Money stress: Is it time to reset your money mindset?

Guest: Ken Honda With the cost of everyday living stretching budgets, it’s understandable how money stress and worry can be hard to escape. While we may not be able to control our financial situation, we can change the way we relate to the stress surrounding money and improve our financial health. In this episode of the Add Heart Podcast, host Dr. Deborah Rozman talks with bestselling author and “Happy Money” expert Ken Honda about the emotions, beliefs, and early experiences that quietly shape our money mindset — and what we can do to transform our financial well-being, especially when worry takes over. Ken explains how the “money blueprint” we begin developing in childhood can influence how we earn, spend, save, and think about what’s financially possible. He also shares why financial well-being involves more than money IQ. It takes money EQ — understanding the emotions and patterns we carry around money. Rather than suggesting we simply stop worrying, Ken offers a different way to work with money stress: becoming more conscious of where we place our attention, practicing appreciation for what we do have, and staying open to possibilities we may not see when worry dominates our thinking. He talks about how the power of appreciation draws more that you can appreciate to you, like how money in a savings account appreciates in value. Ken and Deborah also explore following the heart and intuition in your approach to money, and ikigai — finding the gifts, purpose, and work that can bring greater meaning and new possibilities to your life. When financial pressures are real, changing your money mindset won’t necessarily make them disappear. But changing your relationship with money stress may lighten the load or show you new options. Deborah wraps up the conversation with a guided heart meditation to help amplify our appreciation for what we have and bring our heart and brain into physiological coherence to find more ease with any stressful or challenging situation. About our guest: Ken Honda is a global bestselling author who has sold over 9 million copies of books worldwide since 2001. With more than 120 books published, Ken's work has been translated into over 32 languages, including the popular Happy Money and True Wealth. Known as the “Money Healer” and “Zen Millionaire” in Japan, Ken semi-retired at the early age of 29 to raise his daughter. During that time, he received a vision of becoming an author to share his unique views about success and happiness. His work helps to bridge money and purpose, inviting people to heal their relationship with money, manifest meaningful abundance, and use their gifts in alignment with their life purpose.