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Emotional Spending

6 minProvideFree episode
Emotional Spending
Tracking What You Spend
6 MINEmotional Spending
What you'll learn
  • →Recognize the four emotional triggers that drive most impulse purchases: tired, stressed, lonely, bored.
  • →Learn the 60-second pause that interrupts the buy-to-feel-better loop.
  • →Build one alternative response for each of your two strongest triggers.
Proof task

Don't just watch. Do.

Pull up your bank app. Find the most recent purchase you made when you were stressed, tired, lonely, or bored. Write down what you were feeling right before you bought it. Don't try to fix it yet — just name the feeling. Naming is the interrupt.

Chapters

Jump to a moment.

  • 0:00The hook
  • 1:15The pattern
  • 2:45The interrupt
  • 4:30Practice scenario
  • 5:30The proof task
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