Wendy Wright, LMFT, Financial Therapy Solutions

Wendy Wright, LMFT, Financial Therapy Solutions Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, Financial Therapist, Money Mentor

09/03/2026

Back-to-school shopping can bring up more than a list of supplies.

Sometimes, spending becomes a way to create a sense of control, comfort, preparedness, or even reassurance that we're doing enough.

Before your next purchase, it can be helpful to pause and ask: What am I hoping this purchase will make me feel? The answer may tell you something about your relationship with money.

If you feel comfortable, I'd love for you to share your thoughts in the comments!

If you'd like to dive into this deeper, check out my blog → https://wendywrightfinancialtherapy.com/blog/

I recently had the opportunity to share with the team at Purse Strings about women's financial well-being, and they ask...
08/31/2026

I recently had the opportunity to share with the team at Purse Strings about women's financial well-being, and they asked me a simple but powerful question:

"What's one money lesson you wish were taught in school?"

My answer?

Less budgeting. More planning.

So often we're focused on looking backward: what we spent last week or last month. While awareness is important, I find it even more helpful to look ahead.

What expenses can we predict?
What surprises might come up?
How can we create a flexible plan instead of striving for a perfect budget?

Planning doesn't eliminate uncertainty, but it can create a calmer, clearer relationship with money. And that's where lasting change begins.

Thank you to Purse Strings for creating space for these important conversations about women's financial well-being.

Being successful in business doesn't automatically mean feeling confident with money.Many women entrepreneurs are comfor...
08/31/2026

Being successful in business doesn't automatically mean feeling confident with money.

Many women entrepreneurs are comfortable building their business but uncomfortable looking at the numbers.

Confidence begins with connection, not perfection.

Learn more → https://wendywrightfinancialtherapy.com/women-entrepreneurship/

08/29/2026

Some of the beliefs you carry about money may have been passed down long before you earned your first paycheck.

In my conversation with The Financial Diet, we talked about the stories we inherit around money — and how shame, anxiety, and early experiences can continue shaping our relationship with it long after childhood.

One practice I often come back to is asking yourself:

What story do I want my money to tell?

Writing that story down can help you move from simply repeating what you inherited to taking ownership of what you want your relationship with money to become.

This clip is from my conversation with The Financial Diet, where we explored money stories, generational patterns, relationships, and the emotions underneath our financial lives.

Watch the full conversation here → https://youtu.be/Mf29XhCLGFY?si=2HUbz0lcsBm3TaW9

08/24/2026

If thinking about money makes you want to shut down, avoid your accounts, or pretend it isn't happening, you're not alone.

Let's replace judgment with curiosity.

What is this feeling trying to tell you?

Have you ever noticed yourself shutting down when money comes up?Maybe you close the banking app. Put off looking at the...
08/21/2026

Have you ever noticed yourself shutting down when money comes up?

Maybe you close the banking app. Put off looking at the numbers. Avoid the conversation. Or tell yourself, “I’ll deal with it tomorrow.”

That avoidance may be giving you a clue.

Money can be connected to so much more than numbers—security, self-worth, relationships, fear, belonging, and experiences from long before you ever managed money of your own.

So instead of immediately judging the behavior, get curious about what might be underneath it.

One of my favorite Financial Therapy exercises is to take the word “money” out of the sentence.

“I’m bad at saving money” might become:

“I don’t trust myself.”
“I don’t feel secure.”
“I’m afraid I’ll make the wrong decision.”

Now we have something very different to explore.

The next time you notice yourself wanting to shut down around money, try replacing the thoughts that sound like “What’s wrong with me?” with:

“What taught me to respond to money this way?”

That’s where compassionate curiosity can begin to create change.

You can know what to do with money and still not feel confident doing it.You can understand saving, investing, debt, and...
08/20/2026

You can know what to do with money and still not feel confident doing it.

You can understand saving, investing, debt, and budgeting—and still second-guess a purchase, avoid checking your accounts, or feel anxious making a financial decision.

That’s because financial confidence isn’t built through information alone.

Your money story matters, too. The beliefs, emotions, and experiences you’ve collected around money can influence how you make decisions—even when the numbers tell you everything is okay.

So if you’ve ever thought, “I know better… why doesn’t this feel easier?” consider a different question:

What might be happening underneath the numbers?

Understanding that part of your relationship with money can help turn what you know into confidence you can actually feel and use.

✨ Read more about the missing piece between financial knowledge and financial confidence here → https://wendywrightfinancialtherapy.com/the-missing-piece-between-financial-knowledge-and-financial-confidence/

08/17/2026

Money and food have more in common than you might think.

Both can bring up questions of enoughness.

Both can become tangled with restriction, shame, and perfectionism.

Both can leave you wondering why you keep repeating a pattern you promised yourself you’d change.

And sometimes, we even use the same language around both:

“I never have enough.”

“I always go too far.”

“I don’t trust myself.”

That overlap is something I began noticing years ago while working with people around eating disorders and their relationship with food — and it eventually became the foundation of what I call The Intersection of Money and Milkshakes™.

Because sometimes the behavior around food and the behavior around money look completely different on the surface, while the emotional story underneath sounds remarkably similar.

In this week’s blog, I’m diving deeper into the money + food connection, the patterns that can show up in both, and what they can teach us about our relationship with money.

Read Healing Through the Money and Food Connection here → https://wendywrightfinancialtherapy.com/money-and-food-connection/

08/15/2026

What if being harder on yourself isn’t actually helping you get better with money?

So many of us have learned to believe that shame, criticism, or “getting our act together” will finally motivate us to change.

But judgment rarely creates lasting change.

One of the biggest shifts I see happen in financial therapy is when we replace that judgment with compassionate curiosity — and start getting curious about *why* our money patterns exist in the first place.

I loved talking with Purse Strings about this during our Money Talks conversation, where we explored how your emotions, experiences, and money story can shape the financial decisions you make today.

✨ Watch the full conversation here:
https://pursestrings.co/understanding-your-money-story-how-emotions-shape-financial-decisions/

What might change if you stopped bullying yourself about money?

Back-to-school spending can bring up more than a shopping list.Comparison. Pressure. Guilt. The feeling that you "should...
08/13/2026

Back-to-school spending can bring up more than a shopping list.

Comparison. Pressure. Guilt. The feeling that you "should" be able to spend more — or that everyone else somehow has this figured out.

This is where I want you to practice one of my core principles of financial therapy:

compassionate curiosity and zero judgment.

When you notice stress around a purchase, try adding two things to the numbers:

What am I thinking?

Maybe:
“My child needs this to fit in.”
“Other families are spending more.”
“I should be able to afford this.”

What am I feeling?

Pressure? Guilt? Fear? Excitement? Overwhelm?

You don't have to label the purchase as “good” or “bad.” You're simply gathering more information about what's influencing the decision.

Because your thoughts and feelings are part of your money data, too.

And the more you understand them, the more choice you can bring into your financial decisions.

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