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085: Abby Davisson - Navigating Money & Love
FromMindful Money
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39 minutes
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Dec 6, 2023
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Upcoming Event!How Can Mindfulness Help You Reach Financial Independence?Do you want to reduce money anxiety, but don’t know who to trust?Would you like to learn how to set up and manage your own retirement plan?Do you want to know how we create a passive income stream you can’t outlive?If yes, join us and learn how to answer the 4 critical financial independence questions:Am I on track for financial independence?What do I need to do to get on track?How do I design a mindful investing portfolio?How do I manage that portfolio and my income over time through changing markets?Learn more: https://courses.mindful.money/financial-independence-bootcampAbby Davisson has dedicated her career to helping other people achieve their goals, first as a social innovation leader, and now as an author and entrepreneur whose work has been featured in Fortune, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company , among others. Abby co-authored the book, Money & Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life’s Biggest Decisions , and went on to become Founder and CEO of The Money & Love Institute, prior to which she drove social impacts as the President of the Gap Foundation. Today, Abby joins the show to discuss how money and love factor into big life decisions, what couples should be considering prior to marriage, and what it means to live your authentic path.? Watch on YouTubehttps://youtu.be/oQXyWmrHCgYKey Takeaways00:45 – Jonathan introduces today’s guest, Abby Davisson, who joins the show to share early experiences that informed her money experience04:51 – Abby’s career in social impact and the genesis of her book, Money & Love11:43 – How money and love factor into big life decisions 16:08 – The Five Cs of decision making22:53 – The most important factors to consider before getting married25:25 – Regret and living your authentic path30:08 – One thing couples can do today to make better decisions and one thing to completely ignore32:45 – The last thing Abby changed her mind about and one thing people don’t know about her that she would like them to know37:32 – Jonathan thanks Abby for joining the show and lets listeners know where to connect with herTweetable Quotes“I knew that it was possible to make dramatic changes in life, but I didn’t grow up in a family that talked about money a lot. And so, that was something that I had to come to through a different set of experiences.” (03:04) (Abby)“Couples that live together before they get married have higher divorce rates. And that seemed very surprising to us, counterintuitive even. And so we wrote our final paper looking at why that was the case, if anything could be done to avoid it. And, yes, it turns out that there is something that can be done to avoid those negative outcomes, and that is being intentional.” (06:54) (Abby)“Children born today - a baby born today in the Western world - has a majority chance of living to be 100.” (09:52) (Abby)“All big life decisions - whether it’s moving across the country to accept a job or moving in with someone because you are excited to take your relationship to the next level - have a component of money and love to them. And if you make them in a siloed way, you are more likely to make a decision that you regret because you’re not thinking holistically and not acknowledging the fact that money and love are inextricably linked.” (12:19) (Abby)“The first [of the Five Cs] is to clarify what is most important to you. The second is to...
Released:
Dec 6, 2023
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