Dr. Judith Gerhart, CFP
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst 
What you can do to address your money story from ruining future relationships
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Here are some tips:
Tip #1: Ask yourself, “How did my parents or other role models relate with one another over money? What did I see them do? How did they talk to one another about money? What did they teach me, directly and indirectly?” Another excellent way to uncover this truth is to make a [...]
Money Tips
Friday, July 18th, 2008
Where did your money story come from?
No matter what our financial background, we all have unique money stories imprinted upon us from a young age. And whether we’re conscious or not of what we’ve absorbed, we all pass along these stories, feelings and attitudes to our children, partners, friends and colleagues. Even if you don’t [...]
Take Action & Believe in Yourself
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
My observation is that when we take action we begin to believe in ourselves. Taking this important step immediately improves our self-worth. Yes, we can be a great speaker and we can be friendly and outgoing and look amazing.
But often is that little voice telling us we’re “a fraud” or not “good enough” or “not [...]
How you do anything is how you do everything
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
At the same time, the common lack of understanding on how to handle or manage our money story only complicates matters.
Our money story takes us down even further and our lack of understanding about how to manage and or manifest money. I have a very simple example of a money story I heard today from [...]
Money Stories
Friday, July 11th, 2008
The easiest way to build self-esteem
The other morning I attended a women’s networking meeting…..
The group’s focus was female entrepreneurship, and the room was filled with an eclectic mix of married, divorced, widowed and single women. Many were trying to start a business while at the same time as trying to pull their lives together. I [...]
The Confident Shall Inherit the Earth. And more.
Monday, July 7th, 2008
Today it is important to understand money, and not just how to invest it. After all, you’re the controller here. You need to be able to direct your resource team, not with the expertise of financial professional, but with the expertise and confidence of someone that feels worthy.
Worthiness and money make for an interesting pairing. [...]
Look For Fear Behind Other People’s Attempts to Control You
Friday, June 27th, 2008
Instead of getting irritated with someone who tries to control you, try to understand the fear that motivates that person’s behaviour. If you can soothe those fears, the control will diminish. Yet you may have to rely on your own insight and intuition, because controllers seldom know the fears that motivate them.
In fact, if you [...]
Questions to ask Yourself: Money and Marriage
Friday, June 20th, 2008
Questions to ask yourself about money and marriage
* How often in your marriage did fear control you?
* How often did you let your husband control you, by your trying to be compassionate?
* Did you use the compassionate excuse to avoid having to deal with issues around money?
* Do you feel that you were compassionate - [...]
Dr. Judith’s Financial Planning Philosophy
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Penelope, an associate financial planner from Boston and radio show host, interviews Dr. Judith about her philosophy on Financial Planning.
DR. PENELOPE TZOUGROS knows how important it is to ask good financial questions: The better the questions, the better the answers, and the better the results. With Penelope to lead the way, you’ll learn how to [...]
