Authentic Desires or Marketing?

After their conversation with Jesse Mecham, Amber and Tom turn inward to an emotionally charged question that we all have to ask ourselves: How do you help people understand what's an authentic want and what may have been embedded from somewhere else?

They explore the need for friction when it comes to spending to combat convenient spending, digital payments, online shopping, and frequent takeout. Drawing on personal experience, Amber and Tom outline simple ways that they have budgeted for spending their money on meaningful experiences, rather than mindless purchases.

Along the way, they show how surfacing those scripts through conversations with partners, friends, colleagues, therapists, or clergy can create room for new choices. It’s a thoughtful conversation about our very practical day-to-day relationship with money, and how agency can eliminate worry.

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