International Women's Day - March 8, 2020 - Vancouver Equity No, not the type on a Balance Sheet. I was recently at a workshop on diversity and inclusion, and I learned something new. Equity does not equal Equality. I should have known that because Equity doesn't always equal the Assets on a Balance Sheet. Balance [...]
Photo by Anton Scherbakov on Unsplash Christmas What? Yes, Christmas is the word that can suddenly switch my day from ticking along smoothly to suddenly becoming one of "those days." Yes, "Christmas" and yes, just the word "Christmas." Christmas starts to pop up in discussions (or so I have noticed) in about September, and then it becomes a major theme [...]
I'm a Financial Neutral in the Collaborative Divorce Process. I think you need some background, so let me explain... When I first began my business, I didn't know much about myself, and I started under the general guidelines I knew about free-lancing. Those being: Offer a service or product (the development phase). Put yourself out there [...]
Photo by Noah Silliman on Unsplash Hi, Yesterday you inspired me to write this post. Why? Because I only write about what I know, and everything you said resonated with me. "I know that," I thought to myself. "Yes, I've felt that way too." I had a consoling platitude for everything you said. I wanted [...]
I often come across clients that are in deep emotional pain and cannot see a path through it other than the path they are currently on (which is causing the pain and suffering). I often try to use compassion and education to shift those clients to a new way of doing things, but sometimes, those [...]
Photo by Irina on Unsplash September. Labour Day. A day of transition (understatement). If you are a parent to school-aged children, September can be a bit much (I'm polite here). If you are separated and divorced and share parenting with a co-parent, September can be too much. It can be too many decisions, [...]
A few months ago I was at a presentation about money. It was not a presentation about new tax rules or how to invest, but it was about how hard it is to talk about money. "I know that!" I thought to myself. A+ for me. Why is talking about money so hard? Well, [...]
I've been doing a lot of work the past three weeks helping clients prepare budgets. I think it's that time of year. People start to freak out around December - I know I do. All this money going out - I'm going to be destitute! That thought doesn't help when you're already stressed out about [...]
I start new posts all the time. These posts are usually about time. I say start because I often run out of time and never finish these posts I've started. Actually - my post attempts are getting less and less frequent. Why is that? I don't have time to even start posts these days. I realized [...]
My blog post ideas usually hit me on the head when I'm having a bit of a struggle in my life. Today's struggle was getting my kids out the door and to their school. This seems relatively straight forward in theory and I've even developed a checklist for each of my kids to complete [...]