How Career Girls Save Their Money
I remember how it felt to deposit my first paycheck from my first full-time, salaried job. Have you ever done a spazzy fist-pump dance in front of a sidewalk ATM in downtown Philadelphia? I...
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Private Health Insurance for Every Woman
A lot of discussion has been held recently about the cost and availability of health insurance for workers. In the US, employers with over fifty staff are now legally required to provide health insurance...
Going through a “Quarter Life Crisis” a.k.a. “Elle Woods Syndrome”?
For me, the term “Quarter Life Crisis” entered my mind only a few years after graduating college.This commonly coined phrase of Gen Y refers to twenty-somethings who are feeling strangely confused, fatigued and questioning...
Win Three InStyleEssentials #PerfectWhiteShirts!
Today’s post includes the opportunity to win one of our favorite giveaways, yet! One lucky winner will get THREE InStyle Essentials shirts with TrioFit technology, a $200 gift card to help accessorize your new...
Get Your Creative Juices Flowing Today with a Creative Project
Are you starting your morning off dreading going to work? If so, challenge yourself to identify what it is that is causing the dread. If you don’t know what you dislike, how are you...
Five “Costumes” Every Twentysomething Should Avoid
Happy Halloween!! Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching two college classes: an entrepreneurship class at Miami University and a communications internship class at DePaul. While each class had a completely different lesson plan,...
A Tale of High Achieving Career Ladies
If any of you are like me, you worked your butt off in college to get decent grades and graduate with a major that seemed valuable in the real world. The cycle started at...
Fighting Vacation Temptation
Last month marked my 1 year wedding anniversary. We celebrated by taking a trip to Napa Valley, California with a group of friends. The trip was one of those “bucket list” experiences I will...
How To Really Lose Weight
For those of you that do not know, I used to be overweight. Even worse, I had high blood pressure and high cholesterol ever since I was 13 years old. I struggled with my...
Should You Go To Graduate School?
As I have mentioned in previous posts, I am getting my Master’s degree. It was a somewhat impulsive decision with regard to the timing. But I always knew that I would seek an education...