Money & Relationships, Couples Therapy and Demisexuality with Chantel Houston

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Hannah is joined by Chantel Houston, who is a director, producer, and editor, and cohost of the Money Honeys Podcast. Chantel discusses how being demisexual has made her romantic choices more deliberate and gives advice for people exploring their own sexuality. She and Hannah talk about how money impacts romantic relationships, discussing finances with your partner, and the risk of resentment building in relationships due to money issues. Chantel also talks about how people can have such different relationships to money, how fear and stress around money can be especially complex when it comes to spending money in relationships, and bridging the gap around talking about money with your partner if you come from two different financial backgrounds. Finally, Hannah and Chantel discuss Chantel and her spouse’s decision to have a couple’s therapist, and why Chantel recommends couples therapy for anyone who can afford it.

✨MORE ABOUT CHANTEL HOUSTON✨
Chantel Houston graduated from Chapman University in 2013 with a B.F.A. in Television/Broadcast Journalism (Narrative TV Emphasis). From a young age, she knew she wanted to "make stuff," without really knowing what that meant. After college, she found great success as a multi-hyphenate director, producer, and editor at BuzzFeed, Refinery29, ATTN, and even the Biden Presidential Campaign. Currently, she is focused on directing and creating her life with her spouse and cat in Los Angeles, CA. Chantel is also a co-host of the money podcast ‘Money Honeys Podcast’.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, welcome back to doing it, the Sex and Relationships podcast where sex has never
0:11.8	been so nerdy with me, your host, Hannah Witten. This is our final guest interview of season
0:18.5	six. Oh my goodness. How have we done six seasons of this show
0:22.1	already? Oh wow. Next week will be our usual end of season Q&A. If you want to get involved
0:29.7	and ask questions, then head over to our Instagram, which is at Doing It Podcast. But on with
0:35.5	today's episode.
0:41.1	This week, I'm joined by the wonderful Chantelle Houston.
0:48.6	Chantelle is a film and video director working at BuzzFeed, Refinery 29, ATTN, and even the Biden presidential campaign.
0:50.2	She is a fellow YouTuber where she makes lots of great LGBTQ plus content and is also a co-host of the Money Honey's podcast.
0:58.0	I really wanted to get Chantelle on the podcast to talk all about how money impacts romantic relationships.
1:05.0	We started off discussing Chantelle's identity, labels and why Chantelle prefers to keep things as open as possible. We talked about
1:13.0	Chantel being demisexual, but why it hasn't impacted her romantic relationships that much,
1:18.4	but has made her romantic choices more deliberate. Chantel shared what intentionally building a
1:24.1	romantic relationship looks like for her and what has to be in place to then develop a sexual attraction towards someone.
1:30.3	Chantelle gave advice for people exploring their own sexuality and talked about her own experience of having to dismantle perceptions of romantic relationships having grown up in the Christian church.
1:42.3	And of course we got into all about how money impacts romantic relationships.
1:48.3	How when you get married, money is a huge part of dynamics and decisions you need to make.
1:54.0	The importance of talking with your partner about money, setting expectations,
1:58.5	and discussing how finances will be shared and decisions made.
2:03.5	Chantelle talked about how when you do this, it can make you and your relationship feel so much more free.
2:10.9	We also spoke about the risk of resentment in relationships building due to money issues
2:16.0	and the need for clear communication around finances.
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