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The Hardships of the Sandwich Generation
Have you heard of the "sandwich generation"? It's a term used to describe individuals who are taking care of both their kids and their aging parents. It's becoming more and more common in the US, especially among women. While it's definitely...
The Relation Between Recency Bias and Investing
In 2023, many Americans were caught off guard when Silicon Valley Bank failed and a "run on the bank" occurred, despite the fact that regulations had been implemented to ensure stability in the banking system after the Great Depression and the 2008...
In Demand of Equality – Women’s Pay Gap
In commemoration of the International Women’s Day, let’s address one of the most persistent problems women face today — globally. History informs us that when women increase their involvement in any given society’s workforce, the society’s overall...
Against the Tide: Brave Women that Dared
In the midst of obstacles and setbacks, a long list of women made history because they knew that adversity leads to prosperity. To mention a few: Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress as a member of the House of Representatives in...
Advocating for Your Financial Priorities in a Partnership
Everyone knows that money issues are major drivers of conflict in personal relationships. Like most issues in marriages and life partnerships, there is only one way to come to a solution that both parties are happy with: communication. To be...
Lessons in Community Entrepreneurship from Madam C.J. Walker and Maggie Lena Walker
Madam C.J. Walker and Maggie Lena Walker had a few things in common: they shared their last name (although weren’t related), they both were daughters of parents who had been enslaved, and both were determined to improve their lives and the lives of...
Embrace Positive Thinking as an Entrepreneur
Great ideas take flight when you are free of fear. Easier said than done, I know, but everyone faces fear — and that includes innovative, successful entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur’s very job is to swim upstream. The trick is having faith in...
Why Choosing ESG Investing is Reasonable – and Responsible
In times when global warming is an impending threat, social inequalities prevail, and companies’ management often needs improvement, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is a sensible strategy to use. In ESG investing, a company’s...
7 Tips for Overcoming Setbacks
Life, wonderful and complicated, is not a smooth elevator ride to the penthouse of success. I contest that the path to success is more akin to climbing a steep, rocky mountain. Sometimes the ascent is paved and clear of debris while other times the...
Visualization: A Key to Financial (and Life) Success
Picture yourself at the starting line of a marathon. As you wait for the race to begin, you find yourself contemplating the hours spent training in preparation for this moment. You are ready at the starting line for the sole purpose of crossing the...
10 Ways to Flip a Bad Day Into a Good One
Are you having a bad day? Is it one of those days when everything seems to be not working, or going in unexpected and overall annoying ways? You will survive whatever happens to you today, as you have before. And to help with that, I list...
Less Stress, More Gratitude – 5 Ways to Get Rid of That Excess of Control
We all might have the best interests in our hearts to advise someone on what to do, but we cannot pretend we can control them. We all wait for the best in our lives, but we cannot control everything that happens to us. It is what it is: the realm...