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How family trauma shapes irrational retirement planning decisions

My Jewish mother survived the Holocaust and never trusted banks, keeping cash under the mattress, and now I do the same thing even though I know it makes no financial sense.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The body remembers what the mind knows is no longer true, and safety feels more important than growth.

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