Unraveling The Myth That Money Is Not Emotional

Summary

Enriched Couples aims to guide couples through understanding and managing the emotional aspects of their financial partnership to strengthen both their relationship and financial health.

Abstract

The website emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence in managing the financial aspects of a relationship. Enriched Couples, a publication by Annette Miller, provides resources to help couples develop financial teamwork and foster a trust-based partnership aligned with their relationship goals. The platform focuses on engaging with emotional aspects of money, encouraging open conversations, and understanding personal history and feelings related to finances. It addresses the myth that money is not emotional and helps couples explore their views about money, improve emotional intelligence to handle difficult emotions, and plan their financial future together.

Opinions

Money management in a relationship is deeply intertwined with emotional intelligence.
Understanding each partner's feelings, habits, and history is crucial for financial teamwork.
Couples should strive to disentangle the myth that money is not emotional from their authentic attitudes about money.
Emotional intelligence can be stretched to manage difficult emotions like shame, guilt, embarrassment, or anger related to finances.
Exploring the origins of one's views about money can lead to better financial planning as a couple.
Enriched Couples advocates for the integration of psychological insights into financial therapy for couples.

Help you learn how to

engage with your partner’s feelings, habits, history

use that insight to make your relationship and finances stronger

have those conversations

better understand yourself and your authentic feelings

disentangle the unhealthy myth of money being “not emotional” from your authentic attitudes about money

stretch your emotional intelligence to unpack difficult emotions like shame, guilt, embarrassment, or anger

explore where your views about money came from

function and plan as a team

We write about

financial habits, attitudes

mental health

relationship skills

core values

family histories

emotional intelligence

Annette Miller is the Cofounder and CEO of Enriched Couples, a financial therapy platform that uses psychology to guide couples through unifying their values, financial priorities, and future goals.

Unraveling The Myth That Money Is Not Emotional

Emotional intelligence plays an important role in how happy, healthy couples manage the financial parts of their partnership.

Our goals

Help you learn how to

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