The Five Ingredients For a Well-Crafted Set of Goals You Are Sure to Achieve
Goodbye 2020, and welcome 2021! The new year is here, and with it, a new list of resolutions and goals to reach. How is it looking for...
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Silvina Petersen
Dec 29, 20204 min
All You Need Is {Unconditional} Love
It's the last week of 2020, so I asked myself which practice this year has created the greatest internal shift, propelled me forward, and...
Silvina Petersen
Dec 1, 20204 min
Organize your Holiday Shopping by Having a Plan and Managing your Mind
It's the holiday season and many of us feel the pressure and impulse to break the piggy bank and spend our savings in gifts for our loved...
Silvina Petersen
Nov 21, 20204 min
Judging Your Emotions Is Creating Unnecessary Suffering
As many Covid restrictions are reinstated in our state, I was inclined to address the emotions we are feeling after the "normal"...
Silvina Petersen
Oct 29, 20204 min
The Four Steps That Will Stop You From Clicking "Buy Now"
You are cleaning up your emails inbox and see an email from West Elm. The subject line reads: "Bright ideas for your home school and...
Silvina Petersen
Oct 20, 20204 min
Why Willpower is NOT the Answer to Cut Down on the Latte
Have you gone through phases in your life where you decided you were spending too much money on something? Perhaps it's online shopping,...
Silvina Petersen
Sep 30, 20204 min
Dopamine: What Social Media and Overspending Have in Common
I watched The Social Dilemma documentary on Netflix over the weekend. I was reminded once again of how vulnerable our brains are to...
Silvina Petersen
Sep 16, 20204 min
Bought something at Costco that you weren't planning to buy? Here is Why...
If you've been following my blog, you've learned that overspending is a form of buffer, and you know how to identify whether or not you...
Silvina Petersen
Sep 1, 20204 min
How To Identify Overspending
I find that one of the reasons women resist starting a budget or some sort of spending plan is because they don't think they will stick...
Silvina Petersen
Aug 21, 20204 min
Confidence vs Self-Confidence
You want to become the CFO of your life, start a budget, manage your spending, and work towards your financial goals. However, when you...
Silvina Petersen
Aug 1, 20204 min
The Love Of Your "Financial Life"
You've given the budget a try, not once, not twice, but multiple times and each time you thought you failed at it. You collected lots of...
Silvina Petersen
Jul 23, 20204 min
Why You Need A Budget
One question I get a lot is, why do I need to have a budget? Can't I be in charge of my finances without one? Before I share my opinion...
Silvina Petersen
Jul 1, 20204 min
How To Fail Well
There are those of us who dream big, those who dream small and those who don’t dream at all. What do you think contributes to how far you...
Silvina Petersen
Jun 17, 20204 min
Where Is Your Auto-Pilot Taking You?
During a coaching session, my job is to show my client’s their mind and bring awareness to the cause of their problems. It’s almost as if...
Silvina Petersen
Jun 1, 20203 min
Embracing The Negative Fifty
One of the most significant “theories” that changed my view and experience of life is that life is 50/50. Half the time we are going to...
Silvina Petersen
May 16, 20203 min
How to Stop Buffering
In my previous blog post, I told you how I used dancing as a buffer. You might have also discovered your buffer and how it’s not serving...
Silvina Petersen
May 1, 20204 min
What Is Your Buffer?
Why do we do what we do? The answer is we do things because of how we think we are going to feel. The problem is that we believe that we...
Silvina Petersen
Apr 17, 20204 min
Gratitude With a Twist
"Pandemic, lockdown, quarantine, shelter in place," were not the words I used to describe my day-to-day. Several weeks ago, these words...
Silvina Petersen
Apr 1, 20203 min
Turn That Villain Upside Down
There is so much that has happened since my last post. Circumstances have changed so quickly and so suddenly that it’s been hard to keep...
Silvina Petersen
Mar 18, 20204 min
Going Viral in my Head
Early last week, when life was still the same for most of us and the Coronavirus was starting to gain a stronger presence in our state, I...
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