Why Money Fights Are Really About Avoidance

<p>Most couples don’t fight about money. They avoid it until it leaks into resentment, sex, and every little decision. Jenn Pike and Chris Borsellino were in overdraft as a lifestyle — two kids, two businesses, ships passing — until they put every receipt in a basket and made money neutral. This is the conversation that shows how.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this episode of The Sacred We, Mike Elliott and Courtney Wren-Mabbutt sit with Jenn Pike and Chris Borsellino — partners in life, business, and a decades-long experiment in making money safe to talk about.</p><p><br /></p><p>They tell the real arc: overdraft as normal, Domino’s totals that shocked them, mason jars and a receipts basket, selling the truck for a Camry when pride said otherwise, and the moment looking at the numbers together changed their course. Along the way they name upper limiting when money finally arrives, pass-the-baton partnership, and the daily walks that became marriage therapy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The teaching under the stories is simple and hard: avoidance is the fight. Structure creates flow. Money gets neutral when you turn toward it together instead of making each other wrong.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Guest resources:</strong><br />Jenn Pike / The Simplicity Project:<br /><a href="https://jennpike.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jennpike.com/</a><br /><br />Jenn on Instagram:<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jennpike/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jennpike/</a><br /><br />Chris Borsellino on Instagram:<br /><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisborsellino/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/chrisborsellino/</a><br /><br />Finance discovery with Chris:<br /><a href="https://calendly.com/chrisborsellino/60-finance-meeting" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/chrisborsellino/60-finance-meeting</a></p><p><br /></p><p>About Jenn &amp; Chris:<br />Jenn Pike is a functional diagnostic nutritionist, founder of The Simplicity Project, and a longtime voice for women’s health, hormones, and embodied living. Chris Borsellino is a former custom carpenter turned financial advisor who helps families get clear on money without shame. Together they model what it looks like to build health and wealth as a shared practice.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Connect With Us:</strong><br />The 2:2 Couples Container — private, intensive couples work with Mike &a