Feb
9
Jimmy Carter Chooses Women’s Equality Over Church Affiliation
February 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Thank you! says Marianne Williamson on her website, posting this open letter by Jimmy Carter, Losing My Religion for Equality, to say that he is severing his ties with the Southern Baptist Convention after years of trying to change its views over its treatment of women. Indeed! He also speaks as part of fellow global [...]
Feb
3
Leasing Low Cost Solar Power Now an Option for Homeowners
February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
A new financing plan called a residential solar lease, may make going solar affordable by bypassing the high initial cost of installing a system. Popular in California, the world’s third largest solar-power market, twice as many people filed for solar power permits in 2009 than in 2008, much of the demand driven by solar leasing. [...]
Jan
24
Sabotaging Prosperity with Self-Talk About the Meaning of Money
January 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment
During my ritual beginning-of-the-year cleansing of files, bookmarks and the like, I came across this short reflection about money called: Are You a Reverse Money Snob? from the Barefoot Executive’s site for At Home Professionals. Its musings on our attitudes towards wealth seem germane as we continue evaluating the meaning and role of money in [...]
Jan
21
Commit to Taking the Drama – and Trauma – Out of Your Divorce
January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Going through divorce is by nature painful enough on so many levels, commit to not adding to your stress by making it as peaceful as you can. Don’t fill it with high drama and conflict, but acknowledge the sadness, pain and loss on all sides, and try not to increase it. Start with intention and [...]
Jan
20
Nominees for Purpose Prize Due March 5
January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Know someone tapping their experience to improve the lives of others? Finding new purpose, one that supplies a meaning, is one of the main drivers of The Purpose Prize. Directed by Civic Ventures the program is now in its fifth year, giving ten awards of up to $100,000 to innovators in encore careers – people [...]
Jan
18
Suze Orman’s 2010 Financial To-Do List
January 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you’re one of the less than 25% of women feeling “very well prepared” to handle financial matters, make 2010 the year to build your financial confidence. A Prudential study also found that while 78% of women don’t want to become a financial burden to loved ones, only 24% feel they can pull it off. [...]
Jan
16
Women Speak Truth to Power on Money and Financial Reform
January 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Speaking of feminine power and women’s leadership in all the very diverse roles and forms it takes, this very interesting piece is part of the Roosevelt Institute’s even more interesting ‘Feminomics’ series exploring women’s changing roles in the economy. The author celebrates five courageous women who have spoken truth to power and helped to illuminate [...]
Jan
12
The Changing Face of Retirement: From Sun City to Aging in Place
January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
With the debut of the first ‘modern’ retirement facility in Sun City, Arizona in 1960, replete with golf courses, recreation centers and activities clubs, it’s been 50 years that Americans’ ideas have shifted about retirement. Sun City recast the idea of retirement as a non-working life of limited opportunity to one of possibility and productivity. [...]
Jan
9
Conscious Money Teleseminar Series Starts on January 11
January 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
I want to insert this quick post here for anyone who may have getting control of your financial life high on your to-do list this year – anyone? Vicki Robin, well-known coauthor, with Joe Dominguez, of Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence, is hosting [...]
Jan
8
From Pilot Programs to Paradigm Shift: Health Care Reforms, One Experiment at a Time
January 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
These two pieces are the best I’ve seen to go into depth about what goes on behind the scenes in communities and inside doctors’ offices to explain not only what’s at the root of the spiraling health care costs of the last decade, but also why care is so uneven in communities – and why [...]
