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Rebecca Robertson IFA & Wealth Strategist Independent Financial Adviser and director of Evolution Financial Planning - Female IFAs
podcast host Accelerating Your Wealth

02/11/2026

What if you can see that a relationship needs support, but your partner does not want to seek help?

Monica Douglas makes an important point: you cannot convince someone to do something they genuinely do not want to do.

She talks about listening first, understanding what matters to the other person and asking for support without turning it into criticism.

That is the difference between saying you want to work on your relationship and telling somebody they are rubbish at communicating.

Monica joins me in Episode 172 of Accelerating Your Wealth to explore trust, communication and money in relationships.

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31/10/2026

Secret spending. Hidden borrowing. Credit card debt your partner knows nothing about.

There is a phrase for it: financial infidelity.

And I think it describes the problem rather well.

It is not simply about the money that has been spent or borrowed.

It is the loss of trust that comes from discovering that somebody has been hiding part of their financial life from you.

These conversations do need care, particularly where there may also be financial control, coercion or other signs of abuse.

If that is something you are worried about, Surviving Economic Abuse has information and support available.

But in a healthy relationship, being able to talk openly about debt, spending, worries and mistakes is part of protecting the trust between you.

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30/10/2026

Financial infidelity is not always about secret accounts or hidden spending.

Monica Douglas describes it as breaking an agreement of trust around money. The tricky part is that couples may never have agreed what financial trust actually means to each of them.

One person can feel betrayed by a financial decision that the other person sees very differently.

In this clip from Episode 172, Monica explains why those conversations about spending, independence and expectations matter.

Have you ever talked about what financial trust means in your relationship?

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30/10/2026

Money, Marriage and Motherhood: How Not To Get Fu**ed Over.

It is a title that gets your attention, but the point behind Liz Harrington's book is much bigger than the title.

So many of the financial problems that appear later in a relationship begin with conversations that never happened earlier.

What happens if one of you steps back from work? How will childcare be paid for? What does financial independence look like once children arrive? What protection do you both have if the relationship ends?

These are not particularly romantic conversations.

But having them while things are good can be far easier than trying to work out the answers when something has already gone wrong.

Financial security in a relationship is not about expecting it to fail. It is about making sure both people understand where they stand.

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30/10/2026

For some women, giving up work after having children can genuinely feel like winning the lottery.

Especially if the job was never something they loved in the first place.

Then the practical reality arrives.

Childcare is expensive. School runs have to fit somewhere. Somebody needs to be available when a child is ill. Work, family and money all start competing for the same limited time.

That is what makes the decision so difficult.

The answer is not simply to tell women they must keep working at all costs.

It is to make sure the longer-term financial impact of stepping back is part of the conversation too, alongside everything that family needs right now.

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30/10/2026

Childcare can create some very strange financial decisions for families.

In this conversation, Liz Harrington talks about households looking at whether earning more actually leaves them better off once childcare and the loss of certain childcare support are taken into account.

On paper, reducing hours or earning less can sometimes look like the obvious answer.

But the calculation does not end with this month's nursery bill.

Working fewer hours can affect future earnings, career progression, pension contributions and how financially independent somebody remains within the relationship.

That does not mean there is one correct choice for every family.

It does mean the long-term cost deserves a place in the decision, rather than looking only at what saves the most money today.

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30/10/2026

Financial control does not always arrive as one dramatic event.

Quite often it happens slowly.

Being criticised for spending. Not being given enough money. Taking on debt while somebody else controls the household finances. Gradually losing sight of what you have, what you can access and what choices are still available to you.

Liz Harrington compares it to the frog in boiling water.

When the change happens slowly enough, you may not realise how serious the situation has become until you feel completely stuck.

And that is why recognising the signs matters.

There is help available, including for people who cannot afford large legal bills. Nobody should assume that being financially trapped means there is no way forward.

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28/10/2026

“I really need to talk to you” does not always arrive at a convenient moment.

The other person is in the middle of something, we interrupt, and then we expect their full attention.

Susie Heath suggests making an appointment to speak to your partner. Even for something as ordinary as discussing Christmas.

Would today work? Would tomorrow be better? When can you both give the conversation some attention?

In our full conversation, we also talk about feeling unheard, finding your voice and what each person brings into a discussion before either of you has said very much.

Hear the conversation with Susie in Episode 171 of Accelerating Your Wealth.

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28/10/2026

Money can be a difficult subject long before there is anything wrong with the numbers.

Susie Heath grew up with the message that you did not talk about s*x, money or religion at dinner parties. Money was private. Something kept behind closed curtains.

In this clip, she talks about making it an ordinary conversation, rather than waiting until things have gone wrong and it all becomes volcanic.

Her suggestion is a “Financial Friday”. A regular chance to talk about how things are going and what you want to create together.

Susie joins me in Episode 171 of Accelerating Your Wealth to talk about money, marriage, menopause and how we communicate as our relationships change.

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28/10/2026

An argument does not just disappear from my body because the conversation has stopped.

I can still be carrying it a day or two later, while my husband seems able to switch back into feeling close much more quickly.

I talked about that with Susie Heath in this episode. Her point is that intimacy starts much earlier in the day, with affection, reassurance and the small ways we connect with each other.

We also talk about the stories we can tell ourselves when we have not asked what the other person is actually thinking.

For me, the more I open up to my husband and talk to him, the more he understands.

The full conversation with Susie covers intimacy, menopause, money and how relationships change over time.

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