Ikigai Blog

Today, more than ever, we are influenced by our surroundings. We have always been influenced by our family and peers but in the information age of today, we are bombarded by the news on our phone and social media, telling us what we should be doing and trying to achieve.

Our behaviour with money is just as important as our financial strategy, and its hard to maintain good habits if your thoughts are weighing you down.⁠

What exactly is the connection between debt and stress? Scientists have uncovered a few different explanations. From the beginning of time, our stress reaction has been designed as a sort of survival mechanism for humanity.

Changing the way you think about money, saving, budgeting, and spending influences every aspect of your life. Breaking down negative or imperfect financial mindsets is key to understanding how to rewrite harmful money stories and constructing a new money story built on financial security and support.

Your money story controls a major part of your financial future. Those experiences you absorbed as a child shaped your opinion of and ability to manage money in several different ways.

Our thoughts about money come from our subconscious beliefs which we have developed over many years, starting way back when we were children. We all grew up with different financial backgrounds and family environments which developed our beliefs around money.