Don't Wait for Prince Charming: 5 Steps Woman Can Take to Own Their Financial Lives Now | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Women and Money

Don’t Wait for Prince Charming: 5 Steps for Women to Own their Financial Power Now

As a mother of two daughters who love all things Disney, we were excited to see the new Cinderella movie. The girls loved it, and I appreciated the opportunity to have the “Prince Charming” discussion with them. Like most fairy tales of good and evil, the lead female or princess is always a damsel in distress who needs to be saved. Only after Prince Charming rescues her, is she able

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Breaking Financial Gender Expectations | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Financially Real

Breaking Financial Gender Expectations

Editor’s Note: Tanya from Eat Laugh Purr is getting Financially Real with us and sharing how gender expectations influenced her money beliefs. I consider myself to be a modern woman as do most woman today, whatever their age may be. We’ve been taught to think for ourselves, be independent and value our worth. To be #bossy like Beyonce and conquer all. We are also very much a product of gender

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Getting Financial Real: My Mom Reclaims Her Financial Power | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Financially Real

Getting Financially Real: My Mom Reclaims Her Money Power

Let’s get REAL. Money is emotional. The decisions you make right now around money are driven in part by emotional needs, whether you realize it or not. I see it every day with my clients as I teach them to let their goals guide their decisions, rather than let their emotions fuel their need to compete, keep up or feel good about themselves. However, my greatest lessons around emotions and

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Get Financially Real to Find Your Money Happiness | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Financially Real

Get Financially Real to Find Your Money Happiness

When my father started his money lessons with me when I was a teenager, he wanted to help me become emotionally competent when handling my money. In other words, he wanted me to be aware of how my emotions affected my money decisions. His lessons started my journey towards financial literacy, but the prize is not financial freedom as many of you would assume. The true reward is finding your

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Financially Real | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
The Heavy Purse

A New Look and a New Focus

The Heavy Purse underwent a makeover this weekend to coincide with a new focus. I love it and hope you do too! As I mentioned back in January, I’ve made the decision to broaden my scope beyond raising financially confident kids to help you become Financially Real. Don’t worry — I’m still going to provide plenty of tips on children and money! But I’m also going to help you get

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Tax Refund #Infographic | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
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How Americans Spend their Tax Refund #Infographic

While conventional wisdom suggests that an overly large tax refund isn’t ideal since you’ve been giving the government an interest-free loan, many people still eagerly anticipate getting a big refund every year. Thanks, in large part, to their dreams about how they are going to spend it, because in their mind, it’s free money.

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Your Tax Questions Answered | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Taxes

Answers to Your Tax Questions on RMDs, AMTs and 401k Rollovers

Over the last few weeks, I have hopefully helped you gain a better understanding of taxes, why you should care about them (beyond your annual tax filing!) and how you can lower your taxable income. During this time, I’ve received lots of questions about taxes, and I am going to dedicate this week to answering the most popular questions. Start at the Beginning Before I do, I want to highlight

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Celebrating Female Bloggers | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Finance

Celebrating My Favorite Female Bloggers

My good friend, Shannon, from Financially Blonde invited us to celebrate our favorite female bloggers as part of Women’s History Month. It’s an honor to recognize such a smart, savvy and fun group of bloggers who inspire me and I consider to be friends, even though we’ve never met face-to-face.

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Tax Series Part 3: Retirement Planning and Taxes | www.TheHeavyPurse.com
Taxes

Tax Series Part 3: Retirement Plans and Taxes

One of the tax questions I get most often is about retirement plans. Our expectations to what retirement will look like varies from person-to-person, but overall most expect to lead an active life for 20-30 years in retirement, which requires a significant amount of savings. During my 23 years in practice, I have seen fewer pension plans every year. Employers have moved from defined benefit plans (pensions) to defined contribution

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Shannon Ryan SHANNON RYAN, CFP®
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    "As a Certified Financial Planner, it is my passion to help individuals and families build a healthy relationship with money. I look forward to helping you raise financially confident kids.” - Shannon Ryan