Why You Should Never Use Debit Cards

Why You Should Never Use Debit Cards

Your Bank Account is Cleaned Out Imagine you are returning to land after five wonderfully peaceful days at sea without mobile phone service. Once the 100 year old schooner gets close enough to shore to pick up a signal from a cell tower, your phone starts buzzing with...
Stop, Slow, Go – The Phases of Financial Freedom

Stop, Slow, Go – The Phases of Financial Freedom

By Lisa Walters, The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every single one of us in some way. I’m not here to compare situations or share my opinions; but I did want to share how the recently released color-coded phases, which state guidelines for “reopening,” have caused...
How to keep your credit clean when mired in medical debt

How to keep your credit clean when mired in medical debt

Local blogger Liz Johnson interviewed CCC’s Joan Reading last week. Below is her blog post as it appears in the “Breast Cancer Conscript” website. “Whenever I have questions about credit issues and how to best allocate money, I call my friend...