Dear friend, Yes, it’s for real. The subject line on this email isn’t click bait. This upcoming round of my flagship 3-month Art of Money financial therapy program that starts this coming week on May 1st will be the last time I’m going to teach this program live. And perhaps the bigger news here is that when this last round of the Art of Money program ends, I’m going to take a sabbatical, likely for a year. And this? Means that I’m…
Dear Money Adventurer, Let’s take a breath together. Inhale…Exhale… Now, tell me: what do you do when a money curveball shows up, unannounced, right in the middle of your Tuesday afternoon? I’m not talking about a delightful surprise check in the mail (though those are lovely). I’m talking about the oh-my-goodness-how-did-this-happen kind of curveball. The kind that knocks the wind out of you and leaves you staring blankly at your bank register in your online banking portal. It could be…
Dear Money Adventurer, Your relationship to money is like a layer cake. (Now there’s a metaphor we can get behind, right?) There’s a big, thick, gooey emotional layer. (I’m imagining dark chocolate ganache, if you can’t tell.) Maybe there are actually several of these layers, throughout the cake. Then there’s a psychological-mental layer. That’s all of the beliefs and patterns you have about money, whether they came from you, your parents, your culture, or beyond. (Raspberry coulis, perhaps?) Money has…