Coaching practices for The Psychology of Money During Conflict

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  • I actually know what I’m supposed to do with money, but when the market drops or something scares me I do the opposite anyway
  • I get a weird discomfort whenever I have money
  • In the heat of the moment
  • I’ll happily blow money that came from one place and clutch the exact same amount from another, and I’m starting to see my choices are being run by what I’ve labeled the money rather than whether the thing is actually worth it.
  • My money just sloshes around in one undifferentiated pile and I never seem to save for the things I actually care about

Practices that may help

  1. Treat money as a behavior problem, not a knowledge problem
    How you behave under stress beats how much finance you know.
    The Psychology of Money, Made Practical
  2. The Psychology of Money, Made Practical
    Morgan Housel’s core claim is that doing well with money is mostly about behavior, not intelligence: ordinary people who control their emotions can outperform experts who don’t. The ideas (enough, room for error, the power of patience) are framings drawn from behavioral economics and financial history rather than a single controlled study — useful as mindset, not as advice.
  3. Recognize and counter money avoidance patterns
    Money avoidance — "money is bad," "rich people are greedy" — leads to self-sabotage disguised as virtue.
    Money Scripts, Made Practical
  4. Create a script-interrupt for high-stakes financial decisions
    Insert a deliberate pause between a script-driven impulse and a financial action.
    Money Scripts, Made Practical
  5. Treat money as fungible across the buckets
    A dollar is a dollar no matter which mental account it sits in — decide accordingly.
    Mental Accounting, Made Practical
  6. Use mental buckets deliberately, not accidentally
    The same bias that distorts decisions can be enlisted to protect your priorities.
    Mental Accounting, Made Practical
  7. Remember wealth is what you don’t see
    Spending signals income; wealth is the money you chose not to spend.
    The Psychology of Money, Made Practical
  8. Recognize and counter money worship scripts
    "More money will solve everything" keeps the finish line permanently out of reach.
    Money Scripts, Made Practical
  9. Surface your dominant money scripts
    Name the specific beliefs about money you absorbed growing up before you can examine them.
    Money Scripts, Made Practical
  10. Money Scripts, Made Practical
    Money scripts are unconscious beliefs about money, typically formed in childhood, that drive adult financial behavior regardless of what we consciously know. Brad Klontz’s research identifies four clusters — money avoidance, money worship, money status, and money vigilance — each associated with distinct financial outcomes. Identifying and challenging your dominant scripts is the first step toward behavior change that actually sticks.

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