By Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn’t a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.  → Read More

Tax season is always an interesting time in people’s financial lives. There’s nothing like reviewing how much you spent, how much you earned and how much you did or didn’t save to stir things up in your relationship with money. But that doesn’t mean you should put off your taxes until the last minute. Here is how – and why – I took care of my taxes already this year.  → Read More

I grew up with privileges like private school, tennis camps and vacations in Florida. However, money problems are never about bank account balances. My dysfunction with money started early. Throughout my twenties, I had no money management skills, had never balanced a checkbook or been able to maintain savings, and had absolutely no clue how to set a budget. I didn’t lose control overnight, but my lack of attention eventually manifested in compulsive shopping (like the time I took a spontaneous trip to Italy by myself for three weeks as an attempt to break up with someone), overspending (like when I started an S-CORP at the random suggestion of an out-of-state accountant) and painfully blurred financial lines with roommates and friends (like when I discovered that my boyfriend had six digits of consumer debt). The worst part was being overly emotional about money – I’d burst into tears when anybody, particularly men, needed to discuss money with me. As a result, I had constant guilt, fear of impending catastrophe, and massive amounts of shame.  → Read More