This week’s blog is written by guest author Lily Francine In a society where debt has more than tripled since the 1980s, and where housing has skyrocketed to a point that it can take up to 10 years to save for a down payment, financial problems are running rampant — and they’re taking a toll…
Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution? Or maybe two? Or twelve? And right now is about the time where you take stock and think, welp, the year didn’t go exactly the way I hoped, so maybe I just say the heck with it until January. I get that feeling. For a lot of…
There are always choices when it comes to personal finances. And, they’re always personal. But, what if your decisions are outside the box of what others think or do? That’s OK. And, actually, it’s perfect. It should never be about keeping up with the Joneses. Just because they vacation every year in Hawaii doesn’t mean…
In my last post, I talked about Dick and Jane’s awesome, unique and creative vision to replace Jane’s income in five years. But many times, when I am talking to clients, they start with the idea that they can’t have life balance AND money. That to get what they want they have to give up…
The past few weeks I have been talking a lot about financial planning. And I hope it’s clear now that financial planning is not about products, or investments, or even about deprivation. It’s not about feeling that you need to “do” something; instead, it’s about getting urgent about your results with money. Instead of working…
Why should you do financial planning right now? Um, maybe you shouldn’t. I’m going to make a bold statement: I kind of dread it when people come to me for financial planning when the reason they are moving forward is because they feel like they have to make a major financial decision RIGHT NOW. True,…
I spend a lot of time reassuring people that financial planning isn’t “just” for the wealthy…in fact, a financial plan is what puts you on that road, regardless of where you start. It is meant to help you begin with the end in mind with regard to your personal finances. And some people think (erroneously!)…
Okay, I purposefully made that blog title a little loaded…how did it feel when you read that? Were you triggered in any way? One thing that comes up when you work with people and money is that sometimes people think they don’t deserve to have all of the money they want. This might expand out…
What did you learn from your parents about money? Did they teach you how to balance a checkbook? Create a budget? How to use a credit card? I would say, the mechanics of basic personal finance are only part of the story you got from parents. There are probably two sides to this coin: what…
I admit, over the years I have seen the Law of Attraction (LOA) become cover for hyper-positivity that doesn’t account for the things actually wrong with our world that we need to fix. However, when it comes to the power of LOA to help people manage their thoughts, emotions and energy, I am still a…
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