Amanda Clayman, Financial Wellness Advocate for Prudential Financial, is a widely recognized leader in the field of financial therapy. She helps her clients decode how thoughts, feelings, and associations shape their financial choices, and identifies how those patterns serve and limit them in their lives. For over a decade Amandahas been helping people move beyond shame and frustration to find opportunities for personal growth embedded in the financial challenges they face.   We Talk About: How Amanda had her financial wake up call The haircut that changed everything Why a budget isn’t a death sentence Money and emotions - how they go together Financial therapy - the what and the how of money Understanding our behavoir with money Money is a practice that we’re never done with Financial decision fatigue How do we minimize decision fatigue Why thinking is so draining Making saving money automatic and a priority Millennial burnout crisis     Quotable: “I saw managing my money as a tool of ‘yes’ instead of a tool of ‘no’” - Amanda Clayman     Connect with Amanda: Online:  https://amandaclayman.com/ On instagram: http://instagram.com/amandaclayman   Connect with Me On instagram: instagram.com/init4thelongrunblog On the blog: http://init4thelongrun.com   Join the Joy Squad Joy Squad Private Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thejoysquad/ Chasing Joy Podcast Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chasingjoypodcast/   Listen to Gal Pals Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gal-pals/id1465664059