Are You Afraid To Take Risks? Identifying And Addressing Financial Fear In Women
Now, there’s healing to be done
“It affects men because one person can’t carry the weight of the financial decision making for a whole household. Our dads and grandads are filled with trauma of carrying that burden for all people,” Dr. Scott explains. On the reverse end of that, as women, it’s hard to shake this age-old notion that handling money is a man’s job. Everyone, men and women, has trauma from the way things used to be done. “Understand what’s been passed down to you culturally, and how that does not serve you,” instructs Dr. Scott.