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Straight Talk: How I Faced the Money Taboo

"I HATE dealing with money," my professor said. A relationship therapist I follow has a tagline: “The top two causes of divorce are sex and money, and I’m no accountant.” Could it be a …

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What Are Your Generation’s Money Messages?

Members of the Greatest Generation are famous for their frugal habits, sometimes to the frustration of their Baby Boomer kids.   It can be hard to understand why Mom or Dad refuse to part with Ziploc …

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Money Worrier Or Money Warrior?

"Worry is the misuse of the imagination," said Dan Zadra. Much of my life I have spent misusing my imagination, attempting to prepare for crises that never happened, only to be blindsided by the ones …

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Helping Through Hurt – 4 Lessons on Grief

A friend in her 30s is grieving a recent loss. She says she is very tired.  Maybe she can't sleep, and she has two kids. Yet I sense an expectation of herself to work as hard as she did before the …

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How Do You Balance Savings and Splurging?

"I'd really like that, but I don't deserve it." "It would be wonderful to visit there, but I can't do it in the foreseeable future." "That will be really fun when I'm retired, if I have enough …

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