Emotional Currency

Personal Perspectives

How to Navigate Through Unsettling Times?

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on January 19, 2020

Perilous Times Ahead: One helpful way to navigate through them.

Perilous Times Ahead: One helpful way to navigate through them.

I didn't plant a vegetable garden to save money but it has brought me surprising and unexpected financial and emotional benefits.

Our "bad" habits with money are communicating something to us--we just need to learn to listen to what they are telling us.

Personal Perspectives

Taking a Pause

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on May 23, 2019

Taking a pause—by quieting constant doing—may reveal new interests and opportunities.

Taking a pause—by quieting constant doing—may reveal new interests and opportunities.

Personal Perspectives

Consumption of Things and Food

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on February 15, 2019

Taking a vow to modify my consumption. Last year it was things, this year it's food.

Taking a vow to modify my consumption. Last year it was things, this year it's food.

Personal Perspectives

Walking The Way

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on October 20, 2018

Several aspects of my walk along The Camino relate to our money and emotional lives--and are teachings we can cultivate at home too.

Several aspects of my walk along The Camino relate to our money and emotional lives--and are teachings we can cultivate at home too.

Personal Perspectives

Of Light and Dark

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on October 4, 2018

Dark feelings are an unavoidable part of our money lives too.

Dark feelings are an unavoidable part of our money lives too.

Personal Perspectives

I Never Feel I Quite Do Justice to the Topic of Money...

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on July 10, 2018

Money is an "inside" job, in addition to an "outside" job.

Money is an "inside" job, in addition to an "outside" job.

Personal Perspectives

The Hunt for Things

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on July 6, 2018

A year of no shopping—cutting back on acquiring things has been good medicine for me.

A year of no shopping—cutting back on acquiring things has been good medicine for me.

Personal Perspectives

Giver, Receiver, Gift

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on December 19, 2017

The year-end pressure to buy gifts for family and friends, and to donate, is on. How do you feel about giving and receiving?

The year-end pressure to buy gifts for family and friends, and to donate, is on. How do you feel about giving and receiving?

Personal Perspectives

What Remains When All Is Lost?

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on October 25, 2017

How would you cope if you lost all your possessions?

How would you cope if you lost all your possessions?

Personal Perspectives

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on September 27, 2017

Why do we give so much weight to competition?

Why do we give so much weight to competition?

Personal Perspectives

On Giving

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on March 25, 2017

Gifting is contagious. And as the Pope says, it is "always right" to give to the needy.

Gifting is contagious. And as the Pope says, it is "always right" to give to the needy.

Ordinary generosity is extraordinary.

Personal Perspectives

How Much Is Enough?

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on January 12, 2017

What a tea ceremony revealed about my relationship with money.

What a tea ceremony revealed about my relationship with money.

Want to understand other people's relationship with money? Go inside to discover your own.

Personal Perspectives

Homelessness Awareness

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on October 13, 2016

The stories we tell about money (lacking it or having abundance) are important, and so is increasing our awareness.

The stories we tell about money (lacking it or having abundance) are important, and so is increasing our awareness.

Personal Perspectives

Taking Emotional and Financial Risks

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on June 2, 2016

Selling a small business brings up unexpected emotions and big questions.

Selling a small business brings up unexpected emotions and big questions.

Personal Perspectives

Tax Time Drama and Relief

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on April 12, 2016

Money is full of drama. But tax season is a collective drama—trauma, for some—where we are all simultaneously taking an accounting of money in our lives.

Money is full of drama. But tax season is a collective drama—trauma, for some—where we are all simultaneously taking an accounting of money in our lives.

Personal Perspectives

What Gifts Open Your Heart?

Kate Levinson Ph.D. on February 26, 2016

What gifts open your heart - a meal prepared by a friend, a smile from a stranger, a hot shower?

What gifts open your heart - a meal prepared by a friend, a smile from a stranger, a hot shower?