The Wallet
How to build a strong sense of financial wellbeing, with Clare Seal
Episode notes
š® When Clare Seal faced a difficult financial situation in 2019, she turned to Instagram to make herself accountable, posting anonymously as @myfrugalyear. In under a year, she had grown a following and went on to start The Financial Wellbeing Forum. Clare is also Glamourās Money Matters columnist and the author of three books.
š„ Today on The Wallet:Ā
1ļøā£ Itās essential when you embark on a journey to improve your financial wellbeing, you are not wasting your energy or beating yourself up about the things where you don't have any control. Try to instead focus on what you can do and take small steps forward.Ā
2ļøā£ Itās easy to try and overcome financial baggage in quite a superficial way but itās paramount to unpack why youāve been doing the things youāve been doing in the first place. Itās about understanding your behaviour to move forward and learning to forgive yourself and trust yourself again.
3ļøā£ You can earn as much as you want, but if your spending is out of control and you don't know what your money's going to, it's really difficult to find any sense of financial wellbeing. Overspending can be a self-soothing technique. The biggest thing is identifying emotional triggers and finding alternative ways to assuage them.
You can follow and connect with Clare at:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfrugalyearĀ
- The Wallet: How Am I Repaying My Ā£27k Credit Card Debt?
Resources featuring more advice from Clare:
- āI've knocked Ā£10k off my debts in a year - and these are the money-saving hacks I swear by.āĀ
- Why taking care of your finances is not a passive act
- The Real Life Money Journal: A practical guide to help you understand your relationship with money and take control of your financesĀ
- Pre-order her new book - Five Steps to Financial Wellbeing
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