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Straight Talk: How I Faced the Money Taboo

"I HATE dealing with money," my professor said. A relationship therapist I follow has a tagline: “The top two causes of divorce are sex and money, and I’m no accountant.” Could it be a …

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Monthly Money Date?  How’s That Workin’ For Ya’?

Due to favorable responses we received on couples and money last year, we are using this Valentine's Day month to revisit this important topic. It's said that money and sex are the two biggest …

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Are You More “I” Or “We” With Money?

Patrick (not his real name) and I had been on an introductory phone conversation for nearly 20 minutes. He said things like, "I've been doing all this research and I'm more confused than ever," "I …

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Money Worrier Or Money Warrior?

"Worry is the misuse of the imagination," said Dan Zadra. Much of my life I have spent misusing my imagination, attempting to prepare for crises that never happened, only to be blindsided by the ones …

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Helping Through Hurt – 4 Lessons on Grief

A friend in her 30s is grieving a recent loss. She says she is very tired.  Maybe she can't sleep, and she has two kids. Yet I sense an expectation of herself to work as hard as she did before the …

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