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Feeling Powerless? How to Intentionally Use What You Actually Have—for Good!
Feeling a little overwhelmed, perhaps? Experiencing repetitive bouts of news-whiplash? Or, how about feeling hopeless around how you can actually break through all of the noise and make a difference in the direction of positivity? First, give yourself a break. Accept the situation that we are all being flooded with unreasonable amounts of new and…
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A Financial Look-back: What Worked & What Do You Want More of Next Year?
As we close out another year, let’s take a quick look-back at what worked for us in 2024! After all, where we cast our focus determines the circumstances and behaviors of our financial lives, and our circumstances reflect the thoughts, beliefs, and feelings we hold as our personal truths. For example, when we exist within…
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ICYMI: WA State Energy Credits are Available thru Mid-September: Are You Eligible for a $200 Break on Your Electric Bill?!
ICYMI, for us Washingtonians, there is a limited-time opportunity for some of us to get a little relief on our electric bills! Read below in order to see if you might be eligible for a one-time $200 credit! This credit is affecting as many as 20% of households! Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, enacted in 2021,…
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Money & Romance: Post-Divorce
We talked about what to consider before divorce, as well as navigating divorce. Now, let’s touch on a few things to do coming out the other side, in order to move forward with confidence and a financial plan intact! According to statistics, divorce can result with women experiencing a 27% financial decline, while men sometimes actually experience a…
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Managing Your Money in Love: The Tactical & the Touchy-Feely!
Since both societal convention and Hallmark have told us that “love is in the air” this month, let’s use this time to talk about money in our intimate relationships! We all know that money happens to be one of the top reasons relationships suffer, and also a leading cause of divorce. A study by Personal…
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Getting Your S.H.I.T Together in 2023! (Savings, Housing, Income & Taxes)
Welcome to getting your S.H.I.T together in 2023! No, the other (financially specific) S.H.I.T: Savings, Housing, Income & Taxes. Let’s do this! Savings: Do an audit: identify what’s coming in and what’s going out monthly, also known as creating a Spending Plan (or a Budget but that sounds so restrictive! The purpose here is YOU are telling…
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An Excellent Tool for Your Savings Goals: Sinking Funds!
What is a good way to pay for Summer Travel..or any short-term Savings Goal? Use something called Sinking Funds! If you’re unfamiliar, “Sinking Funds” is a term that comes from the corporate business world and is essentially a way of splitting a financial goal up into manageable chunks. This is also a good one to…
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Financial Basics!
Since April is Financial Literacy Month, I thought we’d throw down with some Financial Basics. Below are a few kernels of knowledge we ideally would have been taught in public school, had financial literacy been mandated, ahem. Alas, instead we get to “celebrate” ‘Financial Literacy Month’ every April, as of 2004. Here we go! Know…
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Spring Cleaning: Your Financial Checkup!
Spring has sprung! As the days are getting longer, and the weather a little brighter, we may find ourselves motivated to clean out the clutter at home; ditching those things that no longer serve us. This is also the perfect time to put that energy towards giving ourselves a Financial Checkup! A few things to…
Unlocking Abundance 