FALL 2026 Financial Wellness Workshops
Your Brain on Money
How emotions and hidden biases are running your financial life — and what to do about it
Research shows only a small share of our financial decisions are truly deliberate; the rest are driven by emotion, bias, and brain wiring. This is a highly interactive session on getting back in the driver’s seat.
Key themes:
• The three parts of the brain driving most money decisions — and why willpower alone isn’t enough
• Five money biases we all have: anchoring, loss aversion, recency, status quo, herd mentality
• Why stress, social pressure, and even happiness can send financial judgment sideways
• The PAUSE framework: a simple tool for stepping back before a big financial decision
• A six-second, science-backed technique for financial anxiety in the moment
• Financial loose ends we all avoid — old 401(k)s, forgotten subscriptions, outdated beneficiaries