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Pamela Capalad

I moved to Substack!

After some careful thought, I’ve decided to move my writings to substack so they aren’t behind a paywall.

1 min readMar 28, 2024

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Pamela Capalad

I’m Doing What Most Parents Are Scared To — Handing My Son a Pile of Cash When He Turns 21.

(this article was originally published by the now-defunct NextAdvisor)

7 min readJun 5, 2023

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I’m Doing What Most Parents Are Scared To — Handing My Son a Pile of Cash When He Turns 21.

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Pamela Capalad

I’m a CFP and a Mom. Here’s Why I’m Not Investing in a 529 Plan for My Kid

(this article was originally published by the now-defunct NextAdvisor)

6 min readJun 5, 2023

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I’m a CFP and a Mom. Here’s Why I’m Not Investing in a 529 Plan for My Kid

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Pamela Capalad

Artists are our canaries in the coal mine: for better or worse, they always go in first

At the beginning of COVID in March 2020, my husband lost three gigs in succession. I started seeing our other artist friends on Facebook…

5 min readNov 1, 2021

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Artists are our canaries in the coal mine: for better or worse, they always go in first

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Pamela Capalad

When your family’s financial emergencies are your financial emergencies

I remember meeting with someone for brunch a few years ago and she shared with me her experience with a financial advisor she recently met…

3 min readOct 27, 2021

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Pamela Capalad

Including chosen family in your legacy planning

Whenever we talk about estate planning in our workshops, we have to remind everyone that estate planning is not just for rich people. I’ve…

3 min readOct 24, 2021

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Pamela Capalad

It’s probably time to ask for a raise (or raise your rates!)

Recently, we did a workshop with General Assembly on our 4th financial stage in our Recipe for Wealth — Financial Independence. We spent a…

3 min readOct 17, 2021

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It’s probably time to ask for a raise (or raise your rates!)

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Pamela Capalad

It’s not you, it’s the paperwork — Paperwork Anxiety is Real

“I avoid dealing with my paperwork. There’s no excuse. I just don’t do it. The thought of having to sift through websites, paper, and sit…

4 min readOct 4, 2021

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It’s not you, it’s the paperwork — Paperwork Anxiety is Real

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Pamela Capalad

Hard work and education are not enough to lift people out of poverty

“It’s gonna take a radical solution. We know that programming, education, income alone is not going to…. close the racial wealth divide.”…

3 min readJan 11, 2019

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Hard work and education are not enough to lift people out of poverty

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Pamela Capalad

6 facts about money that no one ever talks about

Two years ago, we aired our 100th episode of the Brunch & Budget Podcast on Bondfire Radio. In a few months, we’ll be releasing our 200th…

3 min readApr 24, 2018

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Pamela Capalad

Pamela Capalad

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