9 Secrets to Successful Salary Negotiations

How to get paid well for what you do, from Robin Ryan, author of What to Do With the Rest of Your Life: America’s Top Career Coach Shows You How to Find or Create the Job You’ll LOVE.

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7 Effective Ways to Save Money and Build Wealth

From bonds to DRIPs, these payroll deduction investment plans build savings habits and discipline. Take a tour and learn how to take a snapshot of your net worth with money coach Deborah Owens, author of A Purse of Your Own: An Easy Guide to Financial Security.

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Family Feuds by the Rules

Country music star Naomi Judd, shares her family’s nine essential rules for fighting fair — and resolving conflict. From Naomi’s Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers

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Posted in Parenting

Nourishing Baby: Smart Choices for Moms — Plus, How to Find Safe Baby Bottles

Posted on May 4, 2010

Breast is best for infants, experts agree, but many moms prefer formula feeding. Whatever your choice, these tips from Deirdre Imus, author of Growing Up: Green Baby and Child Care, will help you get your baby off to a healthy start.

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7 Ways to Shrink the Sugar in Your Kids’ Diet

Posted on April 29, 2010

The American diet is overloaded with sweet stuff. Keep it from invading your kids’ palates with this advice from Fit Home Team: The Posada Family Guide to Health, Exercise, and Nutrition the Inexpensive and Simple Way by baseball great Jorge Posada and his wife, Laura.

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Posted in Relationships

7 Kinds of Kisses and What They Mean

Posted on April 29, 2010

What you can tell from even the simplest of kisses. From the book I Love You. Now What?: Falling in Love Is a Mystery, Keeping It Isn’t by Mabel Iam

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Posted in Self Help

Life as a Three-Ring Circus: Learning How to Achieve Balance

Posted on April 27, 2010

Advice on learning how to balance our lives and schedules from Karol Ladd, the bestselling author of The Power of a Positive Woman

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Posted in Money & Career

Being Downsized 101

Posted on April 20, 2010

Fourteen things to do immediately after losing your job, from Work It!: How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass, and Land a Job in Any Economy, by Allison Hemming.

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Posted in Self Help

14 Ways to Rid Your Life of Toxic Relationships

Posted on April 15, 2010

A life uncluttered with toxic relationships is a tall order. Providence seems to toss all sorts of challenges our way. But life is too precious to squander even a minute of it in the company of spirit-vampires. From Unclutter Your Life by Katherine Gibson

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Ain’t Misbehavin’: Easy Ways to Prevent Your Child’s Bad Behavior

Posted on April 13, 2010

When your child is misbehaving, consider these simple tips to prevent it from happening again. From The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by New York Times bestselling author and clinical psychologist Wendy Mogel, Ph.D.

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5 Reasons Divorced Women Get Married Quicker

Posted on April 8, 2010

For all the trauma and heartbreak divorced ladies have been through, they’ve won hard-fought dating advantages. From Become Your Own Matchmaker by Patti Stanger, star of The Millionaire Matchmaker

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Posted in Money & Career

The Importance of Stock Price in Building a Diversified Portfolio

Posted on April 6, 2010

Why you should always keep an eye on the prices of stocks you own or might want to own. From Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even by bestselling author James J. Cramer

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The Basics of Building a Portfolio

Posted on April 1, 2010

How to approach stock pricing and portfolio building in today’s market, from Jim Cramer’s Getting Back to Even by bestselling author James J. Cramer

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