DISCOVER the SECRETS to ATTRACTING and RETAINING AFFLUENT COUPLES 
Fact: A startling 70 percent of widows fire the couple's financial advisor within one year of the death of their spouse--the main reason being that the advisor had failed to develop a trusting relationship with both partners. You can be the exception by developing the essential skills needed to be a couplefriendly advisor. And Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, a leading wealth psychology expert, shows you exactly how to develop these skills. How to Give Financial Advice to Couples teaches you how to avoid common traps like subtly siding with one member of the couple, failing to plan adequately with both partners, and sidestepping difficult financial conversations for fear of upsetting the wealth creator. A leading wealth psychology expert, Kathleen Burns Kingsbury reveals everything you need to know about the psychology of couples in order to serve them better. Along the way, she offers specific tips and techniques for managing the challenges inherent in advising traditional and nontraditional couples. Kingsbury reveals: 
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<li>The top myths about couples and money </li>
<li>The five tenets of couple dynamics and how they unfold in your office </li>
<li>Strategies for encouraging the nondominant partner to speak up in meetings </li>
<li>Techniques for facilitating financial conversations and mediating differences </li>
<li>Tips for empowering couples to raise financially intelligent children</li>
</ul>
You'll learn how to develop and articulate your couple's philosophy to establish expertise and credibility, how your couple's mindset impacts your work, and how being a couple-friendly advisor will set you apart from the competition. This one-of-a-kind handbook is the key to unlocking the secrets to attracting and retaining high-net-worth couples now and after difficult life transitions. How to Give Financial Advice to Couples gives you the expert insight and proven tools for navigating the unique dynamics of two people planning for their financial future. "Why do 70 percent of widows fire their financial advisor upon the passing of their husbands? Kathleen Burns Kingsbury provides the answer. Providing financial advice to couples is a primary skill that has been overlooked in this profession for too long. Whether or not you hearken to Kathleen’s insights will have a profound impact on your business, for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer." -- Mitch Anthony, author of The New RetireMentality "A must-read text for financial advisors to help them build and grow their practices. Kingsbury's advice will transform the way you work with your coupled clients, making for more satisfying and prosperous advisory relationships." -- Eleanor Blayney, Consumer Advocate for CFP Board "There are four things we were all taught never to talk about: Sex, Politics, Religion, and Money. When it comes to money, the one place where these conversations MUST happen is in your office. That's why you need to read this book--for its insights into how you can help couples start talking about money!" -- Carl Richards, author of The Behavior Gap

How to Give Financial Advice to Couples: Essential Skills for Balancing High-Net-Worth Clients' Needs

Business & Money

Kingsbury, Kathleen Burns

Economics

McGraw=Hill

In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism. Concrete activities help people with eating problems get off the scales, get in touch with their feelings, and make friends with their bodies. Written by experienced therapists who understand the needs and fears of people with eating problems, the book is a refreshing guide to lasting change and recovery.

Weight Wisdom

Parenting & Relationships

Routledge

Creating Wealth from the Inside Out Workbook is a step-by-step guide for changing how you think and feel about money. Using easy, practical tools and techniques, you'll examine and change your money mindset to support a wealthier and richer life. As with all personal growth, taking action is key to making change. This workbook and the exercises in each chapter will help you do just that -- take action toward a healthier, more financially conscious you. The work begins with coaching exercises geared toward gaining insight into your money history. You will then examine how your financial history impacts your current spending, saving, investing, and giving habits. You will also identify key areas for change and growth. Next, simple and effective tools are offered for letting go of money beliefs and attitudes that negatively impact your wealth. A practical solution for shifting these money messages is presented. Finally, guidelines for conducting productive financial conversations as well as tips for finding and interviewing qualified financial professionals are shared.

Creating Wealth From The Inside Out Workbook

Personal Finance

KBK Wealth Connection

Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns

In this powerful guide, Kingsbury and Williams equip readers with simple reflections, vignettes, and everyday analogies that they have successfully used with their own clients to counter destructive feelings and shatter distorted ideas of food and weight. Pithy and positive statements replace compulsive, perfectionist rules with new strategies to cope with blame, guilt, vulnerability, and self-criticism. Concrete activities help people with eating problems get off the scales, get in touch with their feelings, and make friends with their bodies. Written by experienced therapists who understand the needs and fears of people with eating problems, the book is a refreshing guide to lasting change and recovery.

Williams, Mary Ellen

Anyone concerned about finances―and that's just about everyone―will welcome this step-by-step guide to opening up about a difficult subject. It offers a strategy that can save money, improve relationships, and help people raise fiscally responsible children.
Almost half of Americans say that the most difficult topic to discuss with loved ones is their personal finances, so much so that they would rather talk about death, politics, or religion. But what price do you pay for staying quiet? In her fifth book, Kathleen Burns Kingsbury, a wealth psychology expert with over twenty-five years of experience empowering women, couples, parents, families, and wealth advisors, provides you with the answer. 
This book equips you with the practical tools needed to navigate difficult conversations and future-proof your finances. Discover how to identify your thoughts and beliefs about wealth, and how doing so can help you talk more openly and honestly about money with loved ones. Acquire skills for engaging in effective dialogues with aging parents about healthcare costs, estate planning, and end-of-life issues. Learn tips for fighting fair financially with your partner, and for raising a financially literate next generation. 
Using Money Talk Challenges and real-life stories, Kingsbury coaches you (and your trusted advisor) to take action. You'll walk away with a roadmap for putting what you learn into practice. 
Breaking Money Silence is a catalyst for a money revolution leading to a more gender-savvy, financially secure, and financially literate world. 
 • Discusses the societal, familial, and personal roadblocks that make talking about money and finance challenging 
• Explores gender differences when it comes to talking about money and how "money silence" contributes to the wage gap for women
• Reveals the cost of living in "money silence," including how it contributes to the high U.S. divorce rate, how it inhibits the ability of some parents to raise financially literate and responsible children, and how it stops families from successfully passing on wealth
• Identifies common money myths that fuel financial misunderstandings and mistakes, and offers tools for uncovering these fallacies
• Shows how the financial advising industry has colluded with the idea that men and women don't need to talk about family finances as a couple―and how advisors can advocate for change
• Shares practical, easy-to-implement tips and tools for talking about money with partners, parents, siblings, children, and employers/employees
• Offers a "Money Talk Challenge" coaching exercise at the end of each chapter, with a special section on how advisors can use these tools with clients

Breaking Money Silence®: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances, and Live a Richer Life

Praeger

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How to Give Financial Advice to Couples: Essential Skills for Balancing High-Net-Worth Clients' Needs

Weight Wisdom

Creating Wealth From The Inside Out Workbook

Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns

Weight Wisdom: Affirmations to Free You from Food and Body Concerns

Breaking Money Silence®: How to Shatter Money Taboos, Talk More Openly about Finances, and Live a Richer Life