The Money Whisperer®: Marielle Higler, Marielle Higler

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Taking charge of your life is not a root canal

I bought “Dark Star Safari” by Paul Theroux as my reading material for the long flight from Seattle to Cape Town end of October last year. It has taken me this long to finish it. It is full of confirmations as small parts of my life from the UN and NGO years in the 90’s resurfaced [...]

Long term self care

Are you inching up to midlife or retirement?
Do you feel barraged by all the questions and impending changes related to these stages in life?
Fantastic!!!
Having questions is a sign of intelligence, foresight, of a desire to be safe, of an urge to come out ahead.    
The trick now is to find answers, options, choices.   And you [...]

The future is not something illusive and far away. It begins now…and now…and now

Yesterday we celebrated my friend Deborah’s 60th birthday and her clean bill of health after a bout with  cancer. She is full of energy again. She looked absolutely fabulous!  She is done with doctors, hospitals, surgeries, treatments and invasive medications. She received a new lease on life. Exhilarating! What will she do with her future?
I [...]

Graduates today – freshmen tomorrow

Yesterday was the commencement ceremony for the UW Bothell graduates at the UW campus in Seattle. Over 1200 graduates:  proud, happy, relieved, and cheered on by their family and friends. A heartwarming moment, as all commencement ceremonies are.
Commencement speaker was Jim Donald, supermarket management guru. The gist of his speech was: you are graduates today [...]

Meet me in Snohomish this Saturday at 1.30 pm at Uppercase Books

Flexing the forward thinking muscle has everything to do with creating and living the life you have in mind for yourself.  No planning—-no progress…. no measurable progress anyway.
You need the right yardstick to measure progress AND you have to know what you are measuring against. Thermometers, gauges, filters, clocks, knots…………… need criteria before they make sense. [...]