What does it mean to be a changemaker? It means stepping up to bat for what you believe in. It’s the willingness to fill leadership roles, promising to advocate for and shedding light on the unrepresented and undervalued. These people are innovators, groundbreakers and resistors. They’re not afraid of change and demonstrate their dedication through …
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When Jonathan Fields was working as a lawyer in one of the biggest law firms in the country, enduring long hours and massive amounts of stress, he became an unexpected witness in one of the most important trials of his life. After being hospitalized when his immune system shut down due to a massive infection, …
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Anna Rodney never set out to start a doula agency. It became a necessity when her one-woman birthworker operation attracted more inquiries than she could accommodate. Today, Chicago Family Doulas is one of the largest doula agencies in the country and has an education branch called Birth & Baby University, which Rodney founded to meet …
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“We are who we believe we are.” ~C.S. Lewis Have you ever caught yourself hiding behind the term “imposter syndrome”? I know I have—more times than I’d like to admit. We hear the phrase so often now, and it’s almost become a catch-all for our fears, doubts, and insecurities. But what if I told you …
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No One Believed in Me (Motivational Speech) Fearless Motivation Listen to the speech “No One Believed in Me (Motivational Speech)” now, on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer or YouTube Music No One Believed in Me (Motivational Speech) Fearless Motivation on YouTube – WATCH: LYRICS: No One Believed in Me (Motivational Speech) When I was younger …
After several years of procrastination, I recently tried getting onto Intuit’s Mint app to track my income and expenses. However, I realized that Mint shut down its service earlier this year and had to find an alternative. Monarch Money featured prominently during my search, so I had to sign up and try it. From the …
Student loan borrowers have been on a financial roller coaster over the past two years as courts have batted around the Biden’s administration’s forgiveness plans. Most recently, on Sept. 5, Chief U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall issued a temporary restraining order against the president’s second effort to cancel debt, leaving borrowers in limbo once again. …
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Happy Sunday, dear reader. Last week I shared a story that, yes, was more vulnerable and maybe even negative than usual. You know I like to keep to the sunny side of the street. But I felt it was important to let you know that I experience ups and downs just like the rest of …
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If you’ve recently logged on to LinkedIn, chances are your user profile and other personal data have been accessed by the business and employment-focused social media platform’s new artificial intelligence (AI) feature. Upon launching LinkedIn’s website, you were likely greeted by the prompt: “Start a post, try writing with AI” on the homepage. Then, when …
When’s the last time you didn’t think about work? Most people no longer clock out at the end of the workday, so work-related thoughts might be on a continual loop in your mind. This can cause stress and burnout, which take a toll on your well-being. Australia’s Fair Work Commission recently implemented a new “right …
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