra

Shang Saavedra @savemycents is the founder and CEO of Save My Cents, a personal finance education platform that helps Americans learn how to grow their financial wealth by addressing mental health. Shang finished saving for her retirement by the age of 31, and is America’s leading expert on retirement.

Her insights have been published by Business Insider, CNBC, Forbes, Fox Business, USA Today, Time / NextAdvisor, Nasdaq, The New York Post, Kiplinger, and she has been named by Time / NextAdvisor as one of The 25 Most Influential New Voices of Money.

Her book, Wealth Is a Mindset, released January 2025 with Third State Books.

WHAT SHANG DISCUSSED:

1. The importance of addressing emotions in financial decision-making.
2. How early experiences, such as childhood memories of scarcity or privilege, shape adult money habits.
3. The spending cycles and common emotional triggers that lead to unhealthy financial behaviors.
4. Practical strategies for replacing emotional spending with healthier habits.
5. Why many people overlook the emotional aspect of money and focus solely on numbers and logic.
6. Steps listeners can take to start rewriting their money story today.

AND SO MUCH MORE

HOW TO KEEP TO UP WITH SHANG:

• Website: https://savemycents.com/ 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/savemycents/ 
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@savemycents 
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shangsaavedra/ 
• Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/216282934-wealth-is-a-mindset
• Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Mindset-Change-Your-Money/dp/B0D94QCZL6/
• Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/wealth-is-a-mindset/21633491

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