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Women & Money: The Shit We Don't Talk About!

Building Financial Intimacy with Your Partner featuring Ed Coambs

April 25, 2024 • Barbara Provost & Maggie Nielsen

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Are money matters causing tension in your relationship? You're certainly not alone. Money is often cited as the number one reason for conflict in relationships. It's a topic that's fraught with emotion, history, and often, misunderstanding. And that’s where awesome financial professionals like Ed Coambs come in.

Ed is a former firefighter turned Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), certified financial therapist, and licensed marriage and family therapist associate. With over two decades of experience and as the founder of Healthy Love & Money, Ed is an expert in resolving conflicts, managing finances, and fostering emotional intimacy within relationships.

Here’s some of what we discuss in this episode:

0:00 – Intro

1:44 – Ed’s journey from firefighting to financial services and therapy

10:56 – Ed’s approach to financial planning + your “financial family tree”

17:43 – Some underlying reasons why couples seek the help of a financial therapist

22:11 – Some of Ed’s success stories + how financial goals shift over time

25:59 – The psychological impact of past financial hardships

29:57 – The clients that Ed typically works with + his comprehensive process

Learn more about Ed

Ed is an internationally recognized thought leader in financial therapy who has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Time, and CNBC. He leads couples through therapy from financial despair and frustration into financial intimacy and connection using the latest in love and brain science. He earned his master's degrees in business, counseling, and financial planning and is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified financial planner, and certified financial therapist.

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Ed on Purse Strings:

https://pursestrings.co/professional/financial-planner/california/los-angeles/ed-coambs/

Healthy Love & Money

https://www.healthyloveandmoney.com/

Healthy Love & Money Podcast

https://www.healthyloveandmoney.com/podcasts/healthy-love-and-money

The Healthy Love & Money Way:

https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Love-Money-Way-Attachment/dp/195355508X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1679092335&sr=8-1

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Barbara Provost

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Maggie Nielsen

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