I’m writing this just after finishing a workout—heart rate up, body warm, breath steady. Moments like this remind me of something essential: real change doesn’t start with ideas alone.
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Learning, Healing, and Growth: Why Money Keeps Teaching Us the Same Lessons
Feb 13, 2026
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Most adults assume that learning, healing, and growth are separate processes.
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Learning happens in classrooms or through reading.
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Healing happens in therapy.
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Growth is what we hope shows
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When Your Financial Life Outgrows the Story You’ve Been Living
Jan 20, 2026
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Most couples assume that once they “make it,” money will finally feel easier.
Less stress.
Fewer arguments.
More freedom.
But many couples are surprised to discover that when their net worth crosses...
What We Built Together in 2025 and What We Are Excited For In 2026: Financial Intimacy, Yes Please
Jan 05, 2026
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Dear friends, colleagues, and clients,
As we step into a new year, we wanted to pause and share something important with you.
Healthy Love & Money isn’t just a website, a podcast, or an email list. ...
Connecting Inner and Outer Worlds: A Facilitation Guide for Financial Planners, Financial Therapists, and Coaches Working With Couples and Money
Jan 05, 2026
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This guide is designed for professionals who work at the intersection of money, relationships, and behavior and who regularly encounter the reality that financial decisions are never just financial.
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Financial Planning as Exposure Therapy: Why Facing the Numbers Can Strengthen Your Relationship
Dec 19, 2025
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Most couples don’t avoid financial planning because they’re lazy, irresponsible, or “bad with money.”
They avoid it because money is emotionally activating.
Looking closely at your finances, your in...
101 Money Triggers: A Professional Tool for Financial Planners, Therapists, and Money Coaches
Dec 02, 2025
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By Ed Coambs, LMFT, CFP®, CFT-I™
As professionals we know that money is never just about numbers.
Yet clients often believe that if they just had more discipline, more knowledge, or more willpower, t...
101 Money Triggers: Why You Freeze, Fawn, Fight, or Flee When You’re Trying to Talk About Money With the Person You Love
Dec 01, 2025
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By Ed Coambs, LMFT, CFP®, CFT-I™
Most couples don’t get triggered around money because they’re “bad with money.”
They get triggered because money has always been more than dollars.
Money is safety.
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