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5 SIMPLE WELLNESS TIPS FOR A NEW YOU IN THE NEW YEAR
WELLNESS TIPS. Source: NLG #1 Sleep. (Yes, sleep!) Does this sound familiar? When live gets busy, sleep is often the first thing that we...
MY FAVORITE VALENTINE’S DAY GIFT
Valentine’s Day can be tricky. There can be a lot of expectations – on both sides, on celebrating the big day of Love. One of my most...
TEN TIPS FOR KEEPING YOURSELF SECURE WHEN WORKING REMOTELY
The Covid-19 crisis has created unprecedented challenges for businesses and employees across almost every industry. For many people, this...
LESSONS LEARNED: ON LIFE AND WORKING FROM HOME
After nearly 20 years of living and working in Manhattan, 9/11 happened. It was jolting and jarring and had a big impact on my life –...
REMOTE LEARNING: TAKING A STEP BACK FROM TECHNOLOGY
All across the country, parents and caregivers are taking on the gargantuan role of homeschool teacher. Likewise, teachers are adapting...
HOW I’M KEEPING MY MENTAL HEALTH IN CHECK DURING COVID-19
About four years ago, I started taking my mental health seriously. Mental illness and addiction run in my family, and I wanted to manage...
NOW’S THE TIME FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO WORK – AND THINK – LIKE DIGITAL MARKETERS
The world we know is changing on a daily basis. This is the reality of what life is like as the tidal wave of Covid-19, the novel...
UNDERSTANDING ANNUITY LINGO
“Does that make sense?” Raise your hand loud and proud if someone has ever said this to you and you answered “Yeah, of course,” when you...
KNOWING WHAT YOU KNOW
Springtime in Vermont is an exercise in frustration. The temperature can swing thirty degrees in what feels like thirty minutes. The many...
DOING WORK THAT MATTERS
Times like these reinforce how much relationships matter. The power of an understanding ear, reaching out to simply check-in on...
DRIVING WITHOUT A GPS
This is part of a series of posts from nominees for our LifeChanger of the Year educator recognition program. We meet scores of...
GRATITUDE SHIFTS YOUR ATTITUDE
There are many platitudes about gratitude. At first blush, gratitude can seem simply pollyanna or even spoof-worthy. It’s easy to write...
SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO FIND THE SIDE DOOR
Michael Cartolano is a LifeChanger of the Year nominee in the running for the Capstone Award which honors retiring K-12 educators. This...
WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR A FATHER TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY?
I’ve never been tagged as a macho man. Growing up, I preferred poetry to football, baking to baseball. But when I became a dad 17 years...
CONFESSIONS OF A NEW KAYAKER WHO NOW OWNS A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
Simple and straightforward. Two words that don’t usually factor into my decision-making process when it comes to large purchases. Source:...
LIFE INSURANCE LINGO: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, RIGHT?
“You know what I mean right?”… Well actually, I don’t. How many times have you had a conversation only to walk away not really...
6 QUESTIONS WOMEN SHOULD BE ASKING ABOUT THEIR FINANCES RIGHT NOW…
The pandemic has been a wake-up call for many to reevaluate their finances, according to a recent Life Happens survey. And for women,...
TEACHERS: 5 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT A 403(B)
Source: NLG This summer, I was tasked with overhauling Retirement Homeroom, a National Life website dedicated to helping Educators and...
WHY WE BOUGHT LIFE INSURANCE FOR OUR CHILDREN
And 4 Tips on How It Works… Source: NLG When our kids were little, we purchased life insurance policies for each of them. While it wasn’t...
11 THOUGHTFUL INSIGHTS ON NAVIGATING DIFFICULT TIMES
Source: NLG What would you tell your 10 year-old self? Do you ever think about your childhood and how some things you held a high regard...
US National Debt Clock : Real Time
Charting America’s Debt: $31 Trillion and Counting. Failing to plan is planning to fail!
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