This Tool Will Change The Way You Look At Your Money Thoughts | Real Life Planning Podcast Episode 69
Real LifeIn Episode 69 of the Real Life Planning Podcast, Cynthia Meyer, CFP®, CFA®, ChFC® explores the powerful connection between your thoughts and your financial outcomes. Inspired by a client conversation and her training at The Life Coach School, she shares a tool she learned called “The Model”— a self-coaching tool designed to help clients identify limiting beliefs, shift their mindset, and take intentional action toward achieving financial success.
" Thoughts are not facts—but they create the feelings that drive your actions and your results.” - Cynthia Meyer
This week on Real Life Planning Podcast:
| 💡 | Why do we compare our financial journey to someone else's—and how can we stop? [00:01:00] |
| 💡 | Why use C-T-F-A-R, who created The Model, and why it matters for mindset shifts? [00:03:42] |
| 💡 | How do thoughts create feelings that drive our financial behavior?[00:06:30] |
| 💡 | What are some real-life financial mindset examples using The Model? [00:09:15] |
| 💡 | How can journaling help uncover and reframe limiting money beliefs? [00:12:45] |
Takeaway Quotes:
"We see someone else's finish line and compare it to our starting point. That never leads to good decisions." - Cynthia Meyer
"You can create entirely new results in your financial life just by changing how you think." - Cynthia Meyer
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Resources about using the Model:
The Self Coaching Model by Brooke Castillo Explained
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