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Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financially Organized

The Gawk Factor: How to Use it to Your Advantage

Posted on by Marie Burns
gawk factor
24
Jan

New Year’s Resolution Time Now that we are in the month of New Year’s resolutions, we often have changes on our minds. We all have something we know we want or need to improve in our lives. The hardest part can often be getting motivated to make that change, identifying specifically what to change (then…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning

Working with the Experts: Dos and Don’ts

Posted on by Marie Burns
financial experts
10
Jan

Whether you are in need of a new mechanic, dentist, or hairdresser, your main priority is to find someone you can trust to meet your needs reasonably. The same holds true for seeking financial experts like a tax advisor, estate planning attorney, or financial advisor. So whether you have moved, life has changed, or you…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financially Organized

10 Things to Consider if You Need a Revocable Trust

Posted on by Marie Burns
Revocable Trust
22
Nov

In October, National Estate Planning Awareness Month, I spoke with an estate planning attorney, Amanda Pyper Ruiz at Same Day Wills, who shared some great tips and things to think about when considering the will vs trust question or updating a trust. With her permission, I am including her helpful information below.  You may find…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financially Organized

It Happens to All of Us, But Most of Us Don’t Plan For It

Posted on by Marie Burns
couple at laptop
04
Feb

What are the odds of getting hit by a bus? 1 in 495,000. Not happening to me, right? But what are the odds that you’re going to die someday? Exactly. Yet only 40% of us put any documents in place about what we want to happen when we die. I always say this topic is…

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Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financial Wellness, Financially Organized

How to Guarantee Your Best First Impression

Posted on by Marie Burns
woman shaking hands
24
Jan

When I first started public speaking, part of my training was the constant reminder that you only have 30 seconds to make a positive impression and grab the audience’s attention. That training was about 30 years ago and the timeframe to make a first impression has gotten significantly shorter. I recently read that an interviewer…

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Financial Advocate, Financial Planning, Financial Wellness

What Does Breathing Have to Do with Money?

Posted on by Marie Burns
money and breathing
07
Jan

“Take a deep breath!” That was probably a common phrase that was used when we were younger if we were upset about something. Or we might have been told to “calm down, count to 10” or “walk it off”. Who knew this age-old advice that we all probably heard from our parents, grandparents, or teachers…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning

Are You Expecting Your Man to Be Your Financial Plan?

Posted on by Marie Burns
Are-You-Expecting-Your-Man-to-Be-Your-Financial-Plan
26
Oct

What does money mean to you? If you had to choose one word to describe what money means to you, what would that word be? Survival, security, love, power, independence, or something else? Whatever word you identified is the result of years of experiences, beginning in your childhood. These experiences have shaped your money personality…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning

Three Ways to Leave a Legacy, Not a Mess!

Posted on by Marie Burns
leave a legacy couple
24
Sep

When we hear the term “legacy” we often think of leaving millions of dollars to heirs, so most of us decide “well, that sure doesn’t apply to me!” and we stop thinking about it. However, the word legacy simply refers to passing something from one generation to the next, but it does not have to…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning

“To Each His Own”

Posted on by Marie Burns
Financial Power of Attorney
30
Aug

A Frustrating Requirement You Need to Understand We head to the pantry this month in our Financial Open House tour, and if you are like me, you have a place for everything. Your pantry is organized the way you like it therefore you don’t really think much about it until you need to go in…

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Estate Planning, Financial Advocate, Financial Planning

I Wish I Would Have…

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I wish I would have Mind Money Motion june blog everplans
01
Jun

Are you a list maker? Or do you use them to help you move forward and stay organized, even if you don’t really like making lists? One of the most common To-Dos on our “list” as we get older, whether it is written down or in our head, is the matter of taking action on…

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