Ep.238 – Paul Fenner – The Financial Story You Keep Telling Yourself Podcast May 14 Written By Paul Fenner <iframe title="Embed Player" style="border:none" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40999160/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/dba019/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"> <div class="video-caption-wrapper"> <div class="video-caption"> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="d07fdb786ab27a0d3b70" id="block-d07fdb786ab27a0d3b70"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Have you ever noticed that when things feel uncertain, you already seem to know how it's going to turn out?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">You're not predicting. You're confirming.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In this episode, I explore why the story you're already telling about your financial life shapes every piece of information you take in and how that filter quietly drives some of the most expensive decisions families make.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I walk through two real family situations where fear and overconfidence each created blind spots, and why the problem isn't the information available to us. It's what we choose to look at.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This week, I'm asking you to name the story you're currently telling about your finances: fear-based or confidence-based. Spend ten minutes with one source that doesn't confirm it. You don't have to change your mind. 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summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/the-expectation-gap" class="summary-title-link"> The Expectation Gap </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-11">May 11, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The financial anxiety most families carry isn't usually about their actual situation. 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In uncertain times, that filter gets stronger, not weaker. The story you're telling is shaping every decision you make, whether you're aware of it or not.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Way You Can Apply This</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Name the story you're currently telling about your finances, fear-based or confidence-based, and spend ten minutes this week reading one source that doesn't confirm it. You don't have to change your mind. Just widen the filter.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Question to Ask</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What financial information have I been avoiding lately, and what story am I telling myself that makes it feel unnecessary to look at it?</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Resources Featured in This Episode:</strong></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep-225-paul-fenner-what-game-are-you-playing">What Game Are You Playing</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep227-paul-fenner-why-behavior-beats-spreadsheets">Why Behavior Beats Spreadsheets</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep228-paul-fenner-places-to-hide-arent-roadblocks">Places to Hide Aren't Roadblocks</a> </p></div> <style id="container-styles">#block-96aecb4b1802288b0963 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; 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} .fe-block-dc7d0abe6d72615dafa0 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .fe-block-dc7d0abe6d72615dafa0 { grid-area: 7/14/12/24; z-index: 4; } .fe-block-dc7d0abe6d72615dafa0 .sqs-block { justify-content: center; } .fe-block-dc7d0abe6d72615dafa0 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: center; } } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 { grid-area: 12/2/17/10; z-index: 7; @media (max-width: 767px) { } } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } @media (min-width: 768px) { .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 { grid-area: 13/10/15/18; z-index: 6; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 .sqs-block { justify-content: flex-start; } .fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1702567670106_19381 .sqs-block-alignment-wrapper { align-items: flex-start; } } </style><div class="fluid-engine fe-654fc246aba94f2bc8f14168"><div class="fe-block fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1699814140419_180848"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-socialaccountlinks social-account-links-block social-account-links-v2-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.socialLinks/91d3a196-d6f1-4135-bdf0-39a1ba1de765_340/website.components.socialLinks.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.socialLinks/91d3a196-d6f1-4135-bdf0-39a1ba1de765_340/website.components.socialLinks.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.socialLinks" data-sqsp-block="social-links" data-website-component-id="yui_3_17_2_1_1699814140419_180848" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1699814140419_180848"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-socialaccountlinks-content"> <div class="sqs-svg-icon--outer social-icon-alignment-center social-icons-color-black social-icons-size-extra-large social-icons-shape-circle social-icons-style-border"> <style> #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1699814140419_180848 .social-icons-style-border .sqs-svg-icon--wrapper { box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px inset; border: none; } </style> <nav class="sqs-svg-icon--list"> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfennercfp" target="_blank" class="sqs-svg-icon--wrapper linkedin-unauth" aria-label="LinkedIn" > <div> <svg class="sqs-svg-icon--social" viewBox="0 0 64 64"> <use class="sqs-use--icon" xlink:href="/universal/svg/social-accounts.svg#linkedin-unauth-icon"></use> <use class="sqs-use--mask" xlink:href="/universal/svg/social-accounts.svg#linkedin-unauth-mask"></use> </svg> </div> </a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqSJ5dv4xnw0y8OG2rr-wBQ/videos" target="_blank" class="sqs-svg-icon--wrapper youtube-unauth" aria-label="YouTube" > <div> <svg class="sqs-svg-icon--social" viewBox="0 0 64 64"> <use class="sqs-use--icon" xlink:href="/universal/svg/social-accounts.svg#youtube-unauth-icon"></use> <use class="sqs-use--mask" xlink:href="/universal/svg/social-accounts.svg#youtube-unauth-mask"></use> </svg> </div> </a> </nav> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="fe-block fe-block-yui_3_17_2_1_1701369877630_15198"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-button button-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.button/2d4522e7-6fde-497e-91f0-6218c440792e_732/website.components.button.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.button/2d4522e7-6fde-497e-91f0-6218c440792e_732/website.components.button.