About this episode

The episode discusses how to recognize and respond to financial abuse in the context of power imbalances in financial decision-making.

Send us Fan Mail When control shapes financial decisions, listening becomes the most important tool we have. In Part 2, I spoke with Joy Slabaugh, CFP, about how advisors and advocates can thoughtfully respond when they suspect a power imbalance is shaping financial decisions. 🔹 Financial abuse is controlling someone’s ability to acquire, use, or maintain economic resources. 🔹 Advisors should be curious and let clients describe their experience in their own words. 🔹 Focus on a...

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Host: Tony Steuer

Guest: Joy Slabaugh

Topics covered

• financial abuse
• power imbalance
• financial decisions
• advisors
• advocates

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