Despite your best intentions, taking charge of your finances tends to get pushed to the back burner, which ultimately causes financial anxiety. You know you need to take care of these things. But you’d rather avoid the discomfort of facing your financial reality. Well, guess what? You’re not alone. Lots of women avoid dealing with […]
David Bach, the author of Smart Women Finish Rich coined the term “Latte Factor” to represent the missed opportunities to build wealth due to habitual unconscious spending on things like unnecessary daily coffee drinks. Have you ever stopped to think about how much money you could contribute to retirement savings each month if you really […]
April is National Financial Literacy Month. What’s your plan for a safe and secure retirement? This Forbes article speaks to the need for hard-working Americans to make financial literacy a priority. It cites a gobankingrate.com survery, which states: 50% of Americans have less than $1000 in savings What are these people supposed to do […]
A successful single woman in her 40’s came to me for money coaching (we’ll call her Hillary) because she was concerned about her spending, and not being able to save any money. This was a pattern she saw in her parents, now in their seventies, who from time to time, had to borrow money from […]
When a woman makes a decision to take the first step to get her finances in order, it boosts her self-confidence, especially around money. This confidence has an impact on other areas of her life as well, which allows her to make sound financial decisions. Take my sixty-one year old client Missy for instance. She […]
Are you one of those women who spends everything you make? You earn enough to pay your bills, and even have some left over. But instead of saving it, you spend it. Here’s something you may not want to hear: having enough money to retire when you want to is about making a plan to […]