In my blog, I don’t talk a lot about the nuts and bolts of personal finance, but recently, I was working with an individual client who was struggling with getting out of debt. I realized that I was forgetting how hard it can be, to make a shift from thinking of yourself as a person…
DetailsMaintaining control and clarity over your financial management system can be a pain in the . . . neck. It’s easy to get obsessed on the one or two things that you think are going to make or break your current, short-term financial life (underwater mortgage, staggering student loan debt, being 8 ½ months pregnant…
DetailsThis week’s post is a companion piece to my own post on ways to save money on food, from Sonnet Lauberth. Sonnet is a holistic health coach, food educator, blogger, and writer on a mission to help people create fresh food that nourishes their body and tastes good! She is the voice behind In Sonnet’s…
DetailsIf you’re looking to cut back on your spending, you are probably wondering how you can save money on food as a budget item; which makes sense, because it’s much easier to cut back on a variable expense like food, versus a fixed expense like rent or mortgage. There are a lot of good…
DetailsBack when I was having hard times and money problems, I wished daily for less struggle. More ease. A relationship with money that sustained me, instead of needing to work constantly to sustain it. What I realized—and what changed my relationship –is that the idea of less struggle and more ease starts on the inside,…
DetailsI’ve spent a lot of time this year thinking about the universal truth about money…which to me, is different than spiritual truth, because acknowledging your role in the universal truth is a STEP toward losing the fear, ambiguity and lack of awareness around your external relationship with money. The universal truth is the key to…
DetailsWhat does money have to do with your spiritual growth? In my experience, everything . . . this isn’t about believing that you have to suffer to finally be rewarded, or about staying strong through misfortune. Spiritual growth makes you stop suffering, and you no longer perceive a misfortune to be bad luck. Spiritual growth…
DetailsI did a radio show here in Seattle on Trying Not To Die Broke: Saving For Retirement Before You Hit 40. I am uniquely suited to discuss retirement savings for people under 40, since the majority of my clients are 40-ish and under. Most older people like to work with a planner who is a…
DetailsOne of the most nerve-wracking tasks of financial planning can be understanding how to invest your 401k, IRA or other account. In fact, I think most of the time, financial people want you to feel nervous, because then you start to think that making investment decisions is beyond you. But what I have found is…
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