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6 Things You Should Never Say To Your Financial Advisor
Are you looking to get your financial house in order? Market volatility is real, and it’s projected to get worse before it gets better. Retirement planning, reviewing your investing strategy, and setting up an emergency fund can be a lot easier with a pro. In our Millennial Study, we found that the majority of those we…
Comparison: The Great Conspirator of Grief
"I can't believe how it must feel when you hear her call you mommy and tell you she loves you and know that soon, she won't be able to any longer," I told her. "I can't believe you'll never get to hear her say those things at all," she said to me. And that's when it hit…
When Dad’s Ambition Hurts Families
Ambitious men have always known this truth: a supportive wife advances your career. Turns out, unsurprisingly, that the converse holds true for women: marrying someone who is unsupportive harms your career over time. In honor of the 50th anniversary of admitting women, Harvard Business School conducted an extensive survey of gender disparities in career expectations…
The Two-Letter Word Every Mom Should Learn to Say
For the first year after the divorce was final, my auto-response to just about every question that flew out of the mouths of my three sons was YES! It was an automatic, rapid-fire and knee-jerk reaction to each and every query. Yes, I will be your room mom! Yes, I will be the team mom! Yes, we can still go on vacations, live in our super-sized house, drive our SUV, and eat out at restaurants …
Why It’s Hard to Be an American Girl Today
Yikes. Being a girl today is hard work. Those of us who were once teenage girls know firsthand there is no creature on earth as critical and perfectionistic as a teenage girl. However, our squeaky clean friends at The Dove Self-Esteem Fund have collected astounding data quantifying precisely how challenging it is to be a girl in American today.