Stephanie Hobelmann on Moving from Hesitancy to Joy in Giving

Stephanie Hobelmann, a teacher and wife of Finish Line Podcast co-host Cody Hobelmann, shares the other side of their family’s journey toward a financial finish line. As someone who naturally enjoyed spending and disliked feeling told what she had to do, Stephanie initially found it easier to agree with ideas like tithing and the Finish Line Pledge in theory than to embrace what they meant once real money was involved.

She describes the conversations that helped her and Cody work through different financial personalities, her temptation to raise their finish line as their income approached it, and the shift that came when generosity became something she experienced rather than merely discussed. Small acts of giving helped her see excess income less as money she was losing and more as an opportunity to impact other people.

Stephanie also explains how Finish Line Sprints, community, and honest conversations helped her form her own convictions. By the end, you may see how patience, shared experience, and room for each spouse to process can turn financial tension into a more joyful, unified approach to stewardship and generosity.