Stop money problems from destroying your family with 5 proven trust principles that prevent conflicts, repair financial damage, and keep relationships strong across generations.
Money touches every family relationship, and trust is what determines whether it brings people closer or drives them apart. This book is about relational trust, the honesty, reliability, and mutual care between family members, not financial trust instruments. It gives you a practical framework for navigating money decisions together, from everyday expenses to major life transitions.
This book is for:
Couples building a financial life together
Parents teaching kids about money at every age
Adult children navigating inheritance or aging parents' finances
Blended families working through competing loyalties and values
Siblings managing unequal support, caregiving costs, or estate decisions
Any family recovering from financial conflict, broken promises, or betrayal
The authors introduce four components of trust, Care, Sincerity, Reliability, and Competence, and show how each one plays out when families deal with money. Drawing on stories from their own lives and the families they've served over a combined 60 years, they offer a shared language that replaces blame and assumptions with clarity and connection.
Whether you're writing a will, helping a teenager budget, or repairing a financial betrayal, this book helps you protect both your money and your relationships.
Charles Feltman has been an executive and team coach for three decades. He is the author of The Thin Book of Trust, now in its third edition, which has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. He is a sought-after expert on trust-building across multiple contexts, including leadership, teams, families, and communities.
Emily Bouchard is a family dynamics coach and family office consultant with over three decades of experience working with families globally. She has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, Forbes, Martha Stewart Weddings, Bustle, Satellite Sisters Radio, and The Today Show.
Stop money problems from destroying your family with 5 proven trust principles that prevent conflicts, repair financial damage, and keep relationships strong across generations.
Money touches every family relationship, and trust is what determines whether it brings people closer or drives them apart. This book is about relational trust, the honesty, reliability, and mutual care between family members, not financial trust instruments. It gives you a practical framework for navigating money decisions together, from everyday expenses to major life transitions.
This book is for:
Couples building a financial life together
Parents teaching kids about money at every age
Adult children navigating inheritance or aging parents' finances
Blended families working through competing loyalties and values
Siblings managing unequal support, caregiving costs, or estate decisions
Any family recovering from financial conflict, broken promises, or betrayal
The authors introduce four components of trust, Care, Sincerity, Reliability, and Competence, and show how each one plays out when families deal with money. Drawing on stories from their own lives and the families they've served over a combined 60 years, they offer a shared language that replaces blame and assumptions with clarity and connection.
Whether you're writing a will, helping a teenager budget, or repairing a financial betrayal, this book helps you protect both your money and your relationships.
Author
Charles Feltman has been an executive and team coach for three decades. He is the author of The Thin Book of Trust, now in its third edition, which has sold over 100,000 copies worldwide. He is a sought-after expert on trust-building across multiple contexts, including leadership, teams, families, and communities.
Emily Bouchard is a family dynamics coach and family office consultant with over three decades of experience working with families globally. She has been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, Forbes, Martha Stewart Weddings, Bustle, Satellite Sisters Radio, and The Today Show.
