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This article first appeared on Angela, WPF CoFounder’s blog at TreadLightlyRetireEarly.com on November 26th, 2018 written by Regina, WPF CoFounder, as ThatFrugalPharmacist (blog). PrepperFI: Guest Post By That Frugal Pharmacist (Angela of TreadLightlyRetireEarly writes:) The guest posts I’ve featured so far this year have so far all been sustainability and zero waste focused, which has […]

Vulnerability time. I don’t talk about “me” a lot here. Writers Note: What we share on our 62,000+ member Facebook community for Women’s Personal Finance is generally meant for that audience. For 62,000 people, we’re surprisingly tight-knit, and we like to maintain that community bubble. But, sometimes, there are things worth sharing with our wider

It should go without saying, this post comes with a trigger warning around abortion, late-term abortion and child loss. It is bold and blunt, and mildly graphic. It’s also really important to read. Because the conversations around abortion are not nuanced like they should be in this country, it’s important to read this. You rarely

Recently, @MattLaneWrites did the Quarter One Worst Takes of Personal Finance. All the bullshit “advice” made by ignorant people. Well, we had some real crappy ones this time, but there was one that pissed me off to a ridiculous extent: “There is not one person that has a purpose and is depressed.”  To illustrate what

It wasn’t until I was sitting in the title company’s office and signing the closing papers for my house that I came to realize I had a lot of internalized beliefs about what buying a home meant. Specifically, what buying a home as, ‘Tami Mitchell, A SINGLE WOMAN,” meant.  I was astonished by the thoughts