Shop Smart This Holiday Season
Christmas carols on repeat, long lines, bright lights, screaming toddlers—it’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re shopping for holiday gifts.
Mean Girls at Work and in the 'Hood
If you’re working in a professional environment or as a volunteer, the last thing you need is to be confronted by that person who makes you feel about two inches tall. Didn’t we graduate from high school already? Working with or for “mean girls” shouldn’t be intimidating. Authors Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster offer tips […]
4 Money Mistakes You Don't Know You're Making
Personal finance pro Ilyce Glink dishes out financial advice in her weekly radio show and syndicated newspaper columns.
Teaching Teens Financial Responsibility
Your kids are back in school, and chances are money management is missing from the curriculum. If you’ve got a college-bound high school student, now is the time to teach financial responsibility.
Time for You to go Back to School
]With the kids back in school, there’s no better time to act on your resolutions—like “What do I want to do when I grow up?”
Negotiating Tips for Work and Home
We all need what Vicki Medvec has got—a better way to negotiate what we want while making the other person feel good about giving it to us.
Makeover 2012: Career
It’s easy to dismiss what we get paid to do as “just a job,” but as Michelle Brod, who lives in Hanover Park, has learned, what you do—even part-time—influences how you feel in so many other areas.
Get Back To The Girl You Used to Know
I have more than 30 parenting books sitting on my shelves at home. Nary a one on self-improvement. This is not because I think I am perfect—far from it. I just never have the time to focus on me. When I learned of the e-book release of life coach Marla Majewski’s “The Girl I Used […]
How to Get a Flexible Work Schedule
How many times have you sat in rush hour traffic cursing your 9-to-5 schedule?
The Psychology Behind the Grocery Store
The next time you visit your local grocery store, proceed with caution.
