6 Dating Tips That Just Don’t Apply To Grown Folk

When you are grown, meaning comfortable with your “brand” whether you are the God-fearing church type, the vegan Buddhist, the free-spirited artist or environmentalist, the marketing executive that loves international travel and high-end luxury good or anything in between, there are just some dating tips that do not apply to you because you are know

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Beauty on a Budget- Handling Oily Skin

by Tonya Rapley As I have told you guys, Tonya is one-fifth of The Frugal Fab 5 and half of the duo at My Fab Fico, a seriously on point personal finance and lifestyle blog. (Please check it out!) Today she is tackling the topic of oily skin…on a budget. I know that I battled with

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Girls Compete with Each Other, Women Empower Each Other: 5 Ways to Be a Better Woman

Gossip. Let’s admit it. We all do it. There’s a part of us that loves a big juicy piece of scandal whether it’s about someone we know, someone we don’t know, celebrities, family members, close friends…we’re all guilty of it. I’ll be the first to admit it.  But for some reason, as women, we are

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A Six-Part Focusing Exercise: Developing Your Intuition

The inner act of focusing can be broken down into 6 main sub acts. As these practices become second nature to you, you won’t even need to think of them as 6 separate parts of a process. As well, you will improve your ability to experience the “shifts” referenced in the exercise. If you have

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Wanna be a Self-made Millionaire? Then Do These 5 Things!

There are certain things that we have no control over: we have no control over when we will come out of this Great Recession and we have no control over being fired or laid off. But we do have control over our personal financial choices and our actions.  In other words, even with the grimmest

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9 Ways To Successfully Handle Debt Collectors

by Tiffany the Budgetnista Aliche   Tiffany the Budgetnista is back with another helpful post! ( You can learn more about Tiffany and The Budgetnista here: thebudgetnista.com) I know, I know….Debt Collectors can seem reeeeally scary.  They’re these mysterious people who call you and demand payment whether you have it or not. They can even threaten you with credit destruction, wage

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5 Things Married Couples Can Learn From Children To Make Their Relationships Stronger

Aren’t kids great… most of the time? Lol. When I was a classroom teacher, I spent a lot of time with different types of kids and saw that these little people embody some of the best qualities about being human. Now as a married woman, I think that following in the footsteps of babes can

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3 Ways to Earn Extra Income With Your Side Hustle That You’re Probably Not Doing

Last week’s post gave some specific tips on how to maximize your small business potential through strategic marketing. Once you have established yourself as a player in the field, you can create revenue streams that go beyond simply increasing your customer base. Here are 3 ways to engage clients while optimizing the money making potential of your blog or web-based business that you may

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How to Create a Budget in 5 Baby Steps

While it would be nice for you to know down to the penny where all of your money is going, you may find the idea of sitting down to calculate all of these expenses daunting and choose to avoid the experience all together. This is especially true if you are new to reining in your

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Top Interview, Resume, and Coverletter Tips from DreamGirl Aisha Taylor Co-Founder of TAYLORmade Professional Career Consulting

I had the pleasure of connecting with Aisha at the New York Urban League’s Young Professionals 1st Annual Women’s Business Expo in August of this year. Her confidence and expertise in the areas of interviewing, career transitions, and self-employment were impressive. As such, I wanted to introduce you to her. TAYLORmade Consulting is the quintessential

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