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Author: Ed Vargo
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Divorce
You Don’t Need Another Side Hustle

How Investing Is the Ultimate Passive Income It’s 1 a.m, you’ve got work early in the morning tomorrow, and you’re editing product photos for the

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Divorce
I Was Raised To Not Think About Money

Here’s What That Cost Me. Growing up, money wasn’t part of the conversations in my home. It wasn’t something I was encouraged to think about,

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Debt Without Drama
Why Summer Budgets Don’t Work

Shocker! Your budget will fail this year.  Think about it. Every January, you roll out the highlighters and map out every dollar. By March, your

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Debt Without Drama
Are You The Giver…Or The Taker?

How Women Can Balance Emotional Labor, Relationships & Financial Wellness In so many areas of life, women are taught to give. Give your time, energy,

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Starting Out Strong
Stop Leaving Money On The Table

Women still earn only about 83 cents (said to be closer to 81 cents this year) for every $1 men earn in the U.S., working

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Starting Out Strong
How To Create Your Own Luck

Every March, conversations about luck seem to be everywhere. Lucky breaks, lucky timing. The pot of gold that we all hope finds us at the

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Debt Without Drama
5 Money Lessons from Women’s History Month

The most radical thing women fought for wasn’t visibility. It was money. For generations, women fought not just to be seen, but to have financial

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