How the Annual Checkup Can Help You Help Your Kids
Similar to our recommendation for couples to use their wedding anniversaries to examine marital relationships on an annual basis, families can significantly benefit from the annual conversation or check up. It offers an opportunity to ask critical questions such as: What is working for our family? What is not working? What does each of our family members really care […]
Smart College Choices: Scholarships, Leadership and Service Through the ROTC
As parents, we look for ways to teach our children how to prosper and achieve increased fulfillment in their lives. Selecting and financing a college education is often at the top of that list. If your adolescent has expressed interest in serving our country, the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program will aid in his […]
How to Reduce the Odds of Your Child or Teen ‘Falling Down the Rabbit Hole’
Setting boundaries can be essential. Your instinct is to do everything possible to keep your child or teen out of harm’s way. Unfortunately, parents may lack awareness or be in denial regarding the important role that the family system plays in a teen’s risk of engaging in potentially dangerous behaviors, or in the resulting need […]
Reduce Your Anxiety: Teach Your Child How to Manage Money
Our growing anxiety may stem from our beliefs around money and the uncertainty of what the future will bring for our children. As a parent, you are the primary influence on your child’s financial behaviors. That fact can provide you with a sense of power, but may also leave you with unrecognized, chronic anxiety. Resolve […]
Newlyweds – How Roles, Communication and a Mission Affect Your Marriage
A study published by Business Insider found that – during the first and third years of marriage – money matters were the most commonly reported source of marital arguments and that couples with high amounts of debt generally have lower levels of satisfaction in their marriages.1 So many factors contribute to the success of a […]
5 Steps to Pay for a Wedding Without Going into Debt
The average wedding costs $35,329 according to The Knot 2016 Real Weddings Study.1 This figure is up 8% from the national average in 2015 and does not include the honeymoon. On average, 42% of wedding costs are now covered by couples rather than their parents.2 As you consider marriage and long-term happiness, I encourage you […]
Reduce Your Anxiety: A Better Way to Manage Finances and Life
Stress increases with a shift in our culture, there are challenges to generate wealth for retirement, but there are proven ways to get off the hamster wheel and create balance. Does your chest tighten with anxiety at the thought of adding one more item to your “to-do” list? Would you like to minimize that anxiety? […]
6 Steps That Can Help Your Troubled Teen Achieve Full Recovery
In the fable of the Eagle and the Chicken, an eagle is raised as a chicken. It acts like a chicken. The eagle believes it’s a chicken and is limited to the abilities of a chicken as long as he’s restricted to the barnyard and chicken coop. A naturalist arrives and attempts to get the […]
Planning for Life’s Transitions
Plan While You Can, Don’t React After the Fact You’ve devoted your life to building your business and caring for your family. You’re the leader of both. As you enter your late 50’s and 60’s, it’s time to think about a graceful transition to the next phase of your life. Time is our most precious […]
Help in Navigating Life’s Most Important Transitions
In life, we go through many transitions. Two have profound effects on us. In our youth, we went through adolescence. We separated from the pack, identified our calling, secured the needed education, and went to work. Now as we reach our 50s and 60s, the final chapters of our lives come into view. We want […]
Help Your Child Excel in 2017 and Beyond. Introduce Him to Goal Setting and Planning.
Setting goals and learning to achieve them is an important life skill. It isn’t complicated or time consuming, but it can seem scary. Here are my ideas on how to gently introduce your teen and get him or her into the habits of planning. It will pay off for all of you. Frame it as […]
Mindful Education Leads to a Lifetime of Prosperity
Adolescence is a difficult stage of life. Trying on different identities, developing emotional intelligence and socialization skills, deluged with social media in a rapidly evolving global economy – it’s an emotional roller coaster. Add the need to prepare to live independently in the future, and it can seem overwhelming. Good thing children are born to […]