Category: Relationships and Money

  • How to Prioritize Your Bills During Challenging Times

    How to prioritize bills when you can’t pay them all If you’re scrambling to pay your bills each month, you’re not alone, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learning how to best prioritize your bills during these times, can help alleviate some of those stresses. According to one report released in September, 46% of Americans were […]

  • Reassessing Your Budget Pie Chart

    As a financial literacy educator, I believe I must give all of the class attendees as many tools as I can that will help them. Among the first tools, they need to become financially successful is a budget. I know, I know, you are groaning at that word “budget” but I ask you to hang […]

  • How to Recover from Financial Infidelity

    Some of us are keeping secrets from our partners — and it’s not about a significant other in the wings. Your relationship could be suffering from financial infidelity. Nearly one in five U.S. adults who are in a live-in relationship are hiding a checking, savings or credit card account from their partner, according to CreditCards.com’s […]

  • Borrowing Money from Friends or Family: A How To Guide

    Whether it’s $2 for a cup of coffee, $20 for a bag of groceries or $2,000 to pay off credit card debt, many of us have resorted to borrowing money from friends and family to cover a quick splurge or pay off bills that we just can’t afford. In fact, according to Finder.com, an online […]

  • Money Management For Seniors: How To Help An Aging Loved One

    Here are the best ways to help aging loved ones navitage the tricky world of money management well into their golden years.

  • How to Shut Down a Money Moocher

    Almost everyone will encounter a money moocher at some point. We aren’t talking about a legitimate need that someone has for a little bit of help.  A moocher is a friend  or relative who asks for financial help on a regular basis or who never brings enough money to cover their expenses when you go […]

  • What’s Your Money Relationship Status?

    Most of us juggle a lot of important relationships in our lives. One of the most important is our relationship with money. Do you know your money relationship status?  How do you determine if your relationship status with money is healthy or in need of some TLC?  Do you know what to do if you […]

  • How to Help a Friend Who Is Struggling Financially

    Sometimes it’s hard to know exactly how to help a friend who is struggling financially. Here are ways you can ease a friend’s financial burden.

  • I DO — On a Budget!

    Getting married soon? Click to discover 4 great ways to save on your big day!

  • What Is Financial Freedom?: 8 Signs You May Not Be Free

    What is financial freedom? You may have enough money to live comfortably, but still not be financially free. Here are 8 signs you’re one of them