TMAC Blog
Keeping Your Cool In Trying Times Starts With Self-Awareness
onsidered taking a Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator? Article inspiration from Forbes, June 2020 Moderate stress is normal and has positive benefits. As stress levels ratchet up, however, our thinking can become clouded by negative emotion, and in these states, we can be prone to make poor decisions, as demonstrated by a 2017 study by Wemm and Wulfert. Fast-forward a few years later and we find ourselves mired in one of the most stressful global situations we’ve seen in a long time. On top of worrying about our health and that of our loved ones and friends, we’re bombarded with news abouRead More
SURVEY: How soon do you expect the economy to return to normal (i.e. similar to before the pandemic)?
from Time, June 18, 2020 Even for those people whose wallets have not been directly impacted, who are able to work from home and retain their same income, the anxiety can be just as present. “There’s a level of uncertainty now, because we don’t know where the economy is headed,” says Danetha Doe, personal finance expert. “Even though they’re in a position where everything is OK on paper, they don’t feel financially secure.” Financial anxiety isn’t an isolated condition; increased feelings of stress and anxiety can impact your overall physical and mental health and well-being. “Stress and anxieRead More
More Than 41% Experiencing Pandemic-Related Financial Anxiety / How to Build an Emergency Fund During a Pandemic
rticle from US News & World Report, July 9, 2020 According to a late June 2020 survey from U.S. News & World Report, the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than four in 10 Americans worried about money. An additional 27% say they aren’t worried about money, but they still feel the need to be cautious with their spending. Other survey results uncovered one of the possible sources of anxiety. When asked how long their emergency fund would cover their expenses, almost 37% of survey respondents say they don’t even have an emergency fund. And close to 10% say they could only cover Read More
How to deal with coronavirus-related money stress, according to financial psychologists
17;ve lost your job — or are worried about it — therapists say there are a few things you can do to ease financial anxiety. I also invite you to watch a series of videos I created to help alleviate Money Anxiety HERE. Original article from TODAY, Mind & Body Over 22 million people have filed for unemployment, thrusting the United States into the worst crisis since the Great Depression, while other Americans worry that pay cuts and layoffs are on the horizon. “Job loss can feel like a threat to our stability and survival,” Amanda Clayman, a psychotherapist and financial wellness advocate atRead More
Pandemic Has Increased Money Anxiety. Therapists Hope to Cure That.
Original article from The New York Times, May 22, 2020 Dale Mackey closed her event space in Knoxville, Tenn., a week before the state issued its orders to end large gatherings. She did not think about the economic ramifications of shuttering her business, the Central Collective; she said it was the right thing to do to reduce the spread of the virus. Work dried up for her husband, Shawn Poynter, a photographer, so to help make ends meet, Ms. Mackey began spending more time on a side business, making sweet and savory pies and selling them online. She and her husband are in their mid-30s and hRead More
How Do You Rate As A Landlord?
inue our conversation around “Mindfulness , Money and conscious Landlording” my intention is to continue to shed light on how we, as landlords, can run a sustainable, triple bottom line (People, Planet, Profit) real estate operation while remaining sensitive to the needs of our tenants. There is a stigma attached to the role of landlord – that stereotypical ‘slum lord’ who skimps on improvements and lets his properties deteriorate while he increases the rent with every turnover. But I’m not talking about that. I’m guessing you are pretty good at what you do with your rental properties. BRead More
Guidelines for being a fair landlord
To Landlords: Transform yourself in to a conscious, compassion Landlord. Remember it’s People, Planet then Profit! These are just reminders for myself, which I am hoping to share with other fellow landlords. I’ll be the first to admit that for a long time I had this all wrong! Because I’d grown up as a first generation American in a survival-oriented household, I conveniently forgot my own humble beginnings, with my mother struggling to keep a roof over our heads. Looking back, I recall my mother quietly pleading with Mr. Murphy that our plumbing was leaking or our air conditioningRead More
San Francisco Landlord Shares Insights, Part IV
w In the last blog, Turn on your Physical GPS, I discussed how we hold anxiety in our bodies, and offered a few tips to alleviate our stress by becoming more mindful. Our body is our best indicator, so we need to become more aware of its messages to us. I have spent years exploring money and mindfulness and observed how, when, where and why money flows into and out of my own life. When I am in a state of fear and constriction, my relationship with money gets stuck. When I can become at peace and act with conscious intention and action, it flows. I’ve observed this in other’s lives, as well. I Read More
San Francisco Landlord Shares Insights, Part III
ur Physical GPS Tune in to your gut feeling as well as other physical signals that may surface in your body. Once you become aware of these messages from your subconscious, you can move toward those opportunities that make you feel good, and trust yourself to avoid those things that might turn out to cause you more trouble than you need. Think of those feelings – like shortness of breath, sweaty palms and racing heartbeat – like the blinking lights on your car’s dashboard, warning you of potential danger. It’s your body guiding you to avoid poor financial decisions. It is always there, rRead More
San Francisco Landlord Shares Insights, Part II
post, I briefly discussed the current situation in the San Francisco rental market. Now I’d like to address some ways for both landlords and tenants to understand and cooperate with one another. As a landlord, I accept that it can be a challenge to pay the hefty mortgage on a rent controlled apartment when I know its market value, but I am also proud to have the means to house the elderly, the under-employed, and many other wonderful tenants at 25% of the market rent. As one of my Buddhist teacher friends explains, rent control is what allows individuals to live near their work and their commRead More
Koorosh Ostowari
Author Koorosh Ostowari has successfully bridged the gap between spiritual and material worlds. He has operated a profitable real estate business in San Francisco for the past 25 years and is trained as a Spirit Rock Meditation Center Dharma Leader, is a certified somatic therapist, and offers spiritual and communications classes to men and women in the Northern California prison system.His new book, The Money Anxiety Cure: A Path To Financial Wellbeing, offers tools to help those struggling with financial anxiety achieve a new, personally meaningful vision of prosperity.
Koorosh is dedicated to the practice of cultivating mindfulness, alleviating anxiety, and helping his clients and students maintain balance and achieve financial wellbeing.
Koorosh is dedicated to the practice of cultivating mindfulness, alleviating anxiety, and helping his clients and students maintain balance and achieve financial wellbeing.
