Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Tea Time with Erin, where we share honest conversations about entrepreneurship, money, mental health, and the stories that shape the way we build our businesses and lives. Content Note: This episode includes a candid conversation about mental health, depression, suicidal thoughts, and suicide. Please take care while listening and choose what feels right for you. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, call or text 988 in the U.S. to connect with the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. In this episode, Erin sits down with her longtime friend Booth Andrews, founder of the Booth Andrews Company, for a deeply personal conversation about financial trauma, burnout, mental health, motherhood, money, and rebuilding a life after everything you thought was stable begins to unravel. Booth shares how her own experience with burnout and mental health ultimately shaped the work she does today helping others understand the connection between the nervous system and the way we move through life. Booth opens up about her years as a high-performing nonprofit CEO and primary wage earner while raising three children, losing her mother, navigating childhood trauma, and eventually reaching a point where her mind and body could no longer sustain the pace she had been keeping. She also shares how growing up around bankruptcy, financial instability, and a feast-or-famine approach to money influenced her own financial behaviors as an adult. Together, Erin and Booth explore what happened when burnout, divorce, career changes, debt, and financial uncertainty collided—and what rebuilding has looked like in the years since. They talk about boundaries, earning during difficult seasons, intentional spending, and the nervous system work that helped Booth begin making financial decisions from a place of choice rather than fear. Today, Booth says her spending is much more aligned with her priorities and far less reactive, even though her financial picture is still a work in progress. Ultimately, this conversation is a reminder that financial healing isn't always about reaching a perfect number in your bank account. Sometimes progress looks like feeling safer in your body, recognizing that you have choices, and creating a relationship with money that— as Booth beautifully describes it—feels more like an exhale. In This Episode, You'll Hear: How Booth's experience with burnout and mental health led to the work she does todayThe realities of being a high-performing CEO, primary wage earner, and mother while privately strugglingHow grief, trauma, and chronic stress eventually affected Booth's mental and physical healthHow childhood bankruptcy and financial instability shaped her relationship with moneyThe connection between trauma, shame, compulsive spending, and financial behaviorsWhat happened financially when Booth left her CEO role and went through a divorceHow disability insurance and flexible contract work helped her navigate a major life transitionWhy earning potential and transferable skills can become important resources during a crisisHow Booth and her ex-husband learned to co-parent and share a home while maintaining financial boundariesWhy setting boundaries can be especially difficult with the people closest to usHow nervous system regulation has changed Booth's relationship with moneyThe difference between spending from fear and making intentional financial choicesWhy financial progress doesn't have to mean you've already reached your ultimate financial goalsHow creating an internal sense of safety can change the way you experience financial uncertaintyKey Takeaways High performance doesn't necessarily mean someone is doing well mentally, physically, or financially.Financial behaviors can be deeply connected to childhood experiences, trauma, shame, and the nervous system.Having flexible, marketable skills can provide options when life or business changes unexpectedly.Boundaries can be essential when rebuilding relationships, finances, and your own sense of safety.Financial healing is a process, and progress still counts even when you're not where you ultimately want to be.Making intentional financial decisions from a grounded place can feel very different from spending or earning out of fear.A healthier relationship with money isn't entirely dependent on the number in your bank account—it can also come from developing a greater sense of choice, agency, and security.Learn More About Booth Instagram: @theboothandrewsConnect with Erin Learn more about Erin’s work around money mindset, financial therapy, and building businesses that support your life. Book a free financial clarity call with ErinInstagram: @erinthemoneytherapistGet Erin’s Money Date guide!Erin’s Tea for This Episode Erin is drinking an iced tea from Ryl Tea Co., sweetened with stevia and monk fruit. Keep the Conversation Going If this episode resonated with you, be sure to subscribe and share it with another entrepreneur who might need to hear it. New episodes of Tea Time with Erin drop every other Tuesday, where we share honest conversations about money, mental health, and entrepreneurship. Grab your drink of choice, take a deep breath, and join us for the next Tea Time.
