by Derek Hagen 4 days ago How to "Prevent" Setbacks Is a setback a setback if it doesn't impact you? Reframe setbacks as interesting challenges will help you live with fewer negative emotions.
by Derek Hagen Sep 10 How to Overcome Our Laziness Believe it or not, we take a lot of shortcuts when we make decisions. That's actually okay, but we need to know we're doing it.
by Derek Hagen Sep 3 Overcoming Feelings of Deprivation Deprivation happens when we fail to meet our needs, including living in alignment with our values.
by Derek Hagen Aug 27 Living a Good (Financial) Life Living the good financial life means more than just saving for the future. It means living life on purpose, in-line with your values.
by Derek Hagen Aug 20 Why You Should Stop Judging Judging people is easy. Giving unsolicited advice is easy. Easy isn't always good, though.
by Derek Hagen Jul 9 Enjoy Your Experiences: It May Be the Last Time With everything you do, you will do it for the last time. This knowledge helps put time in perspective.
by Derek Hagen Jun 11 Dealing With the Stress of Talking About Money Stress leads to emotional flooding, and money often leads to stress. Knowing that is the first step toward overcoming it.
by Derek Hagen Jun 4 How to Financially Change When You Feel Stuck Financial change is hard, as we often feel two ways about it. We both want to change and want to stay the same. That can be a good thing.
by Derek Hagen May 28 Why You Should Design Your Life What kind of life do you want? If you're like most, you don't know. You live life reacting. Living intentionally will bring you more joy.
by Derek Hagen May 21 Wasting Financial Windfalls We don't do a good job of managing big influxes of money. Some take this as a way to live more in the moment, but that's a mistake.
by Derek Hagen May 14 What is Money Health? Physical health is synonymous with health and wellness. Mental health is getting easier to talk about. But nobody talks about Money Health.
by Derek Hagen May 7 Choose Your Response Carefully Reacting too quickly leads to emotional responses we end up regretting. Putting some space between the stimulus and our response can help.
by Derek Hagen Apr 30 Cheap...or Mindful? Spending money opens us up to being judged. Increasing our confidence and being intentional about spending will help.
by Derek Hagen Apr 23 Money and Happiness While it's true that making more money won't make you happier after a certain point, how you use the money you have can make you happier.
by Derek Hagen Apr 16 Financial Beliefs and Money Health Are Related Our beliefs and behaviors are connected. Beliefs about money are called money scripts and they drive our financial behaviors.
by Derek Hagen Apr 9 Distorted Beliefs Can Negatively Influence Us Often, our core beliefs are distorted and based on partial truths or falsities. Understanding that is the first step toward making a change.
by Derek Hagen Apr 2 Be Grateful for Regret Many view gratitude and regret as opposites. This need not be the case. You can feel gratitude for your regret.
by Derek Hagen Mar 26 Past Experience Can Lead Us Astray Many of us believe that experience is the best teacher. That may be true in some cases, but relying only on our experience can mislead us.
by Derek Hagen Mar 12 Money Has a Funny Effect on People It's very easy for us to believe that we're alone in our struggle with money. The truth is that we're all a little weird with money.
by Derek Hagen Feb 27 Improve Your Relationship With Money If you are frustrated by not being able to change your financial habits, then it's time to explore your relationship with money.
