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How to Handle Mixed-Income Friendships
Here’s how to reenter the world of socializing and spending while keeping friendships and finances intact.
Befriend Your Money and Reap the Benefits
What’s your relationship with money? Maybe your personal finances are like a distant cousin you barely think about — or an unsettling stranger you avoid…
PODCAST - Smart Money: School Supply Shopping, and Breaking Bad Money Habits
NerdWallet’s Smart Money podcast answers your real-world money questions. This episode deals with breaking bad money habits (after a conversation about school shopping tips).
4 Ways to Tame Financial Stress and Save for Retirement
Financial stress can set back your retirement goals, but these strategies can help you get on track.
Money Management: 4 Tips for Mastering Your Finances
What is money management, exactly? It’s a plan for your money so you can make the most of it. This plan typically involves budgeting and saving money, avoiding or reducing debt and investing in your future.
Budgeting During Inflationary Times
Inflation challenges us to spend wisely when our budgets are under attack.
Book Review: Surprise
Experiencing the unexpected is an important part of our lives. I didn’t realize how important it is until I read Surprise.
LA Community Fridges
Stocking a community fridge is a great way to bring your family together and serve the community.
Financial Challenges Facing the LGBTQ Community
We all face financial challenges, but the LGBTQ community does so with the added specter of discrimination.
Leading is Teaching
When leaders spend quality time teaching their team and connect training to a greater context, it leads to happier, more skilled employees.
Wellness as a Mindset, Not a Trend
I like to think that while trends come and go, mindsets are pretty much forever… it baffles me when people tend to place one of, what I believe to be the most critical mindset of all, wellness, into the hands of precarious and potentially harmful trends.
Music Review: Monica Czausz Berney
Monica Czausz Berney, one of the top organists on the concert scene, delivers a tremendous performance on the mighty Disney Hall concert organ.
How We Can Connect While Working From Home
Connecting with co-workers requires listening and vulnerability, not sharing a physical workspace.
Lasagna Love
Have you ever had a home-cooked meal that not only warmed your heart but opened up opportunities for you to also save money on groceries?
Book Review: Tell Me More
Tell Me More is about finding connection through better conversation, a great book for any leader.
Beyond Connotation: Female Misrepresentation and Underrepresentation in Headlines
The misrepresentation of female figures in the media is a problem that not only affects our culture as a society, but also the mindset that we carry with us as we move throughout our day.
Book Review: Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To
Choke, by Sian Beilock, explains how we can use brain science to help perform better under pressure.
A Matter of Connotation: The Difference in Words Used to Describe Men and Women in Leadership Positions
…we become programmed throughout the years to associate women with more negative traits even when they demonstrate the exact same behavior as men.
Women Require Different Financial Plans
Women have different financial needs than men, which means they need different financial plans.
Free Tax Preparation from the IRS
Filing your tax return is easier with free help from the IRS's VITA program.