{"id":5774,"date":"2026-06-05T20:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/?page_id=5774"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:50:18","slug":"examine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/reset\/examine\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 2: Examine \u2014 Understanding Your Money Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"VideoObject\",\n  \"@id\": \"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/reset\/examine\/#video\",\n  \"name\": \"Module 2: Examine \u2014 Introduction from Dr. Erika Rasure\",\n  \"description\": \"A short introduction from Dr. Erika Rasure, PhD, CFT\u2122, to Module 2 of the Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum. 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Now we look at the story underneath \u2014 and when I say story, I don't mean some narrative you can recite. I mean the beliefs about money you absorbed before you were old enough to question them. The patterns you learned by watching the adults around you. The messages from your culture, your family, your earliest experiences. Most of them invisible. All of them running quietly in the background of every financial decision you've ever made. Here's why this matters practically: most people who feel stuck financially are stuck because of a story they don't even know they're living. They keep trying to change the behavior \u2014 and the story keeps pulling them back to that same place. Until you can see the story, you can't choose differently. This module is where you see it. By the end, you'll have something most people never will \u2014 a complete map of your money story, where it came from, what it's been costing you, and which parts of it you intentionally choose to leave behind. It's not light work. But on the other side of it, every financial decision you make starts to feel different. Because for the first time, you're the one making it. Let's begin.\"\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<div class=\"rc-page\">\n\n  <div class=\"rc-module-nav\">\n    <div class=\"rc-module-nav-inner\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"rc-module-nav-drawer\">\n      <div class=\"rc-module-nav-left\">\n        <span class=\"rc-badge\">Module 2<\/span>\n        <span>Examine \u00b7 Your Money Story<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <span class=\"rc-module-nav-chev\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"12\" height=\"12\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M2 4L6 8L10 4\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.75\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><div class=\"rc-module-nav-right\" id=\"rc-module-nav-drawer\">\n        <a href=\"\/blog\/reset-curriculum\/\">\u2190 Curriculum Home<\/a>\n        <span class=\"rc-dot\"><\/span>\n        <span class=\"rc-meta-text\">Roadmap<\/span>\n        <span class=\"rc-dot\"><\/span>\n        <a href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-money-story-matters\/\">Part 2.1 \u2192<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-part-header\">\n    <nav class=\"rc-breadcrumb\">\n      <a href=\"\/blog\/reset-curriculum\/\">Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum<\/a>\n      <span class=\"rc-sep\">\/<\/span>\n      <span class=\"rc-current\">Module 2 \u00b7 Examine<\/span>\n    <\/nav>\n    <div class=\"rc-part-eyebrow\">Part 2.0 \u00b7 Module Roadmap<\/div>\n    <h1 class=\"rc-part-title\">Module 2: Examine<br><em>Understanding your money story<\/em><\/h1>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-meta-strip\">\n    <div class=\"rc-meta-strip-inner\">\n      <div class=\"rc-meta-item\">\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-label\">Pillar<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-value\">E \u2014 <em>Examine<\/em><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"rc-meta-item\">\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-label\">Parts<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-value\">14<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"rc-meta-item\">\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-label\">Deliverable<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-meta-item-value\">Money Story Map<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n<center>\n<figure class=\"rc-video\">\n  <div class=\"rc-video-frame\">\n    <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYJyyv2PzXQ?rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;color=white\" title=\"An introduction to Module 2 from Dr. Erika Rasure\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n  <\/div>\n  <figcaption class=\"rc-video-caption\">\n    <span class=\"rc-video-caption-eyebrow\">From Dr. Erika Rasure<\/span>\n    <span class=\"rc-video-caption-title\">An introduction to Module 2 \u00b7 Examine<\/span>\n  <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/center>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"rc-prose-h2--first\">What this module <em>is about<\/em><\/h2>\n\n    <p class=\"rc-lead\">If Module 1 was about your body, Module 2 is about your story.<\/p>\n\n    <p>You\u2019ve spent the last module learning to recognize when your nervous system is running the show \u2014 and building the tools to meet that activation with skill. Now we go deeper. Now we look at the story underneath the activation.<\/p>\n\n    <p>Money behaviors are more deeply rooted than most people realize. Understanding the origin of your patterns \u2014 both the ones that serve you and the ones that don\u2019t \u2014 creates something no budgeting app, debt payoff plan, or savings strategy can create on its own: <em>choice<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n    <p>When you can see that a financial behavior was once protective \u2014 that it made sense given what you were living through, or what you were taught, or what you needed to survive \u2014 you stop relating to yourself through shame. And when shame lifts, awareness takes its place. That awareness is what makes choice possible.