Managing money and creating a budget (and sticking to it), can get overwhelming, especially when you’re just starting.
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By Gina Messina, Ph.D. About a year ago, a friend introduced me to Kakeibo, the Japanese art of budgeting and applying mindfulness to our spending, and I’ve been obsessed ever since. You see, I am a major contributor to our consumeristic culture. I see something shiny and I think I have to have it. A friend jokes that she hates going shopping with me because I have to pick up and touch everything on the shelves (although I’ve eliminated that practice due to COVID!). Like so many of us, I am easily persuaded by marketing tactics. Now that we so rarely spend cash, it feels like I can simply swipe a card, click a button, or use my fingerprint and suddenly I have a new…
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With record numbers of Americans hitting their golden years, parents will increasingly be dependingupon their children to manage finances. According to a 2015 Pew Research Study, in the United States64% of those with a parent age 75 or older have provided help with finances, errands and personal care,while about half (52%) of those with parents age 65 to 74 have done so as well. Stepping into this rolecan be daunting.It was clear when my family was hit with my dad’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis that one of the things I could doto help was to bring organization and control to my parents’ finances. They had been managing well, butmy siblings and I started to see some small warning signs that things were getting away fromthem. Minor disputes with creditors, multiple visits…
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Here are some tips for creating a solid meal plan that’s easy on your wallet.
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Our mental performance, how we think, analyze, and perceive the world, influences how we work, tackle challenges, relate to others, manage stress and more. Where we choose to put our focus has a tremendous impact on how we feel and perform in our day-to-day lives. Julie Jones, Mental Performance Coach and Institute instructor, specializes in helping people boost their mental game, and in teaching them how mental training, positivity and self-awareness can help us do better in our jobs, our personal lives, as leaders, as athletes, and as members of the community. As a former Division I softball coach, Julie specializes in training athletes in mental performance techniques. The same brain strategies that can help a softball player improve her swing can help us all…
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Have you ever had an experience that caused you such intense feelings you could hardly contain yourself–like you were overflowing with emotions? That is the feeling of being overwhelmed. This happens when something causes an intense reaction in you, either emotionally or physically. You may react with happiness, tears, anger or a combination of all three depending on the situation. Overwhelm can also be a feeling that builds over time, with one small event being the “straw that breaks the camel’s back”. This can happen when you ignore small things that bother you which eventually end up turning into a mountain of resentment. You might become overwhelmed when all the things you ignored come crashing down on you all at once. Negative overwhelm can also…
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