Tag Archive: life

Decluttering: The Famous Blue Bowl

Decluttering: how do you decide want stays and what goes? Or don’t you even think about it? (You should: cluttered house = cluttered mind.)

Financial Panic: What’s Menopause Got to Do with It?

Financial panic sets in around menopause if a woman doesn’t have her finances under control. Why is that and how does it work?

Who Says We Need Balance?

Balance is an insidious myth perpetrated on us women. On a recent trip to the South of France, I finally busted that myth.

Two Lives Erased

Stuff. We buy it, cherish it, go into debt for it. Once we’re gone, our heirs realize that it’s worth nothing. Maybe we need to realize that today.

A New Look at Old Stuff

Stuff: When do inherited treasures become a burden? Here’s when …

Life Lessons from Wise Women

Life lessons: why does it take someone dying for us to think about how to live?

How to Recapture your Financial Power

Eilene Zimmerman is a business writer and a feminist. But when it came to her own money, she made a big mistake.

Helicopters, Childhood Memories and Financial Security

What does financial security have to do with childhood memories? Everything!

Sharon, Cairo, and President Mubarak

My adventure in Cairo, 30 years ago, coincided with when Mubarak became President. What I learned is how little we might understand about today’s events.

Celebrating … My Way

One of the beautiful things about getting older is that you can finally decide that it’s okay to celebrate as you see fit.