Helping Others is Helping Yourself

A little history behind Camp Millionaire… When I was 38 years old, I was struck by an aha that has driven me ever since…I realized, quite simply, that the only reason I didn’t know about money as an adult was that no one taught me about it as a child.That...

Creating a Comfortable Holiday…for Everyone.

It’s approaching that time of year when people often question the ‘reason for the season’ as it were. And for those of you with children, sometimes this questioning leads to much angst about having to do the season one way when you’d really...

The Santa Claus Syndrome: Where DO those presents come from?

If you’re a parent with little ones, you are in one of two main boats: • You LOVE the holidays, giving gifts, watching your children’s eyes pop as they open them, and basically just enjoy the whole process. Or… • You’re already dreading the...

Financial Tidbits

One step at a time… One bite at a time… One word at a time… One page at a time… One dollar at a time… Quite often we want it all RIGHT NOW! Then we get frustrated, overwhelmed, angry, sad or pissy because we just don’t have what we...

Financial “Pace” of Mind

On my beach walk this morning, I stopped thinking for a few minutes and started watching the different speeds by which people used to move about the planet. Some people had a slow, sauntering pace while others zoomed by as if they had many a place to go before noon....

Saturday QuickNote: Excited or Anxious

As I get up to start my day, I notice I have these feelings in my body about working today. Should I? Shouldn’t I? If I do, what do I work on? Stuff like that. What I began to notice, however, was whether or not the ‘need’ to work was excitement...

Checking Your Money Thoughts To Make Your Checking Account Grow

We’ve all heard, over and over again, that “our thoughts are the key to creating the lives we want.” Financial translation… “Our thoughts about money and wealth-creation are the key to creating the financial lives we want.” Since it takes...

Going Home: Women’s Quest to Reconnect With Their Roots

When you do something over and over again, and if you’re paying attention, you often find commonalities and patterns. Coaching women through financial transitions has shown me a few such pattens. One pattern, however, is more pervasive than all of the rest and...

Pay Yourself First: The Only Way to Real Freedom

“I’ll put some money away if there’s any left over.” This is most people’s attempt at saving money for their future. Only problem is…there’s rarely any money left over. This is also called the Not Having A Plan method of...