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Having “The Talk” With Your Parents With Cameron Huddleston

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Serious question – what if your parents had dementia, or alzheimer’s or some other condition where they can’t rely on themselves. As in, they need your help, including their finances? What are you going to do about it?

Cameron Huddleston was forced to talk to her mom about her finances when she started showing visible signs of Alzheimers. The good news you heard is that she got all the paperwork in order, including getting enough money for long term care.

Cameron is an award-winning journalist and author of Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk: How to Have Essential Conversations With Your Parents About Their Finances. We chat about her experience becoming the power of attorney of her mom’s finances, how you can approach talking with your parents about how they’re going to handle their golden years all the way to the nitty gritty of the paperwork involved.

What You Hear in This Episode:

Why Cameron was hesitant to talk to her mom initially about her finances
How Cameron approached the conversation about estate planning and power of attorney with her mom (and suggests you do the same)
What the consequences are if you don’t approach your parents about their finances
How to start the conversation (hint: it has nothing to do with the numbers)
Where you can find resources and help to write a will, healthcare directives and power of attorney

Questions to Ponder:

How can you start the conversation about money with your parents?
When can you schedule a meeting with your siblings before you approach your parents?

*remember, let me know in the comments below your answers! If you’re a social media person, come find me on Instagram (@beyondthedollar) and send me a DM or comment on any one of my posts. I read every single one!

Resources:

*Thanks to Donovan Dorrance for the awesome theme music

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Handling Work Conflicts Using Emotional Intelligence with Razwana Wahid

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Today’s guest is Razwana Wahid, a trainer specializing in conflict management using strategies from the world of psychology and neuroscience. We chat about how to effectively use emotional intelligence in the workplace so that you can effectively be happier at work and maybe increase your income to boot. Razwana also goes deep into tools to start feeling good about your work situation now and how to keep going even when you may not like your job.

What You Hear in This Episode:

What the heck emotional intelligence means and how it relates to our work and our financial lives
What Razwana thinks are some of the main reasons we feel unmotivated or resentful of our jobs — whether or not our jobs actually suck
How empathy plays a role in emotional intelligence and to use it to improve your work situation
Tips and tricks to use emotional intelligence to navigate your financial life (including a super practical way to increase your salary!)
Why it’s important to be self-aware and using that to create boundaries in our work and money
What is intrinsic motivation what does it have to do with emotional intelligence?

Questions to Ponder:

Go back to an emotionally charged situation at your job or any aspect of your financial life. What would you do differently now that you know a bit more about emotional intelligence and how you can articulate yourself better?
What can you do to feel less responsible for someone’s financial actions, or something your coworker did at work?

Resources:

The Ultimate Guide to Money Mindset Mastery
Values Based Spending Guide
Relentless Movement
Why Emotional Intelligence Matters in Your Work and Your Life
Freelance Writing Kickstart – use code BTDLISTENER for 10% off course

*Thanks to Donovan Dorrance for the awesome theme music

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What’s The True Price of Ambition?

I confess, I haven’t been walking my talk. At least not 100%

Here’s the thing: my ambition got the best of me. Rather, the external facing part of my ambition got the better of me (more on this later).

While I gained massive strides in 2018 and did more in my career than I thought possible, it came with a lot of heartache, negative self talk, and frankly less time to be present with my family.

It sounds weird considering I worked part-time hours right?

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The Brutal Truth About Growing a Six Figure Freelance Writing Business

Let me guess.

You’ve seen those Instagram photos with people typing happily on their laptops by the beach, wishing you were there. That your steaming mug of coffee while you’re staring at your pile of bills on the dining room table isn’t going to cut it.

You see the terms “six figure freelance writer” or “make lots of money part-time working time” and believe it’s the gospel. That somehow, those people out there can make it within months, and so can you.

I hate to break it to you, but it’s a lie. The truth is — there is no such thing as an overnight success. I don’t want to crush your dreams. But before you go and buy the latest course promising you the moon and back, you need to understand what it really it takes to make it.

Let’s get started.

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5 Kickass Ways to Help You Grow Your Net-Worth, Like Right Now

Have you ever felt like if you just got your stuff together, that you’ll be so much richer (like, thousands of dollars richer) than you are right now?

Like, if you were more disciplined, or had more self control, you’d stop spending money on new clothes at the mall and stash it away in your retirement accounts?

Or if you can pay down the mortgage just a little bit, it’ll be easier to save?

