Any mom can attest to the fact that—regardless of how much unbridled love and joy we get from being a mom—children will unknowingly break our heart in a thousand small ways during our lifetime. As the mother of two boys
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During the early months following the 2008 stock market crash, talk shows were full of all kinds of conversations about how to cope with the crisis if you’d lost your job, had to foreclose on your house, found yourself unable
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Here’s a confession: I hate to plan meals. I mean, I REALLY hate to plan meals. There, I said it. Planning meals for our family of five is the bane of my existence. Maybe I’m being too dramatic about this
Continue readingAnyone who has ever attended networking events has probably participated in the common practice of introducing themselves to the other people in the room. You’re asked to stand up, say your name (as well as your business’s name), and—in a
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Why do so many people—especially women—ignore their finances? Having spent more than two decades in the finance field—and trying to push the idea of launching my own financial-planning firm to the back of my mind—I finally decided, last year, to
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