In this conversation, Jarrod and Nikki discuss their personal values and beliefs around money and how it impacts their relationship. They explore topics such as emotional spending, experiences vs material possessions, life changes, staying on routine, rebounding after setbacks, and manifesting dreams and money. They emphasize the importance of understanding each other's beliefs about money, aligning values and goals, and having open and honest communication about finances. They also discuss the challenges of balancing personal passions and financial responsibilities. Overall, the conversation highlights the need for empathy, compromise, and ongoing dialogue in managing finances as a couple.

Takeaways:

• Aligning values and goals is crucial for effective budgeting and financial management.

• Emotional spending can be driven by both positive and negative emotions.

• Balancing financial responsibility with enjoying life can be challenging.

• Open and honest communication is essential for understanding and resolving differences in financial perspectives. Understand each other's beliefs and values about money

• Align values and goals to make financial decisions

• Have open and honest communication about finances

• Balance personal passions and financial responsibilities

• Practice empathy and compromise in managing finances as a couple

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:30 Guilt and Responsibility

09:29 The Importance of Budgeting

12:03 Differences in Financial Values

15:08 Aligning Values and Goals

23:09 Balancing Experiences and Material Possessions

24:27 Navigating Life Changes and Staying on Routine

25:58 Rebounding After Setbacks

26:55 Manifesting Dreams and Money

39:58 The Importance of Communication and Empathy in Finances

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This conversation explores the journey of navigating parenthood and finding balance as a couple. In this conversation, Jarrod and Nikki discuss the importance of communication and understanding in their relationship. They talk about the challenges they face as individuals and as partners, including managing their emotions, supporting each other's needs, and dealing with the mental load of motherhood and fatherhood. They emphasize the need for honesty, vulnerability, and active listening in order to maintain a strong connection. They also highlight the importance of reconnection and repair after periods of separation or stress. Overall, they stress the importance of open and ongoing communication in building a successful partnership

Takeaways:

• Balancing roles and responsibilities in a relationship is crucial for a healthy partnership.
• The mental load of parenting can be overwhelming, and it is important to provide emotional support to each other.
• Shared goals and values are essential for navigating the challenges of parenthood.
• Societal expectations and past experiences can influence parenting dynamics.
• Finding balance as a couple requires open communication and understanding. Open and honest communication is crucial in a relationship
• Understanding and supporting each other's needs is essential
• Managing emotions and the mental load of parenthood can be challenging
• Reconnection and repair are important after periods of separation or stress

Chapters:

To learn more:

What Nik Knows Blog: Feeling like a bad mom? Here are 8 ways to repair with yourself.

https://www.whatnikknows.com/blog/feeling-like-a-bad-mom-here-are-8-ways-to-repair-with-yourself

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• Curiosity versus judgment is a choice we make in every situation.
• Curiosity allows for growth and new possibilities.
• Self-reflection and deliberate intention are key in shifting from judgment to curiosity.
• Appreciate the journey and the lessons learned along the way.

In this episode Nikki and Jarrod Sammet discuss where our belief systems come from, how our conditioning and daily thoughts impact our beliefs and our ability to achieve our goals. We also talk about Internal Family Systems therapy and the importance of labeling your parts in order to break through your limiting beliefs to build a new identity and relationship with yourself.

What You’ll Learn:

1. Examples of beliefs and how they impact our growth

2. Are things planned or do we have choices?

3. How to uncover & change your core beliefs

4. How to avoid overwhelm when going after new goals

5. A tried & true system on manifesting

6. Building habits and a clear identity

7. How to stay consistent when life gets in the way

8. Internal Family Systems and why labeling our “parts” can be so powerful

9. Building a relationship with yourself is the most important relationship of all

Learn More:

1. What Nik Knows Blog: Internal Family Systems Therapy

2. LinkedIn: Become Your Best Friend Article

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In this episode of Over Dinner we discuss how to embrace & change your expectation around perfection and the importance of the language you use with yourself, your partner, and your kids. We dive deep into 3 types of repair and how important it is to cultivate strong relationships.

What You’ll Learn:

1. How repairing with our kids lets them know it is ok to be upset

2. How to repair with your partner after conflict

3. Responding to your kids when they engage with while on your phone

4. Rules for managing you & your kids technology

5. Defining the kind of parent you want to be/parenting love language

6. The 3 types of repair with your kids, your spouse, and yourself

7. How to repair your mindset regarding imperfection & failure

8. How identifying yourself as a failure keeps you stuck

9. How the way we process, impacts how we repair

10. The importance of communicating accurately during conflict

11. How being curious about how you feel can help build empathy

12. How our relationships get better when we work on ourselves first

Where to learn more:

1. What Nik Knows Blog

2. Nikki Instagram Post

Connect with us:

Email: theoverdinnerpodcast@gmail.com

Instagram: @overdinpodcast @nikkisammet

Website: https://www.whatnikknows.com/episode-guide

In this episode we talk about the expectations we place on birthdays, imposed by social media and ourselves and how Nikki’s 36th birthday really went. Together we discuss the importance of communication with our partners when we are feeling stuck or needing help as vulnerability & curiosity are key ingredients in relationships. We also discuss how mishaps in communication cause most of our fights and frustrations. Additionally we share how your emotional being and circumstance of your current state shapes not only your birthday, but everyday and the importance of not reacting in the emotional peak.

1. How communication or lack there of causes confusion

2. How gender & conditioning impact how we communicate

3. How sharing appreciation throughout the year vs on one day is more important

4. The shared pressure of the birthday receiver and giver

5. The difference between resolution and acceptance

6. How even if we communicate, we still can be misunderstood

7. How curiosity helps alleviate differences in communication

8. The power of uncomfortable conversations

9. What you can say or ask prior to sharing something uncomfortable

10. No one can make you feel a certain way

11. How our emotions are tied to past memories & impact the way we feel now

12. A tool we are offering to help you better understand your partner

13. The importance of handling life’s pivots

Where to learn more:

1. What Nik Knows Blog Article

2. Over Dinner Podcast

3. Jarrod LinkedIn Post

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theoverdinnerpodcast@gmail.com

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@overdinpodcast @nikkisammet

In this episode we talk about the difficulty of changing your mindset and how placing blame on our circumstances impacts the stories we tell ourselves. We also discuss the real challenge of shifting your mindset when your basic physical, emotional, and/or financial needs aren’t met. Together we share simple steps on how to begin the process of evolving your mindset.

What You’ll Learn:

1. Sharing what you are learning or what is sparking your interest with your partner

2. How social media is showcasing perfection & the impact that has

3. How we have been conditioned to not ask for help

4. How the RAS (reticular activating system) determines how we see the world

5. Feeling your emotions is what it means to be human

6. The importance of reflecting on your positive emotions & what you were doing to bring them up

7. It is not about changing your mindset, it is about challenging your beliefs

8. The power of debating the voice in your head

9. Within the gray of life, they are little moments where you have agency

Where to learn more:

1. What Nik Knows Blog Article

2. Over Dinner Podcast

3. Jarrod LinkedIn Post

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theoverdinnerpodcast@gmail.com

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@overdinpodcast @nikkisammet

In our first episode we share a little bit about ourselves & how the over dinner podcast came to be.

What You’ll Learn:

1. The topics of our podcast

2. The structure of the episodes

Where to learn more:

What Nik Knows Blog

Connect with us:

theoverdinnerpodcast@gmail.com

Instagram: @nikkisammet @overdinpodcast

Jarrod's LinkedIn