by Manisha Thakor | Oct 22, 2012 | Blog, Health & Wealth
by Manisha Thakor “When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment, our understanding of what is going on deepens, and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace and love.” — Thich Nhat Hahn Money makes many of us miserable. Study...
by Manisha Thakor | Jan 18, 2011 | Blog, Health & Wealth
by Manisha Thakor Do you have enough money? Last week I wrote about the high cost to women of not speaking up for ourselves financially in the workplace. One statistic from that piece keeps floating through my head like the Goodyear blimp: Women...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Apr 13, 2009 | Blog, Career & Income, Health & Wealth, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAI received an email from a Savvy Ladies member today; a heartbreaking tale of how she had been laid off, and was now trying to figure out how to survive – and feed her two small children, as she is a single mom. One of the expenses she...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 30, 2009 | Blog, Health & Wealth, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAI met with a new client yesterday. While this is not unusual, the reason he had come to see me was: he was in his thirties, healthy, athletic – and extremely anxious about the fact that he didn’t have long-term care insurance. While some...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 6, 2009 | Blog, Health & Wealth, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAThis time of the year, inevitably, conversations gravitate toward the topic of New Year’s resolutions. While the vast majority tend to be not only generic (stop smoking, anyone? Join a gym?), but also difficult to follow (everyone has an...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 31, 2008 | Blog, Health & Wealth, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAThis weekend, my family and I decided to go for a picnic in the park. So we filled a basket with Dean & Deluca foods and headed outside our door to Battery Park. There, the smell of grass, the sun, and the majestic beauty of the skyline...
