(3M) - More than 3 million Americans filed for unemployment during a single week in March as the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease COVID-19) forced businesses to shutter and people to stay home. Job loss, reduced work hours … [Read more...] about Tips From Counselors on How to Manage Financial Stress During a Crisis
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Working Through the Big Emotions of Financial Upheaval
(RallyHealth) - If your finances make you anxious, you’re not alone. Before anyone had ever heard of COVID-19, 60% of Americans were stressed out by money, according to the American Psychological Association. None of us are untouched by uncertainty about what … [Read more...] about Working Through the Big Emotions of Financial Upheaval
Using Shopping as a Coping Mechanism for Stress
And how to survive buyer's remorse. In times of intense uncertainty most of us experience heightened emotions and deal with them as best we can. As we are navigating the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are inundated with feelings of panic, … [Read more...] about Using Shopping as a Coping Mechanism for Stress
Stop assuming millennials struggling financially have a spending problem
Written by: Megan Leonhardt Maybe you’ve heard it from your parents or seen it on social media, but a certain piece of advice seems to pervade the financial world: If you just stop spending on unnecessary luxuries — from lattes to avocado toast — you could … [Read more...] about Stop assuming millennials struggling financially have a spending problem
Financial Stress and Your Immune System
How financial stress makes you susceptible to viruses and what to do about it. On your average day, most of us endure a certain amount of financial stress. With the coronavirus pandemic threatening millions and millions of jobs globally, financial stress has … [Read more...] about Financial Stress and Your Immune System
Fight. Flight. Freeze. How are you Responding to the Coronavirus?
Quick Check-In on how your brain is processing the COVID-19 Pandemic If you are like most Americans, you were already experiencing chronic stress around your finances according to the Stress in America survey done by the American Psychological Association. … [Read more...] about Fight. Flight. Freeze. How are you Responding to the Coronavirus?