July 31, 2023
When You and Your Partner Disagree About Points with Relationship Coach Maggie Reyes
Episode Description
How do you get your partner or spouse on board with joining you in earning and using points for travel? This is a common challenge people encounter when they first start the hobby of rewards travel. Your partner might be concerned about the number of credit cards you’re signing up for, or they might just not be very enthusiastic about adjusting their behavior to maximize points-earning potential.
If you’re going through some version of this, you’re not alone, and I have the perfect guest here to discuss how to approach this difference in perspective. Maggie Reyes is a Master Certified Life Coach and Modern Marriage Mentor who specializes in helping driven, ambitious women create their best marriages without waiting for their partners to change or adding more work to their lives. She’s an author, educator, and podcaster, and you’re going to love her.
Tune in this week to discover how to approach conversations about points travel with a reluctant partner. Maggie is discussing how to see what’s going on in your partner’s brain when you come to them with a points proposition, and she’s sharing her tips for bringing your partner along with you in these conversations, rather than trying to convince them or asking for permission.
What You’ll Learn from this Episode
- Why it’s super common in a relationship to have different preferences and perspectives when it comes to financial decisions.
- What marriage and relationship coaching is, and how it differs from marriage therapy.
- Why you can still have a thriving, loving relationship regardless of your partner’s stance on your points hobby.
- How to manage your disagreement instead of trying to solve it and get them to your side.
- What’s likely going on in your partner’s brain when you bring up the idea of points travel.
- Why you don’t need your partner’s agreement to embark on your points travel journey.
- The important differences between a request and a demand.
- How to approach conversations with your partner about rewards travel from a place of love and curiosity.
Featured on the Show:
- Get on the waitlist for the Points Made Easy Course here!
- Follow me on Instagram
- Send me an email
- Maggie Reyes: Website | Instagram | Facebook | Podcast
- The Gottman Institute
- Christine Kane
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Point Me to First Class is the show for professionals and business owners with higher-than-average personal or business expenses, who want to learn to leverage these expenses into credit card points they can spend on travel.
Each week, I share valuable tips, tools, and strategies to help you uplevel your skills earning and redeeming credit card points, so you can expand your travel and expand your experiences.
