Doug Foresta: Problems Therapists Have with Their Money – TPS585

The Prosperity Show Podcast. Financial Health | Business Success | Peace of Mind

I have known therapist Doug Foresta for a long time and we have been talking about how many therapists have money issues. In this episode we talk about that and an event we're planning to help people in the helper professions. Because we had such a rich conversation, I’m going to include most of the called transcript under the Highlights. Highlights Doug Foresta shares his personal background with money and why he was attracted to my work before he became a therapist. Doug talks about his emotional habits of disappointment and deprivation and how it affected his relationship with money. He realized that his problems were not about money but about his emotions. He also learned how to replace the habitual emotions for those that were more functional. It led to some business that he hadn’t expected. If a therapist can understand how they deal with money, or a doctor or any other kind of coach or practitioner can understand the money piece, they will find more inner peace because they're not going to be thinking about money all the time. As my money changes, I noticed that so has my identity. I no longer identified as a person who is screwed up about money. When I think about being prosperous, a big part of that is around love that I have in my life now. Doug tells the story of how his relationship with his first wife has changed since he’s been making the changes in his life. He talks about other things in his life that have changed and the new habits he has developed. When you worry, when you're in a hurry, when you're not able to stay in the moment, that's when you miss opportunities. Links If you are interested in learning more about the program Doug and I are putting together, sign up for my list at https://ProsperityPlace.com/joinnow Here’s the Transcript Hi, everyone. Joan Sotkin here. And welcome to the Prosperity Show, where we explore a holistic and often alternative path to business and financial success, personal fulfillment, and peace of mind. And today, I have a special treat for you all. A good friend of mine with whom I'm putting a project together, we're going to talk a little bit about, so I want to get right to the interview. And so my guest is Doug Foresta, who is psychotherapist. How do you call yourself? I call myself a therapist. I'm a licensed clinical social worker, but. I'm a therapist. Okay. A therapist who is really smart and knows how to do therapy. And I met Doug years ago, and he's been listening to the podcast and following my system for more years than anyone else, and we've decided to do something. So, Doug, welcome to the prosperity show. Oh, it's such an honor to be here with you, Joe. Thanks for having me on. So what was it about what I do that attracted you? Yeah, it's a great question. I think my whole life, so, yeah, I mean, I go back to, like, it was either 2008 or 2009 when I started, when I really started following you. And so my whole life, I kind of have always had struggles with money, but, yeah, I mean, emotional stuff around money, and it was something about the way that you broke things down differently than anyone had ever done. You know, it was. It was always like, practical advice, you know, do this, do that, but, you know, save, you know, save more than you spend, but, I mean, everybody knows that. But I knew there was something else. There was something else because it's like, well, why am I having so much trouble? Why am I having so much anxiety around money? And so there was just something about the way that you spoke about things, the way that you used the combination of humor, and it just made sense to me, and it just resonated for me. All of a sudden, it was like, oh, yeah, that's me. Were you a therapist at the time? I wasn't practicing very much therapy at the time. I had a full time job working for the state, so I had, like, a state job with a pension and all that stuff.