by Brie Sodano | Oct 29, 2018 | Household Finances
There are five different types of money problems that people face with their spouse when it comes to their household money. Identifying the problems early can help overcome bigger issues down the road. We already face enough obstacles when it comes to marriage....
by Brie Sodano | Oct 15, 2018 | Household Finances
It is possible to make cuts to your household spending so you can save money, pay off debt, and do all the things that you want to do without feeling sad and deprived financially. But the thought of it sounds like starving yourself, right? Most people who come to see...
by Brie Sodano | May 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Financial planner and mentor Brie Sodano of Watertown was a guest on the Emmy-nominated ABC show “The Chew” on Tuesday, May 8. She was joined by friends Danielle Pennington, a broker with BestWay Mortgage, and Marianne Silva, a trauma therapist with the Veterans...
by Brie Sodano | Jan 22, 2018 | Budgeting
Marianne Silva of Waterbury is an accomplished, successful, empowered woman. She has an MSW (Master’s of Social Work degree) from the prestigious Columbia University School of Social Work and works as a
clinician—a full-time trauma therapist—with the PTSD Residential...
by Brie Sodano | Dec 18, 2017 | Debt
Jenna Hyler has two outlooks on life—the one from before she began working with financial advisor Brie Sodano, and her new mindset, the one that will take her From Sheep to Shark and to a new level of success with money and in life. For Jenna, the issue that brought...
by Brie Sodano | Nov 11, 2017 | Investing
A guy opened a kayak shop and it was the only one in the area. People would come from far and wide to look at the kayaks because they knew you can’t feel quality on the Internet, or see if you fit well. The guy would ask them questions and guide them to the best...
by Brie Sodano | Oct 23, 2017 | Budgeting
A financial “comfort zone” can suck, and be a place that causes stress or anxiety about money. Humans are funny creatures because we will go back to what is familiar (even if we hate it) because we know we can survive it. There is part of your brain that...
by Brie Sodano | Sep 18, 2017 | Budgeting
Making money work for you is counter-intuitive. People come to me embarrassed about needing help making a financial plan or feeling like they failed at adulthood by bringing a problem to solve. Personal finance is complicated. There is a big difference between having...
by Brie Sodano | Aug 21, 2017 | Budgeting
A tid-bit on the big purchases in life. Free cash flow is the building block of whatever you want. Whether it be wealth, vacations, or any of the other wonderful things that make us happy, you need cash flow to make them happen. When you are buying a house or car,...
by Brie Sodano | Jul 17, 2017 | Income
Have you heard the one about the person who hated their job more than anything else in the world, but it paid too good for them to leave? Yeah, I’ve seen it many times. I call this, “The Golden Handcuffs”. The handcuffs go on when you realize the...
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