New Beginnings

New Beginnings

Reading Time: 3 minutes The start of a new school year has always felt like a bigger deal to me than January 1.  My boys start school after Labor Day.  (Yes, I know that many people have already been in school for a month, but in my world, our new beginning is just...
Financial Trouble

Financial Trouble

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the last article I will write about finances and divorce, at least for a while, but I still felt like I had a little more to say on this topic. Of course everything is always better if we are proactive and doing the right thing with our...
Financial Tips for a Divorce

Financial Tips for a Divorce

Reading Time: 3 minutes After my last article on Surviving Divorce, a wise friend sent me a reminder to add to the list – “get someone to sit down with you and organize your financial life – the assets you are to receive, the debt you may have accumulated...
Surviving Divorce

Surviving Divorce

Reading Time: 3 minutes Getting through and surviving my divorce was the hardest thing I have ever done to date in my life. Here are my words of advice to someone going through that or who will go through it. 1.  Give yourself permission and make the time and space to...
Top 10 Financial Planning Checklist

Top 10 Financial Planning Checklist

Reading Time: 3 minutes This Financial Planning Top 10 list covers some of the most common issues I see and things that I view as most important. 1) Make a commitment to getting your finances in order Your money and finances are important. Devote some time and energy...