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Thriving in Love and Money

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This was eye opening! I recommend this book to all couples no matter how old or how long you’ve been married! I will be putting it on the list for those engaged couples in my life!

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Thriving in Love and Money is a great mesh of marriage and relationship advice and money handling. I love the heart behind money and use of money... I found it to be especially helpful to move into compassion and sympathy for how I view money and why for myself. I also was able to empathize with my husband as well. We happen to be both in the middle when it comes to spending and saving. We check in pretty well but I found it especially helpful as I have people check in with me often on advice in parenting and money. This is a great book for the library!
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Money is a taboo topic and a tough one in relationships. It is difficult when conversations aren't delved into before entering into marriage. This book is much needed for dating couples as well as married ones. It's important to get to the root of money issues and the authors help uncover the complexities of how we process money. I would recommend this book to anyone considering marriage.
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Three things affect the significance of our existence: time, money and relationships. Marriage brings all three of these to a point of intersection.

In their previous books, Jeff and Shaunti Feldhahn have provided remarkable insight and research-based contributions to the understanding of male-female/husband-wife relationships. With “Money and Marriage”, they have done it again.

The research examines the different paradigms that men and women bring to viewing money. As usual, Jeff and Shaunti bring spot-on observations and analysis regarding the gender-based differences in how we approach the subject of money.

As Shaunti explains in her blog (not allowed to pose links in reviews, just search for Shaunti Feldhahn blog), this book was a personal journey for the couple. While having a good relationship in their marriage, Jeff and Shaunti had never connect over money. When the book proposal was introduced and after the initial shock wore off, Jeff and Shaunti embarked on a personal journey to discover the research-based key to successfully working together in their finances.

This book is the story of their success. Highly recommended for everyone who seeks to work together regarding money in their marriage.
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"Thriving in  Love and Money"  by  Shaunti   and Jeff Feldhahn  is  a nonfiction, Christian  self help book on love and money. Shaunti   got a graduate  degree from Harvard. She  has  written lots of best selling books on relationships, a devotional series. She has been on the Today Show as  well.   She   also does  speaking engagements.  Jeff has  coauthored several of  Shaunti's books.  This  book is written from  research about men and women related to love and money.  This book addresses  key  issues with love and money   women and men  face in their marriages.  The issues are addressed from the perspective    of men and women.  So often men and women do not understand   how  each other  thinks on theses issues.  It is important to learn   how  each other  thinks .  After   the man and woman understand how each other thinks they can be  open and  honest with each other without barriers. Marriages will  be deeper and more satisfying  if  the  barriers can be overcome.   There is a DVD set to  go with this book and a discussion guide.   This book  would be  good for newly engaged couples and  couples who  are already married. Thank you  to the publisher and author for allowing me to read and review this book. It is a very helpful resource for counselors,  married couples, pastors,  and engaged couples.   This book was given to me for review purposes  and the opinions are my own.
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I really appreciated the balance of statistics and real life interview story examples in this book. I took a lot from the advice in the book and the many helpful tips provided. The book provides reasons and examples for why finances must be discussed but also how to show each other grace in navigating such an important but touchy subject. It helped me so much to take time to understand the Why behind the action - we all have unique experience that shape or view of money and finances and it helps to be open and honest about why each partner in a relationship believes what they do about the topic. Another solid relationship book from a proven author team.
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I believe this book will be a helpful resource for my clients who struggle with financial issues in their marriage. It is very easy to read, and the information is presented so the reader can quickly infer personal application. I believe this will be an invaluable resource for my clients in both marital and pre-marital work.
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This gave great insight to how men and women process love and money.  What a great resource for understanding  the opposite sex A huge help for newlyweds to start off with this information but recommended for all marriages, all future marriages and for singles to shed light and understanding on personal habits.
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Solid Continuation of Decades Long Research. I first encountered Shaunti's writing back *before* she began researching the things that would eventually lead her to much fame and this book, back when she was a *fiction* writer. Then she wrote a book called For Women Only nearly two decades ago... and has continued in that vein ever since, with this being the latest entry. Here, Feldhahn and her husband Jeff look specifically at how money shapes relationships and how each partner can understand both themselves and their partner in order to make the relationship stronger. Relying on research specifically for this book in addition to research and insight from previous books, this does a solid job of showing the root causes of much strife when it comes to money and will be yet another book quite a few therapists - Christian or not - recommend their patients read. I know the original books For Women Only and For Men Only helped me and some friends, and this one looks to have the same impact. Very much recommended.
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We are a couple that deals well with money and I have always felt I have understood the topic well. Still, I learnt quite a bit by reading this book. It is extremely well researched and insightful. As the authors correctly observe, there is a lot more behind money that money itself - including our fears and insecurities. This book in a methodical manner helps understand what factors might be in play and provides helpful tips to address and communicate about this topic.
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