Marginal vs. effective tax rates: An exciting but misunderstood topic
Today we’re going to talk about marginal versus effective tax rates. Although this might not sound like the most...
How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be?
Rule of Thumb? It Depends If you’ve thought about an emergency fund or looked up information online, you’ve probably...
Auto Insurance: Why You May be Underinsured
What is Insurance? Let's start with what insurance is and why it came to exist. Insurance helps you cover the cost to...
Why Disability Insurance is Important for Small Business Owners
First Off - What is Insurance? Insurance is there for big-ticket items where it would be hard for an individual to...
How to Handle Variable Income as a Small Business Owner
This post was adapted from an episode of the Teaching Tuesdays series. If you’d like to check out the video, you can...
Black Lives Matter
Content warning: police violence, racism. Money is power. I’d heard it before, but becoming a financial coach made it...
Why I haven’t blogged in 8 weeks
Three months ago a dear friend (who also runs her own solo business) and I were sitting at her dining room table,...
How unconscious money beliefs sabotage your success
Why is it that certain people aren’t able to escape the pattern of overspending, struggling to budget, or always...
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