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Grow your Mindset Grow your Money
Your relationship with money starts in your mind. Just as Carol Dweck's groundbreaking research showed us that our beliefs about our...
Jen Scharien
Sep 173 min read
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Plan to Buy Your First Home
Buying your first home doesn't take a miracle; it takes a plan. Do you have dreams of owning a home but worry it's out of reach? Here we...
Jen Scharien
Aug 186 min read
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What Money Advice Are You Afraid Of?
Don't let your worries about unwated advice scare you away from profound guidance. When I was planning to start my own business, I was...
Jen Scharien
Jul 214 min read
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Hindsight is 20/20, Foresight is legally blind
Get a high-five from your future self. As humans are great at looking back and seeing what we should have done, and lamenting on missed...
Jen Scharien
Jul 84 min read
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Impulse Spending & How to Beat It
With unlimited ways to use our money, we want to ensure our spending reflects our intentions rather than our impulses. Impulse spending...
Jen Scharien
Jun 175 min read
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Money Action = Climate Action
Financial Wellness helps us do our part to fight climate change. Climate change is big and scary, like a monster under the bed – except...
Jen Scharien
Jun 106 min read
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The Pain of Paying (and Why It Might Be a Good Thing)
Businesses have figured out how to anesthetize that pain or paying Our bodies are wired for survival. Touch something hot and your hand...
Jen Scharien
May 262 min read
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Is your money boring? FANTASTIC!
Tune out the headlines—financial peace comes from steady habits, not breaking news. The boring stuff in our lives doesn't get as much...
Jen Scharien
May 193 min read
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Unlocking Your Financial Emotional Intelligence (FEQ): The Key to Better Money Decisions
Financial decisions might look like numbers on a spreadsheet—but inside, it's a full-blown color bomb of emotions. Okay, real talk: Have...
Jen Scharien
May 164 min read
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The Locker Room Paradox
The most physically exposed space can often become the most emotionally safe. In my previous role, I worked in a beautiful downtown...
Jen Scharien
May 123 min read
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Your Employees Are Stressed About Money. You Have Three Options.
Even in the best of times, money stress is a constant companion for many employees. But in today’s climate—with a jittery economy,...
Jen Scharien
May 83 min read
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Good friends talk about money
A little over a decade ago I was chatting with my friend and we got on the topic of ways to manage money in a relationship. We were both...
Jen Scharien
Jun 13, 20212 min read
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