Category: Planning your Financial Future

Navigating Money Talks Is Like This

by Angie Carlson Navigating money talks is like arriving in a foreign country where you thought you spoke the language, only to realize your ‘hello’ means ‘goodbye’ to the locals. I notice so many couples think that their financial challenges… Read More

Feel Like You Married Your Financial Opposite?

Angie Carlson Your Parents:* “We don’t talk about money at the table.”* “You save every penny—debt is dangerous.”* “We can’t afford that.” (Even when you actually could.)* “You should always have a secure job with good benefits.” Money in your house… Read More

The Money Move That Backfires Every Time

Angie Carlson | The money move that high-achieving married couples make to win with money… that totally backfires. And here’s why the two of you said YES to it. Experts consider it a “smart” money move. It’s how you were… Read More

Overspending? Not For the Reasons You Think

Angie Carlson Couples, if you’re overspending, the real issue isn’t willpower or discipline. That DoorDash order? Not laziness. It’s the one choice today that didn’t feel like a compromise. That Target haul? Not carelessness. It’s the first time you’ve felt… Read More

You Followed All The Money Rules.. To Get What??

by Angie Carlson | You followed all the money rules… and ended up stuck. That’s the truth most aren’t brave enough to say. You did what society told you was “responsible”: Congratulations. You’ve been played. Exactly how the financial industry designed… Read More

This Nearly Took My Marriage

Angie Carlson | Budgeting was supposed to fix our financial challenges.  Instead it nearly took my marriage. Let me take you back to my darkest financial moment. And yet another fight with my husband about why we were over budget.… Read More

Stop Shoulding All Over Yourself

Angie Carlson | I Don’t Believe In Telling Couples what they “should” do with their money. And it has been one of the main reasons why my clients have seen incredible results in a short period of time. Results like:… Read More

Are you wearing someone else’s financial clothes?

by Angie Carlson Remember those hand-me-down clothes you got as a kid?Yeah, they technically covered you… But they were: 👚Designed for someone else’s body 👚Showed wear and tear from a past life 👚Never fit quite right 👚Clashed with your actual… Read More

What A Spreadsheet Could Never Tell Us

by Angie Carlson | Monday started with a sound I hate at 4:56 AM even more than my alarm clockMy phone ringing. It was my husband. The car had died. He needed a ride to work. What happened next wasn’t… Read More

Calling all BOLD COUPLES who are DONE GETTING BY

Angie Carlson | CALLING ALL BOLD COUPLES WHO ARE DONE WITH “JUST GETTING BY” You both know deep down you’re meant for MORE financial success. You’re not afraid to do what others won’t to have what others don’t. Let me… Read More