On Her mind Dina Isola

September is the perfect month for a "fresh start."  Set yourself up for success with these easy tips I learned from Gretchen Rubin's book, Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives.

If cutting costs or saving money has been a challenge for you, then you will love these easy, quick tips that can immediately put your 2019 on the right track.  Check out realsmartica.com for more ideas and read my post Resolve To Beat The Odds.

Get inspired to explore your creativity with Gabriela Pereira, author, entrepreneur and speaker. Learn the many ways we are creative in everyday life and how limitations and challenges can fuel innovative solutions.  Explore methods to stimulate your brain and fire-up your imagination.
Gabriela is the author (and instigator) of DIY MFA; you can learn more about her program for writers by visiting https://diymfa.com

From Bushwick to Brown University, from seriously in debt to serial saver, Yanely Espinal, aka Miss Be Helpful, has quite a financial journey to share – and her 28K YouTube subscribers are along for the ride.  Her engaging personal finance content led to landing her dream job, Director of Educational Outreach for NextGen Personal Finance, a non-profit that offers free financial education to teens and teachers.  Let Yanely inspire you to determine your own financial journey. 

Blair duQuesnay, Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Financial Planner offers insight into the rise of the career woman and the challenges - both personal and professional - that she faces.

Tara Siegel Bernard's path to becoming a personal finance reporter at The New York Times wasn't a straight line.  Find out how her disinterest in finance turned into a passion to educate others through her column. As a young mother with a demanding career, Tara offers up practical advice from the trenches about money and achieving work-life balance.