Love, Money and Marriage: When You Stop Understanding Each Other - with Monica Douglas - Episode 172

Rebecca and Katie begin with a catch-up about the wedding and married life before turning to this week’s Edit. They discuss speculation ahead of the Budget, why Rebecca prefers to wait for confirmed announcements rather than react to rumours, and research about working women’s financial vulnerability, the impact of menopause on retirement and the financial consequences of divorce. Rebecca then welcomes relationship coach Monica Douglas, who works with high-performing men navigating marriage difficulties, separation and divorce. They discuss communication, rebuilding trust, financial infidelity, different spending habits, the contribution of unpaid work and what it can mean to separate well. Monica explains that separation does not automatically mean failure: some couples rebuild their relationship, while others find a healthier way forward apart. Chapters: 00:00 Wedding catch-up and changing expectations in marriage 08:02 This week’s Edit: financial headlines 13:34 Financial vulnerability among working women 16:40 Menopause, work and retirement finances 25:58 Introducing the Monica Douglas interview 40:44 Repairing relationships, trust and financial infidelity 57:25 When your partner doesn’t want relationship counselling 01:15:07 Financial fairness, pensions and separation 01:21:21 Culture and the money habits we inherit 01:29:43 Connecting with Monica and final advice Watch and listen: YouTube:    / @rebeccarobertsonifa   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3R1YtF0... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Connect with Monica Douglas: Monica Douglas is a relationship coach for high-performing men at a crossroads: a marriage in trouble, a separation, a divorce, or the quiet realisation that the way they relate is no longer working. Some go on to strengthen their marriage. Some separate well. Either way, they stay close to their children if they have them. Most of the men Monica works with don’t find her themselves. Their wives and partners do. She brings more than 25 years of mentoring, coaching and retreat leadership. She is a Certified Conscious Uncoupling Coach and Calling in “The One” Coach, and since 2019 has been Faculty and Mentor Coach for New York Times bestselling author Katherine Woodward Thomas’s relationship programmes. She is also the founder of Sacred Mirror Supervision and an ordained OneSpirit Interfaith Minister. Her understanding of money and relationships is personal as well as professional. For many years she helped run a seven-figure industrial supplies business alongside her husband. After 27 years of an intertwined life, they separated and divorced in a way that kept their families and community in loving connection. Her work with men is inspired by her father, who raised her as a single dad through her teenage years. Book a confidential conversation: https://bookme.name/thewildwisdom/lit... Website: https://www.monicadouglas.com/ LinkedIn:   / monicaedouglas   Connect with Rebecca Robertson and the Podcast: Subscribe for weekly wealth-building strategies:    / @rebeccarobertsonifa   Instagram:   / rebecca_robertsonifa     / acceleratingyourwealth   LinkedIn:   / rebecca-financial-advisor   Facebook:   / rebeccarobertsonwealth   https://www.evolutionfinancialplannin... Disclaimer: This content is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial advice.