Archive for 'Money'
7 Easy Steps to Stop Money Fights in Your Marriage
Posted on 03. May, 2012 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
One of the reasons I am so excited about the success of my book launch is because the book became a best seller in BOTH the “business” & “relationships” categories. Why? Make no mistake about it – your marriage is as much a business relationship as it is a romantic relationship. Those couples that choose [...]
Continue Reading
Money Fights: Signs of Financial Infidelity and practical tips on how to avoid this type of money fight!
Posted on 27. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
The numbers are staggering – depending on what research poll you use – at least 50% of all couples have a partner engaged in financial infidelity. Therefore, there is at least a 50% chance that you can personally relate to the issue of financial infidelity in your relationship – or you know someone who can [...]
Continue Reading
Always Fighting about the Credit Card Bill after the Holidays? 3 Simple Secrets to Finally Stop Fighting about Money in the New Year
Posted on 13. Jan, 2011 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
Every year you resolve NOT to do it. You promise yourself you do not want to always be fighting with your partner about the credit card bills. In fact, you promised your self last year that 2010 would be the year you finally stop fighting about money! And yet here you are, once again, fighting, [...]
Continue Reading
How Couples Can Avoid Fighting about Money During the Holidays
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
Most women love to shop. Truth be told, the holidays can be the perfect excuse for women to not only engage in – but ramp up into full gear – this favorite female pastime activity. Never mind that I, the bizarre person I can be at times hates shopping. (I know, this alone should throw [...]
Continue Reading
Keeping your Relationship Sane in The Midst of Family Holiday Insanity
Posted on 02. Dec, 2010 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
“Deck the halls with boughs of holly, falalalala, lalalala”. The holidays are once again upon us. Families travel by trains, planes and automobiles to spend the holidays together. Are you entering the holiday season with visions of sugarplums dancing in your head? Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanza, the holidays bring with them unrealistic [...]
Continue Reading
What Your Mother Never Told You About Living Happily Ever After
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
There are few things as wonderful as young love! We all remember those butterflies in our stomach when we first met the man (or woman) of our dreams. What happens to those butterflies as time marches on and our young love becomes a little more mature? Where do those butterflies fly off to? For some, [...]
Continue Reading
Three Secret Ways to Stop Fighting About Money – and Start Lovin Again
Posted on 30. Sep, 2010 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
Of course their might be some discrepancy between how much one partner wants to spend on items such as clothing, entertainment and/or vacation. However, the majority of the time money fights have very little to do with money! For better or for worse, money often becomes the battlefield for even the most romantic and otherwise [...]
Continue Reading
How to STOP Money Fights in Your Relationship
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
There are few issues that bring out the worst in relationships and couples like money. It doesn’t matter if you are rolling in the dough or struggling to make ends meet – money fights cross all socio-economic, ethnic, religious and any other type of boundary lines that exists!!! Money fights are, in fact, the #1 [...]
Continue Reading
Online Shopping for the Holidays
Posted on 11. Dec, 2009 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
For saving time – and money – the web is the place to be for holiday shopping. I love to purchase books on amazon.com and my kids love to browse craigslist to find bargains. Do you have a favorite website you like to use for your holiday shopping? Please share it with us and tell [...]
Continue Reading
Shop ’til You Drop
Posted on 09. Dec, 2009 by Dr. Patty Ann - Relationship Expert.
“Shop ‘til you drop” could be a slogan for the holidays. We all know the economy stinks, but it’s the holidays and you can’t have the holidays without buying gifts. And buying gifts means spending money. Share with us strategies you and your partner have used to keep your finances in check during the holiday [...]
Continue Reading
Find Dr. Patty Ann On:
