Want to Know When You Can Retire? Consider These Important Points
The decisions of when to retire, how to fund your retirement and what your retirement will look like are some of the most important questions you will answer in your lifetime. And the answers are both financial and non-financial. “When can I retire?” is one of the most common questions I hear from clients. It’s […]
The Importance of Talking About Money Shame for Financial Wellbeing
For many of us, money can be a source of stress, anxiety, and even shame. In fact, I’d dare to say that we’ve all felt this way about our finances to some degree at one stage or another. So if you currently find yourself feeling ashamed of your financial situation or choices, the important thing […]
How to Make the Right Life Insurance Choices for You and Your Family
The purchase of life insurance is one of the most important protections that you can put in place to protect your family and the life you are building in the event that you pass away unexpectedly. It’s one of those things that people generally know they need, but don’t know when to purchase, or how […]
Take a Breath: How to Prepare Your Finances for the Future
We are now about 7 months from the beginning of “lockdown” that began in mid-March in Birmingham. The novel coronavirus and global pandemic have brought about such a swift change in just about every aspect of daily life, and there is little known about what the next 6 months to a year will hold. There […]
Leveraging an ABLE Account
Many families who have a child with special needs find themselves navigating complex rules around qualifying for Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”). SSI is available once an individual with a disability turns 18, and families need to plan for eligibility of government benefits before that birthday to ensure that they do not jeopardize government benefits available […]
Why I Started a Business in a Pandemic
If you had told me one year ago that we would be fighting a pandemic around the globe, that I would have spent the last seven months primarily working from home, and that my extroverted social calendar would consist of more time at home and alone than outside of it with friends, I would not […]