Money & Mindset

Explore the Diderot Effect, how it shapes money habits and drives lifestyle creep, and build money habits that protect your wallet for good.

In the spirit of the spooky season, let’s take a look at some of the popular monsters that reappear during this time and apply their scary behavior to your money mindset, taking a moment to think about what’s making it harder for you to reach your financial goals.

Pay $2,000+ for a haunted-house stay? Explore ghostly claims, history, and the psychology of haunted fun. Is haunted fun worth it? Find out.

Unlock financial abundance with powerful money spells. Explore rituals and mindset shifts to enhance your life using money spells.

Embrace National Financial Planning Month! Discover how financial check-ins can boost mental health and secure your future during National Financial Planning Month.

Discover practical money saving tips to stretch your grocery budget. Learn effective money saving tips to save more at checkout today!

Stay informed about the rise of AI scam and fraud. Learn how AI scam and fraud tactics are evolving and how to protect yourself and loved ones.

Discover how the B-Roll Method can enhance your mental well-being by focusing on the overlooked beauty in everyday life. Embrace the B-Roll Method today!

Explore how decision and analysis paralysis can affect your financial decisions. Learn to overcome decision and analysis paralysis today.

Discover the power of time affluence and reclaim your freedom. Learn practical strategies to achieve time affluence and enhance well-being.

Discover the benefits of micro-retirement retirement as a lifestyle strategy. Learn how it can enhance mental well-being and prevent burnout.

Discover 7 free self-care tips to boost your mental health without spending a dime. Prioritize self-care even as the cost-of-living rises.

Discover strategies to manage the psychological effects of inflation. Learn how to hedge inflation risks and protect your financial well-being.

Explore how inflation impacts your financial well-being and learn strategies to navigate it. Discover insights on inflation and its hidden costs.

Inflation usually feels like a gradual increase, a slow drip. We usually don’t notice it. Since the pandemic, however, inflation has felt more like a flash flood. Not only have some prices risen very noticeably, we are reminded daily in headlines, social media, and conversations that everything feels much more expensive.

By definition, the future is about what will be, not what is. When we think about our financial future, we must think about our life circumstances as they will be, not as they are. Much of what will be is uncertain, but inflation is certain.

Money and our personal finances carry and activate a lot of emotions. We react to dollar amounts because numbers carry meaning. Because we are emotional meaning-makers, we leap from a nominal dollar amount to the social and psychological meaning of those amounts, bypassing the “real value” assessment.

How to improve your mood and possibly your financial life with a daily intention practice.

Most everyday decisions are driven by the brain’s fast, automatic mode of thinking known as System 1, which relies on intuition, emotions, and mental shortcuts (heuristics), rather than its slower, more deliberate, and analytical mode of thinking known as System 2.

We live in a society of more, more, more. Our culture equates progress with accumulation, more income, more possessions, more productivity, and more upgrades. There’s always another milestone to achieve just beyond the one you’ve reached, and the finish line keeps on moving.