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Planning and budgeting can help to take the financial squeeze out of back to school time.

What if the secret to investing success was something you’d learnt at school?

The magic happens outside of your comfort zone - so feel the fear and do it anyway.

Happy #IWD2019 from #Sprout_Ed

Catastrophising has two parts: Predicting a negative outcome., and then jumping to the conclusion that if the negative outcome did in fact happen, it would be a catastrophe.. "I’m behind in all my bills. Things will never get any better. I need to look into bankruptcy.”

Using emotions to drive decisions and actions. “I’m scared about investing. I don’t know enough and it makes me nervous. That’s a sign that I shouldn’t do it. A high interest savings account is my best option.”

Mind reading is assuming you know what other people think, for example, "I’m too embarrassed to speak to a professional (e.g. financial counsellor) about my budget or financial problems because they will think I’m stupid."

Struggling to find a personal finance book you connect with? Well perhaps Luna Jaffe’s ‘Wild Money’ is what you’re looking for.

What happened when we caught up with Prime7 News to talk about why we love doing what we’re doing.