THE BLOG: At the Threshold
Brigid does not fit any of the other archetypes, and that is not because something is missing. It is because she is in the middle of becoming. Her financial identity is suspended for a moment, not los...
Caregiving is one of the most common financial transitions a woman will move through, and one of the least discussed. We talk about divorce. We talk about widowhood. We rarely sit down and name what i...
She arrives in my office with a folder of tax returns, a couple of statements she found in a desk drawer, and an apology already forming on her lips.
"I should know more about this."
"I feel embarrassed...
There is a particular kind of financial disorientation that comes with receiving a significant inheritance. It is not what most people expect.
People expect relief, or gratitude, or a clear sense of ...
Financial trauma is not the same as being bad with money. That distinction matters more than most people realize.
Being bad with money is a skills gap. Financial trauma is a response pattern rooted i...
There is a reason the first year after losing a spouse is the hardest. It is not just grief, though grief is enormous. It is the combination of grief and an unrelenting stream of financial decisions a...
When most people think about the financial side of divorce, they think about lawyers. Maybe accountants. What many people do not know about -- until they are in the middle of a divorce themselves -- i...
