It’s a brand new year and we’re back with a brand new series of The Pension Confident Podcast! We kick off Series Two by taking a look at the behaviours that could affect our relationship with money and how we spend it: our financial personalities. According to financial website Investopedia, the five common financial personalities are investors, savers, big spenders, debtors and shoppers. Do you identify with any of these? To discuss what this means for your finances and how you can train yourself to better to manage them are:  Personal Finance Expert and Founder of Mr MoneyJar; Timi Merriman-Johnson Certified Money Coach, Mentor and Founder of The Money Whisperer; Emma Maslin PensionBee’s Head of Content; Brooke Day   Episode Breakdown:  01:13 What are our financial personalities? 05:09 Spenders and shoppers. 08:31 Debtors. 09:30 Investors and savers. 12:15 How to figure out your financial personality. 16:31 How to improve and harness your financial personality. 27:17 Taking stock of matters outside of money.   Further reading: Want to learn more about harnessing your financial personality? Then take a look at these articles from our podcast guest; Emma Maslin and the PensionBee team on The Buzz.  Understanding your money personality How do our emotions drive our financial decisions The 50-30-20 budgeting rule of thumb Common money mistakes Top 10 money apps for your smartphone   Other useful resources: The Money Whisperer personality quiz Understand your money personality (The Money Whisperer) Myers-Briggs personality test Robert Sapolsky dopamine research video Money Habitudes    Catch up on the latest news, read our transcripts or watch on YouTube: The Pension Confident Podcast The Pension Confident Podcast on YouTube   Enjoying the podcast? Then don’t forget to give us a review! As always we’d love to hear your suggestions and feedback. Send us an email: [email protected]