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Preventing Feuds Among Your Heirs
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Preventing Feuds Among Your Heirs

Marlene Stum, PhD | June 13, 2023

What do Robin Williams, Audrey Hepburn and Lady Diana all have in common? Their deaths triggered family inheritance feuds. Not…

What Critical Information Will Your Heirs Need?
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What Critical Information Will Your Heirs Need?

Judith Guertin | March 19, 2023

Your estate-planning documents won’t tell your heirs everything they need to know after you die or become incapacitated. You could…

What’s Your Plan?
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What’s Your Plan?

Kelli McCourt | March 16, 2023

We’ve all heard the story. A loved one gets a scary diagnosis and ends up in the hospital, followed by…

Best Holiday Gifts for the Gardeners In Your Life
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Best Holiday Gifts for the Gardeners In Your Life

Teri Dunn Chace | December 7, 2022

It is likely that the gardeners on your list already have the tools they consider essential. So what qualifies as…

Holiday Gifts That Give Comfort and Joy
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Holiday Gifts That Give Comfort and Joy

November 21, 2022

Gifts that provide luxury and pleasure are ideal choices this holiday season. Concerns about inflation have dissuaded many people from…

Boomerang Kids and Your Bottom Line
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Boomerang Kids and Your Bottom Line

David Haas, CFP | October 5, 2022

Boomerang kids are booming. More than half of American adults ages 18 to 30 lived with their parents in 2020—the…

Dying On Your Own Terms
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Dying On Your Own Terms

Kimberly Callinan, MBA, MPP | September 11, 2022

The famous saying, mistakenly attributed to Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain, about death and taxes being the only certainties in…

Reframing Dementia as “Deeply Forgetful”
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Reframing Dementia as “Deeply Forgetful”

Stephen G. Post, PhD | August 17, 2022

Watching a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or another form of dementia struggle to remember and communicate can be…

Help Your Adult Children Through Tough Times
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Help Your Adult Children Through Tough Times

Richard Horowitz, MD | August 10, 2022

If it hasn’t happened to you, then it’s probably happened to a friend—an adult child either fails to launch or…

Choosing a Vet for Your Best Friend
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Choosing a Vet for Your Best Friend

Nancy Kerns | June 25, 2022

Fido feeling feverish? Getting him help might be harder than you expect these days, as the lingering aftereffects of the…

Nutritious Treats for Dogs and Cats
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Nutritious Treats for Dogs and Cats

Nancy Kerns | May 12, 2022

To our pets, food means love, security and reinforcement…and delicious treats can be a great tool for training our furry…

Is Your Pet’s Skin Problem Really an Allergy?
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Is Your Pet’s Skin Problem Really an Allergy?

Natalie Marks, DVM, CVJ | May 11, 2022

Patchy fur and itchy red skin often are the first and most obvious clues that a dog or cat has…

Road Tripping with Your Best Buddy
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Road Tripping with Your Best Buddy

Nancy Kerns | April 5, 2022

Most dog owners are eager to take their pets on vacation with them. It is fun to travel with Fido,…

6 Strategies To Help Your Child Buy A Home
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6 Strategies To Help Your Child Buy A Home

Keith ­Gumbinger | March 18, 2022

Young adults aren’t just borrowing from banks to buy their first homes—many are asking for help from mom and dad.…

What Is Your Dog or Cat Trying to Tell You?
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What Is Your Dog or Cat Trying to Tell You?

Nicholas Dodman, DVM | March 1, 2022

When cats and dogs feel happy or afraid, it clearly shows in their body language. That can help you understand what your pet is thinking and feeling.