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May 8, 2023

Jumping Out of a Career Airplane: How Self-Reliant Women Can Land Safely

Many self-reliant women often yearn for career transitions but fear the financial uncertainty. Like jumping out of an airplane, it pays to plan ahead and pack your career parachute carefully. Read on for details on the three principles of jumping out of a career airplane: commitment, a well-crafted plan, and perseverance combined with flexibility.

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Mar 6, 2023

Catch a Wave, But Don’t Drown: What Women Need to Know About Liquidity Events

In any market—even in one as tempestuous as this one—there are winners and losers. Right now, we are hearing more about the losers: people who have lost their jobs. (Check out my recent piece on what women can do in the face of layoffs.)

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Jan 27, 2023

You’ve Lost Your Job: How Self-Made Women Can Recover and Rebuild

It's brutal out there. Layoffs are picking up. The latest flashy installment of how to blow up corporate culture in a single weekend is sponsored by Google, who recently laid off 12,000 people by—you guessed it—email. So rude, seriously.

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Jun 28, 2022

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Finding Your Way Through Values-based Investing

The good news: investors are starting to care more about the implications of their investment decisions beyond their own portfolios. The bad news: there is a ton of confusing information out there about Sustainable, Responsible, and Impact (SRI) investing.

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Jun 3, 2022

Along for the Ride: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Market, Part 3 of 3

Part 3 of a 3-part series Despite all the good it did, the dangers of government economic stimulus are manifest today. Let there be no doubt—we are in a pivotal moment.

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Jun 2, 2022

Along for the Ride: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Market, Part 2 of 3

Part 2 of a 3-part series Macroeconomics is confusing. It’s subtle. It moves. COVID—one of the biggest exogenous events of the last 100 years—sends shockwaves through almost every country on earth.