Many women don’t feel like they deserve to be wealthy for one reason or another. My own mother has always been “poor” mainly because she, like so many women, has been the sole provider of her three...
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Save More by Thinking about Your Future Self
When it comes time to save for future retirement, Americans on the whole are terrible at it. It appears most Americans will either work until they drop dead or live in much more modest circumstances...
Semi-retirement: Live It Up More Today
What exactly is semi-retirement? As the burgeoning FIRE community continues to grow, we are seeing different kinds of early retirements. It’s clear that one size does not fit all when it comes to...
Is Financial Security Possible?
There is no 100% guarantee on financial security or safety—it is an illusion. Certainty is a mirage. The best security is knowing that you are flexible, resourceful, and able to roll with the...
7 Ways to Simplify Your Financial Life
Simplify your financial life to gain freedom from unnecessary tasks and help yourself get on the path to financial freedom and independence. Here a few simple ways you can automate your personal...
Achieve Financial Freedom with a Mental Shift
The first mental shift is the most critical step to get you on the path to financial freedom. You need to believe it is possible or you’ll give up too soon or never even begin because you didn’t...
Living Off Your Money: How Much Can You Safely Withdraw from Your Portfolio When You Retire Early?
The strategy you use to accumulate wealth in an investment portfolio isn’t the same strategy you use to take your money out of a portfolio (decumulation). You need a completely different strategy....
How to Feel Free Before You Reach Financial Freedom
Can you feel free financially before you actually have reached financial freedom? Derek Sivers, author of Anything You Want, and founder of CDbaby, recounts the same experience I had about feeling...
What’s Your Money Personality?
Do you know what your money personality is? There are three well-traversed roads to wealth: business, real-estate, and paper assets (i.e., stocks and bonds). By being successful in any one of these...
Start a Side Hustle to Reach Financial Freedom Sooner
One way to reach financial freedom sooner is to start a side hustle. A Facebook Live follower asked me what I saw as the benefits and drawbacks of owning my own business (watch here). Having worked...
The Money Questions
Almost all life coaching has a financial aspect to it because money is an important part of life. What are the money questions you should be asking yourself? All my one-on-one private coaching...
Donors Giving Back: Having It All is Only the Beginning
Jeff Bezos was the biggest donor of 2020. According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, he donated $10.2 billion to his Bezos Earth Fund. Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, was the second largest donor....