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EPISODE · Jul 28, 2025 · 16 MIN

Your Budget = Permission to Spend (Even on Gifts!)

from A Cup of Hope: Life, Money, and Finding Beauty in the Broken · host Sherry DuShaw

What if the Christmas you want… starts with getting honest about what you can afford?In this episode, we’re shifting the mindset around budgeting—moving from guilt and restriction to intention and freedom. Whether you’ve been avoiding your budget or just guessing at a savings number, this conversation will help you:💡 Reverse-engineer the Christmas you actually want📆 Work with your actual number of paychecks🧠 Trade emotional pressure for empowered planning🎁 Choose presence over presentsYou’ll also hear why random savings goals rarely work—and how to get real (and hopeful!) about what you can do this year.📖 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?” —Luke 14:28, NIV🎧 Subscribe and share if this helped shift your mindset before the holiday season sneaks up on you. It’s not too early to plan a Christmas you won’t regret.🔗 Download the Christmas with Ca$h BINGO card to get started on your savings journey today!Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

What if the Christmas you want… starts with getting honest about what you can afford?In this episode, we’re shifting the mindset around budgeting—moving from guilt and restriction to intention and freedom. Whether you’ve been avoiding your budget or just guessing at a savings number, this conversation will help you:💡 Reverse-engineer the Christmas you actually want📆 Work with your actual number of paychecks🧠 Trade emotional pressure for empowered planning🎁 Choose presence over presentsYou’ll also hear why random savings goals rarely work—and how to get real (and hopeful!) about what you can do this year.📖 "Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?” —Luke 14:28, NIV🎧 Subscribe and share if this helped shift your mindset before the holiday season sneaks up on you. It’s not too early to plan a Christmas you won’t regret.🔗 Download the Christmas with Ca$h BINGO card to get started on your savings journey today!Scripture taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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