Audio: Making Up For Lost Time With Money I’m guessing the four daughters were all happy to receive an inheritance of what I’ve estimated to be $800,000. One of them viewed it as a godsend. This...

Audio: Four Sisters and Their Mother’s Money My great-grandfather’s wife, Emilie, gave her husband Emil Folda two children before she died of pneumonia at age twenty-eight. At the time of her death,...

Audio: The Other Side of Envy There is a woman in my condo building that has brought out my green-eyed monster. I’m not jealous of her. I envy her condo. The condo building has two towers, and she...

Audio: Traversing Unexpected Ice This morning I walked downtown to notarize a power of attorney form, one more step in the ongoing transfer of responsibility from Mom to me. Most of the snow from...

Audio: A Dream Informs a Decision Last week’s post made it sound like I thought logical thoughts and came to the logical conclusion that I should delegate managing my investments. That’s not...

Audio: This Might Be Working This coming out of the closet about money might be helping me. Here’s why I think so. I have two core fears that motivate much of my behavior around money (and maybe...