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How to Change For Good with Money as a Couple

If there is one guarantee in life, it’s that change is inevitable. As a couple, navigating your financial life —- goals, needs, desires, and hopes — will change and evolve throughout your relationship. Many couples think that to change their financial situation, they need to know more about how m...

High Income Not Rich Yet: 4 Steps To Build Net Worth Together

Written By: Ed Coambs MBA, MA, MS, CFP®, LMFT, CFT-I™ Expert at the intersection of financial planning, financial therapy, and couples therapy.   Where are you headed as a couple financially?    Are you on autopilot, trusting everything will work out — even if you don’t know how?   Or perh...

L.O.V.E. was Made for Me and You and Budgeting

Tracking your income and spending with your spouse will likely evoke a wide range of responses — most likely not delight and joy, but what if it could?    Some people who do love budgeting and have been using Mint for a long time are now trying to figure out which budgeting software to use. The...

How Couples Can Use Expressive Writing for Self-Reflection and Financial Well-Being

Money runs through every part of your life as a couple. It influences:    The jobs you have and don’t take The neighborhoods you live in and don’t The vacations you take and don’t And so much more   It is easy to take this for granted, which is why it is essential to develop a practice...

3 Ways Polyvagal Theory Can Help You Improve Financial Communication

Our relationship with money is often laden with emotions, stress, and unexplored territories. Polyvagal theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, offers a fascinating lens through which we can understand and improve our connection with money. In this blog post, we will explore three essential conc...

A Therapist's Guide to Encouraging Your Spouse to Meet with a Financial Planner

As a therapist and financial planner, I understand the importance of addressing financial matters with sensitivity and openness. In the tapestry of a committed relationship, financial conversations weave a delicate pattern that can either strengthen bonds or introduce strains. In this blog post,...

5 Steps on How to Win Your Husband Back From Money Problems

 Every week I talk with wives who are confused, frustrated, and scared about their marriages. Their husbands have become disengaged, angry, and resentful.  It is completely understandable to feel this mix of emotions. Navigating marriage and money is not so easy. We want it to be easy, but after...

How Healing From Childhood Sexual Abuse Is Part of a Good Financial Life

*Trigger Warning* This blog post talks about sexual abuse and its impact on my life and those of the clients I have worked with. No identifying client information will be shared and important details about my experiences have been modified to protect my family.   It’s not easy to talk about sex...

Increasing Financial Intimacy Through The 5 Stages of Intimate Relationships

How do you know where you stand financially? Is it through your intuition, hope, a look at your bank account, or your investment balances?  Financially healthy couples have a working knowledge of their family’s net worth.  So stop and check in for a moment.  Do you know what net worth means? I...

Why Working On Your Net Worth As A Couple Creates Financial Intimacy

  As a couple, each of you likely has different comfort levels about looking at your net worth. This is an understandable starting place, but it’s not where you want to stay.  Net worth is the difference between your assets (like cash savings, the value of your home, and retirement accounts) an...