Discovery Health Channel Focuses Attention on the Importance of Financial Health and its Impact on Physical and Mental Well-Being

Discovery Health Channel Focuses Attention on the Importance of Financial Health and its Impact on Physical and Mental Well-Being

- Renowned Financial Guru, Clark Howard, Takes Personal Finance Advice to Television When CLARK HOWARD: DOLLARS AND SENSE Premieres Tuesday, June 21 at 10 PM ET/PT -

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Clark Howard, popular radio host and bestselling author, offers financial advice daily during his nationally syndicated radio show. Now, Discovery Health Channel features Clark and his wife, Lane, in the network's first special about financial health and its impact on both physical and mental well-being.

In the June 21, 10 PM special, CLARK HOWARD: DOLLARS AND SENSE (working title), Discovery Health Channel shows the strong connection between personal financial health and overall well-being as Clark and his wife, Lane, help three couples in various financial crises overcome their money challenges.

Clark and Lane explain that serious financial issues can place a heavy strain on a relationship resulting in trust issues, blame and constant fighting. In this special, they help the couples identify issues, assess the financial situation, and devise a plan to attain financial health.

Cameras take viewers inside Clark's radio studio and inside the homes of the couples he and Lane help. They scan the house and assess how the couples live beyond their means. Then, Clark and Lane analyze their financial challenges and devise structured plans to help them reach their goals.

"It's understandable how financial issues can cause unhealthy stress within the family which is why it's important to bring viewers this type of programming," says Eileen O'Neill, senior vice president and general manager of Discovery Health Channel. "A healthy wallet can make a happier home. CLARK HOWARD: DOLLARS AND SENSE teaches the couples in the program and viewers at home ways to reach financial health and allows them to recognize the impact to their mental health and overall well-being."

Meet the Couples:

* Jennifer and Michael have credit card debt of 144,000 dollars, a mortgage on a large house and a line of credit. Their closets are filled with designer labels, and one of their cars has been repossessed. They live beyond their means and are both "spend-a-holics."

* Tanya and Mike are at odds with spending. Mike thinks Tanya spends too much and has taken away all of her credit cards. Still, Tanya finds ways around this. Mike constantly checks his wife's spending by accessing their accounts online every day.

* Joann and Eric are a young married couple with a one-year-old infant and another on the way. They are trying to save money to pay student loans and remodel their new house. They're feeling the pressure -- Joann's job as a realtor doesn't give her a steady paycheck, and Eric juggles a job, duties at church and school.

CLARK HOWARD: DOLLARS AND SENSE is produced for the Discovery Health Channel by Advanced Medical Productions. Bill Hayes and Jill Marie Geimer are executive producers. For Discovery Health Channel, Mark Poertner is the executive producer.

CLARK HOWARD: DOLLARS AND SENSE is part of Discovery Health Channel's Total Family Health initiative. Total Family Health represents the network's commitment to educating families about the full range of family health issues -- including financial health -- that are important in living healthy lives.

Discovery Health Channel takes viewers inside the fascinating and informative world of health and medicine to experience firsthand, compelling, real-life stories of medical breakthroughs and human triumphs. Currently in more than 57 million homes, Discovery Health Channel is the only 24-hour network and Web site -- discoveryhealth.com -- devoted to what matters most -- health.

Source: Discovery Health Channel

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