Healthy Money Relationships
Sep 21, 2026
A full ride academic or athletic scholarship is the gold standard for college funding, an unrealistic dream for many families and an achievement to celebrate for a few. A recent conversation with one of those scholarship recipients gave me a new perspective on that...
Aug 10, 2026
A common pattern for couples who are trying to manage their spending goes like this: The partners sit down together, look at the numbers, lay out a spending plan, and agree on what has to change. This works for a few weeks. Then either or both slip back into old...
Jul 27, 2026
On July 3, President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore, 25 minutes from my house. He warned of a resurgence of the “communist menace” in this country and called communism “a mortal threat to American liberty.” Afterward, a friend asked me, “Should I move to cash before...
Jul 20, 2026
Let’s start with the disclosure: I enjoy betting—though I’m too frugal to ever risk more than maybe 20 bucks. Recently I’ve wagered on World Cup soccer games, and I’ve admitted in previous columns to betting on political races. To me, calculating the odds and...
Jun 29, 2026
For decades I have watched couples come undone over money. In many cases, red flags warning of money conflicts could have been identified long before they married. Such signals are not as obvious as differences in net worth or income levels; they are in the deeper,...
Jun 15, 2026
Most couples who argue about money are arguing from different money scripts—the deeply held beliefs about money that each partner formed long before the relationship began. Uncovering and understanding those scripts, individually and together, may be one of the more...
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