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Five Tips for Keeping The Kids Content During the Holidays

Rachel Cruze, Christmas-Chispa Magazine

Keeping your kids content during the holidays isn’t always easy. Marketing during the Christmas season is everywhere—all over the TV, radio and internet—with most companies doing everything they can to get your kids’ attention. These marketers are smart. They know the easiest way to get to your pocketbook is through your kids—and, at Christmas time,…

How to Live in Harmony with Others at University

University Harmony-Chispa Magazine

There are many challenges and firsts for those going off to college or university. There’s classes, there’s exams, there’s making new friends, there’s somehow getting work experience, and then, of course, there’s roommates. Even living on the same floor as others can be a challenge, especially if you need to share a communal area, like…

How to Shake Mom Guilt

Christy Wright, Mom Guilt-Chispa Magazine

I remember sitting backstage in my green room with tears streaming down my face just before I was about to go on stage. I was on the West Coast in Irvine, California, and about to speak at my first-ever Business Boutique 1-Day event. This was an event, by the way, that I was so excited…

The Many Benefits of Lifelong Learning

The Mompreneur's Guide To Writing Your First Book-Chispa Magazine

Lifelong learning is the coming trend in education. In fact, adult learners are the fastest-growing educational segment in the United States right now. But there are many important reasons to pursue learning past your traditional school-age years that have nothing to do with trends. It’s beneficial to you to learn throughout your life. Lifelong learning…

Personal Finance Books: The Kind of Reading with Golden Advice

Chispa Magazine-Lisa Taranto Schiffer-Morgan Stanley-Spring Clean Finances

Dealing with personal finances can be difficult for some people, but it is vital that you are able to control your finances effectively. Without this control, your financial situation could nosedive and this can leave you facing huge problems in life. Money does make the world go around, and without it, you will struggle in…