Thinking out loud

Plain-language writing on planning, investing, and the turns a financial life takes. No forecasts, no hot takes.

  • Thinking Outside the Box · Part 1

    Estate planning is not only about dying

    Estate planning is not only about what happens after you pass away. It is also about who can step in while you are still here.

  • Thinking Outside the Box · Introduction

    Take the journey with me: thinking outside the box

    There is not one true way to reach your goals. A new series on making financial planning feel less like a set of rigid rules and more like a thoughtful conversation about choices.

  • Shannon’s twins, face to face across a table, arm wrestling

    Changing their future

    During the first days of the Pandemic, my eight-year-old asked me whether we would have enough to eat. Talking with your children about money in a hard season is a chance to change a money script before it is written.

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