{"podcast":{"title":"A Better Way to Money","slug":"a-better-way-to-money-7002484","podcast_index_feed_id":7002484,"rss_url":"https://feeds.cohostpodcasting.com/xW0YuakC","website_url":"https://www.northwesternmutual.com/podcast","image_url":"https://files.cohostpodcasting.com/quill-file-prod/76c84508-e2e0-42c6-bbc2-a5cd29049120/shows/62fc9e2a-5742-4863-8921-74d5bac5ee28/cover-art/original_dea82c43add8e59dd0697e96a6549977.jpg","author":"Northwestern Mutual","episode_count":23,"summary":"Saving, spending, investing, splurging—money touches everything, and right now it can feel like the world is moving too fast to make a confident move. A Better Way to Money, from Northwestern Mutual, brings in top industry experts to help you cut through the noise, find your financial blind spots, and make moves that actually fit who you are and where you're headed. Because the right time to make a plan isn't later—it's now. That's A Better Way To Money.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-better-way-to-money-7002484"},"episode":{"title":"Why We Worry About Money (And How to Stop)","slug":"why-we-worry-about-money-and-how-to-stop","published_at":"2025-08-07T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-better-way-to-money-7002484/why-we-worry-about-money-and-how-to-stop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-better-way-to-money-7002484","url":"https://www.northwesternmutual.com/podcast","audio_url":"https://pdrl.fm/10c27c/audio-delivery.cohostpodcasting.com/audio/76c84508-e2e0-42c6-bbc2-a5cd29049120/episodes/ae8c0707-d241-45e7-b9e5-78f1296dbbd8/episode.mp3","summary":"Worrying about the future is inevitable, but it doesn't need to be all consuming. Kate Sweeny, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs at the UC Riverside Life Events Lab, has spent her career studying how we approach periods of uncertainty. She shares why the unknown is stressful and how we can reduce this stress with strategies like planning ahead.  Listen to this episode and more on our website: https://www.northwesternmutual.com/why-we-worry-about-money-and-how-to-stop   Link to our Readiness Checklist to meet with your advisor for the first time: https://www.northwesternmutual.com/assets/pdf/meeting-with-your-financial-advisor-for-the-first-time.pdf   Connect with A Better Way to Money® on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/a-better-way-to-money-podcast/  ","meta_description":"Worrying about the future is inevitable, but it doesn't need to be all consuming. Kate Sweeny, Professor of Psychology and Associate Dean for Graduate Aca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1354,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-better-way-to-money-7002484/episodes/why-we-worry-about-money-and-how-to-stop/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-better-way-to-money-7002484/why-we-worry-about-money-and-how-to-stop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}