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I asked a simple question on our Zoom earlier this week. How would you describe your relationship with money? Nobody said healthy. Not one person. We had women on that call who have built real businesses, left stable corporate careers, figured out genuinely hard things. And when I asked them to describe their relationship with money the words that came back were toxic. Fragile. Difficult. Complicated. The most optimistic answer on our Zoom, was neutral. It's not a personal fa

March is National Women’s History Month in the United States, it is a time to honor the contributions, achievements, and impact of women in American history and society.

He owned two rental properties on one lot. I rented the front house, and Mike, the grouchy old man, lived in the back house. Mike liked to find fault and complain about everything. He nagged dad about not just reasonable fixes but ridiculous ones too. He would complain to him about the neighbors and the city's trash pick up. He was loud and would yell at me and my small child for using colorful chalk on the sidewalk. He was the neighborhood curmudgeon. It was to the point th