Ep.23 Protection Paralysis: Why We Dodge Life Insurance

By
Steve Rowe
October 9, 2025
39 Mins
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By
Steve Rowe
October 9, 2025
39 Mins
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Episode Summary

We’ll happily insure our phones, holidays, and even our pets but when it comes to protecting ourselves? Suddenly, we’ve got somewhere else to be.

In this episode, Steve Rowe and Jess Schlupp-Taylor dig into one of life’s most avoided money topics: protection. From life insurance to income and health cover, they explore why we put off these essential safety nets (even when we know we shouldn’t).

Expect sharp insight, humour, and a few uncomfortable truths as Steve and Jess unpack the psychology behind protection paralysis including why the “abstract future” always loses to the “tangible present” (because who doesn’t prefer booking a holiday to buying life cover?).

Episode Highlights

  • The real reasons we delay buying protection (and how to overcome them)
  • Why talking about life insurance doesn’t tempt fate it brings peace of mind
  • A powerful visualisation exercise to turn intention into action
  • Plus: Sockology returns with a surprise twist for Steve and Jess

With Juggling Mind & Money now ranked in the top 1% of podcasts that make it past 20 episodes, Steve and Jess are celebrating and asking for your help to grow even further.

Tune in now, laugh a little, learn a lot, and maybe finally tick “sort out life cover” off your list.

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