Even if you were to fall into extreme financial hardship and file for bankruptcy, you need to understand that your student loan debt will not be discharged in bankruptcy. It is the Velcro of all debts.

I've never believed unemployment numbers because the way that they calculate unemployment makes no sense whatsoever. It's not how many people are unemployed. It's how many people are actively looking for a job.

Money is the only thing you can use even if you don't have any. ... There's always a credit card.

If a child, a spouse, a life partner, or a parent depends on you and your income, you need life insurance.

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts.

Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing.