Have you dreamed about starting a business from home? Managing your own life, making your own hours, putting a service or product out in the world that helps others and…

Understanding your adult child isn’t always easy. When your kid doesn’t follow the path you mapped out, what do you do? Experience frustration, for sure. Maybe argue to the point…

This series, Small Steps, Big Changes, focuses on people starting the FI journey later in life. They may feel hopeless, overwhelmed, and unsure of how to put their financial house…

Living with a teen while social distancing – it’s easy, right? Maybe you have a delightful teenager, who understands how hard it is for you to hold it all together…

Just stay home! We all know that extreme social distancing is the only way to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. But we need to eat and get our…

Are you new to the Financial Independence (FI) community? If so, the many investment acronyms bandied about on FI blogs and podcasts probably have your head spinning. And not just…

I doubted that a “word of the year” could help me get organized. Unless I cleaned up my life, though – literally – there was no way I was going…

  Financing your kid’s passion in sports or the arts can send your budget spiraling into red ink. But don’t despair. You have many opportunities to lessen the pain. My…

Can older adults improve their financial situation and overcome housing insecurity? Or does there come a time when it’s just too late? Meet Nancy. At age 68, she and her…

Looking for unique holiday gifts for your parents, aunts and uncles, or other special older people in your life? We all know that experiences make people happier than things. So…

What do you know about Long Term Care insurance (LTC)? You’ve probably heard this: don’t bother. It’s too expensive and doesn’t cover much, and you’d be better off self-insuring and…

Of course you deserve it. I do, too. We’ve worked hard, and we’re sure not getting any younger. If we don’t indulge now, when will we?  When I visited New…

Okay, ladies (and guys who live with a woman-of-a-certain-age). Time to think about menopause, the long term health problems associated with frequent hot flashes, and how this relates to money.…

For twenty years, my life has revolved around raising my kids and running my preschool. Both of those pursuits have brought me a sense of purpose and great joy amid…

At 59, I never feel old.  I exercise, eat well, try to stay connected socially – all the “must do’s” the experts recommend for staying healthy later in life. If…