June 11, 2016
Something that you’ll always hear me stress is the importance of learning. It’s important to constantly seek out opportunities to engage the brain, and for a number of reasons (sprinkled throughout this article). For me, learning is critical to my well-being: I do it to learn about health – for my health – so I can enjoy […]
June 08, 2016
You know what an unhealthy relationship looks like: jealousy, cheating, dishonesty…there are plenty of warning signs. You probably think I’m talking about an unhealthy romantic relationship with a person – nope. I’m talking about the toxic relationship you have with your money. During the summer, when there are so many temptations urging you to cheat […]
June 04, 2016
The psychology of money is like the psychology of anything: when it’s dysfunctional it’s not productive. If we have a fear of spiders, or a fear of abandonment, and we do not address it, it impacts our lives in negative ways. The same goes for money. If we have issues that go unaddressed, they can reap […]
June 01, 2016
Many people dream of financial empowerment but few have the tools to get there. As it turns out, building a good life is not as much about making more as it is about planning, and leveraging what you’ve got. My passion is to provide you the know-how to get from where you are now to […]
May 28, 2016
“It’s easy to lampoon. It’s easy to ha-ha about cavemen and bacon all the time. We get that and it’s funny,” says Keith Norris of the term ‘paleo.’ “But really my background is in political science, and I am of the mindset that if I define the term, I own the term and that’s what […]
May 21, 2016
Health 101 taught us that the keys to a long and active life are nutrition, sleep, and physical exercise. These are tried and true. But over the years, we’ve learned that this model for good health is incomplete. We need mental exercise, too. Last week, Laura Sniderman of Muse joined us for a webinar about our preferred form […]
May 14, 2016
Research is telling us that meditation can make us better friends, better parents, and better performers in the workplace. But did you know it can make us better spenders, too? As we learned in our interview with Ariel Garten, meditation helps us to focus our attention in three ways: It gives us control over our amygdala […]
May 07, 2016
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