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Money and Marriage Podcast — 188 episodes

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188 - Trump Accounts: No-Brainer, or Nothingburger?

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187 - Your Money in Uncertain Times

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186 - Ask The Right Question

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185 - The Problem With Financial Tech Startups...

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184 - Making Six Figures and Still Feeling Behind

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183 - How Couples Take Their Finances to the Next Level

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182 - 5 Keys to a Strong Financial Foundation for Couples

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181 - Financial Differences Can Be Your Greatest Strength

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180 - Making Fast Financial Progress in the New Year

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179 - The Five Best Holiday Songs You've (Probably) Never Heard

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178 - Your Financial Orchestra

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177 - The Most Important Tax Number for High-Income Couples

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176 - How to Buy an Engagement Ring

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175 - 5 Tactical Mistakes Couples Often Make With Their Money

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174 - A Smarter Way to Take Investment Risk

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173 - Money Management For Busy Couples

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172 - Behind the Scenes and 2026 Sneak Peek!

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171 - When You're Ready for Financial Planning, But Your Spouse Isn't

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170 - Managing Finances in Second Marriages

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169 - Married for Years, Never Combined Finances - What Now?

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168 - Invest In Yourselves!

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167 - How to Benefit from the One Big Beautiful Bill

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166 - How to Start the Money Conversation You've Been Avoiding

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165 - From Surviving Financially to Thriving Financially

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164 - Increasing Your Income Might Not Fix Your Problems

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163 - Checking Your Financial Blind Spots

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162 - Why Money Is Such an Emotional Topic (And What to Do About It)

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161 - Building A Financial Roadmap That Works For Both Of You

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160 - The One Money Conversation Every Couple Should Have

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159 - The Hidden Cost of Financial Disconnection

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158 - Fun Money for Couples

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157 - Scary Stock Market Headlines

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156 - How to Financially Prepare to Have a Child

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155 - When You Disagree With Your Spouse About Financial Risk-Taking

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154 - A Worrying Financial Trend in 2025

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153 - On Making Financial Changes in 2025

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152 - The USA, The Soviet Union, and Money Fights

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151 - How Couples Should Choose a Health Insurance Plan

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150 - There's No Such Thing As "Too Late" To Make a Change

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149 - You Aren't Alone

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148 - The 4 Phases of Financial Planning for Couples

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147 - How to Manage Finances in a Marriage

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146 - Set Financial Resolutions That Actually Work

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145 - Newlywed Finances: 35 Tips For Couples Tying The Knot

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144 - How To Build A Budget For A Couple (That You'll Actually Stick To!)

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143 - Difficulties in Financial Decision-Making for Couples

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142 - Am I Responsible For My Spouse's Debt?

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141 - Effective Ways to Combat the Four Horsemen of Relationships

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140 - Questions from Listeners Part 2: Why It's Critical That Both Spouses Participate in Financial Planning Together

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139 - Money Scripts for Couples: How Unconscious Beliefs Affect Your Financial Differences

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138- Preventing, Detecting, and Handling Financial Infidelity

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137 - What Financial Therapy For Couples Means To Me

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136 - Measuring Results in Financial Planning for Couples

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135 - About that National Association of Realtors Settlement...

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134 - Questions From Listeners

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133 - Financial Planning Changes Outside of Your Control

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132- How to Talk To Your Spouse About Money Without Fighting

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131 - How To Merge Finances After Marriage: 9 Tips for Couples

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130 - The One Financial Planning Question I'll Never Answer

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129 - Money and Marriage Problems: What the Statistics Don't Tell You

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128 - The Four Step Process to Get Your Spouse on Board with Financial Changes

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127 - New Month's Resolutions

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126 - How to Deal with "Retail Therapy"

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125 - The Importance of Creating Assets, and a Podcast Update

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124 - Balancing Career and Location Decisions

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123 - As Worthless as a United States Security

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122 - Why Reviewing Your Past Is So Important

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121- What's Going *Well* For You Financially Right Now?

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120 - The Difference Between Interest Rate Forecasts and Investment Return Forecasts

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119 - Seven Lessons from My First Seven Years in Business

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118 - Don't Do THIS With Your Family's Estate Plan

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117 - Setting Good Financial Boundaries

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116 - Addressing Risk In Your Family's Financial Plan

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115 - How to Handle Anger About Your Family's Finances

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114 - Financial Burnout

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113 - A Nuanced Approach to Combining Bank Accounts

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112 - Don't Make This Mistake on the SAVE Repayment Plan

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111 - The Financial Journey From Single to Stepmom, with Alicia Krasko

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110 - Can I Open A Roth IRA For My Child?

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109 - Student Loan Strategies for Engaged and Newlywed Couples

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108 - Handling Big Income Disparities in a Marriage

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107 - Make Faster Financial Progress By Slowing Down

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106 - Try This The Next Time You Fight About Money

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105 - Summer Vacations Shouldn't Derail Your Savings Plan

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104 - How to Mix Money and Emotions

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103 - The Only Time I Didn't Follow the Advice I Give Clients

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102 - Don't Fall For These Two Mortgage Interest Rate Traps

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101 - Financial Freedom is WAY Overrated

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100 - The Importance of the Rearview Mirror

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99 - 3 Estate Planning Strategies All Couples Should Implement

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98 - Five Common "Warning Signs" for Couples

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97 - Don't Make This Common Roth IRA Mistake

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96 - Combining Bank Accounts Strengthens Your Marriage?

