Today we were talking about financial abuse in marriage. In this episode, we explained what financial

abuse is, what it isn't, and answer some of your most asked questions about the topic.

We give real life practical examples of financial abuse and practical steps for couples if they

believe this is

happening in their marriage. Dr. Kim shares some really valuable insight about money and marriage in

this conversation that is valuable to every couple, whether financial abuse has been present

in your marriage or not. We pray this episode is helpful to you in your marriage.

Welcome to the awesome marriage podcast, a place for honest conversations about marriage

and practical advice on how to have a God-honoring awesome marriage.

I am your co-host, Christina Dodson.

On the show will be your host, Dr. Kim Kimmerling.

Dr. Kim is a marriage counselor and has been married for over 50 years.

His passion is to help you

strengthen your most intimate relationship.

Dr. Kim, what is financial abuse? You know, it's a great question.

And as we begin to think about this, I would say, and this is kind of what I've heard from some of the research I did, anything where you're controlling the victim, and I'm going to call

the person who's being abused, because we're talking about abuse, a victim, controlling their

ability to acquire, use, and maintain financial resources.

And so I think it goes back to God wants us to be one and everything, and it's our finenesses.

And if one person is controlling that in the family and crawling that with the other person,

then it can very easily fall in the category of abuse.

Yeah, absolutely.

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