Being Honest about Money, with Aja Evans

Season 2: Episode #22

Being Honest about Money, Aja Evans of Aja Evans Counseling

Aja Evans is a board-certified therapist specializing in financial therapy. Aja’s expertise sits at the intersection of mental health and all things “money,” including finances, income, career, and wealth. She is a woman on a mission to get people engaged in living their best lives while attuning to their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors around money.

Enjoying seeing how clients make connections to how their history informs their current decisions
Formulating our money ideas by age 7
Feeling confident enough as a young person to make purchases with a cashier
Getting a grocery store job as a teenager and working through college
Moving to the city and trying to make it rain with no money
The Easter dinner conversation that changed her life
Becoming a consumer of personal finance knowledge
The importance of mental wellness and how it impacts our financial behaviors
The impact of money on freedom, feelings of self-worth, and other emotions
A few ways a couple may struggle with money because of how they value it or how they handle it
So much about being a couple is about how you communicate
The insecurity of not knowing where to get the information we’re lacking
Resources she read and paid attention to once she started her personal finance journey in earnest
Experimenting with budgets
The importance of being honest with yourself about your money
Giving yourself credit with the first, early step to personal financial stability