By Mikelann Valterra, MA, AFC® Would a nicer house and new car make you happy? The answer is likely yes, particularly if your current house is getting too small for your family and your current car isn’t as reliable as it once was. But does money have the power to make you happy? The answer … Continue reading Does money bring happiness?
Listen in on a great conversation I had with Susie Pettit from the Love Your Life Show. We talk about how to overcome our financial anxiety and build money confidence. We talk about our money mindset, and helpful things we can do as parents to teach our kids healthy habits around money and about financial literacy. … Continue reading Podcast: How to talk to your kids about money
By Mikelann Valterra, MA, AFC In my recent article, Taking care of the future you. Who is she? I shared how difficult it is for our brains to imagine ourselves in the future. It is as if that future person is not us. It’s someone else. This makes it hard for us to save money … Continue reading Are you caught in the illusion of the End of History?
By Mikelann Valterra I’ve asked clients over the years to envision themselves in twenty years. What about you? Can you do this? The truth is, we struggle with imaging ourselves in the future. But the ability to envision ourselves in the future has the single greatest impact on our financial behavior and in particular our … Continue reading Taking care of the future you. Who is she?
By Mikelann Valterra I love feeling good about saving and investing for my future as much as the next gal. But in day-to-day life, the greatest money stress happens when people end up with a huge credit card bill they can’t pay off like they generally can. It eventually happens to everyone–that month with car … Continue reading The misunderstood power of short-term savings
Note- I originally published this article years ago when my son was ten years old, and have updated it because my new book, How to Set and Raise Your Fees—a heart-centered guide for coaches, counselors, and consultants, comes out in September 2024. See end to be notified of book release and classes.(This is a picture … Continue reading How to Set Your Fees—the many hours behind the hour
By Mikelann Valterra Whew! Recently, I attended the Financial Therapy Association conference in San Diego. What IS financial therapy, you ask? It’s a process that uses both therapy skills and financial knowledge to help people achieve not just financial health but higher overall wellbeing. Money is never just about the numbers, is it. How we … Continue reading Financial therapy– stress vs. anxiety
I had the most delightful conversation with the famous Sara Walton, business coach and host of the Game on Girlfriend podcast. As she loves to say, this is not your practice life! We dove into what IS money fog? What family dynamics really cause it? How do we talk to our kids about money so … Continue reading Podcast: Game on Girlfriend! This is not your practice life
I journeyed across the podcasting universe to the UK, where I spoke with Britain’s Jo Blackwell, a coach for women who want more from their lives after 50. Her “midlife movement” is changing minds about becoming older. (The Midlife Movement with Jo Blackwell.) We dove into the topic of money fog and talked about how … Continue reading Podcast: Women, Money, and Midlife with Jo Blackwell
I was honored to guest on the NewRetirement Podcast with Steve Chen. He has revolutionized retirement planning by making financial planning accessible to everyone with his affordable online tools. Take Retirement Planning into Your Own Hands | NewRetirement We had a great conversation on how to feel good about your money in the “de-accumulation” phase … Continue reading Podcast: Feeling good about retirement with NewRetirement
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