You’ve probably heard that saying that good (or bad) things come in 3′s. Recently I’ve had 3 experiences that caused me to question and re-question my beliefs regarding money and spirituality. Is it possible to be spiritual AND have money? Or does being spiritual mean sacrifice and living miserly? My first experience of the...
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Last night I read a really disturbing article entitled, Is the Average Single Black Woman Really Worth Just $5?. Just the title was enough to cause my eyes to pop wide open and my mouth to drop. Imagine what it did to my stomach and ultimately my spirit. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep...
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Tags: economy, financial stability, single black woman, woman worth, women of color
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Are you one of those people who make New Year’s Resolutions? If so, do you stick with them until they are resolved? New Year’s Resolutions are the most readily made and often the most easily broken promises. Allow me to share some statistics with you. About 40-45% of Americans make New Year’s resolutions every...
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Most of us are aware that negative items on a credit report is detrimental to having good/great credit ratings. Negative items can be disputed with the three major credit bureaus. Most often, this can lead to a significant improvement in credit score through deletion of the negative items that were lowering the score. To...
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A friend of mine mentioned the word Legacy to me today. For some reason the work stuck with me all day. I couldn’t get it out of my head. It’s something empowering about that 6 letter word. So I thought I would do some ‘research’. Before I begin, I would like to share with...
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Kimora Lee Simmons is an icon in the fashion industry. She also happens to be one of my idols. I just finished reading her book entitled Fabulosity. And I tell you, it’s a MUST READ. She defines fabulosity as… a state of everything that is fabulous, a quality ascribed to that which espresses glamour,...
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Almost a year and a half ago, I received a correspondence from a company named VALIC. I had no idea who they were or what they wanted. I assumed that it was another advertisement. My first thought was to just toss it, but my spirit advised me to open it. I’m so glad I...
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One of the many reasons potential clients call and inquire about my services is their desire to earn more money. Whether it’s the start-up clinic that barely brings in $50k a year or the established clinic that brings in $50k a week. Each one of them are concerned about how to earn more money. ...
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We as women take emotional risks all the time, but rarely do we take financial risks. We rent when we should buy. We buy when we should have invested our money in better ways. To support our family, we think jobs when we should think careers. To top it all off, we lose ten...
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The word Millionaire has the ability to conjure up all types of images in our minds. And most likely, those images don’t look anything like we see in our mirrors, in our homes, or in our businesses. Why is that? Why is it that when you think of a Millionaire, you seem to think...
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