# 3615: I Used To Be Afraid Of Money, But Things Have Changed by Liz Davidson of Frugalwoods on Personal Finance Growth

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Podcast: [Optimal Finance Daily - Financial Independence and Money Advice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/optimal-finance-daily-financial-independence-and-money-advice-879660)
Published: 2026-07-02T07:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3615: Liz shares how fear and confusion around money once drove her to extreme penny-pinching and financial anxiety. By educating herself and treating money as a practical skill rather than an emotional burden, she discovered confidence, intentional frugality, and a healthier relationship with her finances. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.frugalwoods.com/2015/06/02/i-used-to-be-afraid-of-money-but-things-have-changed/ Quotes to ponder: "When we peel away the emotional elements that we often couch our money in, it’s just boring old numbers." "When money stops serving as an analogue for self-worth, or an antidote to our pain, it starts to actually work for us." "Think about it–if we approach money as a math problem on a spreadsheet (and one that we could ask other people advice about), how much cleaner and simpler would our lives be?" Episode references: ACT: https://www.act.org/ GRE: https://www.ets.org/gre.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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