1 week ago
How I Avoided an Epic Travel Fail (Don’t Make My Mistake!)
We had been planning the trip to Iceland for months. In quest of the Aurora Borealis, a trip to nurture my soul, my husband, Mark, had diligently made all of the travel arrangements…
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3 weeks ago
Glance Back, Move Forward: 8 Financial Ideas for Over 50s to End the Year on a Solid Note
With the end of 2019 drawing near, it’s time to figure out how to be financially wise to our best advantage. For those of you over 50, it’s time to put money into your own or a spousal IRA. The limit is $7,000…
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2 months ago
3 Financial Lessons Learned from a Faulty Fridge and How to Apply Them After 60
We came home from a weekend away to find a puddle of water in front of the fridge. Opening the door, I unscrewed my coconut milk and it smelled a bit off. The food in the freezer was cold, but completely unthawed…
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2 months ago
4 Ways to Thrive with a Retired Spouse
My husband is 10 years my senior. He has had two iterations of “retirement” so far and both had financial and emotional implications for us. His most recent shift has been out of a paid career to having more freedom with his time. Read More
2 months ago
4 Ways to Get Naked with Your Money – Wrinkles, Bulges, and All!
Financial intimacy changes as we age, and I want to do it with dignity and grace! In our early years, Mark and I became financially intimate through sharing our financial history. Read More
3 months ago
Do You Look at Retirement as the Right Time to Engage and Unleash Your Daemon? Maybe You Should!
In David Brooks’ The Second Mountain – A Quest for a Moral Life, he writes about the daemon. What Is the DAEMON? “A daemon is a calling, an obsession, a source of lasting and sometimes manic energy…
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3 months ago
9 Rights You Have When Seeking Financial Advice in Retirement
The need for financial literacy does not end when you cross over the “retirement” line. In fact, it becomes imperative that you look at income planning as the foundation of building the life you want past that point. Read More
4 months ago
Financial Umbilical Cord or Lifeline? 7 Discernment Tips for Assisting Adult Children
We are a blended family with four children. It was far from easy to deal with financial decisions as they grew up. Now ensconced in their adult lives, it continues to be challenging to discern…
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5 months ago
8 Ways to Declare Your Financial Freedom When the Clock Strikes 55
Ladies, as we celebrated the freedoms of our nation on July 4, I encourage you to look at how to create financial freedom in your life. Money is a tool to be used creatively and constructively to build families and communities…
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6 months ago
4 Retirement Benefits of the New SECURE Act – The Rules – They Are A-Changin’!
There are things brewing in Washington, DC, that may nicely “season your pot” of financial assets available for your fall season of life. The House of Representatives recently passed the SECURE…
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