55. “My top 5 lessons from one year of interviewing couples about money”
Personal finance can seem complicated, but most issues are linked back to two core influences—how people think and feel about money. Where they land on those scales has a wide range of possible manife...
9 Aug 202244min
54. “We grew up poor—but we could be millionaires” (Part 2)
Last week, in part one of my conversation with Austin and Annie, we got deeply personal about their upbringings and the invisible scripts they picked up as kids. I learned that they were passing bad m...
2 Aug 202253min
53. “We want to break the cycle of generational poverty, but we don’t know how” (Part 1)
Annie and Austin were both raised without knowing where their next meal would come from. They came to me looking for a way to break the relentless chain of generational poverty that they’ve experience...
26 Jul 202247min
52. “He hides purchases from me—and I let him”
Lisa and Jeff are in their forties and have a blended household. They had about a $300k net worth before they were awarded a $1.275M settlement in January of this year. What’s important isn’t the deta...
19 Jul 20221h 18min
51. “We went bankrupt, but I still have no boundaries with money”
Katie and Cal are in their mid-twenties and, after moving around a bit, they live back home in Alaska with their young children. They bring in about $100k a year and have a good chunk of debt, about $...
12 Jul 20221h 25min
50. “Maybe buying this condo was a mistake” (Part 2)
In part 2 of Elena and Eric’s story, we learn about the deep emotional ties that Elena associates with the condo that’s draining their savings account—and why she’s so anxious about outside opinions i...
5 Jul 202247min
49. “Our housing expense unexpectedly went up $2K when we bought our first home” (Part 1)
Elena and Eric are both 25. They live in Toronto, and they make $160k as a household. They love going to EDM festivals and spend thousands of dollars every year traveling to them—it’s their Rich Life!...
28 Jun 20221h 8min
48. “My husband needs a better job, but he hates the idea of earning more”
Kara and Sean make $150k annually, with $100k of that coming from Kara’s salary in healthcare. They have a baby daughter, and Kara would like to take a step back in her career in order to spend more t...
21 Jun 20221h 13min
