Cutting Through The Financial Fog

Cutting Through The Financial Fog

An Honest First Step to Creating A Laser-Focused Financial Vision For Your Future Alright, let’s get real. As a physician or a busy professional… You’ve busted your chops to support your family, heal patients, and climb the career ladder. But have you seriously considered your financial future? Or are you just winging it? Introducing the […]

Planning for Your Kids Education

Planning for Your Kids Education

My older sister was fifteen the year my dad died. As a self-employed man, he didn’t have a 401k, life insurance, or a long-term financial plan. He also didn’t have any college savings for the three of us. So my sister, who wanted to go to Boston College, had to settle for someplace local instead. […]

Finding a Financial Therapist

Finding a Financial Therapist

When I first began working in the financial field I was a trader. In fact, my career was built around making money. I was good at it. So good at it, in fact, that I did trading for 28 years. But somewhere along the line, I realized that my true goal was to help people […]

Don’t Go Through Challenges Alone

Don’t Go Through Challenges Alone

When my oldest son was in his first semester of college, our family went through two very difficult situations: my son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and my wife with stage three breast cancer. When my oldest son was in his first semester of college, our family went through two very difficult situations: my […]

Life is Short and Unpredictable

Life is Short and Unpredictable

In the last two years, I’ve faced many challenges. In February 2017 my wife, who’d been fighting breast cancer for seven years, received more bad news: the cancer had metastasized, spreading to her lungs. We digested this and soldiered on, only to find out in October that my sister, too, was diagnosed with cancer. A […]

Jumping Hurdles of Poor Planning

Jumping Hurdles of Poor Planning

When I was thirteen, my father died. We’d just finished playing golf. One minute he was joking with me and the next he was gone, the victim of a heart attack. This changed everything for my family. My mom was already struggling, having lost her parents earlier that year. Now, not only was she a […]

Death & Planning for the Future

Death & Planning for the Future

When my father died unexpectedly and without a will or a financial plan, it was hard on my family in many ways. One of the more challenging obstacles was what to do with my dad’s business and investments. He was self-employed—and the only employee—so my mom had to figure out everything on her own. Having […]