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Develop intimacy and trust with your partner and in your finances
The High-Stakes Financial Conversations High-Income Couples Aren’t Having (But Should Be) couples and money financial communication financial decision-making money beliefs Mar 04, 2025

It starts the same way every time.

The kids are finally in bed. You both collapse onto the couch, exhausted from a day packed with work meetings, school pickups, and figuring out wh

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Conducting A Wedding, My Wedding Anniversary & Financial Intimacy Oh My! financial communication financial intimacy marriage wedding Sep 22, 2022

     The past weekend has been unlike any other in my life. In one day, I conducted a wedding for the first time, and I celebrated 16 years of marriage. To say Friday the 16th of September 2022 was ma...

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Can Brain Science Helps Us Achieve Financial Intimacy? brains emotions financial communication financial decision-making financial empathy financial intimacy Jul 07, 2022

What does the brain have to do with financial intimacy? Much more than you might imagine. 

 

It is a reciprocal relationship. Let me introduce you to a wonderful area of science called Interpersonal...

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Financial Empathy: The Key to Creating Financial Intimacy in Your Relationship financial communication financial empathy financial intimacy Jun 23, 2022

For couples, financial intimacy isn’t as simple as adding your incomes together and dividing by two. To create financial intimacy, you have to be able to see things from your partner’s perspective; th...

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Making The Decision To Ask Your Partner For Financial Support financial communication financial intimacy May 11, 2022

There can be a lot of fear, anxiety, and shame when asking your partner to support you financially. It can also be challenging to ask your partner to continue to support you financially if they have b...

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