Dr. Erika Rasure, PhD, CFT™, Chief Financial Wellness Advisor at Beyond Finance, recently joined host Nick Palladino-King on The Wellness Lab podcast to examine a question that extends far beyond personal finance: How does our relationship with money influence our overall well-being?
Unlike traditional financial conversations centered on budgets, investments, or debt, the discussion focused on the connection between emotional health and financial health. Dr. Rasure explained that money is one of the few topics that touches nearly every area of life — from our relationships and careers to our physical health and sense of purpose, making financial wellness an essential part of overall wellness.
During the conversation, Dr. Rasure encouraged listeners to shift the way they think about financial success: “Financial wellness isn’t about perfection — it’s about progress,” she explained. Rather than striving to make every financial decision flawlessly, she emphasized building awareness of the emotional triggers that influence money habits and developing practical strategies that support long-term confidence. The episode also explored why people often attach shame to financial setbacks, how early experiences shape lifelong money beliefs, and why practicing self-compassion can be one of the most powerful financial tools available.
Host Nick Palladino-King and Dr. Rasure also discussed how financial stress affects physical and mental health, from sleep and anxiety to relationships and workplace performance. Throughout the episode, Dr. Rasure reinforced that improving financial wellness is not simply about accumulating wealth — it’s about creating a healthier relationship with money that allows people to feel more secure, resilient, and empowered in every aspect of their lives.
The conversation reflects Beyond Finance’s holistic approach to financial wellness, one that recognizes lasting change requires more than financial education alone.
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.