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
Day 11: The Negative Money Self-Talk That Gets In The Way
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 View Post
Rewrite Your Money Story and Get Out of Debt With These 7 Strategies
Last week I wrote a post called Why Understanding Your Money Story Is The Key To Financial Freedom. This week I wanted to elaborate on some strategies that combined with the others I wrote about can have you seeing, feeling and acting differently about money. Why is that important? Because if you see your financial situation as a negative instead of a learning experience, it will be that View Post
Why Understanding Your Money Story Is The Key To Financial Freedom
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
Wants vs Needs {And How To Tell The Difference}
Wants and needs often get mixed up in our minds when we're standing there in front of something that's super appealing to us. Let's imagine for a moment that your biggest nemesis to your budget is shoes. You wander into the shoe department only to see the most fabulous leather boots. You pick them up, caress them gently, imagine them on your feet. You begin the internal conversation with View Post
Valuable Lessons To Teach Your Kids About Money
We all learned about money from our parents, and our children will learn all about money from us. It can be a vicious, self-defeating experience when we look back and see how our grown children use money, especially if we didn't get it right. We literally can keep passing down bad money habits, ideas and mindsets from generation to generation if we don't do something to stop the cycle. To View Post
