Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®

Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®

Bridget Handke, one of the owners of Birchwood Financial Partners, has a personal mission to help people thrive. She does this by developing long-term relationships with clients that enables her to understand what is most important to them. Bridget strives to give clients a sense of confidence. She is able to translate complex financial concepts into plain language so their personalized financial plan is understandable, flexible and helps promote peace of mind.

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Nov 4, 2021 7:15:00 AM

At some point during the pandemic, I needed to step away from listening to the news and focus my brain on something complex, interesting and...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Oct 6, 2021 1:35:00 PM

As a financial advisor, I’ve witnessed clients dealing with end-of-life with their parents. Sometimes it goes smoothly and other times not. If a...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Aug 24, 2021 9:14:00 AM

My husband and I worked remotely from southern California last year. We’d always talked about wintering somewhere warm during retirement, and we had...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Aug 17, 2021 12:45:00 PM

We have a lot of generous clients! As financial advisors, we often hear that our clients would like to share some of their wealth with the people...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Mar 9, 2021 9:35:32 AM

You’ve completed your financial plan and are basking in the pride that such an accomplishment grants – and you should! Creating a plan is the first...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Jan 27, 2021 11:07:00 AM

After all the planning, number-crunching, endless discussions, dreaming, and plotting, how often is retirement what people expect it to be? As...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Dec 21, 2020 1:08:00 PM

We’ve all heard the stories of lottery winners who find themselves penniless a decade after winning large sums of money. Whether they spend the...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Apr 1, 2020 4:06:12 PM

As Boomers, helping our parents out in their elder years or remembering them wistfully, we start to realize that we are becoming the next oldest...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Feb 18, 2020 8:15:00 AM

When I mentioned to my friend Kathy that my next blog assignment was on financial self-care, she became very animated and explained how her financial...

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Bridget Handke, CFP®, CAP®
Oct 16, 2019 4:48:42 PM

Recently, I was speaking with my younger sister, who is juggling caring for two young boys, a full-time job and a husband who travels. She’s tired....

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