Just because we are striving to improve doesn’t mean that everything in our lives is magically better and we know how to make negative thoughts disappear. I took a good look at the harder parts and behind-the-scenes at this stage of my journey.

Whether or not you’re into self help books, there are always books out there that can give you new perspective and force you learn something about yourself. I collected a list of my favorites for self-development, I wanted to share with you…

Every piece of work we do to understand our mind and have a healthier relationship with ourselves is building our habits for the future. But as I have been spending more energy on this task, one of the first things I struggled to wrap my head around was "What does growth even look like?"

Burgers are a key topic for any foodie in NYC discussion. I have some pretty strong opinions on what qualifies as NYC’s Best Burger. Hope you enjoy!

And I really wish more schools would teach some basic personal finance way younger to give more people (especially women) confidence in their knowledge about personal finance. So I’ve continued to add to my knowledge over time, through my favorite source of new knowledge: books!

There’s one number that has a pretty serious impact on your financial life but it’s not 100% clear how it’s calculated. Unfair, right?

Anytime I start reading or researching investing or taxes or money in general, it prompts a bigger topic: What are we saving FOR? No matter how far off retirement is for you, one day we'll all want/need to stop working and need to have enough money stored away to finance our life. Are you ready?

Let’s talk about the reason why that fancy salary number you were told when you got the job doesn’t magically appear in full in your bank account every month!

This is not a happy topic. This one makes me angry. Especially when you add it to all the other bias related stuff in our world. It makes me extra angry for black women, latinx women and women of color who get and even shorter end of the stick.

This post covers one of those mysterious, mystical (not at all….) forces that stops women from achieving their biggest dreams. It’s a topic that I can't. stop. talking. about:

There are so many “hyped” restaurants in New York. And many of them deserve it. But there are some awesome spots that are doing awesome meals for great evenings that don’t need fanfare. I lovingly refer to these as “cool but not fussy” and I mean that as the highest compliment.

Regardless of your opinion on brunch, New York City does it really well. This list could be enormous. I’m keeping it to the places I would happily go on a Saturday morning!

There are some famous New York spots - some famous from movies, others from just the folk lore of the city - where everybody should try once. I would say this applies to tourists or NYC residents but it especially applies to NYC residents. Let’s call it a point of pride.

There’s a million ways to slice and dice restaurant recommendations. But when it all comes down to it, we all have our favorites.

These are mine.