Welcome to the I love money exercise.    The love of money is a touchy subject for many of us. I know it is for me. I can feel it in my body even as I write this. My chest becomes heavy, and I sense my mind starting to think about all the possible arguments that could come up for saying the thr...

I feel the bright sun shining in through my bedroom window. It is a beautiful early spring morning, and my mind immediately turns to the day's adventure. Skiing. I spring out of bed excited for what’s to come. I pass by my wife on the way to the shower as she puts on her morning makeup, then some...

Dear Healthy Love and Money Couple,   What is your story? All of your story.    We all have a story. Some parts of it we would rather forget, but is that the right way to handle our stories? I have been on a journey to answer that question and I have come to the conclusion it is far better t...

Financial intimacy is not just for Valentine's day. It's a 365 days a year experience. Financial intimacy is a way of understanding your love and money life. It fosters a deepening connection between you, your intimate partner, and money's role in your life. I probably don’t have to convince you ...

The afternoon sun is high in the sky, shimmering off the shoreline of Orange County, California. The resort is set right on the coast, and it could not be a more beautiful setting, yet my stomach is twisting in knots like kneaded bread, and the pain between my shoulders is like someone has shoved...

Have you ever had that experience of awe when you learn a new word? There is liberation in language. Having words to describe your experiences gives you the needed freedom to make meaning from your experiences. New words can set new directions in your life.  This week let’s open up and define so...

It All Starts With A Baseball Game The bat cracks as the baseball goes flying. Financial planning runs down the first baseline. Only to be tagged out by Therapy in a call that was too close. As Financial Planning looks up, they recognize Therapy from years ago at college. They had seen each othe...

It All Start's At A Conference      It’s early in the morning at a conference, and I am just finishing up learning about a new software I want to use. One of the trainers named Chris comes over to me, and we start to talk about the software. One thing leads to another, and we are talking about h...

Navigating imposter syndrome with your intimate partner is no small task. Yet it is worthy of pursuing, understanding, and reckoning with. Imposter syndrome can be the thief of joy and intimacy in all the major domains of your intimate and family life together. Knowing and reclaiming all of our s...

     I hear countless stories of successful people expressing feelings of not being good enough in their respective professions. Part of that distress is related to the money they make or don't make and how they manage or don't manage the money.        Let me be honest, this is also my struggle...