Mastering Money Talks
A course for couples and families to transform money stress into connection, clarity, and a shared vision.
Transform financial stress into connection and clarity.
Money is one of the most emotionally complex topics in a relationship. Unspoken beliefs, unconscious patterns, and communication struggles can create tension, leaving couples and/or families feeling disconnected and frustrated.
This course will help you to:
Navigate emotionally difficult conversations about money with more ease
Recognize unconscious patterns and beliefs that influence financial behaviors
Learn communication tools to discuss finances with less tension and more connection
Align financial decisions with shared values
Create a practical plan that strengthens financial teamwork
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1A | Welcome & Why This Work Matters
An introduction to identifying your core motivations and current emotional state.
An introduction to identifying your core motivations and current emotional state.
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1B | Creating Safety & Agreements
Establishing the ground rules and personal commitments needed for successful growth.
Establishing the ground rules and personal commitments needed for successful growth.
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1C | Why Money Conversations Are Difficult
Exploring the taboos and internal scripts that make money such a charged topic.
Exploring the taboos and internal scripts that make money such a charged topic.
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Identifying the hidden patterns that dictate financial habits.
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1E | Key Concepts & Assessments
earning the psychological vocabulary to shift from reaction to thoughtful action.
earning the psychological vocabulary to shift from reaction to thoughtful action.
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3A | What are Money Triggers?
Identifying the specific scenarios that activate your stress response.
Identifying the specific scenarios that activate your stress response.
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3B | How Financial Stress Affects Your Brain & Body
Mapping the biological "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn" responses.
Mapping the biological "Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn" responses.
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Practical body-based exercises for returning to calm.
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3D | Comprehensive Money Triggers Questionnaire
A deeper exploration of the situations, beliefs, and patterns that activate your system.
A deeper exploration of the situations, beliefs, and patterns that activate your system.
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5A | Integration of All Skills
Rehearsing and weaving awareness, regulation, and communication tools.
Rehearsing and weaving awareness, regulation, and communication tools.
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5B | Creating Sustainable Habits: Monthly Meetings
Designing intentional routines for regular financial check-ins.
Designing intentional routines for regular financial check-ins.
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Learning to return to connection after old patterns resurface.
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5D | Visioning Your Financial Future
Collaborative planning for long-term lifestyle and security goals.
Collaborative planning for long-term lifestyle and security goals.
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A closing ritual to honor your journey and commit to the future.
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5F | Course Closing & Reflections
Final encouragements for moving forward with patience and compassion.
Final encouragements for moving forward with patience and compassion.
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Heart-Centered, Expert Content
What You'll Learn in this CourseThe material is offered in manageable parts, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming. As you move through the course, you begin to recognize reactive patterns and find a more grounded place from which to respond. As awareness grows, there is more room for choice.
Finding Your Ground
From Patterns to Presence
Each lesson helps you begin to see the patterns that have quietly shaped your relationship to money over time. As you move through the course, you build a personal Regulation Toolkit with gentle, body-based practices such as Hand Over Heart and the 10-Second Breath. These are shifts you can begin to feel in your body fairly quickly.
Seeing with Fresh Eyes
Through guided exploration, you begin to look at financial challenges with more curiosity and less judgment. As your perspective shifts, conversations can feel less charged and more workable. Over time, the focus moves away from getting it “right” toward finding a way of relating that feels more grounded and more your own.
What Truly Matters
In this course, you explore what truly matters to you and how that is reflected in your financial decisions. From there, the conversation begins to shift from simply “can we afford this?” to whether your choices feel aligned with what is important to you. Over time, this creates a steadier, more intentional way of relating to money together.