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Can Two People Who are Fundamentally Different Find Success in Love?

The other day I was reading a blog post on another women’s site that was asking the question “would you date a man with no college degree”? I found the topic to be particularly interesting because I actually did marry a man who did not attend college. I currently have two college degrees, including an

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9 Things I Did To Pay Back My $40K Student Loan Debt in Two Years

Frugalistas, I had the opportunity to share my student loan story with Harriette Cole of The ROOT web series Bring It To The Table last week. It was my first interview and I was both excited and nervous. Before I post it on social media, I wanted to share it with you, my tribe. I

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5 Free or Low Cost NYC Fun Ideas You’ll Love Me For

If you’re like me, you like to have fun. You like to go out, have a good time and really live it up—but spending money all the time isn’t always practical when you live in a place like New York City. So, I’m dedicating this post to all you Frugalista’s who aim to have fun

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Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff; Appreciating the Journey

Have you ever had one of those days when nothing seems to go quite right? Your hair is a mess, you’re running late for work, your  outfit isn’t as flattering as it looked on the hanger (I swear that happens to me at least once or twice a week). It can feel like a really

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Everything You Need To Know About How Your FICO Score is Calculated

Confession– When I was getting out of debt, I couldn’t care less about my credit score. I just wanted to see a zero balance. And honestly, even as we speak,  I would much prefer having enough money to buy whatever I wanted than  having  good enough credit to borrow someone’s money to get what I want#justsayin’

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Five Money and Life Lessons from My Superhero Antiguan Grandpa

At the end of every school year, before the school doors could even close, my mother had my brother and me with luggage packed, sunglasses on, and boarding passes in hand, destined to Antigua to stay in my father’s father, Raymond “Power” Stevens. Grandpa Stevens was a pharmacist.  He opened up his own pharmacy after being one

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Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Renisha McBride: A Call to Action

I, like most of you, don’t think black history month should be relegated to a month but that the acknowledgement of the accomplishments of the black community (and other cultural groups, for that matter), should be so much a part of the fabric of our society that a definitive time that we can say, “oh

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5 Ways that African American Women Are the Divine Feminine. Number #5 is My Favorite.

by Lisa Branscomb of LifeBliss Solutions You may have some concept of your inner feminine power. It’s but one part of our complex source of energy. It’s the spirit that’s represented by different aspects of the divine Goddess. I’ve compiled some general characteristics into archetypes to highlight the nature of our specific feminine strengths and weaknesses.

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How Can I Start Investing in the Stock Market without Fear?

by Courtney Richardson  The Market is down today. Fear ensues. But how many of us really know why we are fearful and what that statement really means? When we make reference to the “stock market” we are usually referring to the two main exchanges, New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq, where stocks are purchased

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What to do When You Just Can’t Get Happy or Find Your Bliss

by Lisa Branscomb of Lifebliss Solutions Bliss is happiness or a contented feeling from within that is not dependent on any external situation or condition.  It radiates from within like our own personal ball of warm glowing sunlight that we can carry around everywhere. Living in bliss is like moving along with the flow and currents

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