It’s an ordinary Tuesday evening until we sit on the couch. The all too familiar pit in my stomach signals me that this won’t be an easy conversation, but it is one we need to have. I told my wife  over dinner that there was something financial I wanted to talk about after we got the kids down.  ...

Welcome to the I love money exercise.    The love of money is a touchy subject for many of us. I know it is for me. I can feel it in my body even as I write this. My chest becomes heavy, and I sense my mind starting to think about all the possible arguments that could come up for saying the thr...

I feel the bright sun shining in through my bedroom window. It is a beautiful early spring morning, and my mind immediately turns to the day's adventure. Skiing. I spring out of bed excited for what’s to come. I pass by my wife on the way to the shower as she puts on her morning makeup, then some...

Dear Healthy Love and Money Couple,   What is your story? All of your story.    We all have a story. Some parts of it we would rather forget, but is that the right way to handle our stories? I have been on a journey to answer that question and I have come to the conclusion it is far better t...

Financial intimacy is not just for Valentine's day. It's a 365 days a year experience. Financial intimacy is a way of understanding your love and money life. It fosters a deepening connection between you, your intimate partner, and money's role in your life. I probably don’t have to convince you ...

The afternoon sun is high in the sky, shimmering off the shoreline of Orange County, California. The resort is set right on the coast, and it could not be a more beautiful setting, yet my stomach is twisting in knots like kneaded bread, and the pain between my shoulders is like someone has shoved...

Have you ever had that experience of awe when you learn a new word? There is liberation in language. Having words to describe your experiences gives you the needed freedom to make meaning from your experiences. New words can set new directions in your life.  This week let’s open up and define so...

It All Starts With A Baseball Game The bat cracks as the baseball goes flying. Financial planning runs down the first baseline. Only to be tagged out by Therapy in a call that was too close. As Financial Planning looks up, they recognize Therapy from years ago at college. They had seen each othe...

It All Start's At A Conference      It’s early in the morning at a conference, and I am just finishing up learning about a new software I want to use. One of the trainers named Chris comes over to me, and we start to talk about the software. One thing leads to another, and we are talking about h...

Welcome to Therapy-Informed Financial Planning! It is my honor to welcome you into a new way of thinking about and experiencing fee-only financial planning. You may have approached money from many different vantage points in the past, or perhaps you are just trying to keep the house of cards up—...