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Domestic Violence Awareness Month: What Does Unsafe Look Like When it Comes to Your Money?
Key Takeaways Recognizing Financial Abuse It’s well known that money can be super triggering in relationships! Study after study finds that fighting about money is one of our greatest relationship challenges. Arguments about money cause more divorce than even infidelity! When does handling money within our relationships become more dangerous than a repetitive argument? Financial…
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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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Prepping Your Taxes: Are You Ready?!
It’s that time of year again..you may have seen your W-2 in the mail recently (it and 1099’s were due to you by Jan 31!) signaling that the countdown to file tax year 2024 has begun! It’s tricky, we file in 2025, but all of the information you are responsible for gathering took place in 2024.…
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Open Enrollment is Now! How Do I Choose the Right Plan for Me?
It’s that time of year when we get to choose our healthcare coverage for 2025, otherwise known as Open Enrollment. For a limited time, we can review the options available, understand the upcoming changes, and decide what will work best for us. Read below for an overview of options for Washingtonians: Individual Plans, including new…
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Winterizing in WA: A New Utility Bill Assistance Program is Available to Many More Customers!
We’re clearly gearing up for winter now and cranking up those heaters, so let’s take a look at some new Economic Opportunities for Washingtonians–around our energy bills! WA has been making cleaner, more affordable energy a priority in the last few years, particularly with the Climate Commitment Act of 2021. The intention is to reduce…
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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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ICYMI: Student Loan Borrowers on the SAVE Plan Temporarily Have No Payments Due!
A quick update on student loan forgiveness, containing especially crucial news for borrowers who are enrolled in “SAVE”, the income driven repayment plan! Essentially, this particular plan has been blocked by the courts and there are no payments due at this time, nor will any interest accrue while the administrative stay is in place. Read…
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Property Taxes: An Updated WA State Law Provides Relief for Certain Low-income Homeowners! And, How Everyone Might Have a Shot at Lowering Theirs!
Let’s talk Property Taxes! If you are a homeowner, you are no doubt familiar with that line-item on your mortgage statement, sometimes designated “Tax-County”, which always seems to fluctuate each year. It can fluctuate by a lot, actually, if you live in a county experiencing tremendous growth, like us here in King County, Washington State,…
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Celebrating Independence! How Financially Independent are You?
Hoping everyone had a fun, safe and healthy 4th of July! Along with celebrating our National Independence, how about touching on the importance of becoming financially independent?! There are many reasons that financial independence is crucial to living a balanced, autonomous and functional life. Below, we will explore a couple of those relating to living debt-free and our…
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Estate Planning Basics: Financial Power of Attorney–Gathering the Right Information
Following up on end-of-life planning documents, let’s dig into the Financial Power of Attorney! If you’re reading this, there is a good chance that at some time in the future, you will either need to create one, or become one for someone else. This post is dedicated to the gathering-information phase in order to do…
Unlocking Abundance 