AOA 060: Making Money Conversations Meaningful – Featuring Tom Henske
Father and financial advisor Tom Henske offers strategies for cultivating meaningful money conversations with kids.
Are We Chasing Carrots?: Recognizing Our Mimetic Desires
We’re unkind to our future selves because we often aim for extrinsically motivated goals. In other words, we’re chasing carrots only to discover we don’t like them.
AOA 057: Money Smarts in the Metaverse – Featuring Brett Wooden
Tech guru and credit union innovator Brett Wooden discusses how parents and financial institutions can take advantage of the metaverse.
AOA 055: Grow Kids’ Wealth with Non-Monetary Deposits – Featuring James Robert Lay
Digital marketing expert James Robert Lay offers advice on how to grow kids’ wealth not only monetarily but also practically.
You Don’t Need a Budget: How Paying Yourself First and Reviewing Your Spending Might Be Better Approaches
Financial experts often tell us we need to budget, yet many of us don’t. Is there room for a different approach for us and for our kids?
Raising Money-Smart Kids: We Want to See the Forest
We are on a journey to money empowerment with our kids. Every journey has its challenges, and we often wander on and off the path.
In “The Age of Self-Sufficiency,” Having Money Smarts Is a Survival Skill
With passive financial security going or gone coupled with the unethical behavior of some financial institutions, we parents must act.
AOA 043: What Families Need to Know to Cultivate a Culture of Prosperity – With Guest Ellen Rogin
Financial advisor turned speaker Ellen Rogin explains how generosity and gratitude can help families thrive.
Mindset Matters: Think Wealth and Not Income
I loved my big bin of mismatched LEGO blocks when I was a kid. I’d look into it and see possibilities. Then I’d pick out pieces and start building. One …
How Much Does Free Cost?
We get so much free stuff. Pens. T-shirts. Bulging-eye monkey key chains. But is anything really free? “The more things we desire and the more we have to do to …