Fear of Being Seen ? A Block to Prosperity
In my book Build Your Money Muscles, I identify the five main feelings that people act out through their finances. One of those is a sense of being trapped. When I wrote the book, I didn’t understand the depths of this feeling and it’s nuances. Lately, that understanding is coming into focus. Here’s what I’ve [...]

You Can Help the Planet Heal
A number of people have told me that they deal with the current world situation by not listening to the news. That’s like saying, “If I close my eyes, I won’t feel the pain of my broken leg.” Each of us is part of the whole. We are cells in the body of the planet. The [...]

Moving Forward, No Matter What!
With everything that is going on in the world, it sometimes feels to me as if the world is falling apart. The news stories often contain phrases such as “the biggest,” “the worst since,” and “never seen before.” Yet despite what is going on in the world, each of us has to continue performing our day-to-day [...]

Finding the Silver Lining
Each day, new data is released in the United States that deepens the gloom and doom surrounding the current “economic recovery.” In the past week we have learned: Job openings are at a record low — there are 50% fewer than in 2007 More homeowners are struggling as option ARMs reset higher Approximately one-third of all mortgage holders [...]

Embrace Change and Prosper!
Tap into the energy of a new year and new decade to move yourself rapidly in a positive direction by making small, easily-doable changes — starting today! If you want to alter your financial position, then you must make changes in the way you think, feel, and behave. To avoid resitance to change, rather than focus [...]

How to Have a Happy & Prosperous 2010
I wish you all the best in 2010. And to help insure that you experience a healthy financial year, here’s what I suggest: Without delay, set up a system for keeping careful financial records. Use software such as Quicken, Quickbooks for your business, one of the many apps available for the IPhone or ITouch, or one [...]

Health Benefits of the Recession
A recent article in Fortune magazine http://bit.ly/6AXo0R indicated that there are fewer deaths during a recession because people apparently “adopt smarter lifestyles in recessions, especially those people with the worst health habits.” One reason is that as work hours are cut back or people are laid off, they have more time to spend going to the [...]

Learning to Wait
This is the season when the “I-have-to-have-it-now” syndrome often appears. Symptoms include hyperactivity, overspending, excessive debting, and lots of shopping, often for unneeded items. Seeing something you like and putting off the purchase is more difficult now when every message from the media is buy, buy, buy. After all, we are told, we help the economy [...]

Get Real about Your Finances
If you want to thrive in this economic environment and prepare for a prosperous 2010, it’s time to pay attention to your finances and create a strategy for the new year. Even if you already keep good records, you can learn to go even deeper into what you can learn from your own numbers so [...]

Looking Forward
What a great time of year to look back and count the blessings that have come to you. No matter what your current situation might be, I’m sure there is something you can feel grateful for today. It’s also the perfect moment to look forward and realize that countless opportunities lie in front of you. All [...]