Miserable is not enough.

“I don’t know what to do next.”

“I feel stuck.”

“I have to…”

“I just need to…”

“I don’t really have a choice, do I?

How often have you heard yourself say (or think) things like this?  

From the out…

Every month you meet with 10 of your closest friends.  You share a beautiful, chatty dinner, everyone gets caught up, talking about their latest adventures, and then at the end of the evening everyon…

The last of our short run on procrastination!  What surprised you about our deep dive into procrastination and how to undermine it?

What topics do you want to hear about next season?  Let's talk!  h…

Continuing on with the cycle of procrastination.  Let's follow the kind of messed up logic of not trusting ourselves and apathy.

How have you seen procrastination result in little crisis that snowba…

You've put off that one little task for weeks now, and today's the day!  You work up the nerve and knock the task out and it took all of 90 seconds!!!!  Why couldn't you have just done it weeks ago? …

Just because you're focused on it doesn't mean it's a goal.  Obstacles have a sneaky way of telling us they are goals!  How did this impact what we focus on, what we choose to do, and how likely we a…

Taking a break from Financial Skepticism to talk about a related issue... we, as a people are NOT good at talking about money.  What do you say when someone you care for is struggling financially?  L…

What did you notice as you were looking for those lighting-fast internal rules that we all use to motivate ourselves, make decisions, stay on task or get things done?

Let's take a rule I use ("I don…

We all have a set of internal rules, strategies, wisdom and truths that are informing every choice we make.  If they are good tools, they help us get to our goals, but if their bad can be undermining…

What is Financial Skepticism?  Why is it important to evaluate the tools, rules, and strategies we use to make decisions?

What are those lighting-fast decision making rules that you use?  In this ep…

What is the difference between financial literacy and financial wellness?  Can you have one without the other?

Find 45 minutes on your calendar next week for us to talk.  You can pop yourself right …

What is a sunk cost?  How is that different than the sunk cost FALLACY?  And how do we pay these sunk costs in different parts of our lives including our finances?

Find 45 minutes on your calendar n…

Having financial conversations is rough, but having financial conversations with our partners can be rougher still!   Good news, though!  By using this customizable, judgment-free, easy conversationa…

This is the last of the three-episode exploration into how to tell if a tool or strategy you are using is garbage or good!

Read the full article here.

And the article on receipts and tracking here!

We've all heard "just live below your means" and "just save 10% of your income".   And I'm betting you've heard these two pieces of wisdom A BUNCH.  But are these tools working?  (Spoiler alert:  no,…

Lasting change, making good choices, and setting ourselves up for success may not be about willpower.  In fact, there is science showing that willpower may not be the best tool for change!  https://p…

Last time I took a tool away from you.   NO MORE WANTS VS NEEDS!   This episode we'll talk about the tool I teach to replace it!

Want to practice re-teaching this tool or any of the tools we've cove…

How many times have you heard yourself or others say "I just need to..." or "If I could just..."?

This little shortcut our brains take is secretly poison!  Find out why and how to counteract it in th…

Tracking what we spend is not as easy or hard as you might think!

The purpose of beginning to track is twofold:

Create a tracking routine

-and-

Get good, clean data on your spending.

More on why I h…