If there is any political alignment I have, it’s for views that allow for the most empathy. I believe that’s how most people can thrive. Money is political. There’s no getting around it. We need to acknowledge it and move … Read More … Read More
Awareness

Is money political?
It has become harder to separate the political from our building and maintaining wealth. Probably because money was always political. I’ve spent years trying to convince people that money is inherently emotional. You may think of a financial planner’s report, … Read More … Read More

What kind of freedom are you looking for?
A brief philosophical discourse on what financial freedom really means, and if there are other ways that we could define freedom. ‘Always with you this freedom! For your walled-up country, always to shout “Freedom! Freedom!” as if it were obvious … Read More … Read More

The pastor and the flood: A parable on who can save you
I use the story about the pastor and the flood to ask who you’re waiting for to come to your aid. Is it someone else, or is it you? My dad used to tell this story. It was meant as … Read More … Read More

The affiliate trap: How professionals can lose both trust and income

The alarm and the weighted blanket
There are two methods of helping people make meaningful change in their financial lives, which I call the “alarm” and the “weighted blanket”. Your financial situation is like a bed. We’re each lying in ours. (Or sitting. Or reading. Or … Read More … Read More

Offense and defense: What chess can tell us about financial wellness

Time to plan for the unthinkable
Now that we’ve seen firsthand how the unthinkable can happen, we need to prepare for other situations that can (and probably will) happen. By now, we’ve all been dealing with “the unthinkable” for many weeks now. “Nobody” thought this could … Read More … Read More

Why you want to keep a list of how you pay bills

The uncommon color of the swan
I don’t how to talk about the current health crisis better than anyone else, but I still want to acknowledge the reality we’re living in. I don’t know if you know this, but black swans do in fact exist. Unfortunately, … Read More … Read More