I’ve been thinking a lot about ambition and drive this week. Specifically, how we develop it—or don’t. With great love and respect for my parents, I’ve come to realize that I didn’t see ambition and drive modeled in the way I expected. Maybe they had it, but not in the way that resonated with me....

It starts the same way every time. The kids are finally in bed. You both collapse onto the couch, exhausted from a day packed with work meetings, school pickups, and figuring out whose turn it is to make dinner. Your spouse casually mentions something about the cost of summer c...

Success is often held up as the ultimate goal—the shining emblem of a life well-lived. Yet, for many, success can be a double-edged sword. Beneath the accolades, the financial gains, and the social recognition, there can lie a tangled web of shame, rage, and identity insecurity. As a therapy-info...

Dear Healthy Love and Money Community,   2024 has been an incredible year for the growth of financial therapy, financial psychology, and relationship sciences.    Our community is seeing:   Increased financial peace in their relationships Empowerment regarding their retirement investment...

Imagine waking up feeling like your financial goals are aligned and you are both pulling in the same direction.   What would that feel like in your body?    After most of our clients at Healthy Love and Money get over their initial skepticism of this being possible, they usually describe it a...

It is so exciting to see the Healthy Love and Money community grow week by week. It is what we are grateful for this Thanksgiving.    Every week, more people join the Healthy Love and Money newsletter, listen to podcast episodes, sign up for courses, and engage in Therapy Informed Financial Pla...

How is your financial life going with your spouse?    On a scale of 1 - 10 (with 10 being amazing), how would you rate how the two of you are doing?    Send us an email [email protected] and tell us! We would love to know.    The field of financial planning is rapidly shifting, a...

This is a loaded topic. I feel my heart race as I prepare to write about it.    I don’t want to offend anyone. This is a core narrative of my own life and development and my own young interpretation of what it meant to be a Christian. I will start this post by saying that if you find your relig...

Whose career goes first?    When it comes to dual working couples, there are some important and ongoing questions to ask each other along your career paths.    When couples have very different career types and levels of financial stability, the question of whose career goes first is critical ...

It would be easy if there were one view and one set of values around stay-at-home parents, but there’s not.    Having worked with countless couples and individuals, I have come to appreciate that the views, values, and experiences of stay-at-home parents are varied and nuanced.    My vast e...