If the answer is no, then something you are doing, thinking, or feeling is in opposition to creating the wealth you want in your life. Don’t fall into the trap of gauging your own worth by the money you have. But numbers do track your intentions. If you set financial goals and create a, Read More

I have a friend who is deciding where to work…where to create her income. She decided to do a pro and con list for each place she is considering. Here is the problem I have with a list of pros and cons: Once you get to the point where you are writing the list, you, Read More

The first step to change your money situation is to reveal your own money story. Yes, I know you think you don’t have a story about money… money is just money. But we all have a story just by being alive and living around other people. It’s the rules we have in our head, Read More

This summer my sister, Gayle, and I helped my mother move into a continuing care community. We then tackled the task of finding homes for all the rest of her worldly belongings. Most of it went to Goodwill and Salvation Army as well as friends and needy friends of friends. Some of it… the, Read More

Our brains think that we are going to progress. We are going to make more money than our parents. We are going to be able to help our kids monetarily. If we work hard enough we will accumulate all the things… the cars and house and clothes and toys. We think that ten years, Read More

I was listening to author Steven Pressfield the other day talking about the difference between doing something like a pro or like an amateur. And it made me think about running your money life as a pro or like an amateur. How does a pro go into the day? If it’s a professional dancer,, Read More

I so wish I could tell you exactly what to do to fix your money life.Well, I could give you some pretty good guidelines. But each person has their own wants, desires and values.And in my case, a spouse who is not a saver. He is a good earner, but he sees no reason, Read More

Making money decisionsWhat to do… what to do… When you are making decisions about your money, it’s hard to know what to do. You have so many thoughts about what you “should” do. I “should” stick to a budget.I “should” look prosperous.I “should” be generous.”I “should” have a new safe car. Whew.You also have, Read More

Worry about money is universal… it crosses all income levels. There are multimillionaires who are more worried about money than people on welfare. I know a woman who has millions who thinks she is on the brink of losing everything and moving in with relatives. She clips coupons and makes her own clothes. She, Read More

You KNOW that stuff doesn’t fill your soul.Having more THINGS doesn’t create happiness. You know this in your intellectual brain but underneath you still want the stuff. It seems like one part of our brain wants to get more stuff and sneaks out and spends while the managing part of our brain is goofing, Read More