by KathrynV | Money and Psychology
One of the biggest barriers to living a frugal lifestyle or sticking to a budget is caving to the influence of well-intentioned friends and family members. These people say that they completely understand your financial woes and support you in your efforts to save...
by KathrynV | Investing, Money and Psychology
Do you identify with the stocks that you choose to invest in? Doing so can be detrimental to your financial health. And if you think that you don’t, you might want to think again. That’s because many people feel an emotional connection with their stock...
by KathrynV | Money and Psychology, Personal Finance for Couples
Most of us try to take a practical, reasonable approach to money. We make budgets and educate ourselves about personal finance. However, no matter how practical we may be, at least a small part of our financial decisions are based more on emotion than logic. The way...
by Miranda | Frugality, Money and Psychology
There are some hopes, by retailers at least, that this holiday season will see an increase in consumer spending over what was spent last year. But are consumers really ready to spend more money come this holiday season? Maybe not. Perhaps frugality has caught on a...
by Henry Truc | Debt Elimination, Economics, Financial Planning, Money and Psychology
Has your eye been twitching? Have you been suffering from chronic anxiety, depression and insomnia? If you have, and you’re not sure why, it’s definitely time to take a step back and figure out what your body is trying to tell you. It could be that your...
by KathrynV | Money and Psychology
Money is such a loaded topic. Most of us get emotional about money rather than dealing with it in a pragmatic matter. Many of us have huge fears about money (fears that we may or may not be conscious of) and those fears can hold us back in our lives. This guide helps...