Juggling Mind and Money
Welcome to the Juggling Mind and Money Podcast with Steve Rowe and Jessica Schlupp-Taylor.
Steve Rowe is the founder of Lucent Financial Planning and an award-winning independent financial planner. He helps you to use your money and have a great life.
Jess Schlupp-Taylor is a psychologist supporting people through change, challenges and forks in the road of life.
Together they will help you unblock the sludge in your mind, stopping you from achieving financial and psychological happiness.
Juggling Mind and Money
Ep.38 How to Stay Sane in a 24-Hour Negative News Cycle
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The news is loud, the headlines are heavy, and our phones make sure we never miss a thing. Steve and Jess sit down to talk about what all of that does to your head and your money, and what you can actually do about it.
Steve opens with a particularly committed Diagnose Steve performance (lying awake at 3am, watching markets fall, wondering whether to sell everything) and Jess walks him back from the ledge.
In this episode:
- Why your brain reacts to a push notification like it's a real threat
- How the news, your phone, and the algorithm feed each other
- The difference between reacting and responding, and why it matters for your investments
- A simple way to think about what is and isn't in your control
- Practical ways to take the volume down: phone out of the bedroom, news on a timer, daily anchors that ground you
- A book recommendation from Jess that's worth your time
Plus the usual: an ongoing campaign for KitKat sponsorship, a cameo from Bargain Hunt, and Kenny the happy little horse.
If you enjoyed Episode 37 with George Kinder on living in the present, this one builds on the same idea.
