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In the last post, we talked about your personal relationship with money. In this post, I want to talk about how unhealthy relationships with money can affect your marriage.

Coincidentally, on the same day as my last post, KATU's AM Northwest featured Spencer Sherman, author of The Cure for Money Madness. He discussed a lot of the things I discussed in the last post, but brought out some newpoints on commonly held beliefs that I hadn't thought of, such as, "I am my net worth," "I am nothing if I… Continue

I have realized in the past year or so that a lot of people have an unhealthy relationship with money (myself included). I have actively tried to "heal" my relationship with money, which may sound kind of woo-woo, but I've found that it has really improved my life a lot.

I think you can tell if you have an unhealthy relationship with money if any of the following ring true for you:

Beliefs

Your parents believed that buying nice things was frivolous.

Your parents constantly stressed about mon… Continue

I thought I'd share with you all a few of my favorite websites dealing with financial and legal matters. If you have any that I didn't mention, I'd love it if you'd share them with me in the comments!

CNNMoney, Personal Finance page: Personal finance advice and news. You can find retirement and investment advice, online calculators, and an "ask the expert" section. http://money.cnn.com/pf/

The Wealth Spa, by Elizabeth Potts Weinstein: Blog mainly for women entrepreneurs, but with financial and… Continue

Have you double-checked whether your beneficiary designations on all of your accounts are up-to-date? This is a very common mistake that people make. My friend, a financial planner, recently told me a story about a client who just passed away, but hadn't updated any of his beneficiary designations. The listed beneficiary was an ex-girlfriend (from like, 4 girlfriends ago!) and his wife ended up being screwed. My friend said that he sees this a lot with old 401(K) accounts.

So, my tip of the wee… Continue

It appears that credit card companies are still screwing with their customers. Raising rates and cancelling cards are becoming increasingly common. According to CNN Money Expert Clark Howard:

"The issuing banks are raising interest rates by 20 percent or more -- even if the individual has good credit, has never been late on a payment or hasn't even had any change in their credit standing.

"This is happening across all income levels. It's even affecting successful business owners and moderate t… Continue