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What Would Oprah Do? The price of 365 days of discipleship.
'œFollow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.' '“ Buddha On Sunday, The New York Times pointed readers to…
Overdraft protection: what is it costing you?
My bank offers this magic bullet called overdraft protection, however upon closer inspection it can be the antithesis as protection comes with a price. Today, bouncing a check is costly,…
Are You Happy with Your Financial Services Provider?
Does being LGBT affect our ability to find and work with a financial services provider that we truly feels meets our needs? You bet it does and a recent national…
Do You Balance Your Checkbook?
Now there's a basic you balance your checkbook? Do you reconcile your credit card statements and other bank accounts? Last night the money conversation at home got a little heated…
Got kids? Are You Legally Protected?
Sometimes I think if I am confused and concerned by what little legal protections are available to me and my partner, I can only imagine how stressful it must be…
7 Days to a Better Financial You: An invitation from HRC
Did you know that as gay and lesbian couples, we're denied access to the more than 1,100 federal benefits and protections available to married people? Do you want to understand…
How to Evaluate Your Current Financial Status and Set Goals
Do you know what your current financial status really is? By that I mean can you easily answer the questions: What is my net worth? What is my FICO score?…
Financially Organized: Receipts
In the last installment of Financially Organized we organized your bank statements. These gems contain the bulk of your financial information but they don't list all the information you'll need.…
Financially Organized: Getting Caught Up
The end of the 3rd quarter of this year is over. The calendar shows it yet I'm in disbelief. Halloween is Wednesday and that means October 31st! Scary thought, isn't…
Setting Goals: Realistic, Routine and Socially Binding
"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." -- Napoleon Hill Émile Coué is the father of autosuggestion and according to Wikipedia, "Autosuggestion is a process by which…