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, [...]
Recently a client asked my advice on what kind of car to buy. I am cutting and pasting because tax season has hit yet again and I have to get creative and efficient! I don't have a standard "newly separated person buying a car" response because it does depend very much on your individual situation. It [...]
It's Dec 19. Today I had planned to go Christmas shopping - it's getting close to the wire! But it started to slush (you know what this is if you live in Vancouver) and after going for a short walk and getting soaked and cold, I decided to leave the Christmas shopping until tomorrow when [...]
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'm an accountant. Accountants are notoriously bad at communication. There is usually a reason someone chooses to become an accountant and that reason is usually because numbers are so straight-forward. They are clear and concise, easy to line up, sort and deal with. They are usually associated with projects and with decisions that have very [...]
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 [...]
This is Kitty And this is Kitty out enjoying nature. "Uh - looks like fireman Lego with a Darth Vader Lego cape and falling off headphones." That's what you think. Oh how wrong you are. Kitty (and Kitty is the combination of Lego man and the cat [...]