Healthy Relationships Are A Huge Part Of True Wealth | Ashley Taggart

We're going to do something a little different in today's video.

This Thoughtful Money channel is all about wealth-building. So makes sense that we focus most of our attention on money.

But money is a means to an end. It's not an end in and of itself. No one's goal in life is to die atop a big pile of cash -- instead we hope to use our money to better enjoy the things that really feed our souls.

As those who live to be 100 years old tell us, true wealth, the things that really matter in life, are a function of the following three things: fulfilling relationships, purpose and health.

So, as a number of you have asked for, I'm going to periodically interview experts on these key topics.
And today we're going to focus on what makes for successful happy relationships.

To help us understand what makes or breaks the important relationships in our lives, I've invited a professional marriage & family therapist today. Ashley is a licensed MFT, trained in Emotion-Focused Therapy (otherwise known as EFT) and the Gottman Method of couples therapy -- Drs John & Julie Gottman we're made famous by Malcolm Gladwell's coverage of them in his book "Blink" describing how they could predict with near 90% accuracy whether or not a couple will remain together after interviewing them for only 3 minutes.

In her California practice, Ashley deals with clients from all backgrounds, many of whom are Silicon Valley power-couples, though she also sees her fair share of rural farmers.

I would be remiss if I didn't also acknowledge that Ashley is my wife. So I can personally vouch for both her professional credentials as well as the effectiveness of the strategies for conflict resolution she'll share with us in today's discussion. Because we have put plenty of them to use in our own marriage -- which just celebrated its 24th anniversary last week.

HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ASHLEY? You can contact her at https://taggartrelationships.com/


#relationships #therapy #mentalhealth

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