Personal Finance Tips Weekly

Build a healthy financial life-one week at a time. Investment advisor Jane Barrett and financial therapist Amanda Clayman provide weekly personal finance tips.

Introduction

• Welcome

Your Money Management

• Do you need a financial advisor?
• Graduation: Don’t get crushed by student loan mistakes
• When a splurge makes good sense
• Arbor Day: Planting seed for your financial future
• The danger of deprivation mode
• Mother's Day: Learning from savvy moms
• When “good debt” is dangerous
• Should you break up with your bank?
• Should you automate your finances?
• Financial checklist for fresh grads
• Father's Day: Talking to your parents about money
• Stop the “boom and bust” cycle of budgeting
• Create healthy money habits
• Create a powerful money mindset
• Stay motivated when paying off debt
• Reduce your financial stress
• Behavioral economics: Invest smarter
• Neuroeconomics and you
• When is it smart to invest in yourself?
• How to assess the real value of a job offer?
• Stock options versus stock grants
• What to do with stock options and grants
• Labor Day: Putting your money to work for you
• When you can't make ends meet
• Benchmarking yourself: Are you being paid what you’re worth?
• Financial tips for freelancers
• The introvert’s guide to earning more
• Should your dating profile include your income?
• Make family finances fun
• Develop a growth vs. consumption mindset for kids
• Halloween: Spooky scammer stories
• Set healthy financial boundaries
• Pros and cons of stay-at-home parenting
• Black Friday: Savvy spending
• Focus on gratitude and giving back
• Should you loan money to loved ones?
• Overdraft protection
• Teach kids to give back
• Close this year and start the next year strong
• New Year: How to save more this year
• Challenges with inheritance
• The money talk: Aging parents
• Bonus time
• Groundhog Day: Don’t repeat financial mistakes
• Financial checklist: New job
• Valentine's Day: Insuring what you love most
• Financial checklist: Newly single
• Financial checklist: Newly engaged couples
• Financial checklist: Sandwich generation
• Tax prep: Finding money at tax time
• Financial checklist: Major life milestones
• Get back on track after blowing your budget