As summer is coming to a close, and I’m at the end of completing many of my admin tasks, I’m thinking hard about what comes next….....

I remember being bored a lot as a kid. I would say to my grandmother, I’m bored. Grandma Darling would say back, “Hi Bored; it’s nice to...

Most aspiring actors, when they move to LA, want to see if they can make it. They arrive with little money. They get a job serving tables...

Growing up, I wanted to be average. I wanted to be like everyone else. I wanted long, pretty highlights in my hair. I was the only kid...

It’s hard to make a big decision. “Especially when people want to avoid discomfort as much as they can, and most people will seek...

Growing up, I felt inadequate and insecure because I wasn’t rich. This feeling of being ashamed started when: - I attended Beverly Hills...

Back when I was a teenager, I rode my 10-speed bike to the grocery store and to my doctor’s appointments. I scheduled my own...

On our plane ride back from Rome, I started to watch the new Top Gun: Maverick movie. Halfway through I already know how this movie will...

Starting out in marketing my business, I tried everything. I was an expert editor for Nerdwallet I did a weekly news program on money I...

Attending my husband’s law school reunion brought back painful memories of my Harvard Business School reunion. Reunions suck unless you...

- Woody Allen After a terrible night’s sleep, worrying about everything possible: kids, money, the stock market, I woke up at 4:30 am and...

I loved walking to work in NYC. I loved my job at a hedge fund. We lived on 68th and 3rd and the office was on 48th and Madison. On Park...

Growing up in New Canaan, CT, we were middle class. It was a time when we wore tube socks and velour sweatpants. My parents were...

#Linkedin asked us what steps should be taken to boost financial literacy among younger generations. My view? Make financial literacy...

From the time my 2 older daughters were three years old, I made them practice and learn the violin. As they got more advanced, the pieces...

A year before we moved to Atlanta, we were living in Houston. I played with the idea of leaving investment management and working at a...

An episode title from Sex and The City, but I found it fitting for a recent experience. Last week I was excited. I had an appointment to...

It was 2016, and I didn’t know what to do. I was at the beginning of a huge transition, a pivot. No longer a portfolio manager working in...

"Down and Out in Beverly Hills," a 1986 film directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky, came out the same time we moved to Beverly Hills....

I spent hours modeling companies' financial statements as an investment banking analyst. I was chained to my desk, glued to my excel...