In theory, Alyssa runs their business day to day, but in practice, Ilan won't let her. He considers himself an entrepreneur and micromanages her decisions. It's causing serious stress.
Ashley and Greg earn over $250,000 per year - with a net worth of over $1 million - but their friends and family say they're cheap. They struggle spending on things they love and it's driving a wedge between them.
Wendy knew John was in debt, but she only found out the actual number the day before their call with Ramit - and it's over $450,000. She wants to help him pay it off, but he won't allow it. In fact, he's not worried about his debt at all.
With only $15,000 left to pay on student loans, Sheena should feel like she's on the road to freedom, but instead, she's stuck in a scarcity mindset that is sucking the life out of her and Peter's relationship.
Jessica grew up wealthy in NYC. She's always envisioned living in NYC: same neighborhood, near her family, and she believes the man should provide. Nathaniel feels stressed out because he can't provide that kind of lifestyle.
Dan thought he and Jordan were building their financial future together, but a meeting with a financial advisor revealed that Jordan had been hiding $10,000 of credit card debt throughout their marriage. Then it happened again.
Jacques and Jennifer are $40,000 in debt and they're not really sure why. There aren't any huge expenses. It just seems to be from lots and lots of small costs adding up. And the only dream they have is 30+ years away.
Nicole makes $150,000 per year. But she feels overshadowed by her husband, who makes much more than she does. Now that she wants to quit her job to become an entrepreneur, he's worried about them losing their income.
At one point, Adam was $75k in debt, but managed to pay it off in just nine months. Elizabeth is in grad school and still accumulating debt, but unlike Adam, she feels powerless to stop it.
Chuck and Mary make $450,000 per year, but Mary admits she overspends -- and hides it from her husband. Meanwhile, Chuck doesn't even feel he can pay for a session with a personal trainer once a week.
Andy is terrified of spending money. His shoes have holes in them. He tells me that even buying food might mean that he's not able to pay his bills at the end of each month. Oh, and he inherited a house and a $1.1 million trust fund.
Amy and Chris have a net worth of $8 million and a household income of $600,000. So why does Chris spend his free time comparison shopping online for the cheapest strawberries? And why does Amy deny herself a new pair of shoes for a year?
Serena and Brian want to buy a house together. Brian keeps promising Serena that they're only six months away from making their dream a reality, but he's been saying that for five years.
Charles and his wife, Michelle, are worth $10 million. He earns over $2 million every year -- but Michelle is on the brink of divorcing him because he's so cheap.
Part two with Charles and his wife, Michelle, who are worth $10 million and have spent 21 years arguing over money. He's cheap, she's sick of it. This is their last chance to conquer the scarcity mindset.
Brandon earns $135k. Alex just handed in her one week's notice, but still has financial needs and she's scared to broach the subject of spending money on herself with her husband.
Hannia earns $100k a year but she has zero savings and $13k in credit card debt. She's lived life with an abundance mindset, but what happens when she can't work to earn more?
Gemma earns three times as much as her partner, Jack, and it's causing big arguments over small decisions like who pays for gas or whether they can afford movers.
Mira came to me upset that Dan is late filing this year's tax return. But the problem is much deeper than that: she questions and criticizes all of his decisions, and has done so ever since they met.
Between them, Katie and Shawn earn almost half a million dollars per year, and that's just their salaries. But Katie won't let Shawn buy the new Roomba he wants. She says it's a bad investment, but that's not really the problem.
Brad and Becca live beyond their means. Depending on his mood, Brad either shuts down and stresses about the family spending too much money or he throws caution to the wind and runs up another huge charge on one of their ten credit cards.
Lindsey had never been in any significant debt before she met John. But when they married, he brought in his $200k in student loans and credit card debt.
I spoke to John and Lindsey last week, and there's still a LOT of work to be done. Lindsey still won't stop offering to pay the debt off on his behalf, and he still gets angry when we talk about the numbers in too much detail.
Martin earns good money, but Arly recently quit her job to focus on a business direct selling essential oils. She's now bringing in only about $300 a month, and they don't have enough household income to comfortably pay their bills.
Ashley has expensive taste. When it comes to date night, she expects Josh to pick up the check - otherwise, it's unromantic. Josh paid for everything when she was unemployed, but now he wants to level out the partnership.
We met Ashley and Josh last week. They need to reconcile their views on finance before it breaks them apart. But they need to pay off their debt before they can start spending anyway.
Sarah and Nat are making things too hard for themselves. They met in grad school, where they acquired a great deal of student debt without the knowledge of how to handle it.
Javier and Jessica budgeted for their most recent vacation, but he spent almost double. To Javier, spending is the only way he knows to show love for his family. This is make or break. If he can't rein in his generosity, it's over.
Rebecca and John both make good money but John has almost nothing to show at the end of each fiscal year. The reason? He's legally obliged to pay his ex-wife $55k a year as well as maintaining expensive life insurance payments.
Alex and Nicole have a great relationship. They recently got engaged and they're thinking about starting a family. There's just one thing: Nicole kept $100k of student loan debt hidden from Alex until after the engagement.
Rachel and Jack are poster children for I Will Teach You to Be Rich. Coming from working class backgrounds, they started saving $25 a month and now they're worth $5 million.
Olivia's business isn't bringing in enough money. Olivia wants to stop working part-time so that she can focus on the business 100%, but Rob thinks it's time Olivia gives up and gets another job.
Michael wishes he could spend some of their $5.7 million on romantic gifts and a bigger place to live, but Nicole makes them collect free products and bulk buy whenever there's a deal advertised - the house is littered with boxes.
Kasey and Vince have a variable income. When times are good, they spend freely with no worries. When times are bad, Kasey goes into a financial spiral, behaving like they're in debt.
Carolyn and Gavin have been married for ten years. They have three small children and bring in about $130k annually-with a healthy $500k in investments. So what's the problem? They're stuck in the mechanics of it all.