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March 19, 2022February 21, 2024

Mental Health & Money: 10 Wellness Tools To Help You Improve Your Finances

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Is there a link between money and mental health? Yes, it turns out that money and mental health are closely connected. Depression and other mental health conditions can impact one’s ability to earn money, get along with others, and manage activities of daily living.

Not only can mental health affect your finances, but money (or the lack of it) impacts mental health and wellbeing, too. The connection between mental health and money can lead to a downward spiral of job loss, debt, and long-term financial and emotional instability.

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October 12, 2021February 21, 2024

HealthyWage Review: 10 Tips That Will Make You A Winner

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Most of us start to put on extra weight as we get older, which can have a negative impact on our health. In addition, it’s no secret that medical costs are going up, requiring us to save even more for retirement. Finding ways to improve health and make some extra money to stretch retirement savings is a winning combination.

Why not try HealthyWage, the website and online app that will pay you to lose weight?

October 4, 2020February 21, 2024

3 Best FIRE Books That Will Inspire Late Savers

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Before my husband and I ever heard of the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) movement, we were drowning in debt. Scary times! Like actors in a bad horror movie, our incompetence killed every chance we had to make it out of our thirties and forties with any retirement savings at all.

In the pit of despair, we encountered an antihero. With all of his sarcasm, snark, name calling and screaming, Dave Ramsey forced us to change how we managed our money. We initially learned how to get and stay out of debt by listening to the ravings of a mad man on the radio. Dave was angry, but he wanted to help.

What happens once the horror movie is over? Dave Ramsey did help us to change our money story. We were out of debt, but had no savings. Thus began our quest to learn how to fast track retirement savings. Here are the three best FIRE books that inspired us to catch-up our retirement savings…

August 24, 2020February 21, 2024

Examining Implicit Bias and the Racial Wealth Gap

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When I started writing this blog, my goal was to encourage and support others in their effort to achieve a secure retirement. I wanted to share a message of hope:

Yes, there is still time to catch-up retirement savings, even after a late start.

Maybe that is possible for some, but is it true for everyone? Can you save enough for retirement if implicit bias and racism prevent you from earning an equitable wage? From purchasing a home with favorable interest rates? Or even from having access to retirement saving accounts?

January 15, 2019February 21, 2024

8 Reasons Why Whole Foods Is Now Dead To Me

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The term “organic” has become a hot button for many people, but I feel strongly about knowing where my family’s food comes from. It’s important to us that farm workers are not exposed to pesticides and fungicides, and that they earn a living wage. We also want to eat real food in it’s natural state instead of meals laced with chemicals, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and highly processed ingredients.

These are some of the main reasons, besides convenience, that I’ve been a loyal Whole Foods shopper for so long. However, over the past couple of years Whole Foods started changing in ways that made me increasingly unhappy.