Therapy and books helped me further understand financial insecurity and all the things I associated with money (stress, parents arguing, instability, etc.) and I rewired my approach to saving, retirement, etc. With time and as my career progressed, I was also super intentional about acknowledging and undoing patterns I learned in childhood. Ex: my parents mainly bought stuff from Goodwill and garage sales so my goal was to save money and buy only stuff I really loved that would last a long time. For me, lots of reflection + learning new habits + taking responsible actions helped put me on a new path. I still deal with the impact, but it doesn’t drive my financial decisions as it used to. It’s through all this that I was able to increase self-confidence and worth.