Growing up in New Canaan, CT, we were middle class. It was a time when we wore tube socks and velour sweatpants. My parents were...

#Linkedin asked us what steps should be taken to boost financial literacy among younger generations. My view? Make financial literacy...

From the time my 2 older daughters were three years old, I made them practice and learn the violin. As they got more advanced, the pieces...

A year before we moved to Atlanta, we were living in Houston. I played with the idea of leaving investment management and working at a...

An episode title from Sex and The City, but I found it fitting for a recent experience. Last week I was excited. I had an appointment to...

It was 2016, and I didn’t know what to do. I was at the beginning of a huge transition, a pivot. No longer a portfolio manager working in...

"Down and Out in Beverly Hills," a 1986 film directed and co-written by Paul Mazursky, came out the same time we moved to Beverly Hills....

I spent hours modeling companies' financial statements as an investment banking analyst. I was chained to my desk, glued to my excel...

Our working lives in Connecticut were brutal. - I was on a 5:50 am train from Old Greenwich to Manhattan. - My husband drove 70 miles...

I’m constantly battling between enjoying living my life now vs. worrying about my future. On the weekends, I’m: - catching up and reading...

We love watching reruns of Sex and the City created by Darren Star. The show motivated a lot of young women to move to NYC and try to...

In my early 20s, I laid out my vision and goals with my dad on a walk. A few years later, I got the envelope in the mail. My dream came...

As I reflect on the year, I had some twists and turns in my journey just like driving on Mullholland Drive in L.A. The rich lessons I...

One of the best lessons I’ve learned growing up in LA is this. Where you went to school, grades are not a predictor of success. We all...

Just another notch in someone's belt? I had a visit with 2 different practitioners. The first one told me: - “It's not that bad.” - “You...

Woke up Monday with my regular to-do list. My biggest challenge this week. Trying to get women to come to my in-person investment...

Remember the app? The site “Am I hot or not” was founded by James Hong and Jim Young. The two friends created this site from a...

Raining one day and clear skies the next day. Over the last 2 years, we have experienced so much volatility. - Uncertainty in our health...

There is always an opportunity in a crisis. Sometimes events can cause us to re-evaluate. Two years ago, during COVID-19 when the world...

We had poor timing buying our Old Greenwich house in 2007. Housing was really depressed given the Great Financial Crisis. In 2010 things...