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Articles, guides, and insights about gentle finances.
The Complete Guide to Financial Anxiety
Everything you need to know about financial anxiety: symptoms, causes, coping strategies, and when to seek help.
Gentle Budgeting: A Mindful Approach to Money
Discover gentle budgeting — a mindful, anxiety-free approach to managing money that works with your emotions, not against them.
Why Your Finance App Shouldn't Need Bank Access
Every budget app wants your bank login and spending data. A budget app without bank connection is possible — and safer.
How to Talk About Money With Your Partner
Word-for-word scripts for talking about money with your partner. Covers budgets, debt disclosure, and financial goals.
Financial Anxiety Self-Assessment: 10 Questions
A 10-question self-assessment to understand your financial anxiety. Not a diagnostic tool — a mirror. Awareness is the first step.
Why Every Budget App You've Tried Has Failed (It's Not You)
You've tried Mint, YNAB, and five others. Deleted them all within a week. The problem isn't discipline — it's that budget apps are designed wrong.
Why Your Brain Shuts Down When You Check Your Bank Account
Financial anxiety isn't laziness — it's your nervous system reacting to numbers. Here's why your banking app feels like a threat.