Affluence Intelligence

Earn more, worry less, and live a happy and balanced life

by Stephen Goldbart, Ph.D., and Joan DiFuria, MFT

Gratitude or Attitude: When Is Enough, Enough!

Finding balance between hope and despair this holiday season. Read More

Love and Money: Get Out of Your Own Way!

When it comes to money and love, fear can be a great driver of lost opportunity and limited choices. Read More

A Wealth of Time

As I was sitting in an outdoor cafe seaside in the town of Orebic, Croatia, I became increasingly aware of a strange phenomenon: People were chatting with each other rather than staring at their phone or tablet. Not a single soul was texting. Read More

Lottery-itis!

Lotteryitis has swept the land. What drives people to spend their hard earned cash on a lottery ticket? Read More

Money, Happiness, and Sustainability

You can use this moment of transition to start the new year with a fresh attitude and a doable plan about the spending, saving, and sharing of your money—to live your priorities with greater satisfaction and happiness. But how to get there? What will make this year different from all the rest? Read More

Money, Love, and Sex: Get the Financial Anxiety Epidemic Out of Your Bedroom

Has the Financial Anxiety Epidemic broken out in your bedroom? Money, love, and sexuality have always been strange bedfellows; when they comingle the result is often a powerful catalyst. Read More

The Epidemic of Financial Anxiety: What You Can Do

More than a decade ago, American society was overly focused on the newly wealthy; those who were making money seemingly overnight. Remember the zeitgeist of the year 2000, the top of the Silicon Valley boom era which (according to the SF Chronicle) minted 64 new millionaires a day. Read More

Discover and Maximize Your Money Psychology

What do happy and successful people have that separates them from their equally smart, well educated, less financially successful peers? Why is it that people whose resumes are no better than yours, haven't gone to the "best schools," or who may in fact have struggled with learning disorders end up so wealthy and happy? Why do some of us work so hard but never seem to get ahead? Read More

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Joan DiFuria, MFT, Co-Founder of Money, Meaning & Choices Institute, is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant, and conflict resolution specialist.

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