Mindful Money Blog

The boring approach to investing means more peace of mind and less stress. Isn’t this what you wanted to begin with?

Shalom Klein of the Get Down to Business Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money about the importance of having goals and getting the financial education you need.

As humans, our instincts propel us to pile into things when they are going great and run from them when they are not. This is the exact opposite of what should be done when you are investing for retirement income. Yet, we see the same misguided behavior over and over again…

Money is messy. Tune in to today’s show to help sort through the basic things that we need to do to live simply and with a little bit of joy while managing our wealth.

What do you think of when you hear the words financial advice? Many people imagine a salesperson who pushes products and only cares about padding his or her own pocket. But this is a major misunderstanding.

Age demographics are shifting. People are living longer than ever before, and we’re stressing our global health and retirement systems as a result. What will happen to public resources and to our own personal savings when we live to 100?

The financial industry is dominated by a “beat-the-market” attitude that infects everyone, but is ineffective. Being mindful will lead to far better investment experiences and outcomes and less financial anxiety.

Jonathan DeYoe has been a financial advisor in the SF Bay Area for over 20 years. He’s had a front-row seat to an unprecedented explosion of wealth. Here are his 10 best pieces of money advice.

In this interview we talked about the challenges of our reactions to what is going on in the world, and how practicing non-reaction (mindfulness) is key to alleviating the massive amount of problems those reactions can create for us both in our personal and financial lives.

What is “Normal” anyway? The world of COVID-19 is, at least for the foreseeable future, the reality facing us. 10 years ago, that reality was the Great Recession. 10 years from now… it’s anyone’s guess what may be happening.

In this interview, we talked a lot about what our culture gets wrong about financial planning, the best way to approach investments, and rethinking our definitions of success.

The coronavirus is still very much with us, as is much of the economic dislocation occasioned by the virus and accompanying lockdowns. We are closing in rapidly on a number of vaccines. But it may be quite some time before most of us will have access to them, and there will inevitably be frustration in the process.

Once you realize that losing money in the stock market isn’t a real risk, then you can begin to generate long-lasting wealth. We all need retirement income that will keep pace with our rising cost of living and last as long as we last.

In this interview we explore the path towards accomplishing the ever-allusive goal of true financial freedom, including the "4 Ps of finance" and how to use them to accomplish your goals.

Team Mindful Money discusses market and economic trends that signal where we are within current market volatility. Topics include leading indicators such as the travel industry, unemployment, and the real estate market.

Money is the only thing we think about and use every single day of our adult lives, that we never really understand. Why is money such a significant source of stress?

The first six months of 2020 saw the advent of the worst global public health crisis in a century. In response, the world locked down, putting its economy into a kind of medically-induced coma.

Mindfulness isn’t for everybody. Some people believe that mindful money is too soft of a concept, others are fully on board with the idea. Whether you support the belief or not, the fact is that cognitive biases will negatively impact your ability to achieve financial success.

Team Mindful Money discusses market and economic trends that signal where we are within current market volatility.

Team Mindful Money discusses market volatility under the backdrop of increased COVID-19 cases. Topics include keeping emotions in check and how volatility factors into your investment plan.