Author: Paula
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Sleeping with Money: The Big Breakup, Who Gets What?
Let’s say you’ve been together with your partner for a long time. All of a sudden you decide to call it quits. Who gets what? It’s an almost overwhelming task on all fronts – financial, emotional, and household wise. Since we can’t legally marry, the financial end is much less cut and dry than a…
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Just Lost Your Job? Top 6 Things You Need to Do Now
You just got laid off or fired. You are shocked to say the least. You are not alone. It happens to thousands of people each year. What do you need to do to protect your finances now while laying the foundation for a smooth and successful transition to what’s next? Considering I just got laid…
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WWYD: Transition Gracefully or Get Your Digs In?
Every event life throws at us gives us the opportunity to choose our response to it. In our response and our interpretation of events is where our true power lies. If you doubt the power, read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning where the power to choose one’s response meant the difference between surviving and…
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Sleeping with Money: What Happens to One Happens to Both
No matter how you slice it, once you are in a committed relationship, whatever happens to one person affects both of you. Even if you keep your financial lives somewhat separate, let’s face it, there is a joint impact. Some unexpected events from this week got me to thinking about this very concept even more…
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Want to Know The Secret Behind “The Secret”?
People keep asking me, “What do you think of the movie The Secret ? Usually they ask because they want a chance to share what they thought of the viral, mega-hit Law of Attraction put to the small screen via DVD movie that has been talked about everywhere recently. I find most people I talk…
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Are You Bankrupting Yourself and Your Children?
There is nothing like the joy of parents being able to treat their kids to stuff they really want. Experiences, vacations, toys, and all the other fun material stuff that seems to make the world go ’round. For working parents the desire to curb their guilt born out of the conflict between work and family,…
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Are You Bankrupting Yourself and Your Children?
There is nothing like the joy of parents being able to treat their kids to stuff they really want. Experiences, vacations, toys, and all the other fun material stuff that seems to make the world go ’round. For working parents the desire to curb their guilt born out of the conflict between work and family,…
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Career & Money – Part 10: Work & Happiness
“There is no happiness if the things you believe are different than the things you do.” — James Arthur Ray Can a career or job make you happy? Nope. Even the perfect “right fit” career can never make you happy. Happiness can only come from inside of you. On the flip side, even if you…
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Career & Money – Part 9: Re-pot, Re-invent, Re-visit
Once you land a job or start your business, the game is over, right? You’ll be happy and content forever and you’ll never need the tips and techniques from this series again; “Happily Ever After” in career land. Ahhhh, that feels good. Now, snap out of it. Unless you’re living in a Disney movie, you…
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WWYD: Forgo the Opportunity or Call in Sick?
For anyone who has ever worked in an office this question has come up at least once in his or her life. With the paltry vacation time most companies offer employees in the US, many people find themselves “stuck” when it comes to having enough time to take off from work. After all besides the…
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