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…
Ultimately, one of the most profound issues in healing our relationship to money is being willing to enter into a conversation about needs vs. wants. This subject can be deceptively simple. However, many people are not clear about what they need vs. what they want. So the end result is that they spend a lot … Continue reading How to create your own needs and wants list
In the heavy heat of summer, sometimes even I get bogged down with thinking about money. I just want to play. So what do I do? I simply keep tracking. Yep. That’s it. When all else fails, I just track where I’m spending my money. I can always analyze it later, or adjust my plan … Continue reading Tracking your way to consciousness and peace- 3 steps
Recently I was deeply struck by a post called The Statute of Limitations on Regret– posted on the Get Rich Slowly blog. It was on the author’s reaction to a couple who was beating themselves up for the money mistakes they made. And now they are focused on just getting through the day, marking time … Continue reading 5 steps to healing your financial regrets
When we spend money to alter our mood, we are using money as a drug. And because this drug is socially sanctioned— rarely do people do an intervention on someone for overspending– this particular drug habit can become very destructive. And to make matters worse, as our society evolves to ever more electronic transactions, we … Continue reading Money as the drug of choice in the internet age
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