The Story of Sally Spender and Carl Credit
I have a weekly radio show ~ Money Matters with Mary Ann ~ every Thursday night on our local radio station 88.7 Cove FM (tune in anytime! Listen live @ www.covefm.com) 🙂 …. I...
Category: Credit Relationships
The Stories We Tell Ourselves…and Why We Need to Stop
It’s easy to justify just about anything if you want to badly enough. When it comes to our finances there are a handful of stories we all tell ourselves to take away the guilt...
The 6 most important lessons I learned last year
As I prepared to do my first radio show for the year (In case you’re curious I’ve put the details at the bottom of this post), I was reviewing the most important points that...
12 Steps you can take to protect your identity.
 This post follows and expands on my previous post, Protecting your Identity in light of the Equifax Breach. With all of the modern conveniences of the world wide web, online banking etc., identity theft...
Protecting your Identity (in light of the Equifax breach)
I am sharing this post from Borrowell. Borrowell is similar to Credit Karma, in that it provides you with a free copy of your credit score. Both are great alternatives to paying for your...
Common sense approach “Trumped” by Snake-oil Salesman
I’m not much for following politics. I mean, I care, but I don’t get wrapped up in it. I don’t see the point. I’m the eternal optimist, always looking at the sunny side, and,...
Who said you had to get it (your finances) right the first time?
Wow! We are so hard on ourselves aren’t we? We think we are supposed to get it all right the first time. Relationships! Careers! Finances! Now, tell me, where in the owners manual of...
Experience your Debt Differently
It’s payday. You’re trying to figure out what to pay, how much you need to get you through the month (or following your spending plan that you created to make life easier! Yes!). You...
Are you controlling credit or is it controlling you?
Your worthiness is not dependent on what other people think of you. Remember that when you enter the credit world. We are all so hung up on our “credit rating”, which essentially is a...
Who is the honest but unfortunate debtor?
Recently I was led to pondering one of the main objectives of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act. And that is providing a fresh start to the honest, but unfortunate, debtor. I found myself asking (myself), “Who is the honest, but unfortunate debtor?”
