January 2009

Tales of “Woe” from Girls Who Date Bankers

My sister sent me a link to a New York Times article which I found as oddly addicting and bizarre as an issue of US Weekly. The article is called, “It’s The Economy, Girlfriend.” The article highlights a group of twentysomething aged women in New York City who started a support group called “Dating a [...]

January 30, 2009 5 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Surviving Adult Children

I came across an interesting press release about a new website for parents who are dealing with immature adult children, called SurvivingAdultChildren.com. It sounds funny that there is now a support group for parents whose adult children still live at home with them, but as we’ve heard it is more and more common for Gen [...]

January 29, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Beware of the Newest Credit Card Game

ABC’s Good Morning America aired an interesting segment today about credit card companies that are looking at the places people shop to determine credibility.  So for example, if the credit card company’s data shows that a high percentage of people who shop at XYZ Store don’t pay their bills on time, some companies are using this as [...]

January 28, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Heather Huhman’s “How to Prepare for Your First Day of Work”

Check out Heather Huhman’s article “How to Prepare for Your First Day of Work” on examiner.com today.  I think this is a great topic.  Heather’s article presents a wide range of advice given by some great career coaches and bloggers you should definitely check out! Notice my slightly contraversial piece of advice on this topic: 3. Go shopping. [...]

January 27, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Nicole’s Review of Suze Orman’s “Women and Money”

As featured on justthrive.com! Only Suze Orman could talk about two topics as sensitive as Women and Money so honestly and accurately. In her eighth book, Women and Money, Suze uncovers the mysterious stumbling blocks that so many women face when it comes to their finances, “It doesn’t matter if I am in a room [...]

January 27, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Money and Love

As featured on womenco.com! For those who follow my writing, you know that I love drawing parallels between things that seem unrelated at first glance. Let’s investigate the ways in which women handle money affects their romantic relationships. The way women think about money can be very emotional and typically transcends into every aspect of [...]

January 23, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

America Needs Financial Education

As you know, I’m very passionate about helping others become financially savvy. I have a strong belief that having a good relationship with money positively affects every area of a person’s life. I was doing some research last night for a financial education program I’m working on with FELA and found an article that gave [...]

January 22, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Raise Your Hand!

My friend Allie and I went to coffee the other day and she casually mentioned that she spoke at her college graduation ceremony. I’m not talking small tiny college here: she spoke at Michigan State’s commencement- WOW! So I immediately interrupted her story and asked HOW she was able to partake in such a great [...]

January 21, 2009 2 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Applying “The ‘Next!’ Principle” to Rock Rejection

The fear of failure is the #1 reason most people never reach new heights in their personal and professional lives. Perhaps people feel that too much could be lost if they try something different or get out of their comfort zone. The truth is, nothing is lost considering you never had what you were looking [...]

January 20, 2009 1 comment CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →

Women and Money: Thoughts?

I have read Suze Orman’s popular book Women and Money and thought it had some great points.  Check out this video clip and let me know what you think.  Are women putting their needs last?  Are we putting ourselves “on the sales rack?”  Are we undervaluing what we do, therefore making the world view us [...]

January 19, 2009 0 comments CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE →
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