by Jule Kucera | Nov 28, 2021 | Blog
Audio: Death Benefits I set up my will so that none of the beneficiaries benefit if any of them die first. The dead person’s share doesn’t go back into the pool to be shared by those remaining. It goes to a not-for-profit. Even though I’m not talking about vast sums...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 21, 2021 | Blog
Audio: You Stole From Me! “You stole from me!” I would recognize that voice and the anger if I were drugged, or asleep, or ninety-one years old. My father had called, and those were his first words. Had he meant to call someone else? “Dad?” “Don’t pretend you don’t...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 14, 2021 | Blog
Audio: Money is Here Now The day after I wrote last week’s post, I thought I would start going back in time, to the 1800s, to my great-grandfather. But then my brother and I talked. I had texted my brother asking how involved he wanted to be in care decisions about...
by Jule Kucera | Nov 7, 2021 | Blog
Audio: Money Feelings I want to write about my relationship with money because writing helps me think. I want to understand this thing we have. I want peace with money. Yesterday, in the synchronous way the world continues to surprise me, someone asked, “Do you feel...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 31, 2021 | Blog
For our next theme, I want—and don’t want—to talk about m-o-n-e-y. Louise Hay, founder of Hay House publishing, said it was easier to lead a workshop about sexuality than one about money. My fear is this theme could have the same outcome as my ‘professional dress for...
by Jule Kucera | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog
My second-to-last position at my last employer was a position I was moved into when the one I held was eliminated. Six months later, I was moved into another role. I’d felt competent in my original job, the one the company hired me for. I did good work, and it made a...