What do you stand for?  What do you stand against?  What code do you live by?   Often, it takes an event to help us make a change.  The event can give evidence or remind us of what’s important. ...

You’re worth it.  Yes, you.  Tend to your own needs and believe you’re worthy of self-care. When we prioritize our own well-being, we’ll be more present and available to those we care about most.  If we take a broader view of the Golden Rule of personal...

Can your community help you reach your financial goals? Yes, I think it can help you reach all your goals.   What unites us as human beings?  I think it’s our impulse to find happiness.   What makes human beings happy?  Being productive,...

What is financial coaching? How much does it cost? Is it worth it? That’s what we’ll figure out.  I feel like I could throw a rock and hit someone who works in finance. Based on the numbers, I’m not that far off. There are 6.3 million people working in financial...

Should I bring financial coaching to my company for my employees? I humbly believe the answer is yes. Why? Let’s dig in.  Eighty percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck (The Washington Post.) Financial stress costs companies half a trillion dollars a...

If you want to achieve a peaceful financial life, then you should choose the right financial goals that you can work toward. Once you set the right financial goals, it will help you achieve them easily instead of wasting time wandering about the goals aimlessly....

I won’t use Scrooge’s famous catchphrase and this isn’t a blog post discouraging holiday spending, so please continue reading.   Instead, I’d like to better prepare you to truly enjoy your holiday season using the three characters Scrooge encountered during...

A first principle is a basic assumption that cannot be deduced any further. Over two thousand years ago, Aristotle defined a first principle as “the first basis from which a thing is known.” First principles thinking is a fancy way of saying “think like a scientist.”...

I want to talk about two significant maxims, the Golden Rule and one attributed to Fyodor Dostoyevky.   “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” “Society should not be judged on how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its...