Whether it's a career change that requires a step down in pay, or either you or your spouse deciding to leave your job altogether, making decisions that change your family's income might be the highest stakes financial decisions you face as a family. 

In this episode, we discuss the factors to consider when making decisions as a family that affect your careers, work/life balance, and income.

Today, we cover the third of our "four walls" - the four key areas to focus on to be on the same financial page as your spouse (debt, location, budgeting, and career decisions).

In today's episode, we discuss how to set your family up for financial success in 2021 by setting a budget for the year. If you've had a hard time sticking to a budget in the past, this episode is for you.

For some couples, deciding where you're going to live - and whether or not it makes sense to relocate - is a no-brainer. For others, it's one of the toughest decisions you'll ever make.

In this episode, we discuss the three layers to the decisions you'll face around where to plant your roots as a family - right down to how to pick the right house for you to buy. 

Money is an emotional topic for all of us, but nothing tends to trigger those emotions quite like debt. In this episode, we discuss the most common question I get from couples when it comes to debt - how to handle situtations where you or your spouse bring a lot of debt into the marriage.

Should you treat all of your debt as "joint" obligations, even if you borrowed the money before you got married? Tune in today to learn more. 

As a generation, we love to hate big financial companies. From banks, to insurance companies, to life insurance companies, to your student loan lender... name a big financial institution that you trust is doing the right thing. 

*crickets*

But - there does tend to be one exception to this rule... and it's the subject of today's episode. 

In past episodes, we've talked about how to decide whether or not you should combine finances with your spouse, and how to pick the right bank for your family. (Those were episodes 8 and 28, respectively.) 

In today's episode, we cover the right mix of accounts you should have, and how to use each one. 

Don't forget to email me ([email protected]) with your feedback on the changes I discuss in the first two minutes!

We've talked a lot about money fights in this podcast... but what does it mean if you and your spouse don't fight about money? Does that mean that everything's ok, or is it a potential warning sign?

In this episode, we discuss a few reasons where it might be bad if you and your spouse don't fight about money... and a few reasons that mean you're doing great! 

It's never been easier to buy things quickly and have them delivered same-day, and pay for them after the fact rather than ahead of time by using a credit card. But research shows that the opposite approach is more likely to bring you higher levels of satisfaction with your purchase.

In this episode, we discuss one of the key ways you can use your money to increase your well-being: paying for things in advance of consuming them. If you'd like to learn more, I highly recommend checking out the book I mentioned in the episode, Happy Money: the Science of Happier Spending.

All of us have baggage - financial, or otherwise. In this episode, we discuss how to recognize when "financial baggage" presents itself in your marriage, and how to handle it so you can move forward as a team. 

In today's episode, we have a new twist on a "classic" question. You might be surprised how this simple exercise of thinking through what you'd change if you won a million dollars will help you get on the same finanical page as your spouse and dictate the next few steps in your financial plan.