by Jamie Free | Oct 3, 2026 | financial wellness
Getting your first real paycheck feels pretty good. For the first time, you have your own money coming in. You worked the hours, earned the paycheck, and now you get to decide what to do with it. Maybe you can finally buy some things you’ve wanted. You can go...
by Jamie Free | Oct 3, 2026 | financial wellness
When people start talking about emergency funds, you’ll usually hear something like: “You should have three to six months of expenses saved.” That’s a great goal. Eventually. But let’s be realistic. If you’re working your first job, living...
by Jamie Free | Sep 20, 2026 | financial wellness
In August, Priority Life Care officially kicked off our Community Wellness Champion Program, and we are already seeing exactly why this program matters. The idea behind the program is pretty simple: the people who know a community best are the people who live and work...
by Jamie Free | Aug 30, 2026 | financial wellness
It’s usually not one big purchase that gets you. It’s the small stuff you barely notice. $4 here. $8 there. A fee you didn’t know you were paying. An upgrade you don’t really need. Individually, none of them feel like much. Add them up over a...
by Jamie Free | Aug 2, 2026 | financial wellness
We can have groceries delivered in an hour, dinner at our front door in 20 minutes, coffee waiting before we even walk into the store, and almost anything we want shipped overnight. There’s nothing inherently wrong with any of that. In fact, sometimes...
by Jamie Free | Feb 22, 2026 | financial wellness
If you’re an hourly worker in healthcare, your income can change week to week—but your financial stress doesn’t have to. Long shifts, overtime, call-offs, census changes… none of that is fully in your control. What is in your control is how you plan around the...