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Survey the scene before you decide

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter—ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. The Situation When rescuers arrive on a scene, a basic rule is to avoid becoming another patient. Before rushing in, you survey the scene. You pause, you make ...

Sep 05, 2026

Talk About Money Before Life Happens

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter: ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. Prior to going whitewater rafting, it was important to talk to the participants about what to expect. People often had anxiety about what to expect. Having a co...

Aug 29, 2026

Why Listening Matters?

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter—ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. When working as a first responder, how you talk to a patient is critical. You want to be in control of your emotions, be confident and reassuring. You want to ca...

Aug 22, 2026

What are your money decisions signaling?

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter—ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. When there’s an emergency, our first instinct is to immediately jump in and take action. What I learned from first responder and whitewater rescue training is t...

Aug 15, 2026

Do better decisions begin with logic or emotion?

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter; ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. We recently bought a new car. The numbers mattered: price, operating costs, reliability, and how the purchase fit with our other financial priorities. However, ...

Aug 08, 2026

How do you know which financial advice to trust?

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter: ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. Opening Thought: We have access to more financial information than ever. More information does not lead to greater financial understanding. Financial guidanc...

Aug 01, 2026

Recognizing financial warning signs

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter: 10 ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. Here are this week’s 10 things. 1. The Big Idea A nationally representative UK study* found that almost one in five adults, including one in five women a...

Jul 25, 2026

Family Money Conversations

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter: 10 ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. Here are this week’s 10 things. 1. Having family money conversations This week, I’ve been thinking about the conversations families wait too long to ha...

Jul 18, 2026

A Better Way to Think About Financial Readiness

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter: 10 ideas, conversations, questions, and resources to help you prepare before life happens. Thank you for being a subscriber. As you've probably noticed, I’ve been trying out different formats to help make this newsletter as useful and easy to...

Jul 11, 2026

What Family Money Conversations Teach Us

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter. This week, I’ve been thinking about family money conversations. Financial readiness is not only about becoming financially prepared. It is about becoming financially thoughtful. Preparedness is the outcome. Thoughtful decision-making is the practic...

Jul 04, 2026

Better questions help your Financial Readiness Plan

Hi, Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter. This week, I’ve been thinking about the role questions play in helping people learn, prepare, and make better decisions. When we are curious, we ask questions. Those questions help us understand what matters, who needs to be involved, what informa...

Jun 27, 2026

Financial Resilience Starts Before the Scam

Welcome to this week’s Get Ready Newsletter. This week, I’ve been thinking about financial resilience. Financial resilience grows when we know what to watch for, who to call, and when to pause before acting. Financial readiness helps us build the habits, buffers, conversations, and awareness we n...

Jun 20, 2026

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