‘Budgeting’ has been on my mind lately 🙂 These days, I like to refer to budgeting as a ‘Map of Intention’, an ‘Intentional Budgeting Process’ or just ‘Creating a Plan for our Goals’.  Some people like to call it a ‘Spending Plan’, but, to me, that leaves out some of the other important parts of our planning that include our current income goals, saving goals, giving goals, etc. I now see ‘budgeting’ as an ongoing process that I have a…

How to have new Money Conversations: Tips on how to set up Money Partners & Money Dates In my work, I like to support transparency around our relationship and actions with our finances. I am thrilled when I hear that all of you are initiating new money conversations with the people closest to you. I know that many of us come from families that do not talk about money or some of us come from families that talk ‘too much’…

1. Do the simple body-gut check in and see what number you get- for your hourly fee… Explore that a bit through fantasizing about charging for that, wrestling with your inner de-valuer, just going out and asking for that fee, or doubling that fee, etc.  Experiment here. Do some work with a therapist or a dear friend who can support and challenge you here. 2. What is your family’s monthly and yearly nut? Do the math on what your family’s lifestyle is…

Check out Bari on the cover of Experience Life magazine! Bari is on the cover of the March 2010 issue~ We’re so excited to have Bari as a cover girl in addition to all the other amazing work she does here at CB. If you’d like to take a sneak peek behind the scenes at the shoot, here’s your chance in this little video. If you get a chance, check out the inside article and the Experience Life magazine, which…

Today’s article might bend your mind just a little bit — in a really good way! It’s about a side of money that I rarely focus on: the great, big, systems view of money … or what I call the “macro” side of money. You see, my whole methodology starts with the individual — with YOU. I have a gift for feeling into the subtle nuances of an individual’s unique money journey: from the emotions and bodily sensations to simple…