I have been reading a lot of posts online about how people are spending more money this year than last Christmas. They are stressed about spending too much , gifts not being appreciated, cutting off all gift giving and going in debt. Everyone was piling on.I feel curdled just reading it all. I am, Read More
I went Christmas shopping with a friend last night. Our gift giving styles are very different.Compared to my family, she was buying a lot of presents. And let’s just say that she feels a lot more pressure to “get it right” when it comes to gift selection. That must suck the fun out of, Read More
If you are kind and share what you have, when you get more money you will share more. If you are graspy and greedy, when you have more money, your graspy greedy energy is amped up. Money exposes who you are. If you are an asshole, you will be a bigger asshole. If you, Read More
There are times when you need to slow down and rest.Times when a pause is healing to your soul. But when you are trying to attain a goal or reach out toward something you desire, err on the side of action. Even when it’s not pretty. Try something and fail.Then try something else. We, Read More
Several times this week I ran into people who I thought knew what I do for a living, who then asked me what I am doing these days. ?!? I have been doing this work for over a decade. I obviously have not made myself visible. I have not been vocal about what I, Read More
We have all been there. Difficult conversations about money. Who wants that argument?Or that snide look?Or that silent treatment? It’s easier to put it off. Stuff it down.Gloss over it. But every time you hold back on telling your truth, you make fear more important than love. Boom. You make fear more important than, Read More
I know you feel for the people who are not as fortunate as you. You feel guilty charging for your services or asking for a raise since they are struggling. But taking less money for yourself usually doesn’t even things out.Denying yourself pleasure doesn’t create a just world. Please do give if you can, Read More
For most women, part of feeling safe is having enough money. What does money safety look like to you? Is it having enough to pay the bills?Enough to buy your kids new cars so they are safe?Having enough at retirement so you can travel?Funding a retirement that is more than social security?Living in a, Read More
A lot of my clients don’t feel worthy of the money they have. Only they don’t say it that way. They say they are worried that they will lose all of this money they inherited. Someone else earned it and they are afraid of sacrificing all of that person’s hard, hard work by screwing, Read More
My mother-in-law tells me that I DESERVE my new car.I know she means that as a compliment. She is a sweetheart. But I did nothing to deserve this car except save for it. There are so many people more deserving than me.And I do think I deserve it.But we ALL deserve it. Having things has, Read More