Dear Friend, Some of you have been curious about the financial side of my sabbatical. Did I carefully tuck money away for years and map everything out perfectly? Did I simply declare a sabbatical and hope things would somehow work out? Did my husband and I need to have difficult money conversations to make this possible? The answer is: yes… and no. While I have been saving money throughout most of my years running my business, the truth is that…
Dear Friend, I’m often invited as a guest on other people’s podcasts, and sometimes, they are so good that I just have to share them with you. A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on my dear friends, Krista and Will Vandever’s show, The Art of We, to talk about couples, parenting and money. Krista and Will are a beautiful couple who are committed to helping couples create thriving relationships. Not only are they committed to…
Hi Friend, First, a little story and then an invitation to travel and join me for a very special 5-day Financial Therapy Retreat at the gorgeous Hollyhock Retreat Center (on Cortes Island) on May 16-21st! Let’s start with the story… If you’ve been around for a while you may remember my blog post from 3 years ago titled, “I’m using our carpet fund to take my family to Barcelona instead!“ It was the very end of 2021 and we, like…