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Talking About Money Without Turning It Into a Fight Money is the top thing married couples fight about, and financial disagreements predict divorce more reliably than almost any other kind of conflict. I think most couples already sense that on some level. It’s why the conversation gets avoided for months at a time, until it…
Reducing the Mental Load of Managing Money A 2026 survey found something I think is the most useful financial data point of the year, and it confirms what I’ve watched play out in real conversations for years, conversations with women earning plenty who still felt shaky underneath it: financial anxiety barely moves as income rises,…
Organizing a Financial Life That Has Become Too Fragmented I want to start with a picture you’ve probably lived, even if you’ve never described it this way out loud. Nobody decides to fragment their financial life. Nobody wakes up and chooses chaos. It happens through a string of small, reasonable choices, a job you left…
Knowing Whether You’re Actually on Track “Am I on track?” is probably the question I hear most often, and it usually arrives with an apology attached, like asking it is admitting to a failure that hasn’t happened yet. It isn’t. It’s the right question. The problem is almost everyone gets handed the wrong answer to…
Turning Irregular Income Into a Stable Personal Financial Life Every business owner and creator I work with eventually asks me some version of the same question: how do I plan a life around income that refuses to behave. They’re not asking because they’re bad with money. They’re asking because most budgeting advice assumes a paycheck…
The First Year of Widowhood and What to Do Next I have sat across from women in the first weeks after losing a spouse, and I have watched them try to make a decision about a house, a retirement account, or a life insurance check while their hands are still shaking. Nobody warns you that…
Understanding Equity Compensation Without Letting It Take Over Your Life I’ve watched smart, accomplished women, women who run teams, manage budgets, make hard calls all day at work without blinking, turn into people who check a stock ticker eight times a day, and I understand exactly why. Equity comp is genuinely confusing, the stakes feel…
Making Financial Decisions After Divorce Without Feeling Rushed Divorce has a way of making everyone in the room want it over with. Your attorney wants it resolved. Your ex wants it resolved. Some days, you want it resolved more than you want it resolved correctly. I understand that pull completely. What I’ve watched, again and…
Becoming the Primary Financial Decision-Maker Most of the women I sit down with already lead their household’s financial decisions. They just don’t believe it about themselves. That gap, between what’s actually true and what you feel capable of, is the whole subject of this post. It shows up in small ways before it shows up…
Avoiding Surprise Tax Bills From Bonuses, RSUs, and Stock Options Let’s clear up the myth first, because it shapes everything else in this post. Bonuses are not taxed at a higher rate than your regular pay. I know it feels that way when a bonus check arrives lighter than expected, sometimes meaningfully lighter, but the…
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