This week, we take a deep dive into the psychology of money and relationships with money coach Lisa Duke! Lisa’s not your typical financial coach- she’s not only interested in making sense of her client’s money, but also exploring their individual psychology to money. 

We started with the story of how a woman managed to lose a million dollars and an expensive coin collection to the men in her life. How does that even happen? Well, childhood traumas around money and romantic relationships are to blame of course. 

We hope that this episode will inspire you to look inward to your own beliefs about money and relationships. How are old stories from your childhood continuing to influence your choices today?

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!

This week on the In Love and Money Podcast, we have author, entrepreneur, coach and independent thinker Vincent Pugliese. If you’re tired of all the bad news and doomsday predictions that we’ve been living in for the last few months, tune in to this episode for a different perspective. Vincent talks about how hard times are an opportunity for those who are ready to pivot themselves and their businesses to be stronger and more resilient. Tune in for a refreshing take of optimism during these uncertain times. 

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money! 

Welcome to our bonus episode with Miss Mazuma as we discuss whether it’s ever a good idea to pick a partner who’s bad with money. As someone who’s been a big spender in the past, Joel tells us his perspective as a previously irresponsible partner, while Bianca and Lauren talk about the challenges of dating people who can’t support themselves. Given our goals of financial independence, these hurdles may be too large to overcome at our age. 

We promise there are a lot of laughs on this one! Let us know your opinion in the discussion. Would you dump a partner for being irresponsible with money? 

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!

Whoa - this was a hot button one! A listener asked whether it was fair for her boyfriend of 6 months to expect her to financially support him in his early retirement. She’s working and he’s not. She earns more income than him. Her net worth is a lot larger. But is it ever fair for one partner to quit working and expect the other one to support them? 

Despite my initial reaction of “Hell no!”, Joel and I discuss the nuances of this controversial issue. We hashed out why this request would be unreasonable in some relationships but may be perfectly reasonable in others. 

So tune in if you want to hear our guy vs girl agreement and disagreement as we try to advise our listener. 

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!

How many financial setbacks can a person have and still reach financial independence? Well, our guest this week has gone through it all, including a divorce and three short sales. But just 6 years later, she has reached financial independence despite having to start over and over again.

Join us this week as we interview our friend Bianca, known on her blog as Miss Mazuma. She tells us with refreshing frankness about all of her financial and relationship setbacks. Married and then divorced in just a few short years, she walked away from the marriage having lost most of what she contributed to it. Then, the Great Recession hit and she lost her entire real estate empire to foreclosures. Each time, she picked herself back up and started again. Her story is an inspiring example of how a few good money habits can triumph over a whole host of bad luck and adversity.

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

Bianca's Miss Mazuma blog: https://missmazuma.com

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And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!

Dating is really tricky these days. On the one hand you have to juggle all of the shenanigans that come with online dating. On the other, you still have to pay attention to traditional gender roles such as who pays for the first date. And on top of that, we are inundated with stories in the media about all that is wrong with modern love.

In this episode, we tackle a study which claims that up to a third of women are dating men for the free food! Is this even true? Is dating so bad these days that women are faking interest in men just to get a free meal?

Well, we don't believe that and explain why. We talk about what the study actually found and why modern love isn't broken. So if you're single, take heart and tune in to this fun episode!

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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With the divorce rate hovering around 50% for the past several decades, divorce dramas are now common in the media as well as in many of our personal lives. If we haven’t gone through a divorce, we probably know a few friends or family who have had one. And the costs are not only personal and psychological, but often financial.

In this episode, our friend Wade talks to us about his own experience going through an “amicable divorce”. If you haven’t heard of this term, you are not alone. Joel and I weren’t familiar with this either. Our idea of the typical divorce is one full of contention and strife as ex partners take each other to court. The story is our heads is that divorce is expensive, difficult and often prolonged. But our friend Wade was able to handle his divorce in a way that minimizes these issues. A process he calls an “amicable divorce”. He talks us through the pros and cons of the process, what he wished he could have done differently, and how it turned out for him and his family.

Take a listen and tell us what you think! Have you gone through a divorce? If you have, how do you think yours compared to Wade’s experience? If you haven’t, how do you think you would choose to handle it?

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!

Do you ever feel like you and your partner speak different languages when it comes to money? You may very well be right!

In this episode, our guest and author Tarra Jackson, a.k.a “Madam Money”, talks to us about her new book “The 4 Financial Languages: The secrets to communicating about Money”. Tarra believes that there are different financial languages and that we all have a single dominant one which motivates how we manage our finances. Problems and money fights arise when a couple speaks different and often opposing languages.

Join us to learn about how to identify your own as well as your partner’s financial language and how to respect each other for our differences. We’ll also explore the best way to communicate in each other’s languages so that we can avoid those incessant money fights that often seem to go nowhere. If you’re single currently, do you know your own financial language? What about your past partner’s?

Take a listen then tell us what your think!!

Reach out to Tarra: https://www.madammoney.com

If you enjoy the episode, please subscribe to In Love and Money in your favorite podcast app, such as Apple Podcasts or Spotify, so you’ll be notified as soon as we release new episodes! You can also stream full episodes directly from our website at http://www.inloveandmoney.

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Joel's blog Financial 180: https://fi180.com

And until next time, we hope you stay In Love & Money!