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CREATING YOUR DREAM LIFE


Last Minute Tax Tips
Chances are many of you have already filed your taxes and even gotten your refunds already! Good for you. Now, there are the rest of us....
Mar 10, 20101 min read


How Well Do You Know Your Financial Advisor?
When I’m working with a client or in my seminar, I offer my “Working With Your Financial Advisor” Checklist. The feedback has been that...
Mar 8, 20102 min read


5 Affordable Date Ideas
Valentine's Day just passed. Let's face it - it definitely causes angst for most of us, single or married. However, that is a separate...
Feb 22, 20102 min read


What Are Your Money Ratios?
You know how much you are earning. You know how much you owe. You know how much you have in the bank. But that is where your “know”...
Feb 8, 20102 min read


Have an Extra $410 or even $24,000?
$410 is an amount that stands out – right? If you overspent this amount or if it showed up as a wrongful charge on your bank statement,...
Dec 9, 20092 min read


Galia does Money Makeover in NY Daily News
I was very excited to be asked by the NY Daily News to do a Money Makeover for a couple. This couple, the Fergusons, are close to...
Dec 9, 20091 min read


What is Your Money Thanks?
There is normally so much stress around money that I thought this was a good time to focus on the money parts of our lives we are...
Nov 24, 20092 min read


Galia Gichon on Divine Caroline
I have always loved the site, Divine Caroline, and am excited to have another article on their site. The article is "Putting the Fun Back...
Nov 18, 20091 min read


75% of Us Fight Over Money!
Did you know that 75% of Americans have fights over money with their significant others (according to aWSJ/Harris poll)? So now that we...
Nov 18, 20092 min read


BEFORE YOU DONATE....
When examining your finances before year-end, one way to save on taxes for this year is to contribute to your favorite charity. It is a...
Nov 18, 20092 min read


Money Mobile Apps for Blackberry
Let's face it, most of us are on our Blackberry or iPhone. I know I am constantly checking mine. In fact, my little 4 year old asks me...
Nov 16, 20091 min read


Orla O'Sullivan: Demystifying Mutual Funds
Financial journalist Orla O’Sullivan has been participating in my Simple Money workshops and blogging about her experiences on We The...
Nov 12, 20092 min read


Smart money tips from guest writer Sabina Ptacin
Here are some great tips from Sabina Ptacin, originally posted on the PerkStreet blog. Yesterday began the official month of PerkStreet...
Nov 9, 20094 min read


Need Help Defining Your Goal?
I have been doing a lot of speaking these last few months and have another 6 seminars just before the end of the year! One issue that...
Nov 2, 20092 min read


3 Step Mutual Fund Review
Mutual funds are the fuel that drives our 401k, IRAs and even short term investments. Unless you are a super savvy swift stock day...
Oct 16, 20092 min read


How to Manage Money After a Layoff
This article was originally posted on RecessionWire. With the unemployment rate now at 9.8%, chances are that you or someone you know has...
Oct 9, 20093 min read


Girl's Guide to Being a Working Mom
My dear colleague Caitlin Friedman, co-author with Kimberly Yorio of the popular Girls Guide series (The Girl's Guide to Starting Your...
Oct 9, 20091 min read


Back to School for a Financial Journalist
Orla O'Sullivan is taking my SIMPLY MONEY course and detailing her progress on the ING DIRECT new site: Wethesavers.com. Read about her...
Sep 30, 20091 min read


Thinking About a Fixed Annuity?
Before you answer yes or no, do you know what it is? Most fixed annuities are deferred annuities. This means you pay a lump sum amount...
Sep 29, 20092 min read


Are You Charging Enough?
At my SIMPLY MONEY seminar, I was talking about how women are generally not making enough money to take care of themselves. A woman...
Sep 24, 20092 min read
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