{"id":606,"date":"2017-01-02T03:30:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T07:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/?p=606"},"modified":"2023-03-27T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T18:15:00","slug":"how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money &#8211; with Elle Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Building wealth is a lot like building a strong marriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both require&nbsp;<strong>determination<\/strong>, <strong>passion<\/strong> and the ability to <strong>communicate <\/strong>effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Determination<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marriage is not a spectator sport. &nbsp;Neither is building wealth. &nbsp;You must be determined to be in the game and&nbsp;make certain&nbsp;you're not taking your current status for granted. &nbsp;Don't take your eye off of the prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACTION<\/strong>: &nbsp;This week, make financial and marital commitments to each other about areas where you both want to improve. &nbsp;Write them down and check on your progress throughout the year to ensure you're improving. &nbsp;With the right attitude of partnership, the two of you&nbsp;will have&nbsp;a lot of fun planning together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Passion<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Having goals, dreams and desires are what fuels our&nbsp;everyday decisions. Keep that end goal in mind when you are going through your daily routine. &nbsp;Ensure&nbsp;the decisions you are making today are in support of the&nbsp;long-term goals for your marriage and your wealth. &nbsp;That passion for the&nbsp;ideal relationship and for financial freedom will drive you to success together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACTION<\/strong>: &nbsp;Set financial and relationship goals for the new year with your spouse. &nbsp;Is this the year that you're going to finally eliminate those student loans? &nbsp;Can you afford that romantic getaway this summer? &nbsp;Plan together and get motivated to make your dreams become a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Communication<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>As they say, communication is a two-way street. &nbsp;What drives you, might not drive your spouse. &nbsp;Take time to share your goals and desires with your partner and ask them to do the same with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if your goals are different, through strong communication you will find a way to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ACTION<\/strong>: &nbsp;Go on a monthly &#8220;Money Date&#8221;. &nbsp;This is time for you and your spouse to discuss your finances, your dreams and to have some fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To give you some tried and true&nbsp;advice on how to put <strong>determination<\/strong>, <strong>passion<\/strong> and <strong>communication<\/strong> into your relationship, I have invited Elle Martinez to chat about how to work with your spouse on making your finances a priority in the new year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elle is the founder of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/couplemoney.com\">Couple Money<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which specializes in solutions for married couples to build wealth together. &nbsp;Elle\u2019s advice comes from her very real experience being married, running a business and raising two small kids. &nbsp;Over the past few years, she\u2019s also interviewed dozens of couples who are winning with money. &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested in upgrading your financial situation&nbsp;and want to get your spouse on board, Elle has some priceless advice for you today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the show today and happy new year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pfrockstars.teachable.com\/?affcode=93943_ldxcz3_v\">&#8220;New Year, New You&#8221; Summit<\/a>: &nbsp;An online summit focused on helping you improve your finances in the new year. &nbsp;Hosted by personal finance experts. &nbsp;A great way to start off the new year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1595555277\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=marri05-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1595555277&linkId=a3231c76d1fb94687c3bd9d3b6e32881\">Dave Ramsey's Book<\/a>: &nbsp;This author was mentioned in the show today as a great reference for dumping your debt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","epcats":[723],"eptags":[919,1128,951,916,1129],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.4 (Yoast SEO v22.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money - with Elle Martinez\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Marriage Kids and Money\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andyhillmkm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-27T18:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"828\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@andyhillmkm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/\",\"name\":\"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-02T07:30:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-27T18:15:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1\",\"width\":828,\"height\":315},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/\",\"name\":\"Marriage Kids and Money\",\"description\":\"Strengthen your family tree and live financially free.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money","description":"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money - with Elle Martinez","og_description":"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.","og_url":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/","og_site_name":"Marriage Kids and Money","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/andyhillmkm","article_modified_time":"2023-03-27T18:15:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":828,"height":315,"url":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@andyhillmkm","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/","url":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/","name":"How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-01-02T07:30:45+00:00","dateModified":"2023-03-27T18:15:00+00:00","description":"The founder of Couple Money, Elle Martinez, shares how you can put determination, passion and communication in your marriage to start building wealth together.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/podcast\/how-to-talk-to-your-spouse-about-money-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/How-to-Talk-to-Your-Spouse-About-Money.jpeg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1","width":828,"height":315},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/","name":"Marriage Kids and Money","description":"Strengthen your family tree and live financially free.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"epcats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/epcats?post=606"},{"taxonomy":"eptags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marriagekidsandmoney.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eptags?post=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}