photo is me trying to look tough with my mouse like Trinity from The Matrix Working at my desk, building a financial model, I slipped...

The Exchange My mom was so proud. About 40 years ago, she dragged me to Circuit City to buy a new TV. “It was only $19 a month!” she...

Block Island Five years ago, I started my own firm—and recently reached a big milestone: becoming SEC-registered.  That moment made me...

It’s been a lazy, reflective summer filled with small getaways and evenings spent with my daughter Alexandra, who’s working at  Brookwood...

My mother was very beautiful.  She was the golden girl at Purdue University.  She thought she could just show up and get attention She...

Ever since I started posting a few short videos explaining complex topics like tariffs, I kept hearing the same thing: "You need to...

photo from last summer The Second Mountain Turning Transitions into Wealth-Building Moments Career transition. Divorce. Midlife change....

When I was young and single at Harvard, I had a simple rule: if I didn’t sense he was into me, I’d move on. He’s just not that into you....

Everyone talks about the rat race. (or the Buckhead Bubble) Escaping it or buying into it?  If the system or game we are playing is to...

My high school year book title ;-) I used to walk from my mom's crappy apartment to Beverly Hills High School and pass by the tiny stucco...

World Trade While many people have already moved on from their New Year’s goals, I’ve been struggling with mine—in the best possible way....

Monday morning I woke up at 5:30 AM. And before checking my phone or scrolling the headlines (which I already knew wouldn’t be pretty), I...

During our recent family trip to Paris, I found myself reflecting deeply on the creative process of Picasso.  To understand his...

(photo credit to one of my kids while I was thinking deeply at lunch in La Jolla)  When A.J. Brown, a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver,...

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is the art museum featured in the movie Rocky From Random Acts to Real Results Over the last two years,...

The most important lesson I learned about money.  And it has nothing to do with budgeting.  It was being a poor girl in a rich man’s...

The secret to getting what you want.

Rich and I recently attended an 11th-grade parent social at our kids high school, and many of us shared stories about our kids' college...

When I reached my mid-40s, I realized that I had worked in nearly every facet of finance. At Disney, I worked in corporate finance. At...

Recently, I spent a day in Philadelphia, moving my daughter into her dorm at the University of Pennsylvania . As a parent, it’s a...