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The Authentic Life: Three Suggestions to Get There

The notion of being, “authentic,” is common for those of us who strive towards growth, but what does it mean to live an authentic life?  How do we know when we’re living one? And what should we do if we want to live one, but aren’t? What does it mean to live an authentic life? According

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Can You Hear Me Now? Could Lycamobile be a Good & Affordable Cell Phone Service?

Last night, my Frugal Fab 5 Ladies and I hosted our first Twitter Chat! It was great. I will give a recap a little later. But for today, Victoria, one-half of My Fab Fico and one-fifth of the Frugal Fab 5 is here talking about how a new cell phone service. With this review, I

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Black Girls Rock!: “It Was Such A Surreal Moment as a Photographer!”

Having a blog like Fabulous N’ Frugal gives me the power to make change and empower in my own little neck of the internet. FNF Fam, I want to introduce to Nastassia Davis, a photographer and a “black girl who rocks.” She had the privilege of being part of such a powerful movement happening among

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5 Ways Your Gender Could Be Affecting Your Pay

We often hear about how women are still, inconceivably, being paid less per dollar then men. The blatant underpayment is a residual of institutionalized sexism that is an ingrained part of this country’s history. But what you may not know is that there are a few other ways that your gender may be affecting your

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Ditch the “ME TIME” Myth to Live a More Delicious Life

I would like to introduce you to our Sensual Goddess in Residence, Lisa from LifeBlissSolutions. Woohoo!  As I shared with you guys, Lisa was my tantric yoga coach back in 2007 when I was all kinds of a hot mess. (Click here to find out the details.)  I really respected her work and have been

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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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