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...
by Allison Bishop | Mar 21, 2023 | Family, Uncategorized
I usually write about somewhat lighter topics – a podcast review or a blog about how to combine finances with a partner. Today I want to talk about a subject that alarms me, and I see it with some regularity: an imbalance of power regarding finances. I’m looking at...
by Allison Bishop | Dec 14, 2022 | Family, General
A few months ago I started to recognize a pattern that some of my clients were struggling with when I’d ask them to come up with a summary of their spending. It turns out that they’d hit an expense that could have fit into a couple of different categories, and then...
by Allison Bishop | Nov 15, 2022 | Family, General
I had a client come in recently who wanted to talk about lending a significant amount of money to a family member. It’s not something I see a lot, and it got me thinking about what you need to consider before lending money. Lending money to a loved one might make...
by Allison Bishop | Jun 21, 2022 | Family, Uncategorized
Heading into a divorce, you’re likely so overwhelmed with the legal, emotional, and financial issues that you’re dealing with that the last thing you probably want to be thinking about is how it’s going to affect your taxes. But considering the tax effects of your...
