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<p>Acknowledgments xi</p> <p>Introduction 1</p> <p><b>Chapter 1: When It Comes to Money, We’ve All Got Issues 7</b></p> <p>Note 9</p> <p><b>Chapter 2: Money Messages 11</b></p> <p>We Don’t Talk about Money 11</p> <p>We Talk about Money Constantly 13</p> <p>From Freud to Frodo: The Stories We Tell Each Other 15</p> <p>The Stories We Tell Ourselves 19</p> <p>Stories Can Help or Hurt 24</p> <p>Heuristics and Biases Shape Our Stories 26</p> <p>Identifying Core Beliefs 27</p> <p>Challenging Core Beliefs 28</p> <p>Using Science to Our Advantage 32</p> <p>Notes 32</p> <p><b>Chapter 3: Poverty, Privilege, and Prejudice: A Crash Course in the Science of Money Psychology 33</b></p> <p>Money and Social Psychology: How Poverty, Privilege, and Comparisons Affect Our Minds and Behavior 35</p> <p>Poverty: Why Not Having Enough Is a Major Drag 35</p> <p>Privilege: Why Having an Advantage Is Great . . . and Not So Great 46</p> <p>Prejudice—We’ve All Got It 54</p> <p>Movin’ on Up 59</p> <p>Money and Cognitive Psychology: How Specific Thinking Patterns Affect Financial Decisions 63</p> <p>Why Retail Therapy Feels Good: Identity and Ego Depletion 64</p> <p>Time and Money: Why We Always Want It NOW 70</p> <p>Thinking in Circles 81</p> <p>Finances and Emotions 83</p> <p>Financial Knowledge 87</p> <p>Making Change 90</p> <p>Notes 94</p> <p><b>Chapter 4: The LOADED Budget: Creating a Human-Centered Money Management Plan 99</b></p> <p>What’s Wrong with Your Budget? 100</p> <p>Where Does Your Money Come from? 102</p> <p>Assets and Resources 108</p> <p>Where Does Your Money Go? 114</p> <p>Rules of Thumb for Creative Resource Management 140</p> <p>The Asset Test 141</p> <p>Putting It in All Together: Your Personal Economy 149</p> <p>Enjoying a Loaded Life: Living in Harmony with Your Money and Your Values 161</p> <p>Notes 164</p> <p><b>Appendix A: Self-assessments 167</b></p> <p>Write Your Personal Financial Narrative 168</p> <p>Define Your Core Beliefs 169</p> <p>Financial Management Behavior Scale 170</p> <p>Emotions and Money (from HelloWallet’s 2014 Pilot Study) 171</p> <p>Mental Imagery 172</p> <p>Behavior Identification Form 173</p> <p>How Impulsive Are You? 174</p> <p>Big Five Financial Literacy Questions 175</p> <p><b>Appendix B: Interventions and Exercises 177</b></p> <p>Change the Narrative 178</p> <p>Challenging Core Beliefs: Find a Counterexample 179</p> <p>Age Progression 180</p> <p>Future Visualization Exercises 181</p> <p>Exercises to Combat MoneyThink 182</p> <p>Affirm Core Values 183</p> <p>Cash Flow Worksheet 184</p> <p>Resources Worksheet 185</p> <p>Expenses and Needs Worksheet 186</p> <p>Your Personal Economy 187</p> <p>Just-In-Time Financial Education Resources 188</p> <p>About the Author 189</p> <p>Index 191</p>

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<p><b>SARAH NEWCOMB, PhD,</b> is a behavioral economist at Morningstar and HelloWallet (a personal financial wellness company owned by Morningstar). An interdisciplinary scholar, Sarah is well versed in consumer psychology, economic decision-making, personal money management, and cognitive and social psychology.</p>

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