(Ep. 31) The Psychology of Money

What if the reason "enough" money never feels like enough has nothing to do with money at all?In this episode of Triggered & True, Laura Duncan and co-host Brian Freise — a business owner and co-host — explore the psychology of money, borrowing the title of Morgan Housel's excellent book and then adding the one thing they feel it leaves out: the why. Housel brilliantly describes how even the wealthiest people can't get the goalposts to stop moving, but he doesn't dig into what's underneath that restlessness. This episode does.Starting from the famous "I have something he'll never have — enough" story, Laura and Brian make the case that money is neither good nor bad, but it's a powerful mirror for the heart — and that we quietly try to make it stand in for emotional needs it can never actually meet. They walk the 10 Gifts one by one and show how money impersonates each: acceptance (the country club), protection (the emergency fund that's never quite enough), value (net worth as self-worth), provision, and the big one, enough. The freeing turn comes through Laura's own story of growing up with very little money but so much emotional fullness she never knew she was poor — proof that "enough" was never a number, and a picture of what it looks like living, and even thrive at 99, from your true self.In this episode: 🔹 Why "enough" keeps moving — the emotional why beneath the logic of money 🔹 Money as a mirror: neither good nor bad, but a revealer of the heart's unmet needs 🔹 How money impersonates the 10 Gifts — acceptance, protection, value, provision, and "enough" 🔹 Why the emergency fund and net worth never deliver the security we're really after 🔹 Laura's story: growing up "poor" but full — and why enough was never a number📩 Get your free Weekly Dose of Compassion — two short notes in your inbox every week. One to speak over yourself. One from Laura: https://www.lauraduncan.com/pl/2148814868🔗 Learn more: https://triggeredandtrue.comhttps://lauraduncan.com