15: Balancing Your Money and Your Relationship with Lindsay Bryan-Podvin

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lindsay Bryan-Podvin is a financial therapist—the first in the state of Michigan! As the owner and founder of Mind Money Balance, she works with couples to help eliminate tension over money. Lindsay began her career working in mental health treatment and advocacy, and through observing her clients’ struggles with money she found her calling helping couples achieve balance in their checkbooks and their relationships.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Lindsay discusses her own financial highs and lows, compares compromise and collaboration using the “orange analogy,”and explains why you should go on a “money date” with your partner. She also details her new six-month group consulting course, which you can learn more about by signing up to her mailing list at</span> <a href= "https://www.mindmoneybalance.com/links"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://www.mindmoneybalance.com/links</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>The Finer Details of This Episode:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How Lindsay developed financially healthy thinking while she was growing up.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Lindsay’s “eye-opening moment” when she realized that a job wouldn’t always be there for her.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Pushing back against the idea that there’s only one right way to manage your personal finance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Lindsay explains what makes her brand of financial therapy stand out from the competition’s.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- What’s the difference between compromise and collaboration?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- How some couples have benefitted from Lindsay’s financial therapy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Why it's important to set a firm boundary between your personal and professional life.</span></p> <p><span s