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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Three reasons we live with the Money Fog Monster

September 13, 2010

That faceless, nameless monster wrapping its numbing tentacles around you may be none other than: the Money Fog Monster. Run! Scream! Hide! But it has a hold on you….
What exactly is this Money Fog Monster? Well it doesn’t really like to be pinned down (or it would lose some power), but let’s throw out some [...]

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More shopping advice and the pain of parting with your stuff

June 22, 2010

You know my motto: Earn more and spend wisely! So this post is about that second part- because it doesn’t matter if you earn more- if you blow it all at Target.  Well, thanks to the hot new field of “neuroeconomics”, I’ve learned another bit of shopping advice.
Recently, I wrote in a post about going [...]

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What is your money story?

June 15, 2010

Why do we do what we do when it comes to money? The answer: We behave according to what we believe, or rather—we react without thinking based on what we unconsciously believe.
So how do you figure out what you believe? There are many ways. David Krueger in his new book, The Secret Language of Money, [...]

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Teleclass on June 23rd– From Underearning to Prosperity

June 10, 2010

Well, I can’t make it any easier than this! Our events calendar is now up. Every month I will offer a one hour teleclass on some aspect of improving your relationship to money, for a whopping $37 bucks. (These calls are free to my current Financial Recovery Coaching clients.) I’ll teach for 40 minutes and [...]

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Why small things start to feel free: Shopping advice

June 8, 2010

So I’m at Home Depot to buy a hundred dollar garden bench. This was the plan. Really. And while I was wandering around the garden section, I found these cute five dollar hangers for pots. Then I saw some discounted annuals. Three dollar Pansies. Even I can grow pansies. Throw them in the cart. I [...]

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