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
How Your Beliefs About Money Can Keep You Stuck {And What To Do About It}
Many years ago I ran a women's only networking organization called DARE To Be Phenomenal. During the events, I would give a presentation to help participants either move their business forward or change their relationship with money. At one of the first networking events, I did this exercise to help people understand where their beliefs, attitudes and mindset about money came from. So many View Post
Is the Love of Money The Root of All Evil?
As a blogger, I scour the web for great blogs. One of my personal favorites is Becoming Minimalist by Joshua Becker. Back in the day when I was heavily into overspending, I had no idea what minimalism even meant. As I've progressed down the debt free path and into a different lifestyle, I enjoy reading his blog because it's thought-provoking; makes me take a step back and further evaluate my View Post
What A Wolf Can Teach You About Money
An old Cherokee leader is teaching his grandson about life. He decides to share the story of the two wolves. “A fight is going on inside me,” he says to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One wolf is evil – he is full of anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.” He View Post
Simple Lifestyle Changes That Will Have You Winning The Debt Battle
Several years ago, faced with the possibility of losing my home and filing bankruptcy, I had a financial awakening. Lucky for me, I had it in the nick of time. Without that kick in the pants, that slap in the face, I would never have changed my ways. The ways in which I changed were numerous -- so numerous I could never include them all in this one article. But I did change in one very View Post
