Financial anxiety hits different when every headline feels like evidence that it’s all out of your hands. But the part that’s actually in your hands is bigger than the market right now, and it’s got nothing to do with what happens in Washington or on Wall Street.

There’s a version of this where the stock market is the problem. And then there’s the version where you’re 80 movies and 30 books into the year, wondering why the down payment isn’t happening. Neither version is wrong. But only one of them has a solution you can actually do something about today.

A few people can say one thing and the entire market reacts. Your grocery list, your streaming habits, your weekend plans: those are yours. The gap between what feels scary and what’s actually movable is wider than it looks.

Topics: financial anxiety, market volatility, personal finance, money mindset, investment decisions, cost of living

GUEST: Jessica Moorhouse | http://jessicamoorhouse.com

Originally aired on2026-04-20