Elizabeth's Letters

Dear Friends, Do you know the DIY ethic? It promotes that anyone is capable of performing a variety of tasks rather than relying on paid specialists. Thanks, Wikipedia. Are you using a DIY formula to build wealth? That’s downright dangerous. If something goes wrong with managing money, it might impoverish you. You might be unable…

Dear Friends, My favorite thing about childhood was the grown-ups paid for everything. The bad part was the grown-ups chose everything. Our financial dilemma is this: Naturally, we want to make our own choices. But to make our own choices, we have to make our own way. Here’s where it gets tricky.   Sometimes, financial adulthood resists us. Other times, we resist it. Example #1.…

Dear Friends, Gulp! Imagine your happiness and excitement on that life-changing day when your dream of a lifetime presents itself as an opportunity right at your doorstep! It might be a house in your dream neighborhood that lists at a foreclosure price. That’s what happened to us. Or it might be a vacation property you…

Dear Friends, That first moment we open a new purchase is always so exciting! Why does our happiness have to fade so quickly? Or even at all? I think I know why… Most products are advertised with an implicit promise being made to us. It’s an extra promise hidden within the advertising and not even…

Dear friend, I never thought I’d produce a podcast episode called “Our Mommy, Our Money.” Yet it just may be our most powerful episode yet. For so many of us, this is a very sensitive topic, rarely discussed. I hope I can help. I want to try. If you listen to only one podcast, may…

Dear friend, Are you settling for less than God’s highest ordained financial provision? But why? We can never get more than the Lord ordains. But we can get a whole lot less if we’re not careful. This week’s Caring Advisor Podcast examines 21 unexpected ways we hurt ourselves financially. You’ll be amazed how a simple shift in…

Dear friends, Everyone knows what you should do with your money. Except they don’t. Do you feel pressured to believe their version of financial truth, receive their insistent instructions, or accept their unwelcome advice? Just because they appear to have more money, stature, or influence than you? What can you do about that? This week’s episode…

Dear Friend, This week’s podcast theme is FINANCIAL ANGER. Have you noticed how holidays seem to stir the anger pot? Everything is humming along so well. Then someone says a cruel or hurtful word to you. They disappoint you. Or neglect to include you.  Are you angry? If so, the enemy of your soul is…

Dear Friend, Do you feel suffocated by an uninspiring lifestyle? Trapped by the trappings of wealth? Are you tired of submitting to a financial routine you’ve since outgrown? Do you fear it’s too late to break free? Or that you’d risk keeping your family intact? This week’s podcast episode will inspire you if you feel…

Dear Friend, As a financial advisor, I loved my work. But my heart was perpetually distracted by a glaring gap that my profession was not designed to address: how undigested life disappointments express themselves in one’s relationship with money. Unhealed emotional and spiritual wounds have an infuriating capacity to lessen—or even destroy—our capacity to attain…