The Future Feels Different Now
The future feels less certain. Discover why preparation, community, and real conversations matter more than ever. ...more
The Future Feels Different Now
June 22, 2026•1 min read
Your Family Needs More Than Good Intentions
Most families have good intentions. The challenge is that love alone doesn't create coordination when caregiving, finances, and difficult decisions collide. ...more
Your Family Needs More Than Good Intentions
June 15, 2026•1 min read
Why Smart Women Still Feel Unprepared
Many capable women don't feel unprepared because they're failing. They feel unprepared because life became more connected and complicated than anyone expected. ...more
Why Smart Women Still Feel Unprepared
June 08, 2026•1 min read
The Loneliest Part Of Caregiving
The hardest part of caregiving often isn't the work—it's feeling like nobody truly understands what you're carrying. Real support starts with better conversations. ...more
The Loneliest Part Of Caregiving
June 01, 2026•1 min read
Caregiving Was Never Meant To Be A Solo Role
Many women quietly become the default caregiver, decision maker, and problem solver. Real support starts before pressure removes options. ...more
Caregiving Was Never Meant To Be A Solo Role
May 24, 2026•1 min read
What Real Support Looks Like
Real support isn’t someone taking over—it’s someone helping you see options more clearly before pressure turns into crisis. ...more
What Real Support Looks Like
May 18, 2026•1 min read
When Everything Collides
Work. Caregiving. Family. Most plans treat them separately—until real life forces them together. Her ...more
When Everything Collides
May 11, 2026•1 min read
HOMESCHOOLING: Haven or Havoc?
Your child's school years are precious and fleeting.
Now could be your best time to step up where your school is letting your child down. Let this series of myth-busting short chapters encourage you.
2 Major Mistakes
Which one will you make?
Which of these 2 retirement mistakes are you making right now? It's impossible to entirely avoid both mistakes.
You won't know for sure which mistake will work out better for you until it's too late.
How to choose?
Finding the Will
(Part 1)
Part 1: Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions
Have the will to arrange for a smooth transition when you’re no longer around to answer questions (Part 1)
Ensuring your children or other Loved Ones can readily access your important papers when you die entails a sound process versus one or two conversations. You must overcome aversion to the subject of death, procrastination of anything that is long-term, and the tendency to assume things will be fine. Family dynamics can be sweet, spicy, or dicey.
Finding the Will
(Part 2)
Part 2: Getting Organized
While the internet permits convenient access to accounts, policies, and stored documents, it presents a plethora of password management problems. which too many people avoid by succumbing to password laziness, such as:
- re-using passwords for multiple logins, or
- use simple, easy to remember passwords, or
- writing them on sticky notes placed on their monitor or under their keyboard, or
- keeping them in a spreadsheet on their computer, or
- letting their browser remember passwords for them
Embrace Your Clarence
Is Clarence your future?
Golden insight from a golden retriever.
Post-Pandemic W.E.L.L.ness
Working, Earning, Learning, and Launching to Thrive
Where life drastically changed forever two years ago, everyone adjusted to the best of their abilities.
Here are a few of the key adjustments--"pandemic pivots"--that sustained some and prospered others.
Prenuptial Adulting
Equip Them for Happily Ever After
“Mom, Dad, we’re getting married!"
“Wonderful, congratulations! Here’s what you both need to do first.”
Equipping newlyweds with essentials of responsibility leaves plenty of life yet to be discovered on their own. Adults understand that love isn’t oogly feelings; it’s a hard choice. It’s putting your commitments and your money where your mouth is.
Many of the following steps also apply to one’s turning 18 years old. Becoming engaged adds urgency and a deadline.
Rethinking Competing Funds for College and Retirement
We live in a time of skyrocketing inflation topping decades of unbridled higher education costs.
Is the tension between funding your retirement and funding (at least partially) your children’s college education keeping you up at night?
You’re not alone.
Married? Is Your Endgame 100% or Just 50%?
Are you single? That other 50% could be whoever is most important to you.
Multiple unforgiving players factor into your retirement and estate plans (collectively your “endgame”). Household names include the Internal Revenue Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Key decisions with these players are nearly impossible to reverse. Plus, if you qualify for a pension, how you activate it is another irreversible decision.
Are you more of a planner than your spouse? It’s all too common for one spouse to blindly trust the planning spouse. Countless endgame “plans” were created by 50% of a couple:
