Get out of Debt

So often people ask me for financial advice, help with debt, how to manage their personal finances.
My response always is: That is the back end of the horse; the front end needs to get attended to first.
What happened in your childhood lays the groundwork for your relationship with money.
For that matter, for your relationships with everything in the material world.
Women and money is a very hot topic these days. The irony is: women have always suffered with financial issues, but up until now,they have been hidden in plain sight.

So, how you handle money can display the pain from your early years...before you were 6 years old.
Men's issues are different from women's; women have a lot of shame surrounding their finances, a lot of guilt, and generally a lack of boundaries that are always getting crossed.
And, what makes it more complicated is isolation. When people are in pain and withdraw, the pain becomes more acute because their underlying fears come out to play.

Talking to others, joining Debtor's Anonymous, sharing the pain in the appropriate places is one way to start the journey of healing the shame.