He blend the nuts and bolts of financial advice with the emotions that drive making them. Every financial behavior, whether it appears illogical to you or others, makes perfect sense when we understand the underlying beliefs, feelings, and thoughts. Good money decisions are not just about money.
What would you guess the average American worker makes in a year? Your financial reality may not be reality. This is the question professor Nina Strohminger, University of Pennsylvania’s Warton School of Business, asked her business students recently. The professor …
If you are in your 50s or 60s, you may have reacted with concern to the numerous recent news reports in September on an announcement about Social Security. One by Reason.com said, “Social Security Will Be Insolvent in 12 Years. …
Kirsten was divorced and had primary custody of her eight-year-old son, Jack, who spent every other weekend with his father. One Friday evening when her ex-husband came to pick up their son, he handed Kirsten a piece of paper and …
20 Things Your Financial Therapist Wants You To Know – PART TWO Last fall Bari Tessler, a financial therapist, posted two articles listing 21 “Things your financial therapist wants you to know.” I thought her points were excellent and worth repeating. Last …
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20 Things Your Financial Therapist Wants You To Know – PART ONE Bari Tessler was practicing financial therapy before most of the rest of us had ever heard the term. A psychotherapist, Bari decided to go into the bookkeeping business, …
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Bari Tessler’s Journey Into Financial Therapy Bari Tessler has spent over 20 years guiding thousands of people into happier, more empowered and refreshingly honest relationships with money. She was one of the early pioneers of financial therapy, and actually coined …
What Gives Your Life Meaning? What makes life worth living? This question is at the heart of financial life planning and financial therapy. Where do we rate financial, emotional, and physical wellbeing? A recent study by Pew Research Center, November 18, …
Money Skills Are 21st Century Survival Skills For our ancestors, even as recently as the 19th Century in many places, survival skills were hands-on. If you didn’t know how to build a house, farm, hunt, butcher animals, sew, and cook, …
Getting Married – Order a Credit Report New couples tend to be great talkers. Young love can be a wonderful time of discovery and sharing. New couples, regardless of their ages, need to get to know one another and explore …
How do you feel about the rich? While most Americans feel the rich are hardworking, only 10 percent think they are honest and one-third believe they are “greedy” and “self-centered.” It makes sense that if most people have a Money …
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