Manisha’s MoneyZen Blog

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How to Make Valentine’s Day More Meaningful

According to the National Retail Federation, the average person plans to spend $130.97 on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. Total spending will reach $18.6 billion. When it comes to buying gifts, how do we know what the right balance is between expressing love to our sweeties and yet also maintaining TLC towards our budgets? Valentine’s Day gives [...]

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3 Simple Retirement Savings Ideas For 2013

As an investment advisor, I love studying the habits of individuals who have achieved a high level of confidence and serenity in their financial lives. One common factor I’ve observed is a consistent focus on the handful of things they can control (as opposed to endless worry about the multitude of factors that they can’t [...]

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Give A Gift That Keeps on Giving

Are you feeling last minute holiday shopping stress?  If so, you are not alone.  This blog post can help. The other day my sweet hubby emailed me two links. The first (“Shoppers Forgo Basics For Presents“) was a gut-wrenching read. It was a powerful reminder of how easy it is during the holiday season to [...]

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Turn Your Kids Into Personal Finance Champs

Do your children think you are a walking ATM? If you are tired of “must-have-that-toy-right-now” tantrums as you walk down the aisles of Target or Toys “R” Us, go straight to your nearest bookstore and buy Alisa T. Weinstein’s new book, Earn It, Learn It.  Alisa tosses the old allowance-based system of teaching your kids [...]

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Have Less Holiday Financial Stress

Does holiday shopping & spending stress you out? A few years ago I stopped doing the holidays. My corporate job had me on a plane every 3 to 4 days. My daily work hours were in the double-digits, and the mere thought of picking out – let alone sending – holiday cards was enough to [...]

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About Manisha’s Money Zen Blog

This blog chronicles my quest to identify simple, joyful methods that we can all use to feel calmer and more balanced in our relationship to our money.

Despite the abundance of personal finance books, magazines, radio programs and TV shows that have exploded into our lives over the past two decades, most of us struggle to find financial sanity, security and serenity. Rather than help us eliminate money pain, all this information has left us feeling overwhelmed and confused. We need fresh wisdom to break out of the cycle of despair and create lives of abundance.

Here’s hoping these short pieces will help you craft a uniquely rich and rewarding life.

To Your MoneyZen,
– Manisha