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Sofia Financial Our goal is to empower women to make wise financial decisions through a variety of services. Sofia Financial and PAG are not affiliated.

Sofia Financial is dedicated to a world where all women have the confidence to make wise financial decisions. We offer service and advice in a variety of shapes and sizes to women of all income and wealth levels. The best way to start is with The Quest, a 90-minute, one-on-one in depth analysis of one aspect of your financial life. For a modest fee you get deep conversation, no sales pitch, and at least three concrete recommendations you can act on to take steps toward your goals. There is no obligation to work together afterward - and never any minimums. Financial planning and investment advisory services offered through Private Advisor Group. Investment advice offered through Private Advisor Group, a registered investment advisor and a separate entity from Sofia Financial. Third party posts found on this profile do not reflect the views of Private Advisor Group and have not been reviewed by Private Advisor Group as to accuracy or completeness. The investment advisor representatives of Private Advisor Group offer investment advice in every state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

10/19/2026

When your adult kids need financial help, taking care of yourself first can feel selfish.

As a parent, you want to help when you can. But as you get closer to retirement, protecting your own financial security has to be part of the equation, too.

That might mean looking at what you can realistically afford to give without putting your own future at risk. It might mean setting limits, even when you’d rather say yes.

Taking care of your own financial future doesn’t mean you don’t want to help your kids.

It means making sure you’re financially secure, too.

If you're struggling to make progress with your money, the answer isn't always to try harder.We tend to talk about finan...
10/15/2026

If you're struggling to make progress with your money, the answer isn't always to try harder.

We tend to talk about financial goals as if they're mostly about discipline.

Make a budget. Stick to the plan. Save more. Spend less.

But knowing what to do and actually doing it are two very different things.

Sometimes what helps isn't another tool or another rule.

It's having someone to talk things through with. Someone who can help you see what you might be missing, remind you what you're working toward, and help you get back on track when life inevitably gets in the way.

You don't have to be endlessly disciplined.

Sometimes support is part of the plan.

10/14/2026

What if spending more earlier in retirement actually makes sense?

There may be things you want to do while you have the health, energy and ability to enjoy them, whether that’s a big trip, an adventure or simply an experience you’ve been putting off until “someday.”

That doesn’t mean spending without thinking about the future. It means recognizing that your spending probably won’t look exactly the same every year.

You may spend more in the earlier years of retirement and less as you get older, and that can be part of the plan.

You may spend more in the earlier years of retirement and less as you get older, which could mean making room for some of those “someday” experiences a little sooner.

10/12/2026

There’s a lot of pressure to get money “right.”

To know what you’re doing. Make the right decisions. Have all the answers.

But you don’t need to become a financial expert before you can make good decisions with your money.

Sometimes you just need to start.

I joined Melissa Joy on the Women’s Money Wisdom podcast to talk about retirement, some of the things we tend to worry about, and some of the things we probably need to be talking about more.

We covered retirement rules, spending, aging, family conversations and what retirement can actually look like.

Listen to the full conversation on the Women’s Money Wisdom podcast.

Sometimes spending money on a problem can feel like solving the problem.I caught myself doing this recently.I've been de...
10/08/2026

Sometimes spending money on a problem can feel like solving the problem.

I caught myself doing this recently.

I've been dealing with some tennis elbow pain. I've had this before, so I already know some of the exercises that can help. I even have the old PT printouts somewhere.

But those exercises require me to actually find the printouts and then spend 20 minutes doing them regularly.

You know what feels easier?

Buying a book about maintaining strength as we age. Or a supplement. Or some KT tape.

Suddenly I've done something about the problem!

Except, more often than I'd like to admit, whatever I bought ends up sitting around collecting dust while the free exercises I already knew about remain undone.

It's a good reminder that sometimes spending money gives us the feeling of taking productive action.

I'm not judging the habit. I'm just trying to notice it.

Because maybe the next time I reach for my credit card, I'll stop and ask myself whether I'm actually solving the problem or buying the feeling that I'm solving it.

10/07/2026

A lot of retirement planning starts with a simple assumption: figure out how much you spend now, adjust it for inflation, and assume you’ll spend roughly that amount every year.

But real life doesn’t work in a straight line.

Some years will cost more than others. You may travel more in the early years of retirement and slow down later, unexpected expenses will happen, and when circumstances change, we adjust.

In Episode 141 of Take Back Retirement, we look at why the traditional straight-line approach to retirement spending may not reflect the way people actually live, and what it could mean for the way you think about your own retirement plan.

Listen to the full episode of Take Back Retirement wherever you listent to podcasts.

10/05/2026

Medicare is one of those things that’s easy to put off learning about until you actually need it.

But some of the decisions you make before 65 can affect what you pay and what options are available to you later.

In Episode 142 of Take Back Retirement, Medicare expert Danielle Roberts, founding partner of Boomer Benefits, joins us to talk through what’s helpful to know before you need to make those decisions.

You don’t have to know everything about Medicare. But knowing what to pay attention to ahead of time can make the process a lot easier.

Listen to the full conversation in Episode 142 of Take Back Retirement.

10/05/2026

We spend a lot of time thinking about how to get to retirement.

But what happens after you get there?

You can plan for a lot of things, but you can’t know exactly what the next 20 or 30 years will bring.

There will be things you didn’t expect. And hopefully, some of them will be good things: a new opportunity, a change you want to make, something you didn't even know you wanted yet.

That’s why I think about retirement planning as preparing for flexibility, not predicting exactly what will happen.

Melissa Joy and I talked about this and a lot more on the Women’s Money Wisdom podcast.

Listen to the full conversation wherever you listen to podcasts.

You are not a spreadsheet.Your financial life isn't just a collection of numbers.It's connected to your hopes, your habi...
10/01/2026

You are not a spreadsheet.

Your financial life isn't just a collection of numbers.

It's connected to your hopes, your habits, your family history, the people you care about, and what you want the next chapter of your life to look like.

That's why financial planning can't only be about getting the math right.

The numbers matter, of course. But so does understanding what's behind them.

What are you worried about?

What are you working toward?

What feels important to you now that maybe didn't feel as important ten years ago?

A good financial plan needs to make sense on paper.

But more importantly, it needs to make sense for your life.

I don't think a successful retirement is about doing nothing.I think it's about having the freedom to fill your days wit...
09/30/2026

I don't think a successful retirement is about doing nothing.

I think it's about having the freedom to fill your days with things that matter to you.

For some people, that's travel.

For others, it's volunteering, family, learning something new, creating, mentoring, or even continuing to work.

The goal isn't to be busy.

The goal is to build a life that feels meaningful to you.

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