Does your childhood last name affect your adult spending? Maybe so.

March 21, 2011

I’ve always thought of myself as a reasonably patient person. And this patience is a handy thing, when it comes to spending. I can often make myself wait until something goes on sale. I’ve noticed my son is less so, and hope that he will “mature” as time goes on. But now I wonder if [...]

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4 Steps to Calculating Your Life-Energy Number

March 1, 2011

I’m as human as the next person. Sometimes I want to spend money I shouldn’t. Take clothes, for example. For Christmas, my father gave me some very generous clothing gift certificates. So I hit the after-Christmas sales pretty hard with my friend Sandra. Between the sales and my gift certificates, it was like everything was [...]

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Training to become a Money Coach

January 6, 2011

On Wednesday January 12th, I am doing a Telecall about the Financial Recovery training program– how to become a Financial Recovery Coach. As many of you know, I am on the faculty of the Financial Recovery Institute. The Institute is founded by financial counseling pioneer Karen McCall. Over the past twenty years, Karen has developed [...]

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Mikelann’s Crystal Ball

January 4, 2011

I’ve been looking forward to a certain Saturday morning in late December for a while. Why? Because I want to know if I can put new windows on my house this year. And I want to know if I can afford some extra landscaping help before my backyard turns into a wildlife preserve. (That’s just [...]

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8 steps to avoiding that holiday spending hangover

November 8, 2010

Yes, I know it’s only mid-November. But we all know that we’re starting to do some holiday planning.  Last night my sister and new brother-in-law were at my house for their first year wedding anniversary dinner party (I made the perfect pork roast!) and we started talking about exchanging gift lists. She is hosting this [...]

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What pulls your trigger? Four reasons you may overspend

October 14, 2010

Do you ever feel triggered? Do you ever find yourself spending money you didn’t intend, but you do it anyways? Sometimes I feel almost defiant when I’m in this mode. “I know I didn’t plan this. But screw it! I’m buying this!” Usually, it is because I’m triggered.
Over the years, I’ve gotten in touch with [...]

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Are you giving up control to electronic banking? My rant

September 27, 2010

The other day I’m watching television and I see this Chase commercial announcing that they now have a smart phone app that lets you know when your bank balance is getting low. They’ll “alert” you. The commercial shows a woman in the middle of a yoga class getting such an alert. She calmly extends her [...]

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Your Money Personality– What really motivates you?

September 20, 2010

If you have  some extra money that comes in unexpectedly, what do you do with it? Your answer may be related to your own money personality.
We all have different “money personalities”. And one simple way to think about your own personality is to ponder what truly motivates you around money. What is important about money? [...]

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