Let’s be honest – 2022 was hard. There was (still is??) financial uncertainty around healthcare, jobs, wages, tariffs, the stock market, and more. All this uncertainty can be unsettling and overwhelming. And overwhelm can cause people to panic or make poor choices. We have a loop of worst-case scenarios playing on repeat in our brains…
DetailsIn 2019-20, I made significant improvements to my health. I started working out regularly, lost weight, improved my eating…and yet. There was a little voice in my head, expressing concern that maybe I was being too strict with my eating habits. When COVID hit, I was under stress (like a lot of people!) and turned…
DetailsA while ago, my car broke down on me. It wasn’t an awful experience, because I broke down next to a park, and people kept stopping to ask if I needed help. It was a rare, sunny Seattle day; and other than missing a phone appointment I had been looking forward to, nothing in my…
DetailsHow do you make financial decisions equitable when you’re in a relationship? I recently worked with a client, a single woman, and she and her boyfriend were just about ready to move in together. They both owned their own homes, and he sold his home to move into her home. The boyfriend was planning on…
DetailsThis is one of those posts I re-up every year because I think it’s soooo important. Everybody says they want a good relationship with their money…but what does that even mean? Does it mean you’re cool with money until there is a conflict … and then you turn on it? Just how deep or superficial…
DetailsIt’s SO HARD to get back into good routines after the holiday season (Sugar! Carbs! Chocolate! Spending too much!) but I have found it’s useful to take smaller steps and find something to re-energize yourself around your money goals in January. You don’t have to do things exactly the same every single month–some months you…
DetailsDoes thinking about money give you anxiety? Do you try not to think about it? Does the thought of what you might need to do to improve your financial situation cause you to start breaking out in a cold sweat? If yes, you’re not alone. And a lot of financial planners would start out by…
DetailsWhat does struggling with money look like? If you’re constantly confused by money, stressed over money, playing catch up with money, uncertain about it, feeling guilty about it… They’re all signs that you’re likely having some money struggles. Unless you get a handle on your anxiety, it will continue to rule your financial life. Even…
DetailsWhen I went through my life-coach training, we used various metaphor tools to help illuminate how we felt about different areas of our lives. An example of this would be to consider your answer to the following question: If your money was a person, place, or thing to you, what would it be? Some of…
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