There is a secret to managing money that is kind of nothing to do with money and often more important than what you do with the dollars themselves and yet nobody really talks about it because you can get backlash hey I’m Frances Cook I’m a financial journalist and educator I help you figure out your money so sometimes people talk about money mindset and people get really annoyed about this and fair enough because it’s not just like you put out vibes and all of your very real problems are magically solved but mindset is still super important even if you do have very real problems with money that also need addressing so say you’ve got a belief like I’m just bad with money that means you’re never even going to look you’re never even going to try and there are some solutions that are quick and easy to put in some low hanging fruit that everyone can access but if you think I’m just bad with money no point trying you’re not gonna look for these things or not practicing self love is another money mindset issue that sounds silly but is a real issue because people will spend money trying to fill the hole in their chest we all do it but it it doesn’t work so I know it sounds woo I know it sounds too simple to work but money mindset is so important and it’s free it’s something all of us can work on I’m just saying.