You want to squeal with absolute delight when you see large numbers as you log into your bank account or your 401k. That there’s enough money in there to retire a few years early or even take a month off to travel the world.

It’s totally possible — people get to experience this as we speak — but it feels impractical, given your situation. With so much going on in your life right now, you can’t even imagine how you can grow your little nest egg to proportional amounts.

Long work hours, student loan debt payments and general adulting — there are what feels like a bazillion reasons to put off some of this money stuff for later. But you know what? It’s not as impossible as it seems.

Here’s the cincher: there are five simple actions you can take — like right now — to grow your net worth. The cool thing is that they don’t require long hours, just a few minutes of your time.

Ready to learn what you need to do?

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How I Accidentally Created a Six Figure Freelance Writing Business

You think I’m full of shit right?

You’ve been slaving away at your side hustle for months and barely scraping by. And here you are scratching your head wondering: how does someone who works less than 40 hours a week – while wranging a rowdy three year old no doubt – earn six figures?

It’s understandable, considering you’ve read tons of crappy blogs promising a bazillion ways you can make easy money in your pajamas. You’re about to roll your eyes as you’re reading this, ready to criticize what I’ve got to say.

You’re no fool. You and I know that. Unlike those scammers out there, this post isn’t about how you can create a blog and earn money in your sleep. Not because there is some upsell at the end of this post, but because the truth is, creating an accidental business still takes a lot of damn work.

Ready to find out how I accidentally created a six figure freelance writing business? [Read more…] about How I Accidentally Created a Six Figure Freelance Writing Business

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A Nourishing (and Hopefully Painless!) Ritual For Your Finances

Yup, it’s almost the end of the year, can you believe it?

No matter the good or the bad, I’m sure you already know it’s extremely helpful to take stock of what’s happened so far in 2018 to help pave the way for 2019.

I love this end of year ritual for finances because it gives me a chance to slow down, reflect, and look back at all the amazing money accomplishments of this year. (It makes me squeal, uncomfortable, and motivated all at once.)

It can be the same for you as well my friend. Yes, it’s scary to look at the numbers (especially if you haven’t done so before), but I assure you it’ll help you get more clarity in your life in general and manage any intentions or goals you want to set for 2019.

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Perhaps the Secret Reason Your Job Sucks Is…You?

You know it’s an actual possibility.

You talk all the time about a myriad of reasons as to why your boss or your coworkers suck. Basically, any excuse in the book about why your job is so horrible and there’s nothing you can do about it.

It’s easier to blame somebody else when you’re sick and tired of working dead end jobs. Complaining about your job is so normal – after all everyone does it – that it slowly infects your brain to the point where you constantly daydream when you can finally do what you want someday, instead of being chained to your desk.

Except, someday never comes.

Not because you’re lazy. Not because you don’t have what it takes. And it’s certainly not because you’re a horrible human being.

It’s because society has conditioned you to believe that our jobs are supposed to suck. That if something becomes too enjoyable, it ceases to make you any money.

The frightening part is that you’ve believed this lie for far too long. Think long and hard: how many years have you wasted away, feeling really shitty about your job because you think you can’t do better?

The good news is that you can erase this belief once and for all. Ready to learn what it takes? [Read more…] about Perhaps the Secret Reason Your Job Sucks Is…You?

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Can You Fix Your Finances in Just Ten Minutes a Day?

Look, fixing our finances shouldn’t be hard. It might require you to sit down and look at some paperwork, but you don’t need to spend hours upon hours hunched over looking at numbers.

There are ways to help fix your finances in only ten minutes a day. That being said, it doesn’t let you off the hook from looking at your finances more deeply, like consolidating loans and looking over a monthly budget. But ten minutes a day is simple, totally doable, and you probably won’t gouge your eyes out.

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How to Find Successful Ways to Make Money on The Side

Are you looking some successful ways to make money on the side?

Aside from paid survey sites and other work from home jobs, there are so many opportunities to make a little side income. I’ve invited a few people on the blog to talk about how they make money on the side. Now some of them have turned this into a full-time venture, but you certainly don’t have to. Whatever your goal is, I hope you’re inspired by the stories I’ll be sharing in the next few weeks.

Today’s guest is Joseph Hogue, the founder of numerous websites, his most popular one called My Work From Home Money. He’s done a few side hustles, from freelance writing, blogging to publishing his own books.

Read Joseph’s interview below then check out the video to see some insights and tips I have for you.