Author: Alexandria M. Cummings

Alexandria M. Cummings is a wife, mom, and financial coach. You can find her on Twitter (@UrMoneyMentor) spreading the gospel of smart spending and saving. She resides in Chicago with her husband and son.
How To Use Your Coins Wisely This Christmas Season

How To Use Your Coins Wisely This Christmas Season

Does Christmas cost you an arm and leg every year? Do you find yourself reaching way deep down in your purse to pull it all together? Christmas doesn’t have to break your bank! In fact, you can save money AND pick up some meaningful new traditions. Here are some tips for keeping your holiday financially…

Black Woman, YOU Might Need Therapy!

Black Woman, YOU Might Need Therapy!

If I hear one mo’ black woman say things like: “Therapy ain’t for me,” “I’ll pray about it,” or “I’ve got a good support network already,” I swear I will snatch both our MF wigs off. Dayum!!! Look here, Black Woman YOU might need therapy. Okurrr?! It’s so good for you! Lissen, Black women carry the weight of…

What I Learned As A Mom: A Snapshot Of My Life

What I Learned As A Mom: A Snapshot Of My Life

Motherhood is one of the wildest rides of my life thus far! I’ve learned to love harder, let some things go, chill the f%ck out, and to take things as they come. As a control freak and lightweight perfectionist, those lessons have been hard-fought. Anyway… below is a snapshot of the things I’ve learned about…

How To Avoid The Common Money Mistakes Moms Make

How To Avoid The Common Money Mistakes Moms Make

(Isaac with his first piggy bank at 2 weeks old.) In this space I typically talk about my tits and such, but today I want to talk about money since I’m a financial coach in real life. Having been in financial services for the past 16 years, I’ve seen women make easily preventable mistakes with…

Learn When To Say No… “I Cain’t and I Ain’t!”
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Learn When To Say No… “I Cain’t and I Ain’t!”

No Means NO! A hard ass lesson I’ve learned since becoming a mom is that I cannot yet operate at the level I did before I was a mom. Don’t get me wrong, this does not mean that I will never operate at the highest of the high levels from my previous life- I AIN’T…

99 Problems But Your Marriage Ain’t One! Make It Work.

99 Problems But Your Marriage Ain’t One! Make It Work.

Make your marriage work! The best way to be married is to be happily married. I mean who wants to be unhappy? Who wants to dread having yet another silly argument with their spouse? Who wants to excel in other areas of their life yet feel stressed out in their marriage? Ummm…no one! Now don’t…

Why I’m Still Nursing A Toddler.
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Why I’m Still Nursing A Toddler.

Yep I’m still nursing a toddler. Deal with it. Before becoming a mom, I knew that I would nurse. I had girlfriends whom I considered role model mommas and they nursed their children so of course I would too. The first few weeks were tough and then there was the first time I got gummed…wow!…