Saving, Investing and Giving Targets

Do you have money saving, investing and giving targets? I wonder… Perhaps this wonder question is a twist on New Year’s resolutions; but that is not the intention is the exploration. Rather, I am curious about the next phase of healthy financial behavior – after debt...

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...

Embody Celebration Energy

Do you embody celebration energy? I wonder… Today is my birthday. Happy birthday to me!  The best gift I can ever receive is a gift to myself, celebrating life.  My gift to you is to remember celebration energy when you are feeling anything but.  In moments of despair...