<\/p>\n\n    <p>This is the module I consider the heart of the Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 framework. Not because the others don\u2019t matter \u2014 they do, deeply \u2014 but because this is where the real \u2018why\u2019 lives. Financial habits are emotional habits. And until you can see the emotional habit underneath the financial one, you\u2019re working on the surface of something that has very deep roots.<\/p>\n\n    <p>The good news: you\u2019re ready for this. Module 1 gave you the foundation. You have recentering tools, a first-response protocol, and a body that now knows how to find safety with money. That foundation is what makes this module possible \u2014 and what makes it bearable when it gets hard.<\/p>\n\n    <p>And it will get hard sometimes. That\u2019s not a warning. That\u2019s a promise that the work is real, but will lead to rewarding things.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-outcomes\">\n    <figure class=\"rc-figure rc-figure--small\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/reset-pillar-examine.png\" alt=\"Examine pillar icon\">\n    <\/figure>\n    <h2 class=\"rc-section-heading\">What you\u2019ll be able to do <em>by the end of this module<\/em><\/h2>\n    <ul class=\"rc-outcomes-list\">\n      <li>Identify where your core money beliefs came from \u2014 family, culture, generation, formative events.<\/li>\n      <li>Recognize your financial identity \u2014 the answer your nervous system gives to the question <em>who am I with money?<\/em> \u2014 and begin choosing a different answer.<\/li>\n      <li>Map your financial triggers and financial glimmers \u2014 the specific stimuli that activate stress and safety in your financial nervous system.<\/li>\n      <li>Trace any emotional spending patterns to the underlying needs they\u2019ve been trying to meet.<\/li>\n      <li>Distinguish inherited beliefs from chosen beliefs \u2014 and reclaim authorship of your money story.<\/li>\n      <li>Walk away with your complete <a href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-money-story-map\/\">Personal Money Story Map<\/a>: one document that captures the architecture of your financial story in one place.<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-deliverable\">\n    <div class=\"rc-deliverable-card\">\n      <div class=\"rc-capstone-illus\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beyondfinance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/reset-capstone-money-story-map.png\" alt=\"A trifold map showing a route in the shape of a dollar sign.\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"rc-deliverable-eyebrow\">What you\u2019ll build<\/div>\n      <h2 class=\"rc-deliverable-title\">Your Personal <em>Money Story Map<\/em><\/h2>\n      <p>A living document capturing your inherited beliefs, formative memories, cultural and generational messages, financial triggers and glimmers, emotional spending patterns, and the financial identity you\u2019re choosing to move toward. Most people will go their entire lives without seeing this architecture clearly. You\u2019re about to.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-part-list-wrap\">\n    <div class=\"rc-part-list-head\">\n      <h2 class=\"rc-part-list-title\">How this module <em>is structured<\/em><\/h2>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <nav class=\"rc-part-list\" aria-label=\"Module 2 parts\">\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-money-story-matters\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.1<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Welcome to Examine: Your Money Story Matters<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--aware\">Aware<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/where-beliefs-come-from\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.2<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Where Do Your Money Beliefs Come From?<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--aware\">Aware<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-financial-identity\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.3<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">What Is Your Financial Identity?<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/cultural-and-generational-messages\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.4<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Cultural &amp; Generational Money Messages<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/triggers-and-glimmers\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.5<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Financial Triggers vs. Financial Glimmers<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/why-am-i-emotionally-spending\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.6<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Why Am I Emotionally Spending?