105: Why Money Conversations are Crucial and How to Have Them, with Kathleen Burns Kingsbury

“It really does cost us in terms of our ability to learn about money, embrace failure, the mistakes that we made and we learn from them, to actually get closer to the people in our lives, whether that is our adult children, whether that's a partner, whether that's a friend. So there's a lot of ways in which money silence kind of keeps us locked up in a way that I don't think is useful.” - Kathleen Burns Kingsbury   Our hosts Stephanie McCullough and Kevin Gaines invite Kathleen Burns Kingsbury back to the show. She brings her invaluable expertise as a money mindset coach to discuss societal pressures women typically face regarding finances.   With the re-release of her book "Breaking Money Silence," Kathleen offers fresh insights, focused on empowering women to break their silence around money discussions both in the home and the workplace.   Kathleen kicks things off by exploring the psychological obstacles to financial empowerment. Roadblocks like guilt, fear of being seen as greedy, and imposter syndrome frequently obstruct the path to confidence for many women–and men.   She reminds us that it's important to surround yourself with mentors and peers who respect individual needs and foster an environment free of money shame. It all begins with open and authentic conversations.   Kathleen teaches that it’s important to build your own "financial dream team" that prioritizes relationships over sales. She unpacks the art of leveraging each partner’s strengths, in addition to open communication, in order to minimize money arguments and bring couples closer to their financial dreams!   Key Topics: Why Kathleen is Re-Releasing “Breaking Money Silence” (3:16) “What is My Relationship with Money?” (7:14) How Do Your Financial Beliefs Serve or Sabotage You? (14:12) The Human Side of Finance (18:38) Building Financial Knowledge (26:10) Managing Money as a Couple (29:14) What About Single Women? (36:43)   Resources: Learn more about Kathleen Burns Kingsbury and her services at www.kbkwealthconnection.com   If you like what you’ve been hearing, we invite you to subscribe on your favorite platform and leave us a review. Tell us what you love about this episode! Or better yet, tell us what you want to hear more of in the future. stephanie@sofiafinancial.com   You can find the transcript and more information about this episode at www.takebackretirement.com.   Follow Stephanie on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.  Follow Kevin on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn.