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?

Travis Chappell of the Build Your Network Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe on How Money and Mindfulness Work Together.

Rather than looking at where we are and seeing how many things are wrong (which, of course, is a totally reasonable choice - many things ARE wrong), let's instead look at where we are and see how incredibly far we have come... if only for a moment.

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…

Jonathan DeYoe shares his message of gratitude on behalf of Team Mindful Money, along with 3 simple gratitude practices we can each apply to our daily lives. Yes, even in 2020 there is so very much we are grateful for. More than anything, we are grateful for you.

Team Mindful Money discusses societal trends and high-frequency economic data in light of the 2020 election, vaccine availability, and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade deal, and the potential impacts our economy and investments.

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.

Financial planning is not about money and the real benefits of financial planning are not financial. At its best, financial planning is about building futures, protecting families, creating legacies and encouraging clients to pursue their passions. Jonathan DeYoe does his best work in the place where Love and Money overlap.

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.

Kurt, thanks for a fun conversation. Always a pleasure to talk with a like-minded soul about all the incredible potential good our industry is capable of... if we could just stop focusing on the product and start focusing on the people!

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.

In this interview we talked about why Mindful Money focuses on goal-focused and planning-driven decisions, why you can’t add more happiness with more money, and how mindfulness helps us to accept without judgment and keep us on track with our financial goals.

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.

In this podcast, Jonathan talks about mindful financial investing, responsibility and priority setting – topics that are important today as COVID-19 has created financial stress for so many of us.

What if all you had to do was surrender to the fact that you can’t control everything? What if this one small mindset shift allowed you to stop worrying so much about money?

In Terre Passero's 6th and final class, we reviewed how to put the entire Mindful Stress Management course into practice in our everyday lives. We also reflected on how the course has changed our outlook as we have put these tools into practice.

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.

In Session #5 of Terre Passero’s Mindful Stress Management course, we reviewed the 9 mindfulness qualities that form the major pillars of our practice, and practiced applying the conditions for awareness, change, and growth to our everyday lives.

In Session #4 of Terre Passero’s Mindful Stress Management course we learned how stress can aid or raid us of our motivation, health, and performance.

On this show, we talked about the value of impartial financial literacy and where to find it as well as what to avoid, the value of community as well as simplicity with Jonathan DeYoe, CPWA, AIF, author, speaker and Founder of Mindful Money. Listen to learn why shiny objects and hot takes are the enemy of your financial plan!