Love and Leverage: Breaking Free from Financial Abuse with Kate Anthony
Release Date: 07/15/2025
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info_outlineFinancial abuse is one of the most common but least recognized forms of domestic abuse. It’s also one of the most effective ways to keep someone trapped in a marriage. If you’ve ever been denied access to money, restricted in your spending, or told you're "bad with money" while your spouse controls every financial decision, you may be experiencing financial abuse.
Kate Anthony, host of The Divorce Survival Guide podcast and author of The D-Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage, is here to expose the hidden ways financial control traps women in toxic relationships... and how to break free.
Signs and solutions for financial abuse:
- How to identify financial abuse, even when it's disguised as "helping"
- The most common financial control tactics used in marriages
- How abusers sabotage your financial independence. From ruining your credit to blocking you from working
- The subtle ways financial abuse can show up in marriages that seem "normal" on the surface
- What to do if your spouse is hiding money or controlling access to finances
- Steps to reclaim financial independence before, during, and after divorce
Many women don't realize they're experiencing financial abuse until they try to leave. Kate breaks down the red flags, the power dynamics, and the steps you must take to regain financial independence. This episode is a must-listen for anyone who feels financially trapped in their relationship.
Kate's coaching programs empower women to make smart, informed decisions about their marriages and finances.
If you're feeling stuck and need guidance, check out Phoenix Rising, Kate's group coaching program designed to walk you through some of the hardest parts of your divorce, in community with other women who are going through it too:https://kateanthony.com/decided/
Get Kate's book, The D-Word: Making the Ultimate Decision About Your Marriage: https://amzn.to/41f7OTd