Articles by Manisha
How to Make Your Retirement Dream a Reality
For entirely too many hard-working folks, there is a significant gap between the retirement life they desire and the one they will be able to afford if they do not adequately prepare for the future. Traditional goals such as li...
How to Protect Yourself From Financial Heartbreak
What’s going on (financially) in the private lives of couples across America? As someone who earns a living providing financial advice for women, I’m fascinated by this question. A recent study about the money behavior of m...
Reveal Your Worth
Reveal Your Worth: Meggan Watterson on Women, Spirituality, and Money What can spirituality teach us women about money? In this interview Meggan Watterson, Harvard trained theologian and author of the critically acclaimed new b...
The Beauty of a Budget
Many people think budgets are about deprivation. As a financial advisor, I feel they are about liberation. Here’s a simple three-step plan to create a budget that you will feel excited to follow. Step #1: Understand the real...
Gambling With Your Life and Your Financial Future
Cancer. Stroke. Broken bones. Every day, thousands of Americans find themselves on the receiving end of these diagnoses. While such health challenges are never fun to confront, the diagnosis is just the first of a “one-two”...
Which One Is Your Partner: A “Tightwad” or “Spendthrift”?
Are you and your significant other financial opposites? If so, you’re not alone. As a financial advisor, I’ve seen time and again how the results can be quite painful. When the American Institute of Certified Public A...
How to Make Valentine’s Day More Meaningful
According to the National Retail Federation, the average person plans to spend $130.97 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. Total spending will reach $18.6 billion. When it comes to buying gifts, how do we know what the right ...
Overcome (Financial) Fear With Appreciation
Do you ever feel that no matter how much money you earn, it is never enough? As a financial advisor working with high net worth women and families, I have observed that even financially successful people struggle with a sense o...
Release False Beliefs (To Hear your True Hunger)
To me, money represents freedom, choices and security. So the thought of having insufficient money is terrifying. Not because of the money per se, but rather the potential loss of those three attributes. Even when, as a financi...
BE WHERE YOU ARE: To Experience True MoneyJoy
“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.” - Thich Nhat Hahn Money makes many of us miserab...
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