So Money with Farnoosh Torabi · Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Bobby Rebell shares her journey to becoming a certified financial therapist, a path she describes as "the long road." She enrolled in graduate school at Kansas State to deepen her understanding of the field, which combines money with mindset.
“I decided to take the long road. I don't know if you know Dory Clark, she wrote about taking the long way. And very inspired by her, I sort of stopped what I was doing and decided to look into how to really understand what financial therapy was about rather than just sort of doing this quick self-study and trying to pass the test and get there faster. I decided to take the long road.”
“And really understanding what the field of financial therapy was about, because so much of the decision-making that goes on with respect to money is really driven by emotion, but also fear and anxiety and also how our relationships influence our money decisions.”