Money Feels

I just started listening to this pod as a CoastFi adult who’s super interested in financial wellness. After listening to 4 episodes, I find the host called Bridget to be insufferable. The other host is quite emotionally evolved and seems to understand nuance and gray area. Bridget is straight up obnoxious- I think she thinks she being funny but it’s just off putting. Taking shots at people going through perimenopause (a legitimately tough and understudied issue that the majority of her listeners are either going thru now or will go thru) and just generally making some very bogus, black and white statements about things that don’t align with her own personal life. I think Alyssa could do better on her own.

I love this podcast. I’ve recommended it to a lot of people, but I’ve been frustrated by some of the dynamics between the hosts the last few episodes. Here’s how the conversations seem to always go: Alyssa brings up something real and vulnerable and sounds prepared to get into it. Bridget responds with something like “What? I don’t understand. WHY do you do that? I don’t relate. That’s so crazy. Have you tried just not doing that?” It’s like no matter what Alyssa says, Bridget turns the conversation to herself and how she’s emotionally superior (how she’s doing so well financially, etc) and doesn’t actually HAVE feelings, which comes off as not only passive aggressive but counterintuitive to a podcast called Money Feels, where the entire point is about listening and discussing the emotional side of money. For the last episode about how money changes the meaning of play, half the conversation was Alyssa trying to explain to a confused Bridget why they had even chosen to talk about this topic. It was a little cringey and honestly made me wonder if Bridget just shows up and hits record and does very little to ensure the listeners of this podcast are getting anything meaningful from these episodes. And it’s not helpful, frankly, when one hosts spends every episode talking about how they apparently have no problems or emotions about money at all. Like okay? Good for you? Why are you even here then? If you can’t go back in time and remember what it was like not to be rich—to be scared and stressed and vulnerable, then what do you have to offer to listeners?

I love listening to this podcast because it covers money from a female perspective. They cover a wide range of topics that have really helped me rethink some of my ideas about money!

Money feels is one of the biggest highlights of my week! It is an amazing source of inspiration, and financial wisdom. I think bigger in my life directly because of this show, and it’s hosts. Alyssa and Bridget are hilarious, and extremely generous with the sharing of their inspirational ideas and original thoughts to their audience. I am so grateful to them both for the generous insight and wisdom as it has significantly impacted my relationship with my finances. These two phenomenal hosts are in my opinion producing not only the best podcast on finances but the best podcast on the entire internet! They are extremely relatable, well-read, knowledgeable, wise, empathetic, understanding, generous, funny, and inspirational hosts. Thank you so much for this outstanding podcast, I look forward to it weekly, I am sad when it’s inbetween seasons, and it’s one of the treats of my life to take a walk and listen to this show! Lots of love! Appreciative of you both! ♥️

I love that Bridget and Alyssa have this together, I’m in the U.S. and it’s still so helpful.