Welcome back to the Chronic Financial Pain Management Clinic, where Olivia introduces powerful psychological tools like cognitive restructuring and cognitive defusion to challenge the beliefs that intensify your suffering. Discover the surprising parallel between a physical therapy patient's fear that movement will cause more harm and the paralyzing financial thought that taking action will only make things worse. Olivia explores how deep-rooted mental "schemas" create distorted thoughts, such as "all-or-nothing thinking" and "personalization," which turn manageable financial pains into debilitating struggles. Olivia offers practical cognitive defusion techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to change your relationship with negative thoughts and unhook from toxic identities like "I am broke." Tune in for creative, actionable strategies that will help you create distance from your thoughts, reduce their emotional grip, and finally move toward your financial goals.

Links to previous episodes:

Are thinking errors holding you back? Financial Cognitive Distortions, Part 1

Are thinking errors holding you back? Financial Cognitive Distortions, Part 2

Are thinking errors holding you back? Financial Cognitive Distortions, Part 3

Financial Skill-Building: Mindfulness