When your spouse has ADHD, managing your finances together isn’t as easy as everyone thinks. When my husband was recently diagnosed with ADHD, suddenly everything clicked into place. The impulse purchases that appeared without discussion, the glazed look during budget conversations, the way he’d shut down when I brought up our credit card balance, it […]

Twenty years ago, we thought we were being responsible. We attended marriage preparation classes, we had marriage mentors and we even met with a financial advisor. But somehow, no one told us the most important thing: we needed to have practical conversations about money. We needed to budget – together. Looking back, we made some […]

Personal finance books changed everything for me. When I started my financial journey, I was drowning in debt and living paycheck to paycheck. I thought wealthy people were just “lucky” or had some secret I didn’t know about. That all changed when I discovered these 8 personal finance books that completely transformed my relationship with […]

“My husband tracks expenses obsessively,” Emma told me during our first coaching call, frustration clear in her voice. “Every coffee, every gas fill-up, every grocery trip. He’s got spreadsheets that would make a CFO (Chief Financial Officer) jealous. But we’re still living paycheck to paycheck and I have no idea why.” This is the story […]

Do you and your spouse struggle to have positive money conversations? You scroll through Instagram and see another couple’s vacation photos. Your first thought? “How do they afford that?” Your second thought? “Why can’t we get our money act together like everyone else?” Meanwhile, you’re sitting there dreading the moment your spouse brings up the […]