If I gave you a choice between sharing your credit score or your weight the overwhelming majority of you would instead share how much you weigh than what your credit score and overall finances look like. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling conducted a poll asking participants to finish this sentence: “I’d be most embarrassed to admit my…” And respondents made it clear that debt shame View Post

I hate to admit this, but I was once a naysayer when it came to the idea that how you think about money is important, if not the most important, part of personal finance.  That was until I learned about the concept of a “positive money mindset” and quickly realized this was an integral component of the equation that leads one to a happier financial life. How To Adopt a Postive Money View Post

We talk to ourselves all the time, whether or not we are willing to admit out loud to anyone else. We go about our lives and are constantly thinking and interpreting different situations we are involved in.  This 'self-talk' includes both our conscious thoughts and our unconscious assumptions and beliefs.  We engage in this type of self-talk all the time with regard to our money.  It's what makes View Post

Your money story isn’t a fairytale, at least not for most of us. It’s that story made up from the past beliefs, words and actions that you observed in others as a child. It’s the things – albeit right or wrong – that you learned from your parents or caregivers when you were quite young. How many of us heard the following statements from our parents growing up: “Money doesn’t grow on View Post