NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · NerdWallet Personal Finance
Untangle Your Relationship with Money for Better Mental, Emotional, and Financial Well-Being
December 22, 2025·38 min·3 clips
Asia Evans reveals how dopamine drives our spending habits as a way to cope with deeper emotional needs.
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A layoff conversation that treats grief, anger, and uncertainty as part of the money story.
This Smart Money conversation treats job loss as both a financial event and an emotional one. It follows a listener who says the decision came as a surprise, that the only explanation was restructuring and cutting back, and that a planned move to Chile is still in view as the…
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When job loss leaves you with more confusion than closure.
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