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Ep 36 | When Overspending Becomes a Health Crisis: How to Protect Your Peace This Season

November 11
23 mins

Episode Description

Could financial peace actually be the health goal we’re all overlooking this season? Explore how overspending and financial stress can quietly impact your nervous system, hormones, and overall health. From dopamine-driven “retail therapy” to the way debt fuels chronic anxiety and sleep loss, we unpack the biology behind emotional overspending. And, how to reclaim your peace before the season begins.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:

  • How the reward cycle of scarcity and relief keeps us stuck in financial stress

  • Why pharmaceutical use spikes during the holidays (and what that reveals about collective burnout)

  • The body-mind connection between money anxiety and inflammation, fatigue, and low mood

  • 8 powerful ways to protect your peace this season from conscious spending to rebuilding rituals that heal

Alexandra also shares three deeply personal stories from her single mom, her father, and her college roommate that illustrate how financial choices can shape our health and relationships for years to come.

If you’ve ever felt the pressure to “make magic” for everyone else at your own expense, this episode will help you step out of survival mode and into stewardship.

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