Our Blog
Providing Helpful ResourcesCan You Really Afford to Navigate Your Own Financial Journey?
Imagine taking a 10 day cruise to the Caribbean on a luxury liner without any radar, communication devices, GPS systems or human Navigators on board. Do you really think you will reach your vacation destination safely and on time? Having this knowledge beforehand...
Why Your Financial Journey Begins With YOU!
As you read this, you are probably facing some type of financial challenge but don't know where to go or what to do to find the answers you need to move past this issue. Even I, as a financial coach, face numerous challenges everyday in both my personal life and in...
Do you Prepare a Budget or a Cash Flow Plan?
Webster defines Budget as an estimate of income and expenditure for a set period of time. I define a Cash Flow Plan as a detailed account of the movement of cash into and out of a families household that has been allocated and placed into multiple expense categories...
How Well do you Know your Paycheck?
A paycheck is issued by a company for services rendered by their respective employees. It is direct indicator of the value they place on the services that are provided. My 19 year old daughter is visiting this week and told me this morning that her bank account...
Motivating this generation to change their life’s trajectory.
Last week I mentioned to our adult children ages 21, 20 and 19 that if they invested just $50 a week until age 65 they would be millionaires. What surprised me was their response. "Why would we want to sacrifice our fun now by planning for an event 45 years from now?"...
Indulgent to Simple Challenge
Camping this past weekend reminded me how fun life can be when it is kept simple. While at the campground, all we needed was food. Internet was not available, cable TV inaccessible, restaurants and fast food stops too far away and the hustle and bustle of everyday...