
Adam Kol's Guide to Financial Balance in Relationships
02/04/25 • 32 min
Michael Dillard is the host of the Financial Abundance Podcast
This episode illuminates the often-hidden connection between money and relationship dynamics, emphasizing the need for open communication around finances. Adam Kol offers practical advice for couples to navigate financial discussions with empathy, helping them build a supportive partnership and avoid common pitfalls that lead to conflict.
• Money as a major stressor in relationships
• Importance of understanding each other's financial backgrounds
• Success story of a couple who reclaimed their relationship
• Strategies for clear financial communication and planning
• The role of emotional wellbeing in financial matters
• Gender dynamics and money-related pressures
• Overview of Adam's book on financial intimacy
• Encouraging proactive financial discussions for relationship health
- Website: https://CouplesFinancialCoach.com
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/couplesfinancialcoach
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/couplesfinancialcoach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkol/
- Book: Financial Intimacy for Couples: How to Achieve Clarity, Teamwork, and Peace of Mind With Your Money (Amazon) or https://CouplesFinancialCoach.com/book
Brief Bio: Adam Kol is The Couples Financial Coach. He helps couples go from financial overwhelm or fighting to clarity, teamwork, and peace of mind.
Adam is a Certified Financial TherapistTM, Certified Mediator, and Tax Attorney with a Duke Law degree and a Master's in Tax Law from NYU. He is a husband, dad, and musician, as well.
Adam's wisdom has been shared with The Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Ravens
Michael Dillard is the host of the Financial Abundance Podcast
This episode illuminates the often-hidden connection between money and relationship dynamics, emphasizing the need for open communication around finances. Adam Kol offers practical advice for couples to navigate financial discussions with empathy, helping them build a supportive partnership and avoid common pitfalls that lead to conflict.
• Money as a major stressor in relationships
• Importance of understanding each other's financial backgrounds
• Success story of a couple who reclaimed their relationship
• Strategies for clear financial communication and planning
• The role of emotional wellbeing in financial matters
• Gender dynamics and money-related pressures
• Overview of Adam's book on financial intimacy
• Encouraging proactive financial discussions for relationship health
- Website: https://CouplesFinancialCoach.com
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/couplesfinancialcoach
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/couplesfinancialcoach
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamkol/
- Book: Financial Intimacy for Couples: How to Achieve Clarity, Teamwork, and Peace of Mind With Your Money (Amazon) or https://CouplesFinancialCoach.com/book
Brief Bio: Adam Kol is The Couples Financial Coach. He helps couples go from financial overwhelm or fighting to clarity, teamwork, and peace of mind.
Adam is a Certified Financial TherapistTM, Certified Mediator, and Tax Attorney with a Duke Law degree and a Master's in Tax Law from NYU. He is a husband, dad, and musician, as well.
Adam's wisdom has been shared with The Wall Street Journal, the Baltimore Ravens
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Financial Abundance - Adam Kol's Guide to Financial Balance in Relationships
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to likely go down a path to divorce if they couldn't figure out this financial stuff , among some other things . And I worked with them to do what it is I help couples do , which is understand each other , see each other's point of view ,
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