Goodwill Year Round

Last month a friend published a message on Facebook indicating that Santa is the most evil, insidious concept ever introduced to society. He went on to say “the season of goodwill” ought to be 12 months long. Let’s leave the Santa debate to others...

Simple Money Habits

Would developing simple money habits be a great beginning to 2014? I wonder… The following link, Click Here, is a personal success story from a couple who turned their “financial mess” into sustained healthy financial behavior.  The habits described mirror the...

Is the fifty the new twenty?

Is the $50 the new $20? I wonder… This month I celebrated my birthday in NYC. It was a “multiple event” as my daughter is home from college and had an interview scheduled on my birthday. We decided to celebrate the play of life, work and milestones...

Giving and Receiving

Are you better at giving or receiving? I wonder… I recently read a newsletter that offered Brene Brown’s quote below, along with the author’s observations on our culture’s ability to give and receive. Her findings suggest we are better givers than receivers; in...

5-Minute Try It: Giving From The Heart

Minute one: Relax in a setting that inspires you (nature, before a fire, on a meditation cushion…) Minute two: Connect to the person to whom you want to give. It can definitely be yourself. Visualize yourself or him or her in a brilliant clear scene. Minute...