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Stretch Your Doctor Visits: Affordable Healthcare.
This comprehensive guide offers practical, empathetic strategies for individuals facing financial hardship, limited insurance, or other barriers to healthcare. Learn how to prepare for doctor visits, communicate effectively, advocate for affordable options, and leverage clinic staff and community resources to get the most from every limited appointment.

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Navigating Career Transitions: Thoughtful Strategies for Quitting Your Job and Aligning With Your Next Chapter
A guide to navigating the complex decision to leave a job, emphasizing clarity, preparation, and professionalism. Learn how to assess your motivations, line up new opportunities, manage financial and emotional resilience, and explore alternative career paths for a fulfilling transition.

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The Homegrown Life: Growing a Perennial Kitchen Garden
Discover the transformative joy of gardening with kitchen scraps! This article shares how to grow food, spices, and herbs from everyday discards like ginger, garlic, and carrot tops. Learn practical tips for container gardening, troubleshooting common issues, and cultivating a deeper connection to nature through reverence and regeneration.

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Hidden College Resources: The Support You Didn't Know You Had
College life presents unique financial and personal challenges. This guide illuminates the powerful, yet often overlooked, network of campus resources designed to help students overcome financial strain, access vital support, and build resilience. From emergency funds and re-entry programs to free tax prep and childcare aid, learn exactly how to find and utilize the services you deserve.

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Don’t Enroll In Or Quit College Without a Map
Why Rushing Into College Can Cost You. And Quitting Midway Might Cost Even More:You have more options than you think when you're at a crossroads.

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Complete One-Plate Nutrition
15 Whole-Food Recipes With Everything You Need in Every Bite for $2-$6: Nourishment, Satisfaction and Energy to Get Through Your Day

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Freedom Isn’t Free on the Fourth of July
Plan a July 4th with purpose! This guide reveals unseen holiday costs & offers smart tips for intentional, safe, and sustainable Independence Day celebrations.

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Food Budget: What to Buy for $250/Month.
A Balanced, Affordable Food Plan for $250/Month Using the Rule of Thirds

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Your First Job at 18: 10 Things You’ll Actually Gain
Lessons of your first job. Learn how fundamental economic and behavioral principles empower early career growth, building invaluable skills for life. Build lasting skills like financial smarts, negotiation, and adaptability, your true human capital for lifelong success.

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Turning a Side Hustle into a Real Business
Transform your side hustle into a sustainable, profitable, resilient and scalable full-time business. This guide offers a joy-infused framework rooted in financial discipline, operational efficiency, and long-term growth.

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Culinary Worlds in a Pickle Jar
Quick pickles, fermented relishes, and spicy preserves that elevate simple meals.

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The Many Faces of Kindness: Ripples in Our Shared World
Simple, Everyday Acts of Kindness Quietly Transform Lives, Spaces, and Communities

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Seasonal Jobs: Paid Work, Adventure, and Housing Year-Round
Prepare for seasonal work with expert advice on job search, application, budgeting, safety, and emotional well-being for a smooth, rewarding experience.

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How Can Spenders Save Money
A simple, goal-based savings method that prioritizes consistency, intention, and freedom.

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Why Food Pantries Are for You
Food pantries are a community resource, where people come together to support one another through life’s hardest seasons. If you’re...

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Minimum Wage Earners: Maximizing Your Income and Resources with Smart Strategies
Learn how to boost your earnings, access community resources, and build financial confidence, all on a minimum wage.

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Your Body's Allies: Things for Everyday Well-being
Simple household things that can help you enhance your natural comfort, improve posture, and foster long-term well-being, and tend the body.

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Why We Spend the Way We Do: A Behavioral Guide to Household Expenses
How behavioral economics explains common spending habits: and how low-income households can use small shifts to take control of essential and everyday expenses.

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A Basic $25000 Budget
Budgeting on a $25000 Income: Suggested Percentages and Dollar Amounts

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15 Steps to Take When You Buy a Car Below $5000
From Inspections to Insurance - Everything You Need to Know Before Buying a Cheap Used Car

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