Financial Literacy & Nervous System Regulation

About this episode

Heidi Hadley and Emy Monday discuss the financial challenges faced by midlife women and the factors contributing to their vulnerability.

In this powerful and deeply important conversation, Heidi Hadley is joined by financial literacy expert Emy Monday to explore why midlife women are now one of the fastest growing groups at risk of housing insecurity and homelessness and what can be done to change that trajectory. Together, they unpack the often hidden pathways that lead women into vulnerability, including relationship breakdown, family and domestic violence, unpaid caregiving, renting later in life, and long standing financia...

People in this episode

Host: Heidi Hadley

Guest: Emy Monday

Topics covered

• financial literacy
• nervous system regulation
• midlife women
• housing insecurity
• vulnerability
• caregiving

Keywords

• financial literacy
• nervous system
• midlife women
• housing insecurity
• vulnerability
• caregiving
• domestic violence

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