Most couples have had the same money argument dozens of times without ever having the real conversation underneath it. Research shows that 58% of Australian couples report finances as a major source of conflict, and a study of over 5,500 couples found the pattern of the conversation predicted the outcome, not the financial situation.

This episode covers:

  • Why money fights are almost never about the money
  • The money stories we carry from childhood and how they shape every conversation about finances
  • How money becomes about power, identity and influence in a relationship
  • The gendered lens we bring to money conversations and why it matters
  • Questions to ask your partner to open the conversation rather than shut it down
  • Why curiosity before problem solving is the thing that actually changes things


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