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In Honor of Gina and Leigh

“May I ask you a personal question? Did your friend take her own life?”  What a shocking question to ask a complete stranger. My friend Gina had taken her life on January 3, 2009, the day before her 41st birthday. Although I have lost friends to illnesses, and I deal with death quite frequently as […]

The Rainbow Bridge: A Personal Loss

“In every heart there is an inner room, where we can hold our greatest treasures and our deepest pain.”  Marianne Williamson
I have lost one of my greatest treasures. My golden retriever, Duke, passed unexpectedly on March 18, 2009. He had been briefly examined by a treating veterinarian in 2008 and dismissed as being overweight without […]

Money Maturity Part II

“Financial growth, however, is a process, that requires a level of monetary maturity rather than momentary monetary madness.” There is nothing wrong with making money. There is nothing “unspiritual” about attaining a high level of wealth. God created a rich universe and he didn’t intend for us to be lacking in any area of our […]

Money Maturity: Part I

In the midst of the real estate boom of 2004 and 2005 many of my friends and clients were investing money in multiple properties.  As the media hyped the rising home sales and the increase in value, the thrill of easy money encouraged the public to invest it all to day trade properties like game […]

Professional Worth

Personal growth can be painful, because it makes us ashamed and humiliated to face our own darkness. But the goal of personal growth is the journey out of dark emotional patterns that cause us pain, to those that create peace.” Marianne Williamson A Return to Love“So why did he dump you?” The words pierced my […]

Financial freefall or Financial freedom

As you can tell by my lack of blogging, I have not been salsa dancing for a while. However, I thought an appropriate topic to get my readers involved and  ”moving to the music” is to write about financial challenges.   Everyone is focused on the economy. Over the next few weeks, I am going to share […]