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.button" data-sqsp-block="button" data-website-component-id="yui_3_17_2_1_1701369877630_15198" id="block-yui_3_17_2_1_1701369877630_15198"><div class="sqs-block-content"> <div class="sqs-block-button-container sqs-button-block-container-system_desktop sqs-block-button-container--center sqs-stretched" data-animation-role="button" data-button-size="medium" data-button-type="primary" > <a href="/contact" class="sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element" data-sqsp-button target="_blank" > SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER </a> </div> <style> #block-yui_3_17_2_1_1701369877630_15198 { --sqs-block-content-flex: 1; } </style> <style class="transform-overrides-vars"> </style> </div></div></div><div class="fe-block fe-block-d8005d71a4ad7fd2b9f1"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="d8005d71a4ad7fd2b9f1" id="block-d8005d71a4ad7fd2b9f1"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact</p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Email: <a href="mailto:pfenner@tammacapital.com">pfenner@tammacapital.com</a></p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Phone: (248) 290-9890</p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Address: 6054 Strawberry Cir, Commerce Charter Twp, MI 48382</p><p class="sqsrte-small" style="white-space:pre-wrap;">© 2023 TAMMA Capital, LLC. | Personalized Investing for Your Future</p></div> <style id="container-styles">#block-d8005d71a4ad7fd2b9f1 { } #block-d8005d71a4ad7fd2b9f1 .sqs-html-content { --tweak-text-block-padding: 6% 6% 6% 6%; 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Ep.238 – Paul Fenner – The Financial Story You Keep Telling Yourself Podcast May 14 Written By Paul Fenner <iframe title="Embed Player" style="border:none" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/40999160/height/128/theme/modern/size/standard/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/dba019/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" height="128" width="100%" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true"> <div class="video-caption-wrapper"> <div class="video-caption"> <p class="" data-rte-preserve-empty="true" style="white-space:pre-wrap;"></p> </div> </div> </div> </div></div><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="d07fdb786ab27a0d3b70" id="block-d07fdb786ab27a0d3b70"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Have you ever noticed that when things feel uncertain, you already seem to know how it's going to turn out?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">You're not predicting. You're confirming.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In this episode, I explore why the story you're already telling about your financial life shapes every piece of information you take in and how that filter quietly drives some of the most expensive decisions families make.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">I walk through two real family situations where fear and overconfidence each created blind spots, and why the problem isn't the information available to us. It's what we choose to look at.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">This week, I'm asking you to name the story you're currently telling about your finances: fear-based or confidence-based. Spend ten minutes with one source that doesn't confirm it. You don't have to change your mind. 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summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class="summary-title"> <a href="/blog/the-expectation-gap" class="summary-title-link"> The Expectation Gap </a> </div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-title"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-05-11">May 11, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> <div class=" summary-excerpt summary-excerpt-only "><p style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The financial anxiety most families carry isn't usually about their actual situation. 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Scripts are inherited instructions about how to achieve those values, and they're worth questioning when they no longer fit your life.</p></div> <div class="summary-metadata-container summary-metadata-container--below-content"> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--primary"> <!-- Timestamp --> <time class="summary-metadata-item summary-metadata-item--date" datetime="2026-04-23">April 23, 2026</time> </div> <div class="summary-metadata summary-metadata--secondary"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <style>.fe-block-d810480b0a57b7582707 {mix-blend-mode: ; }</style> </div></div></div><div class="col sqs-col-5 span-5"><div class="sqs-block website-component-block sqs-block-website-component sqs-block-html html-block" data-block-css="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.styles.css"]" data-block-scripts="["https://definitions.sqspcdn.com/website-component-definition/static-assets/website.components.html/d22db805-5cc9-4ad7-ad3f-66de0520718c_562/website.components.html.visitor.js"]" data-block-type="1337" data-definition-name="website.components.html" data-sqsp-block="text" data-website-component-id="96aecb4b1802288b0963" id="block-96aecb4b1802288b0963"><div class="sqs-block-content"><div class="sqs-text-block-container"> <div class="sqs-html-content" data-sqsp-text-block-content><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Big Idea to Think About</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Your brain doesn't process financial information neutrally; it filters for what confirms the story you already believe. 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Just widen the filter.</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">1 Question to Ask</h4><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true">What financial information have I been avoiding lately, and what story am I telling myself that makes it feel unnecessary to look at it?</p></li></ul><h4 style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Resources Featured in This Episode:</strong></h4><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep-225-paul-fenner-what-game-are-you-playing">What Game Are You Playing</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep227-paul-fenner-why-behavior-beats-spreadsheets">Why Behavior Beats Spreadsheets</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="white-space:pre-wrap;" data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><a href="https://www.tammacapital.com/podcast/ep228-paul-fenner-places-to-hide-arent-roadblocks">Places to Hide Aren't Roadblocks</a> </p></div> <style id="container-styles">#block-96aecb4b1802288b0963 { --stroke-style: none;--stroke-thickness: 6px; 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