Daily Archives: Jul 30, 2025

Sal Kaya

Money Is Not Just Math—It’s Memory, Meaning, and Momentum

“We think we’re managing dollars.But we’re really managing stories.” Money is everywhere, but most of us think about it in fragments: paychecks, bills, savings, numbers. We measure it, chase it, fight over it. We tell ourselves it’s rational. That if we earn enough, budget enough, invest enough—we’ll be safe, successful,...
Sal Kaya

Your Money Is Telling You a Story: Are You Listening?

There’s a story playing out in your life every day.It speaks in card swipes. In Amazon boxes. In Venmo requests. In that quiet panic at the grocery store when the total climbs higher than expected. It’s not loud.It doesn’t shout.But it’s persistent. It says: “You deserve this.”“You’re behind.”“You’ll never have enough.”“Don’t look...
Sal Kaya

How to Stay Calm in a Recession: Lessons from Systems Thinking

When the word recession starts showing up on every headline, it triggers something ancient in us. Fear.Panic.Scarcity.Urgency to do something—even if we don’t know what. The stock market wobbles. Friends lose jobs. The group chat buzzes with news and noise. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you wonder: Should I...