Behind the Bylines: How Good Journalism Helps You Manage Uncertainty
- On May 21, 2025, financial therapists Wendy Wright and Nathan Astle shared strategies in a NerdWallet article aimed at helping individuals manage money-related anxiety during challenging periods.
- The article explains that people often avoid personal finance topics until news events force uncomfortable confrontations with money stress.
- Experts suggest focusing on individual finances, using sensory activities to stay present, naming financial goals, and making calm decisions to manage stress.
- A financial planning expert recommends focusing on reducing debt, building up savings, maintaining insurance coverage, and exploring additional income opportunities such as side businesses during periods of economic uncertainty.
- This advice implies that grounding oneself in facts and intentions can help reduce financial anxiety and protect families amid uncertain economic times.
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Behind the Bylines: How good journalism helps you manage uncertainty
The amount of uncertainty we seem to face daily can be exhausting. Global crises, economic downturns, and heightened political discord have undoubtedly increased our collective anxiety. This increase is not simply a result of uncertainty, but because uncertainty has begun to seem unmanageable. The unpredictability can feel threatening. Journalists have always lived at the intersection of certainty and uncertainty. Often, the very essence of thei…

Ways to reduce financial stress during uncertain times
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