🥳Smart Money Financial Coaching Hits A Big Milestone!
I am so happy to share that this month Smart Money Financial Coaching is celebrating our 5 Year Anniversary! To be perfectly honest, this has been a bit of an emotional milestone for me. 🌊The emotions hit me like a wave that wasn’t really expected. But through a bit of journaling, I think I have […]
“Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?”
In the past couple of months… Have you found yourself taking a peek at job boards? Are you quietly updating your LinkedIn profile and your resume? Are you starting to feel that maybe you shouldn’t quiet quit, but really quit😂 Since your work life can have such a dramatic impact on your finances, I want […]
Are You Getting a Tax Bill?
It is this time of year when small business owners across the country hear from their accountants whether they will receive a refund (YAY!) or a bill (BOO!). Actually, this is the *exact* time of year when I have started working with a number of my small business customers. Simply put–they did not like getting […]
Successful Clients have this in Common
As a financial coach, I work with people from all walks of life, at every income level! From older couples who need to start saving for retirement, to single women looking to find their financial footing, to families with envy-producing incomes. The one thing that every client has in common is that: They made a […]
🎄Holidays + 📈 Inflation = Creative Solutions
When you begin working with a financial coach, one of the first things that you will do is to create a budget that accurately reflects your expenses and priorities. With a budget and tracking expenses, clients immediately see where they can change behavior. There are times, though, like when inflation and the holidays mix, and […]
Have you ever experienced Murphy’s Law with Money?
Murphy’s Law states that whatever can go wrong will go wrong but have you ever thought about how that can apply to money? Have you ever made the decision to reduce expenses, pay off debt and *finally* get some peace with money but then just a few days or weeks later…something big happens that makes that […]
Triggered?
How are you doing? As I write this blog post, I’m thinking about how crazy life has become in the last month. It seems that life as we know it has changed overnight. I don’t know about you, but that causes me to feel a little uneasy. I don’t like uncertainty! Around the middle of […]
Auto Draft vs. Online Bill Payment
When I start working with my 1:1 clients I often discover that all of their bills are set on auto-draft. Confession: I hate auto draft for paying bills! Why? My reasons are numerous but here are a few: 💥 I don’t like anyone having access to my bank account. 💥 The due dates and […]