We are entering a period of geographic, economic, and environmental transformation. According to research published in the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. 'climate suitability zone' — areas with optimal livability based on heat, precipitation, and humidity — is shifting northward due to rising temperatures.

“What happens when there’s no more water?”

My friend asked it casually, almost offhandedly, during a playdate at our neighborhood park. Our kids were climbing, chasing, laughing — unaware that we were both watching the clear skies in a different way.

If you’ve built wealth through a concentrated stock position—now what? Learn how Opportunity Zone Funds can help you shift into climate-smart real estate with powerful tax advantages.

In high school, I launched a one-person environmental club that turned cafeteria trash into conservation funding, using Michigan’s 10-cent can deposit to protect acres of Amazon rainforest. What started as a recycling experiment became a school-wide movement—and my first lesson in aligning environmental action with financial impact.

Ladies, let's talk. I know you have a ton going on, and you're busy with a whole world of must-extinguish-four-alarm-fires — but this can't wait. As your self-proclaimed financial mentor, I need to make sure you understand how important it is to get yourself into a position where you can be regularly saving and investing for the long-term. Here are a few facts we all know, but may not have considered together:

I have nothing."

I heard this from a client who had gotten fed-up with living from paycheck to paycheck, and was ready to make some changes.

There's dangerous trend I've seen repeatedly with folks on income-based student loan repayment plans, and it's clear to me that there's a critical piece of information missing from our general understanding of how these work.  

You may not think there's a silver lining to a market correction—but for young investors, there's a counter-intuitive potential upside and a simple investing technique that allows beginners to take full advantage of it. 

A few years ago, I was giving a talk to a group of MFA students at Columbia College in Chicago about the right moves artists can make with their money, and a student surprised me with the question, “But what if you just want to dance?”

Huh? It took me a second — but then I understood he was really asking, when is it okay to be impulsive?

We're all trying to set aside money, and retirement is likely one of our biggest financial undertakings — but in this post, I'm talking not just about retirement, I’m talking about saving for the FUTURE. You know, when people are cruising around in flying cars, teleportation is totally a thing, and we’ll all have the ability to live forever. The FUTURE is going to be cool, and no one knows exactly what will happen, but I can tell you one thing — it's going to be expensive.

Iiiiiii'm walking on air — I never thought I could feel so free-ee-eeee…”

If you just read the headline of this post and were unable to stop yourself from completing the line — then I know something about you.

With the cost of earning a Master’s degree in Fine Arts higher now than ever before, I decided it would be a real service to the arts community to scour the internet and list all the fully (or mostly) funded MFA programs across the U.S. for any of you considering going that route. 

For Insight's maiden blog post, I'm going to declare myself a super fan of the creative, do-it-your-own-way weirdo. I'm talking about you — the person that doesn't fit into the box of traditional employment, who's making their thing their way because they simply have to. You know who you are. Your work is delightful, unexpected, needed, new, or therapeutic — crafted from your hands, your ideas, or your unique perspective. And maybe, just maybe, you've been so busy realizing your vision that you've pushed money to the back burner. That's where I can help.