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95 - The Debt Ceiling & Your Finances: 5 Takeaways

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94 - Should I Be Worried About the Silicon Valley Bank Failure?

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93 - Six Money and Marriage Facts that Every Couple Should Know

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92 - This Has *Never* Happened Before...

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91 - Can You Mix Money and Emotions?

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90 - What's The Money For?

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89 - The Biggest and Best Status Symbol

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88 - Why It MIGHT Be OK If You're Not Saving Much Right Now

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87 - The Three Most Common Things Couples Are Missing In Their Financial Plan

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86 - What's In A Name?

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85 - "I'm Embarrassed to Tell Her About It..."

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84- The Unconscious Money Beliefs Behind Your Financial Conflicts

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83 - "Our Financial Lives Are Getting More Complicated"

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82 - "I'd Only Work With Her After She Gets Divorced"

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81 - Five Episodes to Listen To Before Reading Marriage-Centered Money

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80 - Five Financial Planning Lessons I Learned From Writing A Book

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79 - Should We Get a Prenup?

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78 - What Should I Be Doing With My Money *Right Now*? Part 2

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77 - What Should I Be Doing With My Money *Right Now*? Part 1

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76 - A Surprisingly Common Money & Marriage Red Flag

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75 - Do THIS to Get Unstuck

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74 - Drumroll, Please...

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73 - It's Your In-Laws' Fault

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72 - Five Current Trends in Money & Marriage (And What To Do About Them)

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71 - NOBODY Is Asking Me About This Right Now!

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70 - "He Became As Good A Man As the Good Old City Knew..."

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69 - We're Back!

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68 - Season 1 Finale!

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67 - "My Spouse Won't Talk About Money... What Do I Do?"

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66 - How Couples Should Approach Retirement Planning

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65 - How to Make Quarterly Updates Your Financial Plan

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64 - Making the Right Financial Diagnosis to Get On the Same Financial Page

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63 - The Two Most Dangerous Words in Personal Finance

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62 - Getting Your Spouse On Board With Your Financial Plan

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61 - Bringing Clarity to Your Family's Finances

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60 - Two Ways To Track Your Financial Progress (And The Five Things That Could Be Holding You Back)

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59 - How First-Time Homebuyers Should Handle Competitive Real Estate Markets

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58 - 5 Ways Money Can Strengthen Your Marriage

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57 - The Most Common Financial Difference Between Spouses

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56 - Stop Having Money Fights By Implementing a Monthly Money Meeting

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55 - The Importance of Accountability, With Heather Townsend

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54 - Making Your Money Less Intimidating

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53 - Making Good Habits Stick, With Brittan Pack

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52 - What I Learned From Doing a Daily Podcast For 52 Days

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51 - Why You *Shouldn't* Set a New Year's Resolution (And What To Do Instead)

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50 - The Most Controversial "Money and Marriage" Episode?

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49 - Invest In Yourself

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48 - Five Money and Marriage Books I'll Be Reading in 2021 (and Five More I'll Be Reading Again!)

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47 - What Legos Taught Me About Financial Planning

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46 - George Bailey is Dead!

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45 - The Number One Thing That Gets In the Way of Financial Success

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44 - The Rider, The Elephant, and "Retail Therapy"

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43 - DON'T Buy a Home (Before You're Ready!)

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42 - Can We Afford to Take a Paycut?

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41 - How to Set Your 2021 Budget

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40 - Planting Your Roots

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39 - Should I Help My Spouse Pay Off Their (Individual) Debts?

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38 - Raise Your Hand If You Trust Big Banks....

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37 - The "Perfect" Bank Account Structure

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36 - Is It Bad If We DON'T Fight About Money?

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35 - Pay Now, Consume Later

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34 - How To Handle Your Spouse's Financial Baggage

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33 - If I Had A Million Dollars...

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32 - The Easiest Way to Start Saving Money

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31 - Why "50% of Marriages End In Divorce" is Misleading

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30 - That Time I Got Blacklisted By The Knights of Columbus

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29 - Why You Shouldn't Join an MLM Company (And What To Do Instead)

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28 - How to Pick the Right Bank For Your Family

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27 - Why You Need a Three Month Financial Fitness Bootcamp

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26 - Financial Plans Are (Almost) Useless - But Financial PLANNING is Invaluable

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25 - How Much Would You Be Willing to Spend Without Telling Your Spouse?

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24 - The "Other" Common Financial Difference in a Marriage

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23 - How to Reduce Financial Anxiety

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22 - "Hey Bill - When Did You Become the Hippie Financial Planner?"

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21 - Buy Experiences

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20 - The Role of Giving in Your Financial Plan

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19 - Financial Gratitude

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18 - The Value in Asking the Right Questions

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17 - The Three Types of Money Fights

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16 - FOMO and Finances

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15 - Should I Be Spending *More* Money?

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14 - The Biggest Lesson Learned in My Four Years As a Financial Planner

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13 - Why My Wife and I Share a Venmo Account

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12 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

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11 - The Four Key Areas of Financial Alignment

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10 - Why November and December are the Best Months of the (Financial) Year

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9 - The Right (And Wrong) Ways To Measure Financial Progress

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8 - The Three Ways To Combine (Or Not Combine) Your Finances

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7 - The Last Taboo

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6 - The Biggest Mistake Most Couples Make with their Money

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5 - Why Can't We Stick To Our Budget?

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4 - "Can't Buy Me Love"???

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3 - How to Get on the Same Financial Page as Your Spouse

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2 - My "Money and Marriage" Story

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1 - Introducing the Money and Marriage Podcast