What “Shoulds” Do You Carry During the Holiday Season?

What “shoulds” do you carry during the holiday season? I wonder… As we complete our annual day of gratitude on Thanksgiving, we ignite the end of the year buying and giving frenzy.  Often gift giving and receiving carry a plethora of shoulds … from families, society,...

Financial Fitness – time to reflect, celebrate, recommit

… financial fitness is not a destination but a way of being! At the beginning of this year, I committed to offering a monthly tele-class on a specific financial topic to support your evolution through financial fitness. The following paragraph is an excerpt from...

Will You Burn The Candle?

Will you burn the candle? I wonder … How many times have you received a really “nice” gift and do not use it. You save it waiting for a special occasion.  The list of my “really nice gifts” that go unused is long; and, I am committed to shrinking it. Last week I was...

What’s difficult about receiving?

What’s difficult about receiving? I wonder… My amazing daughter (no bias here!J) is tutoring a college coed in Chinese.  In high-school she studied Chinese and strongly understands the foundation of the language.  But, she has not taken Chinese since high school and...

What exactly is a “new normal”?

What, exactly, is a “new normal”? I wonder… From the ravages of Sandy, our most recent display of the change in weather patterns, we are offered yet another opportunity for the media and pundits to illuminate on the concept of a “new normal”.  Apparently, with climate...