#192 - Couples and Money

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

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🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Let's face it: Couples and money is a hot-button issue for many relationships. Sooner or later, all successful long-term couples need to work together to figure out how to communicate productively about money so that they can get on the same page and create a shared financial future. This is not always easy under the best of circumstances.

Now, many couples are facing financial uncertainty or even a financial crisis (thanks coronavirus). It's more important than ever to be working as a united team around finances so that your relationship stays strong and healthy... even if your bank account takes a hit.

To help you have constructive, drama free conversations about money with your partner, I've invited my colleague Meagan Terry to give us the scoop on exactly what to do (and what NOT to do) in order to have loving, respectful, and effective conversations about finances that create unity and connection.

Meagan is a highly experienced marriage counselor who has helped countless couples stop financial conflict and get on the same page around money. Now she's here for YOU. Listen, and get her actionable tips you can start using today!

With love,

Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

GrowingSelf.com

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby and you're listening to the love, happiness, and success podcast.
0:24.9	The band is Stedman. The song is two together. And I thought that was the perfect song for us today because today we're going to be talking about something that I feel is extremely important,
0:30.1	especially right now. And that is how couples can get and stay on the same page about finances. We know that fighting about money is not
0:44.1	only one of the biggest pain points for couples during the best of times, but it's also a type
0:51.2	of fight that is most strongly linked, believe it or not, to rates of divorce. And so
0:57.6	if you want to focus anywhere in your relationship, it is getting on the same page about money
1:04.9	and how we're handling it as a couple and as a family. And I think that this topic is even more timely and important and
1:13.9	necessary for us to talk about right now on the podcast because we have just cranked up the
1:19.6	heat on financial concerns for a lot of couples and families. We have, you know, moved into a perilous time together as a nation, I think. And,
1:32.4	again, money can be a stress point for couples anyway, but now, again, when somebody is facing a job
1:40.8	loss or a reduction in income or even an impending lay layoff or, you know, in the context of an
1:46.8	unstable economy, it's really vital that you guys get on the same page about how you're
1:52.7	going to handle this together so that no matter what happens, financially speaking, your relationship
2:00.1	and your marriage is protected and strong. And so to talk
2:05.6	about this very important topic, I have invited my colleague Megan Terry on the podcast with me
2:12.2	today to share her wisdom with you. Megan and I have worked together for years and years. She is a marriage and family
2:19.3	therapist. You may have heard her on the podcast before talking about other things like
2:23.2	emotional intelligence, how couples handle grief and loss and get through hard times together.
2:30.3	If you scroll back through the podcast and want to hear more Megan, she's there. But I really
2:35.1	wanted to talk with her today because she does an awful lot of not just premarital counseling,
2:40.7	but financial therapy for couples where she's really diving in to get into the nitty-gritty
2:47.4	of how people feel about money. What is the historical context for their
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