Financial Independence

The number one thing people say when I talk about this is
“But we share everything. We trust each other.”

And that sounds beautiful.
But as a financial counselor, I need to say this clearly.

Trust is emotional.
Money is structural.

I have worked with thousands of women over the last fifteen plus years, and the ones who end up financially trapped are almost never the ones who thought it would happen to them.

They were in loving marriages.
They had joint accounts.
They felt secure.

Until life changed.

A partner got sick.
A relationship broke down.
A job was lost.
A behavior shifted.
Control crept in.

And suddenly, access to money became power.

Financial independence is not about expecting the worst.
It is about not being unprotected when it happens.

Having money in your own name is not distrust.
It is self protection.

It is the difference between staying because you want to
and staying because you have to.

You can love your partner deeply and still have a bank account they cannot touch.
You can be a stay at home parent and still be building money that belongs to you.
You can believe in your relationship and still believe in your own safety.

That is not fear-based.
That is financial literacy.

And I will always advocate for women having options.

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