by Allison Bishop | Oct 23, 2026 | Family, General
Several months ago I saw two different couples who were very similar in many ways. The similarity that stood out to me most was that both couples were spending a substantial amount of money on expensive activities for their children, despite each being in a precarious...
by Allison Bishop | Sep 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
I work with a lot of people in transition. Sometimes it’s extremely positive – they’re looking to be good stewards of some kind of financial windfall. But more often they find their way to me during a difficult time or life transition. I also see a lot of people who...
by Allison Bishop | Jul 20, 2025 | Family, General
Inheriting money usually comes with baggage. Only rarely do we inherit money from people who we didn’t know; most of the time we knew and often loved the person who passed away. This means that we often imbue the inheritance with much more weight than any other money...
by Allison Bishop | Feb 6, 2025 | Family
A few weeks ago I posted two blogs about teenagers and money. It reminded me that I had written a similar article for a local wellness magazine seven years ago. My children were aged seven through twelve at the time. Here’s the original article: The one sentence I...
by Allison Bishop | Dec 12, 2024 | Family, General, Starting Out
My fifteen-year old minivan bit the dust over the summer, so I reluctantly pulled out the vehicle research I’d done over the past few months (this was not an entirely unexpected event) and became a car shopper. I took advantage of the fact that my son was home from...