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Today on the show, my husband won't make a family budget with me.
He's good with his own money, but anytime I bring up our shared finances, he shuts down.
What gives?
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It is absolutely a cornerstone of a healthy romantic partnership to be talking about money.
That's today's expert, Lindsay Bryan Podvin, a returning friend of the show.
Lindsey is a social worker turned certified financial therapist, host of the Mind Money Balance podcast, and author of the book the Financial Anxiety Solution.
Today, Lindsay will help us with a tricky business of merging money habits.