Why Am I Like This With Money
by Alina Gematdenova
You get paid, and a week later you're staring at your banking app wondering where it all went. Again. This show is about why that keeps happeningI'm Alina, a money psychology coach, and every week I dig into what goes on in your head right before you spend: the boredom, the stress, the "I deserve this" moment after a shitty day. No spreadsheets, no affirmations, no woo-woo. Just honest, slightly too blunt conversations about the money stuff nobody wants to bring up at dinnerNew episodes every week
Episodes
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I Envy My Fiancé’s Paycheck
My fiancé earns in dollars. I earn mostly in rubles. And I'm jealous as hell. We're both Russian, same passport, same country we grew up in. The only difference is that he works in dollars, and I don't have that skill yet. In this episode I say the ugly part out loud: envying my partner's income,...
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My Bank Got Shut Down. Here’s Why I Didn’t Panic
My bank lost its license on Halloween, and a decent chunk of my savings was in it. In this episode I tell you why I didn't panic: three boring questions for the first ten minutes, no big money decisions on a bad day, a very unglamorous routine, and never keeping all my eggs in one basket. Plus...
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Who Was REALLY the Worst With Money in Sex and the City?
"I spent forty thousand dollars on shoes, and I have no place to live?" Everybody blames Carrie Bradshaw. But every woman in Sex and the City has a money script, and every one of them paid for it in a different currency: Carrie in security, Charlotte in freedom, Samantha in closeness, Miranda in...
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My Mom Asked Me to Lie to My Dad About Money
"If your dad asks, tell him it cost less." That's what my mom used to tell me when I was a kid. And about 40% of people in a relationship have hidden money from their partner or lied about it. In this episode: why people hide purchases, cards and debt from the person they love, where the line is...
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Why You Can't Get Out of Debt (Even When You Try)
If I paid off all your debt tomorrow, how long would it take you to end up right back where you started? Most people already know a payoff method. Snowball, avalanche, consolidation, they've heard it all. And they're still in debt. In this episode we talk about what keeps sending you back: the...
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The Money Talk to Have Before the Ring (What We Talked About Before He Proposed)
You know how your partner takes their coffee and what they're scared of at 3 a.m. But do you know how much debt they have? My fiancé and I talked about money long before he proposed, so by the time the ring showed up, there were no surprises on either side. In this episode I walk you through the...
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Why You Always End Up Back at Zero (Even After a Raise)
Payday hits, you feel rich for about five minutes, and by the end of the month you're back at zero. Again. Even after a raise. I'm a money coach, and I skip the spreadsheets. I look at what happens in your head right before you spend: the feeling, the habit, the rules you picked up as a kid…
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About this show
You get paid, and a week later you're staring at your banking app wondering where it all went. Again. This show is about why that keeps happeningI'm Alina, a money psychology coach, and every week I dig into what goes on in your head right before you spend: the boredom, the stress, the "I deserve this" moment after a shitty day. No spreadsheets, no affirmations, no woo-woo. Just honest, slightly too blunt conversations about the money stuff nobody wants to bring up at dinnerNew episodes every week
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Alina Gematdenova
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