Category: Sleeping with Money

I’ve been reading the book “Secrets of the Millionaire Mind” by T. Harv Eker recently and as I stumbled across one section I thought — now THAT is a Sleeping with Money topic! You see, as a coach I often work with people around changing their relationship with money. After all changing our beliefs, thoughts,…

The holiday season approaches us, and it’s that time of year when many couples introduce his or her partner to the family, or when this anxious reunion happens once again. It’s the time of year that brings back a vivid childhood memory of when I went Christmas shopping with my sister. I’m about seven years…

Since today is National Coming Out Day, here’s my coming out story blended with this week’s Sleeping With Money series. I was twenty-eight at the time and already out of the closet at work and with friends. The year was 1995 and I was in love with Partner #1. We were going to be together…

I was hesitant to join in on the Sleeping With Money series. The first things that came to mind when I considered it were not exactly pleasant, so, to the old adage, I thought it best (for once) to say nothing at all. But now I’m reading Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ Love in the Time of…

‘œNothing is more memorable than a smell’¦ Smells detonate softly in our memory like poignant land mines hidden under the weedy mass of years. Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once.’ ‘“ Diane Ackerman Our sense of smell can evoke both emotion and memories. For me personally, some scents were potent…

For this edition of Sleeping With Money, I decided to branch out a bit from the money lessons learned from dating and relationships. It’s a slight stretch, but I thought it would be fun to cover the platonic (and literal) spectrum of sleeping arrangements/co-habitation: Roommates. The lesson: Figure out if you’re a roommate person before…

It’s hard to believe nobody has yet written about the ‘œSugar’ dynamic on our Queercents ‘œSleeping with Money’ column. It’s dirty work, but somebody has to do it. Fortunately, I’m a very dirty girl. If you follow QC, you may know that I had a stint as a stripper. You may not know that I…

I had lunch with a friend who likes to talk money with me. She has financial savvy, but her partner mismanages almost every cent he earns. During lunch she howled, ‘œWhy doesn’t he just burn his money in a pile right in front of me? It would be the same thing as what he does…

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…