Death, Sex & Money - Financial Therapy: A Baby, And A Plan
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🗓️ 18 August 2021
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Summary
In Cora and Garrett's final financial therapy session with Amanda Clayman, they talk about seeing a financial advisor, and what they want to model for their child when it comes to money.
Are you struggling to see eye to eye about money in your relationship? Text "financial therapy" to 70101 to learn about five principles of financial intimacy—qualities that can help build healthier relationships when it comes to money. You can also hear Amanda talk more about financial intimacy—and ways to build it in your own relationships—on the NPR podcast Life Kit. It's available wherever you listen, and at npr.org/lifekit.
Financial Therapy with Amanda Clayman is a special series from Death, Sex & Money. Listen to past episodes at deathsexmoney.org/financialtherapy.
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| 0:00.0 | Previously on financial therapy from death sex and money. |
| 0:05.0 | Do you guys have any sort of regular money talks with each other? |
| 0:10.5 | No, we've tried, but it's never worked. |
| 0:12.7 | I used to have kind of like personal goals monetarily, and I don't feel like I have any, |
| 0:18.7 | because I don't feel like I have that control. |
| 0:21.4 | I think my fear is like seeing you, |
| 0:24.8 | you know, choosing to do things that |
| 0:26.4 | spark an interest in the addict part of your brain. |
| 0:31.9 | You don't have to worry about me making drastic decisions |
| 0:36.2 | that are going to alter our life. |
| 0:37.9 | I still feel like I don't get let him fully. |
| 0:43.4 | This is financial therapy from death, sex, and money. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm Amanda Clayman. |
| 0:48.6 | And I'm Anna Sale. |
| 0:50.1 | Over the last few weeks, we've been sitting in on financial therapy sessions between Amanda and a married couple, we're calling Cora and Garrett. |
| 0:59.2 | Amanda is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in helping people sort out their money issues. |
| 1:05.7 | And if you missed the first two episodes before this one, go back and listen to those first. |
| 1:10.5 | I met with Cora and Garrett over two months earlier this one. Go back and listen to those first. I met with Cora and |
| 1:11.9 | Garrett over two months earlier this year. In our sessions, we talked about all that's changed |
| 1:17.1 | in their relationship since Cora learned about Garrett's secret gambling habit, an $18,000 |
| 1:22.3 | gambling debt. We also heard more about his suicide attempt late last year. |
| 1:31.4 | Garrett is an iron worker and Cora is a teacher and artist. |
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