The podcast episodes explore how April's childhood experiences and her mother's influence on her shopping habits are contributing factors to her current financial behavior.

For example, in Episode 141, April's upbringing is examined as a key driver of her tendency to overspend and her difficulty in curbing her shopping habits, which is causing tension in her marriage.

Similarly, in Episode 99, the speaker discusses how feeling like a burden or an inconvenience to others can often be rooted in one's childhood experiences and the way they were treated by their caregivers.