What is Financial Abuse? Recognising the Signs | Breaking Finanacial Chains Ep. 6

Tanya Ibberson explains what financial abuse looks like, how to recognise the signs and why it's never your fault.

Discover the reality of financial abuse - how it starts as "help," builds slowly over years, and affects people at all income levels. Tanya shares her personal experience of 8-9 years of financial control and the signs she wishes she'd recognised earlier.

Chapters
0:41 - What is financial abuse?
2:27 - How financial control builds slowly
4:43 - Common signs of financial abuse
6:32 - Restricted access to your own money
7:23 - Being given "allowances" and accounting for spending
8:16 - Complete exclusion from financial decisions
9:44 - Shaming and criticism for basic spending
10:43 - Being blocked or discouraged from working
11:42 - Financial surveillance and control
13:05 - Weaponised guilt around money
13:27 - Financial gaslighting explained
14:06 - When it's learned behaviour vs intentional
15:08 - The emotional impact and lasting scars
16:25 - Why it's hard to spot and talk about
18:19 - The cycle of shame ("I should have known better")
20:18 - What you can do if you recognise these signs
21:52 - Safety first: keeping notes and evidence
23:05 - Building emergency funds safely
23:43 - Reflection prompt: money and shame
26:28 - Taking your power back, one step at a time

Useful Links
Website: www.financialwingwoman.com
Email: tanya@financialwingwoman.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/financialwingwoman
Instagram: www.instagram.com/thefinancialwingwoman
Facebook: www.facebook.com/thefinancialwingwoman

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