Category: Slow Living Lifestyle
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The Best Fourth-Quarter Goal: Money in the Bank, Peace in Your Mind
Happy Halloween, friends. šWhile the rest of the world is talking about costumes, candy, and carving pumpkins, Iām thinking about something else we all chase this time of year: the big āend-of-year win.ā Weāre in the fourth quarter.The ālast push.āThe āfinish strongā season. But hereās the truth I want you to hear before the ball…
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Mental Health as a Wealth Strategy: The Investments That Pay You Twice
When people talk about building wealth, they almost always start with the same checklist: And while those things matter, I learned something that blew that list wide open. I learned that my mental health could be a wealth strategy all by itself ā and that investing in it could pay me twice. A Decade of…
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Why Hustle Culture Ignores Mental Health ā And How Thatās Costing Us More Than Money
For years, I woke up in a constant state of anxiety. It didnāt matter if it was a weekday or weekend, my eyes would open and immediately, my chest felt heavy. My stomach was tight. My mind was already racing before I even swung my legs out of bed. I had affirmations taped to my…
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Money Goals Meet Mental Reality: How to Keep Going When Life Feels Heavy
I was watching a video one day when the speaker said, āYou canāt have everything you want. Thatās not possible.ā And immediately, I thought, Says who? I wasnāt sure if that was their personal experience talking or if they truly believed it was a universal truth. Either way, it made me pause and ask myself,…
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The Quiet Wealth of Emotional Stability
When we talk about wealth, we almost always jump straight to the numbers.Income. Savings. Investments. Assets. But thereās another kind of wealth that doesnāt show up on your bank statement ā and yet, it shapes every single financial decision you make. Itās the wealth of emotional stability. Why Emotional Stability Is āQuiet Wealthā Emotional stability…
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From Overwhelm to Overflow: Building Mental Space for Financial Growth
When I first stepped into the financial space, I was overwhelmed. Now, hereās the thing ā my husband had been talking about financial growth, investments, and all the things for years. He loved it. It lit him up. And while I would listen, nod, and even be supportiveā¦ it just wasnāt my thing. I knew…
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When Making More Still Isnāt Enough: The Untold Link Between Mind and Money
I was 26 years old, counting down the weeks to my 27th birthday, when I learned one of the most surprising truths about money: Itās only a tool. An important tool? Absolutely.A tool I still desire more of? Without question.A tool I respect deeply? You better believe it. But at that time in my life,…
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The Wealth You Canāt See: Why Mental Health Is the Real Money Multiplier
I have a really good good girlfriend. And yes ā Iām using two goods because one good is not enough. Weāve been friends for nearly 20 years, and when I say she has always had a way with money, I mean it. Money seemed to follow her like a puppy. It showed up for her…
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Clearing Space for the Life I Said I Wanted
Thereās something almost magical about the act of clearing space. I donāt mean it in a metaphorical, abstract way (though thatās part of it). I mean the real-life, hands-on, open-the-closet-door-and-let-it-go kind of clearing. The sweep-the-floor kind. The pop-the-trunk-and-drop-off-the-donation kind. The clean-out-the-email-inbox-and-finally-cancel-the-subscription kind. Because clearing space is not just about tidying. Itās about trust.Itās about alignment.Itās…
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You Donāt Have to Deserve It FirstāYou Just Have to Let It In
Thereās this quiet, tender ache that lives under so many of our dreamsāthe belief that we have to deserve the good things we want. That we must earn, prove, or justify the joy, abundance, ease, or support our hearts long for. But what if you didnāt? What if you didnāt have to hustle for your…
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