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Where Feelings Meet Finances

  • Women's Opportunity Center 211 West Jefferson Street Syracuse, NY, 13202 AND Live via Zoom! (map)

This workshop explores the emotional and psychological drivers behind financial behavior, especially for women who feel stagnant in their finances. Together, we’ll unpack how holding excess cash can feel like safety, how control and dependence shape money habits, and how early experiences can lead to a scarcity mindset that carries into adulthood. We’ll also examine why timing often feels like something we wait for, along with the role of regret aversion, fear of being wrong, and how inaction can feel safer than action, even when it’s not. Throughout the session, participants will reflect, relate, and reframe their experiences in a supportive, judgment-free environment while exploring the emotional barriers to trusting guidance and accepting help.

Intended Transformation:
To shift your mindset from fear to confidence through reflection and resources to increase your financial wellbeing.

Walk Away with...

  • A deeper understanding of why they think and feel the way they do about money

  • Language to identify emotional barriers like fear, control, and hesitation

  • Reassurance that accepting help or guidance does not mean losing control


Who would benefit from this workshop?

  • Women who wait for the “right time” or more certainty before making decisions

  • Women who struggle to fully trust financial guidance or delegate

  • Women who avoid decisions out of fear of regret

Earlier Event: August 26
Real Time Regulation
Later Event: September 9
Bridge to Manufacturing Info Session