Finances

Financial stress often comes from shame, which can feel paralyzing. Here’s where to start to solve your spending issues. As a financial coach for women in business, whether they are sole entrepreneurs or climbing the corporate ladder, they often share the same feeling: ashamed about their financial situation. And that can cover a whole range of topics. Feeling that you need to hide those …

The Harsh Reason You’re Bad With Money (& How To Get Better) Read More »

A financial coach’s three steps to making peace with your partner (and your finances). Do you have the same argument with your partner, repeatedly? If so, it’s likely that repetitive argument is based on money, especially if your opinions on finances totally different. Is he a spender, and you are more cautious? Or vice-versa? Other differences may be situation. For instance, he may want to help his parents …

How To Stop Fighting With Your Sweetie About Money (Because It Only Makes You Bitter!) Read More »

“…For richer or poorer, to have and to hold, until death do us part…” Do you recall making this vow? It sounds like quite a commitment. The problem is, these words represent a very unrealistic view of finances and marriage. How can we see into the future and know that this person will be our partner for the rest of our lives, regardless of all …

4 Money Behaviors That Sabotage Even The Best Marriages Read More »

What To Do When Your Kids Are Clueless About Money So often I hear parents lament about how their children can’t seem to manage their money; always ‘borrowing,’ and never returning the cash or spending their allowance on things that seem impractical. Or, out of school and living at home without contributing to the monthly nut. Teaching our children good financial habits is easier …

9 Tips To Point Your Kids Toward Financial Success Read More »

A woman meets a man at the tennis courts… they’re both in the pro shop purchasing balls. They date. They fall in love. On the surface, this looks like a dream come true; opposite money habits that fit like a puzzle, but it’s actually a train wreck waiting to happen. How can one tell during the dating dance, which is whom? He impresses her …

Over-Spender Meets Under-Earner Read More »

We all read inspirational books, listen to a recording that sometimes sounds as if it is new information, and promise ourselves we will do better tomorrow.  And then tomorrow shows up on our doorstep, and we are emotionally someplace else, forgetting our promise. Healing is a choice. When we choose not to shift our thoughts, not to gain a perspective, we are basically telling …

How Our Childhood Affects Our Finances Read More »

The less you know the more you’ll pay. This was my motto when I was a mortgage broker. When you’re dating, the last thing you’re thinking about is your bank account. But are you setting yourself up for future financial blunders as you dance your way through potential suitors? He does the cha-cha; you follow gracefully. He changes pace with the California swing; you …

Are you Dating a Financial Disaster? Read More »