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Should I Rent or Buy? 6 Rules of Thumb To Help You Make Your Best Housing Decision

In my last post, Why is Kenya Still Renting???  I shared with you that I strongly believed that Kenya was playing the fool when it came to handling her finances like a big girl; I concluded that if Kenya was fluid enough to pay around $58,000 ($52,000 in rent and $6,000 in security) to a

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5 Answers To “How Do I Maintain Peace While Dealing with Challenges at My Workplace?”

By Natasha Gordon In our last experience, we talked about finding our peace to make our Mondays feel like Fridays. Well, once you’ve found the peace, you now have the responsibility to maintain it. So you ask, “How do I maintain peace while dealing with challenges at my workplace?” Here are 5 tips on how

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Why Is Kenya Moore Still Renting????

Kenya Moore, current “cast” member of Real Housewives of Atlanta, is embroiled in some serious legal disputes with her landlord over a recent eviction from her six-bedroom, six-bathroom Georgia mansion. I was so mad when I heard this! Being evicted is pretty bad, but I was HORRIFIED when I heard that Kenya Moore—former Miss USA,

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Lean In: Become the CEO of Your Career and Achieve Professional Fulfillment

by Jackie Duodu-Burbridge I just wrapped up book #1 on my summer reading list, “Lean In” the somewhat controversial first book by Facebook’s COO, and working mother, Sheryl Sandberg. The book offers advice on how to navigate the professional and work/life balance struggles that women face in everyday life. Some say she misses the mark; some

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Mental Attitudes to Help You Get Through When You Ain’t Got No Money!

By Norissa Williams As an adjunct lecturer and independent consultant, there are times when cash doesn’t always flow the way I want. So, although I love the thought of not having to teach in the summer, it’s bittersweet as my predictable income is cut in half.  Fortunately, I’ve gone through this enough times that I

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10 Things That Every Happy Black Woman Knows

Are you happy? There is a happy black woman revolution happening! We are making decisions to get out of life everything we want: beautiful bodies, strong romantic relationships, healthy family connections, meaningful friendships, money, preferred careers, and grounded spirituality. We are doing it by monitoring how we think, what we believe, and how we act.

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Good Girl, Bad Debt: How One Frugalista Beat $50K of Debt

Growing up, I was always good with money. I was the responsible child, who saved and began building an emergency fund at five years old. However, by my early 20s, I was buried in thousands of dollars in credit card and student loan debt, living paycheck-to-paycheck and barely making ends meet. The Downward Spiral When

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Cedric and Niecy Are Back! Season 2 Premiere of The Soul Man

              Frugalistas, What are you doing tomorrow night? After you pack your lunch for tomorrow and take care of your finances (i.e. clean out your bag for all of your loose change and put it in your Financial Freedom Bucket) like a real frugalista should, I hope you will

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“Bow Down B*tches,” Why It is Healthy and Essential to Embrace Our Internal Bitch”

by Norissa Williams  A few months ago Beyonce released her teaser, “Bow Down B*tches.” While it seems obvious that this was a PR move specifically timed to intrigue interest in her upcoming project and lay the ground for songs to follow where she asserts, “I am a grown woman. I can do whatever I want,

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Cosmetic Companies Steal: Protect Your Purse and Your Emotions

Have you ever been obsessing over some must-have expensive skin care product that you saw in a department store or advertised in your favorite magazine?  I know I have.  How do they get us all riled up by promising everlasting gorgeousness and boasting about some special serum extracted from ancient lizard eyeballs out of some

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