Archive for July, 2009

Working Divas…Please Stand Up!

| July 29, 2009
Working Divas…Please Stand Up!

No matter if you are a size 2 or 32 or somewhere above, beneath or in between, I’m calling on your inner queen. Last night I sat for the first time in my life and enjoyed the blessing of the condo I rent. I drew a nice warm bath & lit my few remaining candles [...]

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Flip Your House with 5 Simple Tips

| July 28, 2009
Flip Your House with 5 Simple Tips

                Many people are finding it hard to move house as it is still difficult to get a loan, so how do you move on with your life and change the energy and climate inside your home, while you wait for the climate to change outside your home?

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Relaxing your Hair at Home

| July 28, 2009
Relaxing your Hair at Home

We all know the recession is hitting us pretty hard and that does not exclude us ladies who are used to hitting up the salon to get our relaxers and touch ups every 4 to 6 weeks. Nowadays, those trips to get our “hair did” can add up so if have been considering going the [...]

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Resume Tips

| July 23, 2009
Resume Tips

Looking for your next opportunity? Before you start sending out your resume, let’s make it interview ready. Your resume is the key to getting you in the door to speak with your future employer. Spell check and proofreading are your best friends. Take these tips from Shine @ Yahoo and get busy making your resume [...]

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Wisdom and Insight for Young Women

| July 23, 2009
Wisdom and Insight for Young Women

If you could have a conversation with your younger self…what would you say? I would tell my younger Working Diva; don’t overwhelm yourself working three jobs while being a full time student. Enjoy life and college, there is plenty of time to work. Balance your lifestyle. Just slow down and take in the richness life has [...]

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Don't Twitter your Vacation Plans

| July 21, 2009
Don't Twitter your Vacation Plans

Did you hear about the Arizona man who tweeted about being on vacation — then came home to find his house had been robbed? Well, I did, and it started me thinking about how publicly we live our lives, and questioning whether or not it’s a dangerous lifestyle. So I did some investigating. I pulled [...]

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Attitude Check! 5 Ways to Improve your Attitude NOW

| July 20, 2009
Attitude Check! 5 Ways to Improve your Attitude NOW

Makasha Dorsey hit the nail on the head with this one! Before you leave your computer to take on work and life…check yourself at the door and make an attitude upgrade. Have you ever been told you have a bad attitude? I have. While I was not sure if the person’s assessment of me was [...]

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Money Mondays: 5 Rules for Moving in Together

| July 20, 2009
Money Mondays: 5 Rules for Moving in Together

Before you and your significant other make the leap to live together, take these steps to protect your finances just in case things don’t work out.As if making the decision to move in with your boyfriend or girlfriend weren’t nerve-wracking enough, once you’ve opted to merge your two homes, you still face some challenges: Where [...]

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Giving to Give or to Gain Praise??

| July 17, 2009
Giving to Give or to Gain Praise??

Babies arrive and babies grow. What once fit just perfect and looked so cute no longer fits your child’s body. Some items we pack away. Perhaps with thoughts of having another bundle or joy or we save it just because. Then there are those things that we PASS ON to another mom for her child. [...]

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7 Tips to Manage your Time

| July 16, 2009
7 Tips to Manage your Time

If you want to get the Twitter monkey off your back, but still buy an e-ticket to the social media wild ride, try these seven smart strategies: 1. “I save time by syndicating my content automatically to all my social networking profiles: Twitterfeed.com sends my posts to my Twitter stream; the Notes application on Facebook [...]

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