Secrets of Financial Survivors

To get out of debt, survivors need to face their situation head on and have confidence that the tough times will pass once changes are made.

When facing financial adversity, financial survivors rely on psychological strengths to carry them through. pathdoc/Shutterstock

Almost everyone I know has faced—or is coping with—some financial challenge or adversity.

If it isn’t a load of student debt, it’s unemployment, a mortgage crisis, foreclosure, staggering medical bills, or worse.