Why We Judge Women’s Spending, What We Hide, & What We’re Afraid to Admit

Today’s guest won’t surprise you if you read the introduction to Rich Girl Nation, which recollected the 2018 event that made me think personal finance might not be solely for people with brown bananas and pocket protectors. Lindsey Stanberry, founding editor of Refinery29’s Money Diaries turned media entrepreneur, joins me for the penultimate episode to talk about: Why most conversations about money are really about time What she learned about our culture from monitoring the Money Diaries comments section Leaving a job, even when it means sacrificing financial security for emotional security What’s really driving our “obsession with FI/RE” The dark side of optimization

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Why We Judge Women’s Spending, What We Hide, & What We’re Afraid to Admit is an episode from The Money with Katie Show by Money with Katie.

This episode is 56:03 long.

This episode was published on Dec 17, 2025.

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