One day a few weeks ago, I turned the key in my door with my son beside me, and instantly I knew—something was wrong. (I KNEW I had thrown that deadbolt.) I walked in with my heart pounding, sensing something was amiss. I walked straight to the TV cabinet where the flat screen, Xbox and … Continue reading Does Money Make Your Happier? The truths from my burglary
Recently, I was interviewed on the psychology and brain science behind the “power of tracking”- why tracking our spending is so powerful. (Link: http://blog.credit.com/2013/04/the-power-of-tracking-your-spending/ ) Tracking is simply recording our income and outgo – it’s about taking the time to “write down” our financial transactions. What?! Many people think that they don’t need to, since … Continue reading Three Reasons Tracking Your Spending Will Shift Your Relationship to Money
Recently, I was interviewed on the psychology and brain science behind “the power of tracking”. Believe it or not, this is a really interesting subject. It touches on psychology, consciousness, brain science, and even how our relationship to money sometimes mirrors our relationship to food. So enjoy my article below. And here is the link … Continue reading My 20 minute podcast for you on the fascinating brain science behind tracking your spending
We’ve all heard the heated debate – does having money make you happy? Most of us respond emphatically: No! However, if we are honest, most of us would also add a caveat – money does not bring happiness, assuming you have “enough” money to begin with. Of course that is where it gets interesting. How … Continue reading Does More Money Mean More Happiness?
If you’ve ever thought about your “money story”, you may have come up against some paradoxes–conflicting messages about money. And when we are confronted with paradoxes, we often react by simply doing nothing…putting our head in the sand. The first obvious conflict many women deal with is the message from their families that they should … Continue reading Conflicting money beliefs, anyone?
Overspending simply means spending more than you have, spending more than you intended, or spending in ways that just don’t feel right for you. But so often, when we spend excessively, the irony is that we are often spending on surface wants and not attending to our true needs. When clients share a story of overspending, … Continue reading Getting to the Emotional Root of Veronica’s Overspending
Many times my clients come in stressed and dazed about money. They’ve hit their frustration limit. Sometimes they feel out of control around money and sometimes they are simply tired of not knowing if they’ll have enough money- at the end of the month, or the year…. And I hear a lot of “I’m a … Continue reading Creating Your Personal Money Practice
Every year in January I write about creating an annual spending plan. The metaphor I’ve used in past years is looking into your own “crystal ball” to see the future. (A few years ago I wrote this: Look Into Your Crystal Ball) And indeed, creating a spending plan for the whole year does allow you to … Continue reading Creating Your Magic Personal Road Map for the New Year
Every year I write about creating a holiday spending plan. And it IS a good subject. The bottom line is that if you create a plan- list out who you are going to gift, your ideas, and the cost, and then add it up, it becomes a great roadmap for the holidays—you have less stress … Continue reading Want to change your gifting ritual? Propose changes at Thanksgiving
Often, when clients come to see me, they are afraid I will tell them they can’t afford to have something they really want. They fear that they won’t be able to take that vacation to Europe or perhaps they shouldn’t be buying so many clothes. Now, as a money coach, I’m used to people projecting … Continue reading You can have anything you want…
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