Does talking about money cause distress in your relationship? Communication and relationship coach, Erica Holston of Vine Life Coaching, is our special guest on this episode. She’ll be giving us tips to better talk to our significant others about money without fighting! Communication in Relationships Make Time by Slowing Down – We can get so busy with our lives with our careers, …
Expensive Divorce Mistakes to Avoid Our hearts can hijack our common sense when it comes to personal finances. If you’re currently in the midst of a separation or divorce, you’re at an increased risk for making emotional money mistakes. Even splitting from a long term partner is extremely stressful, especially when you’re living together and financially entangled. I’ll talk about …
Couples and Money: When Opposites Attract In love and money, we have a tendency to be attracted to someone who is our polar opposite. While this can be exciting, it also has the potential to be stressful. When your significant other wants to handle the joint finances differently, that’s when the money fights start! Is there a way to compromise …
Is there anything better than reading a great book poolside, with a fruity drink in hand? I think not! When most of us think “summer reading,” it’s usually light, fun, or romantic stories. But here are four money books to read that will majorly boost your financial IQ while soaking in the sun. I promise you, these reads are anything …
How do you improve your relationship with money? You may not have thought about it this way before, but we all have a relationship with our money. Whether it is a positive or negative one doesn’t depend on how much cash we have, but rather how we treat our money. Think of your relationships in your life right now with …
You would think that once you decide to take control of your spending and make a plan to demolish your debt that you’ll have the full support of your family, friends, and co-workers. However, you may find that some people are NOT going to be happy for you and may even subtly or not-so-subtly attempt to undermine your financial progress. …
Today’s episode is “Don’t Let the Holidays Ruin Your Budget!” Thanksgiving and Christmas are right around the corner…. With extra expenses for entertaining, decorating, and gift giving, sometimes the holidays aren’t so happy for our budgets! In this episode, I’ll give you tips for setting your holiday gift giving budget, and talk about ways to minimize your holiday decorating and …
Today’s podcast is Get Financially Naked… BEFORE you get married. I’ll discuss why it’s important to bare your financial details to your significant other, warts and all, before you walk down the aisle. • I’m amazed at how many couples have no qualms about getting physically naked with each other before getting married, but keep their financial details tightly under …
When someone we love is going through a hard time financially, it’s natural for us to want to jump in and help them. But what happens when your help ISN’T helping, but instead enables the person to continue to be financially irresponsible? It can be hard to know when to bail someone out of their messes and when to show …