Finance Hacks Won’t Save You, Habits Will

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🗓️ 12 March 2026

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.
0:07.0	Normal is broke and common sense is weird, so we're here to help you transform your life.
0:19.0	From the Ramsey Network in the Fairwinds Credit Union Studios, this is The Ramsey Show.
0:24.9	George Campbell Ramsey, personality co-host of Smart Money Happy Hour, number one bestselling author,
0:29.4	is my co-host today. I'm Dave Ramsey. Open phones at AAA 825-5-2-2-25. Sarah is in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
0:39.0	Hi, Sarah.
0:39.5	How are you?
0:40.9	Hi, thanks for taking my call.
0:42.3	Sure.
0:42.7	What's up?
0:44.3	So I'm considering leaving my husband, but I feel like I'm financially trapped with the amount of debt that we have.
0:53.2	I just feel like I'm not able to leave, uh, with my daughter.
0:59.1	Okay.
0:59.9	What happened to your marriage, hon?
1:02.9	Uh, we've been married for about 13 years and it's just been a lot of verbal abuse.
1:07.0	And, um, over the last five years since we've had our daughter, I just kind of start realizing
1:11.3	that it's not something I want her to be in and grow seeing that type of treatment.
1:18.6	So I just am at this point where I'm, you know, trying to look at my options right now.
1:24.9	And, you know, we've done couple therapy, and it's just doesn't seem like
1:29.8	it's kind of clicking with him. I just kind of feel like I'm at my width end with it. So,
1:36.3	I'm sorry. And how many kids you got? We have one. What age? She has four.
1:44.8	Wow.
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