Money and energy go hand-in-hand. Maybe five or ten years ago, if I’d said this in a room full of people, I would’ve gotten a lot of blank stares or been laughed off the stage. But nowadays, I think more people are willing to connect the dots between their thoughts, their energy, and their money.…
DetailsHave you heard the phrase, “How you do one thing is how you do everything”? It might be your outlook on life, or it might be ingrained behaviors, but whatever results or challenges you experience in “real” life might also be showing up in your money life. For example, a person who has a positive,…
DetailsTraditional money advice sometimes bugs the crap out of me. So-called money experts often come up with these silly ideas that are supposed to help you get control of your money. Did you hear about the millionaire who claimed that millenials couldn’t afford houses because they spend all of their money on avocado toast? That…
DetailsI have said before, the greatest indicator of your future wealth is your cash flow and how much you’re saving. And it doesn’t matter if you make $30,000 a year or $300,000 a year – we all struggle with this. We struggle to know if we’re spending too much – and unfortunately, if you’re not…
DetailsWe often think about our brains as the ultimate authority, the ultimate truth. But, as it turns out, sometimes they are big, fat, liars. Our brains have our best interests at heart, but they’re scared of change. Click To Tweet They like things the way they are now — even if you have other goals…
DetailsNobody wants to fail. Not consciously anyway. But sometimes not changing is easier than changing. We’ve all experienced this, right? It’s easier to stay in bed than get up and go for a run. It’s easier to leave our money in the old company 401k than figure out what to do with it. It’s easier…
DetailsFinancial habits are just as difficult for some people to make and break as any addiction or other bad habit. Yet others can change their habits quite quickly and effectively. Do those people just have more willpower? Are they smarter? Are they somehow better than the rest of us? Nope. In Gretchen Rubin’s book,…
DetailsVulnerability is difficult to sustain in an intimate relationship, even without bringing in money issues. No one WANTS to be vulnerable. It becomes a lot easier when you know your friend or loved one accepts you unconditionally. Which is fine when you’re admitting to a less-than-ideal habit . . . but I have seen that…
DetailsAll couples argue, but what are couples fighting about the most? According to a 2012 survey from the American Institute of CPAs, money is the most common reason married or cohabiting couples fight. Of over 1,000 American adults polled, 27 percent of participants said that disagreements over finances were most likely to erupt into an…
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