Emma Sapong interviewed me and many other experts for this article which was published today in the Buffalo News. Check it out, you may learn something about why you and your spouse have a hard time agreeing on how to handle your money.
Here’s an excerpt:
Money scripts, developed by everyone in childhood and carried into adulthood, are so ingrained and so powerful that they can undermine well-intentioned goals for financial stability.
“They operate 24/7 and affect every single decision we make about money,” said Rick Kahler, a South Dakota financial planner and author, who has written extensively about money scripts. “But money scripts are partially true. They are formed from what our caretakers tell us, or don’t tell us, about money at a time when we have no filters, and most of them go unchallenged.”
