This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the love, happiness, and success podcast.

We've got the former but not the letter.

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That's the song Love and Money by the band Blue in the Face.

On today's episode of the podcast, we are covering a topic that so many couples have dealt with at some point

in their relationships, and that is financial infidelity. This is not something that is often

talked about, but it is a very real situation in the lives of many couples.

Financial infidelity is a situation where one partner has lied to the other about money,

perhaps concealing debt, emitting financial information, things that their partner really

should know, and it can create a lot of

mistrust, betrayal, hurt, anger in a relationship when this happens. And many couples really need

guidance to figure out how to mend this very unique kind of betrayal and ideally prevent it from

happening in the first place or certainly in the future. So to give you some guidance and a good

roadmap for what to do if you are dealing with a situation. I have invited my dear friend and

colleague Megan Terry to join us on the show today. Megan is a highly experienced marriage and

family therapist on our team here at Growing Self. She is an MFT supervisor and trains early career counselors, among other things. And she is also trained

in financial counseling for couples by the Federal Reserve. She's a true expert on this subject.

And she's here today to share her wisdom with you. So thank you, Megan, for being here.

Thank you for having me. I'm excited we can have this conversation together.

Well, it's an important conversation because, like, this is common and there are not many good

resources for couples who are dealing with this.

It is really common and also unique, which is why I think those resources aren't out there,

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