Financial anxiety has a way of arriving before the bill does. Somewhere between the morning news and the gas station sign, a number that has nothing to do with your actual account balance starts to feel personal. And once it feels personal, the decisions you make next are probably coming from the
wrong place.

What if most of what’s making you anxious about money right now isn’t actually your financial reality? The grocery forecast, a friend’s business fuel costs, the investment headline, those are real things happening in the world. They’re just not all happening to you, and there’s a difference worth knowing.

You’ve gotten through every financial disruption your life has thrown at you so far. That’s not optimism, that’s your track record. The question isn’t whether you can handle what’s coming. It’s whether you’re spending energy on the parts that are actually yours to handle.

Topics: financial anxiety, money story, spending plan, financial stress, economic uncertainty

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

Originally aired on2026-03-23