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Making Money Real for Kids
Making money real for kids is an important undertaking. Every few months I have the pleasure of teaching children as a volunteer for Junior Achievement and the kids are delightful. They’re inquisitive, energetic, and little truth-tellers. One little boy kept hugging me and when I asked him why, he said it was because I was […]
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Manage Your Money Better with Budgeting Tools
So, you’ve made the decision to manage your debt. Congratulations! Now what? Great question. First, you’ll need tools. Before deciding which tool to…
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Myths About Wealth That Keep Us From Managing Money Better
Hammers, shoes and sandwiches all serve a purpose and to see good results you have to use each item appropriately. You can use a shoe to hammer nails but the results may be mixed. You can eat your shoe but it won’t taste good or be as nourishing as a sandwich. Not one of these […]
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Tips for Combining Finances Before You Say I Do
You’ve done the really hard part and found someone special to spend the rest of your life with. Congratulations! Now, let’s set aside the wedding planning and honeymoon dreaming for a bit and talk about combining finances. Merging bank accounts and financial lives isn’t exactly pillow talk, of course, but it’s a necessary discussion for […]
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Why It’s Important to Make More Than The Minimum Payment
Paying the minimum on your credit card each month may seem tempting because the minimum is usually a small amount. This isn’t a good idea.
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Rebuilding Your Finances In a Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a bevy of challenges to consumers. Efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus have shut down businesses across the country, triggering furloughs and tens of millions of job losses. The result, for many, is a devastating blow to their personal finances as they attempt to cover day-to-day expenses without […]
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Limiting Beliefs and How They Impact Your Money
Limiting beliefs are nasty little gremlins. I imagine their bodies to be brownish green, squatty with warts all over. Their pointed yellow teeth gnaw away at confidence and seek to constrain happiness and limit our future by believing wrong ideas. You may think giving these things shape and form is a ridiculous notion, but I […]
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Learn How to Manage Your Money Better
Getting back on track financially can seem like a daunting — even impossible — task. As the debt mounts — and the paycheck stays the same or even dwindles — bankruptcy may seem like it’s in the offing. Pulling yourself up and out of financial troubles requires time and hard work. But it’s not impossible […]
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Financial Caregiving During Covid-19 Crisis
January 2020 seems light years ago. Our hearts broke for Kobe Bryant’s family; we yawned at the Super Bowl ads; Meghan and Harry started packing their bags and on the 21st of that same month, the US announced its first case of COVID-19. We didn’t know what was coming and how quickly it would arrive. […]