So, money episode 1288, Marriage and Family Therapist at Combs.

I think a lot of times when we think about change, it's beyond just getting new ideas in our head.

It's about creating new relational experiences, new places where we can be vulnerable.

Welcome to So Money, everybody. I'm Forneuch Tarabi.

We're discussing money and couples today. If you're in a relationship and striving to keep the financial piece,

our guest today has a lot of experience helping couples do just that.

Ed Combs is an internationally recognized thought leader in financial therapy.

He's been cited by the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, CNBC.

He leads couples through therapy from financial despair and frustration into financial intimacy and connection,

using the latest in love and brain science.

This was really interesting to me. We discussed attachment theories, how all of us grew up with some type of attachment,

some are more positive than others, and how this shows up in our adult lives,

and in particular in our relationships, in the way that we relate with our partners around money was fascinating.

I learned a lot about myself through this conversation, lots to think about and research.

Fun fact about Ed, he used to be a firefighter.

Now he's a financial therapist, he's the founder of HealthLoveAndMoney.com,

helping couples transform their relationships through learning, healing, and growing.

Here's Ed Combs.

Ed Combs, welcome to the show.

Hey Farneus, thanks for having me, I appreciate it.

Absolutely, I think it's always a good time to talk about money and couples,

and this is, you know, from the experts, so we need all the help we can get.

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