How Women Can Survive and Thrive During Times of COVID?
Let’s not mince words. COVID has been bad for the entire world, but it has been especially bad for women. So much so, that Victoria DeFrancesco Soto and Alejandra Y. Castillo writing for NBC News have...
View ArticlePlanning for the Inevitable
Ten topics to Discuss on “Contingency Day.” And they lived happily ever after… or did they? It happens in fairy tales, but in real life, every marriage ends someday. Fifty percent of marriages end in...
View ArticleTen Easy (and Sometimes Odd) Ways to Make Extra Money on the Side
A little extra money never hurt anyone, especially if you want to save up for a vacation, pay down your credit card debt, or catch up on your retirement savings. Of course, you could always grab a...
View ArticleChange Your Habits, Change Your Life
“Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.” —Yiddish Proverb Habits start out like cobwebs but end up as strong as steel cables. In his classic book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective...
View ArticleThis Is the Time of Your Life
If you’re a woman who has reached mid-life a bit dazed and crazed by the passage of time, you are not alone. No one would disagree that women experience a dizzying array of life transitions. From...
View ArticleTop Ten Ways to Have a Truly Happy New Year
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is not an act, but a habit.” —Aristotle Make this New Year a great year by living your life well every day. By incorporating these good habits into your life...
View ArticleGetting Into Shape for the New Year
Glancing at holiday photos, you can’t believe you look so fat in your holiday outfit. The skirt that won’t button and the uncomfortably tight jeans may push you to a New Year’s resolution: This is the...
View ArticleNew Year’s Affirmations
New Year’s resolutions have a well-deserved reputation for failure. Instead of making resolutions, why not consider a New Year’s Affirmation this year? By repeating a positive affirmation over and...
View ArticleAre Women Bad Divorce Negotiators?
When it comes to negotiation, women often get a bad rep as weak, insecure, and not confident. Most research on the topic of gender and negotiation deals with salary negotiation, where surveys do find...
View ArticleAre You Having Too Much Fun to Retire?
Popular culture would have us believe that retirement is a grand reward earned after a long and productive career, but more and more women in their 60s and 70s are rejecting that notion. They continue...
View ArticleNeed to Save Money and Space? Embrace the Rental Economy
Want to know the definition of frustration? Try going wedding dress shopping with a bride who hasn’t a clue as to what dress she wants but will “know it when she sees it.” I was fortunate enough to...
View ArticleWhy You Should Definitely Apply for that Dream Job Even If You Don’t Meet All...
You’re browsing a job website looking for a new career, and bam! You see it. Your dream job is right there, almost within your grasp. You eagerly click on the job description, your heart pounding in...
View Article10 New Attitudes for Re-creating Your Life This Year
Just as no one can tell you how to feel about a beautiful sunset, no one can tell you how to live your life. You are the artist…and must shape your experiences with your own hand. — Susan Staszewski As...
View ArticleWhy Every Woman Needs a WIFE
According to the United States Department of Labor, in 2010, women comprised 47% of the total U.S. labor force. Though women still earn 82.5% of the salary of our male co-workers, we’re bringing home...
View ArticleWhat Professional Women Can Learn From Sofia Vergara About Leadership
“JAAAY!” If you are a fan of the Emmy award winning show Modern Family, then you are already familiar with actress Sofia Vergara who plays the beautiful and vivacious Gloria. You have also likely seen...
View ArticleA Christmas Wish From Long Ago
In the spring of this year my mother passed away. As my first Christmas without her approaches, I remember a Christmas story that she once told me. In 1934, my mother was eight years old, and she...
View ArticleHow to Survive Sudden Wealth
Did you just come into a lot of money? Maybe you received an inheritance, won a lawsuit, sold a company, or simply won the lottery. Now you are figuratively sitting on piles of money. What a great...
View ArticleNeed Some Group Support for Money Issues?
Empower Your Financial Transformation with Money Clubs™ If you’ve ever set a big goal for yourself, you know how much it can help when you announce the goal to your friends and family…or better yet,...
View ArticleMake A Wish This Thanksgiving And Then Make It Come True
This Thanksgiving, families and friends across the country will sit around the dinner table and consider the things they are thankful for. In a world that pushes us to want more than we have, it’s nice...
View ArticleHow Do You Spell Success?
In case you haven’t heard, women’s financial stars are on the rise. Women now hold almost 50% of all corporate management positions and control more than half of the private wealth in America. Are you...
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