1975: How to Gain Mental Strength and Financial Resilience in Uncertain Times

About this episode

Farnoosh Torabi interviews Amy Morin about gaining mental strength and financial resilience during uncertain times.

What does it really take to be mentally strong right now? Not in theory. Not in a self-help quote kind of way. But in the real, messy, everyday moments… when your job feels uncertain, your finances feel stretched, and your life doesn’t look the way you thought it would. My guest today, Amy Morin, has spent her career helping people answer exactly that question. She’s a psychotherapist, mental strength trainer, and host of the Mentally Stronger podcast. You probably know her from her global bestselling series 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do , which has sold more than a million copies and been translated into over 50 languages. Her TEDx talk on mental strength has been viewed more than 25 million times. And her newest book, The Mental Strength Playbook , is all about what to do in the moments when you need resilience most—at work, in your finances, and in your life. [Listen to Amy's first visit to So Money ] And yes… she’s joining us from a sailboat in the Florida Keys. In this conversation, we start there—how she ended up living a life that most people would call unconventional—and what it actually takes, mentally, to make a leap like that. Because as Amy says, you don’t…

People in this episode

Host: Farnoosh Torabi

Guest: Amy Morin

Topics covered

• mental strength
• financial resilience
• uncertainty
• burnout
• life audit

Keywords

• mental strength
• financial resilience
• uncertainty
• burnout
• life audit
• Amy Morin
• self-help

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, The Mental Strength Playbook

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