<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/childhood-money-memories\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.7<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Childhood Money Memory Prompts<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--utilize\">Utilize<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/triggers-and-glimmers-exercise\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.8<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">The Financial Triggers &amp; Glimmers Exercise<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--utilize\">Utilize<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/tracking-emotional-spending\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.9<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Tracking Your Emotional Spending: Daily Journal &amp; Lifetime Timeline<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--utilize\">Utilize<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/inherited-or-chosen\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.10<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Inherited vs. Chosen Beliefs: Reclaiming Your Money Story<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-money-story-map\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.11<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Creating Your Money Story Map<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--strategize\">Strategize<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/uncovering-inherited-beliefs\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.12<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Case Study: Uncovering Inherited Beliefs to Interrupt Patterns<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--strategize\">Strategize<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/common-questions\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.13<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Common Questions About Examine<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--meta\">FAQ<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n\n      <a class=\"rc-part-row\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/bridge-to-simplify\/\">\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-num\">2.14<\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-part-row-body\">\n          <div class=\"rc-part-row-title\">Module Reflection &amp; Bridge to Simplify<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--meta\">Transition<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/nav>\n\n    <p class=\"rc-estimated-time\">Estimated time: <strong>3\u20134 hours<\/strong> \u2014 plus 2\u20134 weeks of revisited attention on the deeper exercises.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-level-legend\">\n    <div class=\"rc-level-legend-inner\">\n      <div class=\"rc-level-legend-label\">The four learning levels<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rc-level-legend-grid\">\n        <div class=\"rc-level-legend-item\">\n          <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--aware\">Aware<\/span>\n          <div><strong>Notice it.<\/strong> Build the language and awareness for what\u2019s happening.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-level-legend-item\">\n          <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--know\">Know<\/span>\n          <div><strong>Understand it.<\/strong> See your specific patterns, beliefs, and inheritance clearly.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-level-legend-item\">\n          <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--utilize\">Utilize<\/span>\n          <div><strong>Practice it.<\/strong> Apply concrete exercises to your own money story.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"rc-level-legend-item\">\n          <span class=\"rc-lvl-chip rc-lvl-chip--strategize\">Strategize<\/span>\n          <div><strong>Make it yours.<\/strong> Build the personal map you\u2019ll carry forward.<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"rc-prose-h2--first\">Before you <em>begin<\/em><\/h2>\n\n    <p>One thing I want you to do before you go to the next section: pull out your Module 1 toolkit. Your <a href=\"\/blog\/reset\/recenter\/your-grounding-toolkit\/\">Financial Nervous System Profile<\/a>. Your <a href=\"\/blog\/reset\/recenter\/three-techniques-for-calm\/\">three recentering techniques<\/a>. Your first-response protocol.<\/p>\n\n    <p>You\u2019re going to use all of them in this module \u2014 not because the work is dangerous, but because it asks you to go somewhere real. Some of what surfaces here will feel heavy. Some will feel like relief. All of it is information. Your toolkit is what lets you stay with the information long enough to learn from it.<\/p>\n\n    <p>The goal is not to move through this module without activation. The goal is to meet activation with skill \u2014 and you now have that skill.<\/p>\n\n    <p>You\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"rc-divider\">\u2726<\/div>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-roadmap-anchor\">\n    <div class=\"rc-anchor-label\">The anchor principle for everything in this module<\/div>\n    <p class=\"rc-anchor-line\">Financial habits are <em>emotional habits<\/em>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"rc-begin\">\n    <a class=\"rc-begin-link\" href=\"\/blog\/reset\/examine\/your-money-story-matters\/\">\n      <span class=\"rc-begin-link-eyebrow\">When you\u2019re ready<\/span>\n      <span class=\"rc-begin-link-title\">Begin with Part 2.1 <span class=\"rc-arrow\">\u2192<\/span><\/span>\n      <span class=\"rc-begin-link-sub\">Welcome to Examine: Your Money Story Matters<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <nav class=\"rc-foot rc-foot--single\" aria-label=\"Previous page\">\n    <a href=\"\/blog\/reset\/recenter\/bridge-to-examine\/\" class=\"rc-foot-card\">\n      <div class=\"rc-foot-card-label\">\u2190 Previous<\/div>\n      <div class=\"rc-foot-card-title\">Module 1 Reflection &amp; Bridge to Examine<\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/nav>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module 2 Examine \u00b7 Your Money Story \u2190 Curriculum Home Roadmap Part 2.1 \u2192 Financial Wellness RESET\u2122 Curriculum \/ Module 2 \u00b7 Examine Part 2.0 \u00b7 Module Roadmap Module 2: ExamineUnderstanding your money story Pillar E \u2014 Examine Parts 14 Deliverable Money Story Map From Dr. Erika Rasure An introduction to Module 2 \u00b7 Examine&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":5874,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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