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How to Calculate Your Beauty Price Tag (and Figure Out if It’s Too High) in 4 Simple Steps

Last night, the lady in the chair next to me was getting her hair washed. As the shampoo lady worked her magic on the woman’s scalp, she said that hairdressers will never go broke; she said that no matter what is happening in her life—stress, leaky roof, or refrigerator repairs—her hair will get did. This

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What I Wished That I Knew Before I Shattered My Cell Phone

This weekend I was pulling my cell phone out of my pocket and then it slipped out of my hand. As I saw it making its way to the concrete parking lot all I could do was pray that it didn’t land face down. However it did. It landed in the kiss of death position

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6 Signs That You are Overdue for Some Real Self-Love

There is no coincidence that many of this week’s posts focus on self-love and not finding love (and validation) from another.  In response to the Valentine’s Day push, I wanted to curate a few posts that pushed back– posts that stressed importance of self-love as much as romantic love. The pursuit of happiness is rooted on

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5 Things to Do When You Make More Money Than He Does (And It’s a Problem)

Last night, I stayed up late and Martin, one of my favorite shows from the 90s, was on. In this particular episode, Martin discovered that Gina made substantially more money than he did. And he was far from happy, to say the least. In fact, when he found out that Gina made more money than

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How to Handle Valentine’s Day When You are Single and Don’t Want to Be

There is no coincidence that many of this week’s posts focus on self-love and not finding love (and validation) from another.  In response to the Valentine’s Day push, I wanted to curate a few posts that pushed back– posts that importance of self-love as much as romantic love. The pursuit of happiness is rooted on finding

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5 Money and Life Lessons Learned from Moving

I STRONGLY dislike moving. I moved every year in college and was happy when I moved into a real apartment. However, I inevitably needed to move again. I’d been at the last place for several years and you know how that goes…I accumulated way more stuff than I realized. Now I had to contend with

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3 Steps on How to Overcome Challenges When You Face Them

Whenever you are embarking on a new journey you will always be faced with challenges and difficulties that interfere with your ability to stay on track. However, it’s not about the difficulties it’s about how you respond to the challenges.  Challenges and difficulties are designed to test us to see if we want what we

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A Simple Guide for Reaching Even Your Toughest Goals

by Carla Michel With the New Year already seeming a like a distant memory, the resolutions made last month may be fading too. It is easy to come up with a new goal for the year ahead, but how do you stick to keeping it? This has long been a struggle of mine, which I

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If You Don’t Allow Yourself to Feel, You’re Going to Die: An Open Letter to the “Strong Black Woman”

 Dear Sister, 2014 saw the deaths of many young black women popular in social media and the natural hair community. Among them were the death-by-suicide of 45 year-old Titi Branch, co-founder of Miss Jessie’s hair products, and 22 year-old Karyn Washington of the popular, now-defunct site, For Brown Girls. Many of us were shocked as

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6 Simple Tips to Help You Pick Your Best Health Plan Before Open Enrollment Closes This Year

I partnered with UnitedHealthCare on a knowledge campaign to spread awareness about ObamaCare and the importance of getting you and your family insured. As a community that has been traditionally exploited or underserved by health care system, I am super stoked to be part of a movement to raise awareness about what the Affordable Care

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