This Week on PowerToChange.com (October 23 2009)
Living with Breast Cancer
My mother taught me to do BSEs (breast self exams), when I was 13 years old. It was all part of her talk about the "birds-and-the-bees-and-BSE". My Mom's mother had had several breast lumps removed over the years and my Mom had some cysts removed too. She wanted to make sure if there was ever a... >Read More
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Eating Down the Fridge
Recently my husband and I had his sister and her husband over for supper. I explained rather sheepishly that my meal choices were made because I was trying to clean out the kitchen of random food items. I mean, it wasn’t all canned mushrooms and Jello, although I did make Jello Jigglers for the first time since I was... >Read More
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This Week on TheLife.com (April 3 2009)
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Maximize Your Tax Refund
While it’s tempting to use a tax refund to treat yourself to some special purchase, in many cases it’s more important to use the money to pay off bills or make necessary purchases....... >Read More
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Is it finally time for a family budget?
It's one of those things that you may have considered doing but never actually got around to: Doing a family budget. Like sticking to a diet or keeping your office desk clean, it's something a lot of us talk about but for whatever reason it never seems to happen.
It may be finally time to do a family budget. The... >Read More
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This Week on TheLife.com (March 20 2009)
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How is Your Stress Level?
Have you ever experienced that ‘vibrating’ feeling while stuck in traffic? Or, perhaps panic at work when your boss asks you to do ‘one more thing’ or moves up the deadline on...... >Read More
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How would you spend $800 billion?
It sounds as though the much ballyhooed United States stimulus deal will soon be passed, to the tune of somewhere between $819 billion and $838 billion. (Give or take a few billion.)
It's hard for me to even mentally grasp that amount of money. For the sake of comparison, $800 billion would be enough to build approximately 12 million Habitat... >Read More
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The Economy is Down; Stress is Up
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If you are stressed by the state of the economy and would like someone to talk to, we'd love to hear from you. In the chatroom this month we're talking about starting over and overcoming what confines us. Check out the full chat schedule for details...... >Read More
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Big Money Makes You Poor
A quick windfall sounds like the answer to so many problems. But... >more
Saving and Investing for Life
Crippling student loan debt. Scary words, but a reality for many students.
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Love can be dangerous
