How does managing your money every month make you feel? For many, it feels overwhelming, stressful, limiting, and frankly, frightening. Building a balanced financial life requires healthy rhythms to our spending, saving, budgeting, and communication around money. A healthy...
The Trip of a Life Time
As a family of three, we traveled to Lapland, Finland in search of a big adventure this past December. It was the most magical and amazing trip that spanned experiencing the Arctic to seeing the Northern Lights to jumping in the Arctic Sea and ended with...
Relationships start with all sorts of excitement, fireworks, and butterflies. But over time, the chaos subsides, and we find a natural rhythm to life with the people we love. If you’ve been in a romantic relationship for a while, you likely have a rhythm to how you and your...
February, in the US, is often known for being a month dedicated to and all about love. But February should not only be about valentines, it should be about recognizing the love of one-self, family, and friends. As part of your financial health journey, you are building...
February is commonly known as the month of love, where kids pass out Valentine’s Day cards, couples spend romantic evenings together, and candy lines the shelves of every grocery store. However, the manufactured feeling of love often falls short of our expectations. We give so...
A New Year is always such a magical time, full of possibility as January 1st hits with a feeling of freshness in the air. For many, New Year’s resolutions lists come out, and dreams of the perfect vacation, summer body, new car, dream house, promotion, or insert your dream here....
You may not know this about me but I love adventure. It is a core value of mine. In my blog, I often talk about values based financial decision making. However, in this post, I would like to share a values based personal story about an upcoming adventure trip. The trip...
As the holiday season quickly approaches, many of us can feel an overwhelming sense of financial stress. While we want to feel gratitude and joy in the giving season, it’s just as likely you’re feeling worry and fear around your finances as the end of year closes in. From...
Why does it always feel like money is such a struggle? Whether it’s an unexpected bill that just popped up or an emergency that you never saw coming. Or maybe it’s a more guilty pleasure, like late night online shopping when you know you should be saving. It can feel like...
What do you dream about doing if money wasn’t a factor? Would you buy your dream home? Take the vacation of a lifetime with family or friends? Start your own business? Or just work less? Dreams are the best place to start when you’re making your financial plan and...
When was the last time you looked at your bank account balance and smiled? More likely, the last time you looked at your bank account or budget, you felt stress, anxiety, and maybe even fear.
Money brings out intense emotions, but they shouldn’t have to be...
This audio blog talks about the No-Budget Budget and how to make this budget work for you!
