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I don’t know about you, but throughout my life, taking tests has always raised my anxiety level to full-on panic. It didn’t matter how much I’d studied and prepared. It didn’t matter if I knew the subject matter cold—the panic lived inside me like a…

Every action or inaction holds consequences. Every decision to do something or not holds consequences. The challenge is to think through the list of possible outcomes. Sometimes, not doing something is the clear choice and, at other times, inaction is the worst possible decision. It’s…

Traditional retirement is seen as a new, exciting chapter of life. When going to work everyday is no longer in the picture, you have more time and opportunities to do what you want. What’s not often discussed is how vulnerable it feels to enter this…

Here I am talking about being kind to oneself. Here I am talking about leaving the madness and competitiveness of my work-life behind. Here I am babbling away about taking life in stride. My “failures” have raised their ugly head, but the final analysis has…

Change is one of those topics that brings with it a wide range of experiences. For some, it's approached with open arms, welcoming in something new, different and exciting. For others, it means fear, reticence and anxiety. Powering through change, even welcome change, is a…

In a recent visit to my favorite place, Kripalu, my first since the pandemic, I spotted the following poster on the wall in the main stairwell. It says it all:

Tony Hixon is not your ordinary financial planner.  In March of 2011, Tony’s life changed forever when his mother ended her life after falling into a deep depression during the first six months of her retirement. Today he finds hope from the tragedy by using…

Have you ever looked back and wondered how you got here? I don’t mean in the biological sense; I mean the choices you’ve made that have brought you to today. I look back and only see a series of accidents, which makes me wonder whether…