<p>A while back, we asked you to share your money struggles, and we heard from many of you! In today’s episode, we booked a session with financial therapist Megan McCoy to answer your burning financial questions — everything from navigating financial differences among friends and talking to an avoidant partner about money plans, to making big career decisions and learning how to curb spending.</p>
<p>As promised, here are some of the research studies and articles discussed in this episode:</p>
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<li>“<a href="http://gruberpeplab.com/teaching/psych131_fall2013/documents/15.1_Dunn2008_Spendingmoneyothers.pdf">Spending Money on Others Promotes Happiness</a>,” by Elizabeth W. Dunn, Lara B. Aknin, and Michael I. Norton, as well as Dunn’s <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_dunn_helping_others_makes_us_happier_but_it_matters_how_we_do_it?language=en">TED Talk on the same topic</a></li>
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<li>“<a href="https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/danielgilbert/files/if-money-doesnt-make-you-happy.nov-12-20101.pdf">If Money Doesn’t Make You Happy Then You Probably Aren’t Spending It Right</a>,” by Elizabeth W. Dunn</li>
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<li>“<a href="https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w22487/w22487.pdf">Heads or Tails: The impact of a coin toss on major life decisions and subsequent happiness,</a>” by Steven D. Levitt</li>
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<li>“<a href="https://www.adultdevelopmentstudy.org/">Harvard Study of Adult Development</a>” and an awesome <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness">TED Talk by Robert Waldinger</a>, the project’s director</li>
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<li>Take the <a href="https://www.bradklontz.com/moneyscriptstest">Klontz Money Script test</a> to measure your core money beliefs.</li>
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