Contributed by: Sandra Adams, CFP®, CeFT™
I suffer from migraine headaches. Soon after I graduated from college, I began to get these debilitating headaches more and more often (up to 3 or 4 times a week), sometimes lasting entire days at a time. I have spent years working with numerous medical doctors, as well as tracking the headaches -- what I eat and drink, how I sleep and various other life habits in an attempt to find a way to stop them from occurring. The traditional medical doctors I’ve seen have prescribed numerous medications (and subsequently increased dosages of those medications) in an attempt to treat the headaches – but with no results. Until recently, when I took a different approach…
I found a different professional partner to consult with about my headaches – a doctor who consults on the whole body/body systems and does not try to treat just one symptom.
By working with a doctor who was looking at how my entire body was functioning, I found out that there were some underlying problems that existed with how my body was handling stress and by adjusting a few small things with my diet and sleep, I have all but eliminated by migraine headaches over the last several months.
What, you might ask, does this have to do with financial planning?
Choosing the right professional partner, no matter what facet of your life, is extremely important. Just as it made a world of difference for me to find the right medical partner, it is important for clients to find the right financial partner. A partner who only focuses on investments or just on insurance may not be the right partner for you if you truly need someone to look at your entire financial “body” to make sure everything is working together in perfect harmony. If you have not yet found the right professional financial partner and are looking for someone to look at your entire financial lives, contact our Center Team – we are here to help!
Sandra Adams, CFP® , CeFT™ is a Partner and Financial Planner at Center for Financial Planning, Inc.® Sandy specializes in Elder Care Financial Planning and is a frequent speaker on related topics. In addition to her frequent contributions to Money Centered, she is regularly quoted in national media publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Research Magazine and Journal of Financial Planning.