How to Move Forward Wisely – After Divorce
In this article, I’m going to teach you how to create a Personal Life Timeline. Once you create it, you’ll see clues from your life story that will help you to make changes, empowering you to create a better future. You’ll see before you a bird’s eye view of how your past was shaped. The ability to see themes, patterns, and connections…
Read MoreHow Moving to a Different State Can Add 10 Years to Your Retirement Money
I have friends – let’s call them Mike and Laura – who retired in 2023 with $1.2 million saved up. That’s a hefty number. They worked hard for it. And they figured they were set. Then they actually ran the math on their life in suburban LA. California income tax (up to 13.3%), property taxes on a pretty average three-bedroom, healthcare supplements, and just the general cost of existing…
Read MoreWhen Did “Enough” Become a Moving Target?
A woman once told me exactly how much money she thought she needed before she could retire. She had done her homework. She knew what she spent each month, had looked at her Social Security benefits, reviewed her retirement accounts and thought carefully about the kind of life she wanted after work…
Read MoreWhy “Good Enough” Beats “Perfect” in the Dating Game
I talk to smart, accomplished women every week who are stuck in the same loop: swiping through profile after profile, comparing and cross-referencing, and somehow still unable to settle on anyone. Here’s what 20 years of helping daters in my coaching practice has taught me: the problem usually isn’t a shortage of good people; it’s how you’re searching…
Read MoreWhen Did We Stop Doing Things Just for Fun?
When I think back to being a kid, so much of what we did was simply because it was fun. We spent hours outside, running up and down the road to the big black door at the back of William Patten School. Nobody actually used that entrance, but for us it became a focal point. Other days were spent dancing around the kitchen table, clicking our fingers to “The Jets”…
Read MoreHow to Sell an Inherited Fur Coat with Confidence – and Without Guilt
An inherited fur coat is rarely just another item of clothing. It may bring back the image of your mother dressing for a special evening, your grandmother arriving for a holiday dinner, or an aunt whose style filled every room. Even the lining can unlock forgotten memories…
Read MoreWhat’s Holding You Back from Exiting Your Business?
If you’ve started to hear whispers in your head it’s time to get out of your business, time to exit, what’s holding you back from starting the exit journey? The following is a list of reasons I’ve heard from business owners over the years. How many of these…
Read More“Don’t Judge” Was the Most Confusing Advice I Ever Followed
I grew up being told not to judge. Maybe you did too. In my house it came with a Bible verse attached – the way we heard it, judge not, lest ye be judged – and somewhere along the way I turned that into a simple instruction: the judging itself was the sin. A good person doesn’t size people up. A good person gives everyone the benefit of the doubt…
Read MoreArranging Family Photos in Your Senior Years Can Bring a New Perspective and Purpose to Your Life
For most of my life, I looked at family photos as most others did – they were little snippets of time. I would pick up a few envelopes of prints and flip through the 20 or 36 photos inside, still safely ensconced in their designated sleeve right next to their…
Read MoreThought Selection: Choosing What We Think About
Most of us know that we can choose what we eat, what we wear, where we go, and how we spend our money. But we often forget one of the most important choices we make every day: We can choose what we think about. This is the idea behind a book I am currently writing, called Thought Selection…
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