Dr. Erika Rasure, PhD, CFT™, Chief Financial Wellness Advisor at Beyond Finance, is calling on employers to rethink how they support their workforce in a new Forbes article exploring the connection between financial stress, mental health, and organizational performance.
In her latest contribution to the Forbes Finance Council, “The Emotional Weight of Money: Why Business Leaders Should Care About Employees’ Financial Wellness,” Dr. Rasure suggests that financial stress is more than a personal issue—it is a business issue that affects employee engagement, productivity, decision-making, and overall workplace well-being. As she writes, “The stress of managing money can be devastating to the mental health—and therefore productivity—of both business leaders and the people they lead.”
The article encourages executives to broaden their definition of employee wellness by recognizing that financial concerns often underlie anxiety, burnout, absenteeism, and reduced performance. Rather than viewing financial wellness as simply another workplace benefit, Dr. Rasure explains that organizations should see it as a strategic investment in their people. When employees feel more confident and in control of their financial lives, they are better equipped to focus, collaborate, innovate, and contribute to organizational success.
Dr. Rasure also emphasizes that meaningful financial wellness programs go beyond retirement planning or budgeting tools. They acknowledge the emotional relationship people have with money by addressing the beliefs, stress, and behaviors that influence financial decisions. This human-centered approach helps employees build resilience, reduce financial anxiety, and develop healthier habits that extend well beyond the workplace.
The themes explored in the Forbes article reflect Beyond Finance’s broader commitment to advancing financial wellness through education and behavior change. As employers increasingly recognize that employee well-being encompasses financial health alongside physical and mental health, Dr. Rasure’s message offers a timely roadmap for creating stronger, healthier, and more productive workplaces.
About Dr. Erika Rasure
Dr. Erika Rasure, PhD, CFT™ is an internationally recognized financial therapist, educator, and researcher with over two decades of experience helping people transform their relationship with money. She holds a doctorate in Personal Financial Planning from Kansas State University and is a Certified Financial Therapist™ — one of a small number of practitioners in the country to hold both credentials. As Chief Financial Wellness Advisor at Beyond Finance, she leads five weekly financial wellness sessions with clients navigating debt and is the creator of Beyond Finance’s Financial Wellness RESET™ Framework, Assessment, and Curriculum — a proprietary, clinically-informed model that addresses the behavioral and emotional reasons financial advice so often fails to stick, helping people change not just what they do with money, but how they relate to it. She serves on the Financial Review Boards of Investopedia, The Balance, VeryWell Family, and VeryWell Parents, chairs the Financial Therapy Clinical Institute Research Board, and her expertise has been featured on NBC’s Today Show, CNBC, CNN, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Barron’s, the Associated Press, and USA Today.