I am moving forward with research for my book, currently titled The Good, the Bad, and the Money, and I am looking for subjects to interview. Do you know someone -- or do you -- have a money story to tell?The Good, the Bad, and the Money is a project about how people experience financial challenges...
Amanda in The Gentlewoman (UK)
A few months ago my dear friend Felix Salmon connected me with the editorial folks at The Gentlewoman. The Gentlewoman is an amazing new publication which describes itself as "a forward-looking magazine devoted to international women to love and admire." Needless to say, I am pretty excited to be included...
Amanda in Women's Health Magazine
Look at that amazing picture of me on the cover of this month's Women's Health magazine!Sigh... only kidding, that's actually the uber-beautiful Brooklyn Decker, of course. I am, however, featured inside the magazine in an article titled When You Clash Over Cash, about the risk that money issues can...
Break It Down, Avoid Breakdowns
Changes are afoot in our house. My husband and I recently reviewed our split of financial tasks and decided to revise who is responsible for what. Just because I counsel people on issues of financial self-care doesn't mean these processes are always perfect in my own life. I probably have more than...
The World Spins Madly On
Surprisingly, I'm not a numbers person. When I do sums in my head I actually visualize colored bars of varying lengths that represent the "size" of the numbers, and then I mentally manipulate those colored bars. True story.Dancing colored bars have their limits, so of course I'm totally fascinated...
Before You Cut, Spend
There’s an old business adage that says you can’t manage what you don’t measure.It’s surprising how many people ignore this advice when it comes to budgeting for discretionary expenses. In designing a monthly plan they simply write down what they think they should spend rather than taking some time...
You're Not Broke(n)
Of all of the different ways that people describe their financial woes, the one that always raises my hackles is “I’m broke.” Broke is a state of having little or no money. But there is a deeper connotation, which is that there is something broken in one’s financial life or one’s ability to earn...
Building Financial Intimacy
With Valentines Day coming up this weekend, I understand that your romantic plans with your sweetie probably do not include money talk -- yet. Let me make my case for the least understood, most unappreciated, yet totally romantic topic of them all.After the intoxicating initial flush of love, financial...
Tweet Your Way to a Balanced Budget
One of the biggest obstacles to tracking spending is creating a habit around it. Writing down each expense may seem awkward, uncomfortable, or time-consuming.What if you could use your addiction to social media to help put yourself on a budget? That's the idea behind Tweet What You Spend, a free financial...
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