Find stability with Financial Mindfulness
Find stability with Financial Mindfulness. With a horrible year in 2020, routines have returned back to normal but 2021 hasn’t started well. David, 51 and Lisa, 46 are parents to Joshua (8), Jake (13) and Bella (11). Josh misses his dad while Bella is angry at her dad and hasn’t seen him for 4 months. […]
Financial Mindfulness exclusive interview with Dr Ellen Langer – Part 2
Financial Mindfulness exclusive interview with Dr Ellen Langer – Part 2. We continue with our exclusive interview with the world-renowned Professor Ellen Langer. Part 1 can be found here Financial Mindfulness: So, what is the difference between mindfulness and positive thinking? Dr Langer: “Positive thinking says things are positive, by definition. Mindfulness says outcomes are […]
Financial Mindfulness exclusive interview with Dr Ellen Langer – Part 1
Financial Mindfulness exclusive interview with Dr Ellen Langer – Part 1. Financial Mindfulness had the good fortune in March 2021 to secure an exclusive interview with the world-renowned Professor Ellen Langer, the first woman ever tenured in psychology at Harvard University, in the United States. She has written over 200 research articles and six books […]
Graduates arrive in their careers with financial stress
Graduates arrive in their careers with financial stress. Graduating from University is an exciting and rewarding experience. The prospect of being in the field of your choice and apply those years of learning is one of hope and excitement, however there are elements of fear. Fear of ‘will I be good enough?’, fear of performing […]
Mindfulness can help you get in control of your spending
Mindfulness can help you get in control of your spending. Why do we spend money to feel good now, even if it’s obviously going to have negative consequences at some point, such as damaging financial stress. And why do we seem to make better decisions if those decisions are planned and not impulsive? The answer […]
Mindfulness to remain a key part of what it means to be human in the future
Mindfulness to remain a key part of what it means to be human in the future. While we look in awe at the videos of amazing robots coming out of labs worldwide on ever smarter smartphones, sceptics and academics are meanwhile busy wrestling with the real value of mindfulness. A leading British expert has made […]
Money doesn’t make you happy, but bad debt makes you sick
Money doesn’t make you happy, but bad debt makes you sick. You can’t buy happiness, goes the old saying. We also know that being in poverty decreases happiness, but instinctively we know having lots of money doesn’t guarantee happiness. Research backs up the motherhood statement too. In a landmark study, Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, […]
Financial stress a perennial reason couples split
Financial stress a perennial reason couples split. It’s February already and in a lot of relationships that means money worries will be to the fore. It’s well known amongst lawyers that returning to work after the holidays brings up dissatisfaction amongst couples. The pressure of being forced together more often, especially with the added burden […]
Using Mindfulness practice to help reduce financial stress
Using Mindfulness practice to help reduce financial stress. Mindfulness has been a big buzzword for several years. The cabin-fever worry of the COVID pandemic reinvigorated mindfulness as a solution too. Mental health organisations, major news outlets, universities and of course meditation programs were discussing the merits of mindfulness as a way to deal with COVID stress. In […]
Financial stress and under-earning
Financial stress and under-earning. When people think about answers to financial stress a lot of energy and attention is paid to our spending. Where does all our money go, we are urged to ask of ourselves and our partners. The implication is clear: if we suffer financial stress we share a flaw – impulsive and sometimes reckless […]