THE BLOG: At the Threshold
The most expensive misunderstanding in American retirement planning is the belief that Medicare pays for long term care.
It generally does not. Medicare covers medical care. It will cover a limited s...
There is a stretch of years, usually somewhere between forty five and sixty five, when a woman can find herself financially responsible in three directions at once.
Upward, toward parents who need mo...
The decision rarely arrives as a decision. It arrives as a series of small adjustments. You leave early to make an appointment. You turn down the project that requires travel. You move to part time, j...
There is a woman named Margaret. She is a composite, drawn from many women rather than any one, and she exists to illustrate a pattern rather than to represent a real client. Once you meet her, you wi...
Most people walk into divorce trying to win the split. The ones who come out the other side feeling steady tend to start somewhere quieter. They figure out what safety looks like first, and let the di...
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...