The myth of meritocracy is bullshit and your stress about your financial situation is not due to poor budgeting. It’s so unhelpful isn't it? The shame we carry about our money? But what if our shame is actually in some weird way helping us? Find out how money shame can stem from childhood trauma, how it might be trying to help us, the antidote to this shame, what Brene Brown has to do with all of this (although overall I don’t support her because she’s pro-genocide), and what my Dad’s voice keeps repeating in my head.