Gail White

The Tail is Wagging the Dog The topic is still fintech – financial technology.  You might wonder how long I will stay on this subject.  The answer is simple: until most peo […]

Girl, Get in the Boat! “Surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach us.” This old adage jumped off the page, grabbed me by the shoulders and shook me har […]

Other People’s Experience Experience is truly the best teacher; however, most of us would prefer learning the tough lessons from the experience of someone other than […]

Have We Lost Our Ever-Loving Minds? Both of my grandmothers and the oldest of my aunts would say, “Have We Lost Our Ever-Loving Minds?” to describe things people did that made no sen […]

Separation of Money and State? The political debate over separation of church and state in the U.S. seems endless.  Although the constitution does not explicitly speak to this […]

Empowering Your Money

Money Empowerment in the Digital Age Money Empowerment in the Digital Age is the tool you need to get your money back on track. This tool was created by Plaid’s Money Empowered E […]

An Honest Hug My plans to address a tax strategy this month has been derailed. One big bear hug has stopped me in my tracks. It caused me to pull off the road […]

Death and Taxes Whoa!  How can we extract a positive message from the phrase ‘Death and Taxes,’ often cited as the two things that are inevitable in life?  Both […]

Circumventing Two Financial Roadblocks A new technology has been steadily revolutionizing money for many years without us being aware of its presence.  This industry boasts of over $300 […]

Six Words to Address Financial Pressure Points The speaker’s topic to kick off 2023 was entitled “Pressure Points”, and I listened with great interest.  Indeed, the changes in the financ […]

One of the phenomenal trainers in my learning community smiled as he shared his Zoom screen. He was displaying a spreadsheet of his portfolio.  He accidentally scrolled over too far and revealed information that […]

At this moment we’re still immersed in frantic pace of the holidays. Fun, family, friends and fellowship leave us exhausted but, hopefully, happy.  Soon we will turn to face the new year.  I always find great refr […]

Did you cringe just a bit when you read the title — Financial Intimacy?  The idea of “marrying money” stirs up troubling thoughts. Isn’t money “the root of all evil”?  Or (more correctly) “the love of money is t […]

The Community Where Gratitude Flourished Several years ago, I witnessed a unique community event centering around Thanksgiving.  At first glance, it doesn’t seem to relate to money. It ac […]

Are you noticing that our world is becoming increasingly more bizarre?  On a recent road trip from Dallas to St. Louis my husband and I experienced three notable episodes that can only be described as bizarre.  I […]

My latest tool for financial literacy is laughter.  Michelle Obama has been quoted as saying: 

“First you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.”

If you’re funny, they will learn!”

So come on, […]

Emerging from another glorious and exhausting graduation season, we take a deep breath and take a moment to congratulate the grads and all who supported them in their journey.  We have walked with our graduating […]

A Google search led me to an interesting survey which stated that most Americans are “comfortable with their abilities to cope with information flows in their day-to-day lives.”  I’m surprised by this findin […]