Ed Coambs is a couples therapist specializing in financial therapy. He loves helping couples go from despair and overwhelm to financial intimacy. It is not always an easy process, but it is one worth taking. He uses the latest in love and brain science to help couples flourish financially.

Highlights

• Ed tells us how he evolved from firefighter and financial advisor to financial therapist.
• There’s so much emotion around money and no one tells us how to deal with that. Therapist don’t talk about money and financial planners and advisors don’t talk about emotions.
• Part of Ed’s journey was understanding his own psychological issues.
• We all have a relationship with money, much of which develops in early childhood.
• When couples argue about money, they are often arguing about their emotional needs.
• Couples often act out their parents’ relationship with money.
• We talk about how childhood experiences affect your relationship with money.
• Income disparity between siblings is common.
• Ed describes what financial intimacy is really about.
• We talk about shame and Ed shares his experience with shame around money and how to overcome it.
• Understanding brain chemistry helps us to understand our responses about money.

Links

Website: www.healthyloveandmoney.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/healthyloveandmoney

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthyloveandmoney/

In today’s episode, I talk about techniques for developing peace of mind and how to use your inner resources to maximize your business. These techniques will help you create what you want and let go of some of the tension that you may be feeling because of everything that’s going on in the world right now.

Highlights

• Here are the main topics I discuss in today’s podcast. For more detailed information, read the transcript below the links section.
• Spend time in nature. Go for a walk. Walk with someone else, if possible.
• Either meditate or sit quietly watching your thoughts for 10 minutes a day. Imagine that you are letting go of everything.
• Do stretches every morning.
• Train yourself not to rush.
• When you start worrying, imagine a positive future.
• As you’re getting ready to fall asleep, take 10 deep diaphragmatic breaths. If you have trouble falling asleep, you might want to try using the supplement Theanine.
• Pay attention to your sleep habits and get enough sleep.
• Get a massage or do self-massage.
• Keep track of your income and spending. Manage your cash flow.
• Connect to other people.
• Share what you’re feeling with someone else. Ask for help if necessary.
• Leave space in your calendar.

Links

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Steven Hoffman (Captain Hoff) is the Captain & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading startup accelerators. Founders Space was ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. Hoffman is also a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. These include Make Elephants Fly, Surviving a Startup, and The Five Forces.

Highlights

• Steve shares his interesting journey to becoming the CEO of Founders Space.
• We talk about the dangers of comparing yourself to others and not following your inner urge to do something.
• If you have a big dream, then you make sure that you’re the best in your field. Steve shares his experience in trying to become a Hollywood writer/director.
• A lot of entrepreneurs believe they’re better at something than they really are.
• As an entrepreneur, how you think of yourself is important.
• Anyone who works for themselves will learn that it’s an emotional roller coaster.
• Steve talks about how Founders Space helps budding entrepreneurs on many different levels, giving them skills that can move them toward success.
• It’s not unusual for entrepreneurs to become deeply attached to their business idea and then fail because they aren’t open to change.
• Steve explains the screening process his company uses with potential clients.
• For new entrepreneurs, when you get an idea, you have to take it into the real world to test your idea. Find out who wants it and why.
• We talk about the importance of learning soft skills to go along with business skills.
• Your work doesn’t define you unless you let it define you.
• Because of the way your brain works, you have much more control over your responses and emotions than you realize that you do.

Links

Website: www.FoundersSpace.com

Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/groups/foundersspace

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/foundersspace/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/foundersspace

Instagram: www.instagram.com/foundersspace/

Joan’s Money Energy Tuneup

Because there are so many changes happening around the world, everything is feeling somewhat chaotic. Businesses and individuals have to flow with the changes to maintain or improve. In this episode, I make some suggestions for dealing with the changes and the chaos.

Highlights

• People who are good at change at adaptation will do best in today’s environment.
• In certain areas, like real estate, people are doing very well. In other areas not so much.
• It appears that individuals are not as willing to invest in things like coaching and consulting because of the brain warning against uncertain outcomes.
• Be aware that things are changing and that business may be less robust because of this and not because you’re doing something wrong.
• It may be advantageous to you to start looking at different ways to do things that you’ve been doing before.
• People are craving connection and you may have to reach out to people, some of whom you’ve lost contact with, to get beyond the feeling of being disconnected.
• Feeling connected is a key to doing well in business.
• When you can get beyond fear and worry that’s when you can experience conscious synchronicity and what you need will show up.
• So many things keep changing and you need to adapt your business to the changes to make sure you’re providing people with what they want and need.
• If you’re stuck in worry, it’s difficult to allow creativity to happen.
• Whenever you worry, that’s just the story you’re making up.
• Meditation can get you in touch with a quiet place inside of you where you can begin to understand what to do next.
• We are not meant to do things alone. We need other people.
• Reach out to others and ask what their experience has been during these times.
• The chaos is creating nervousness for a lot of people.

Links

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