brownmoneysolution

January 6, 2026 Every year, I take December 25th through January 1st off. It’s my time to decompress, unplug, and spend meaningful time with family. This year looked a little different. My husband traveled back to Jamaica to spend time with his siblings, the first time they had all been together in decades, back on home soil. The kids and I stayed closer to home and spent extra time at my mom’s house. It was fun for the kids. And peaceful for me. But it also reinforced one of the biggest...

November 18th, 2025 As individuals, our identity and the way people see us are deeply important, especially in our families and social circles. To shatter those perceptions can be difficult, especially when people put you on a pedestal or see you in a certain light. For me, that light was “the one who made it.” I was the responsible one. The one with the “good job.” the one who’d figured life out. My family looked to me for advice, sometimes even for solutions to their own problems. They...

November 11th, 2025 You know what I wanted about everything? To spend my money without feeling guilty. “Ooo, I could have put this in savings.” “Ooo, I could have used this to pay down debt.” “Ooo, I need so many things for the house.”   Goodness, all these thoughts and emotions, just for wanting to do something nice for myself. I work hard, and like so many of us, I just wanted the ability to enjoy my hard-earned money without the mental tug-of-war . But guilt kept me in a loop, one month...