I was STUNNED when I realized my most-read blog post was about Law of Attraction… uh, what??? Honestly, the Law of Attraction (LOA) has become a cover for hyper-positivity that doesn’t account for the things actually wrong with our world that we need to fix. And BOY HOWDY, did we see that in 2020. I am…
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 your parents. There are probably two sides to this coin:…
With full-time jobs, raising kids and the general chaos of living your life, sometimes the Important-But-Not-Urgent things get lost in the shuffle. That’s why I LOVED it when one of my clients told me about their process…they finally started having regular “money dates” when they scheduled it to happen 30 minutes before Game of Thrones.…
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…
Last week, I introduced the concept of getting conscious with your money decisions and developing purposeful intent toward how you use and manage money in your life. This week, I want to walk you through how to organize that for yourself. Why? Because it will completely change how you approach every aspect of your life…
When you have a major money decision to make, what criteria do you use to determine what is the right course of action? Most people don’t have a formal process for money decisions. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that most people don’t approach their finances with any kind of conscious intent.…
A while ago, I had a prospect say to me, “Mindy, this service is not cheap. Are you sure this will be worth it for me?” Honestly? Not at all… I can’t promise any kind of particular results when someone works with me on their personal finances, mostly because I’m not their mother and not…
Are you constantly worried about your bank account? Do you feel guilty when you buy something that is non-essential? Do you feel you are constantly playing catch-up with your money? Even people who have plenty of money can find themselves worrying about it. Even those who aren’t living paycheck to paycheck, who don’t have crushing…
Last blog I talked about how people need to eliminate the shame they feel around their debt in order to have the right mindset to pay it off. Essentially, to prepare to pay off debt, you must: Be out of survival mode and feeling like life has returned to (somewhat) normal Working from a place…
There is so much shame attached to money problems, and debt in particular. “I should have known better…” “How could I have let it get this far?” “I’m so irresponsible…” “I can’t be trusted.” Whenever I speak with a potential client who is struggling to pay off debt (and it doesn’t matter how big the…
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