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The easiest way to get left behind is to not start. People are so afraid of losing money, they’re scared to invest when we have lost so much money already. Financial educator Tonya Rapley is here to put you at ease and show how you can start investing, sometimes with as little as $5 a [...]

So you've got a great idea for a new business! Should you quit your "day job"? Is your business scalable? Do you need a mentor or do you need a business coach? There are a lot of questions to ask yourself when deciding whether to pour your time, energy and money into your big idea. [...]

Are you setting goals for your savings, spending, or investing and then getting frustrated when you don't meet them? Don't get discouraged! Financial educator Tonya Rapley is offering tools to help you make peace with the goals you didn't achieve and help you assess how to move forward with success.

It can feel like a huge hurdle to save money when, well, #life and these gas prices are SKYROCKETING. But financial educator Tonya Rapley has tips for saving your first $1,000 and creating habits that will help you continue to save for emergencies and peace of mind. You've got this and we've got your back! 

In the first installment of season two of Black Love's original series All Things Money, financial expert and host Tonya Rapley shares critical questions to ask your partner in the dating phase to ensure your financial visions align and determine if either of you is willing to do the work required to get the on [...]

Tabitha notoriously told Chance to give her five years in L.A. to become successful. Chance held their family down working as a police officer while Tabitha's dream took longer than expected. While we have all seen Tabitha's dream pay off, couples Ashley & Shanita and Kim & Jesse are in the middle of that journey [...]

When Tabitha & Chance met, marriage was a given for her, but Chance felt commitment was enough. Eventually, he came to want marriage, but is marriage just a piece of paper or does it hold greater value in commitment? Clint & DeAnna have been married 20 years and have built several businesses together. Joshua & [...]

For couples Percy & Jontille and Kari & Antonio, having kids brought dramatic changes in their lives — in good and challenging ways. They talk with Tabitha & Chance about navigating these shifts, and even Chance potentially being jealous of the affection Tabitha showed their daughter Choyce when she was born.

Is there a difference between sex and intimacy? Spoiler alert: Yes. The real question becomes at what point do we learn the difference and, most importantly, what does intimacy look like for each of us individually. Tabitha & Chance are joined by couples Greg & Diamond and Lashanna & Gene who define the role intimacy [...]

They say pandemic babies are built different, but those babies have nothing on pandemic newlyweds! One year in, couples MAJOR. & Nichelle and Karen & Miles get insight from Tabitha & Chance on the reality of the first year of marriage. Oh and did we mention, Karen & Miles got married the same day they [...]

Lingerie anyone? Valentine’s Day is around the corner and we’re getting sexy with size-inclusive, Black-owned brands to fit all body types and curves.

Married almost 20 years, Tabitha & Chance Brown have a lot to say about marriage, so Black Love gathered couples together to celebrate and commiserate with the Browns on what makes marriage...marriage.

Happy holidays from us! We’re grateful for each and every one of you who support the Black Love Team.

"When we met, we had no idea who we would be. Jeff was a sophomore in the School of Business at Howard; I was a freshman in Psychology. We met on a weekend community service trip to Florida sponsored by the Howard Chapter of the NAACP. That weekend was unforgettable and was probably the only [...]

New rules apply when living space also turns into an office setting. So here is 21 things to consider when working from home with your partner. 

Legacy is defined by the gifts of our ancestors, which is why HBCUs belong to all of us. But these sisters Towanna & Areaka epitomize the word legacy by following their great aunt's footsteps to Bennett College in Greensboro, NC. In the 1940s, their Aunt Anne Marie was the first in their family to attend [...]

"I met my wife the first day of school, and she hated me. I sat behind her in Honors English, and I may or may not have fallen out of a chair while I was laughing one day. Fast forward to the second semester, and I’d started to grow on her…though, I was never 'cool'…until [...]

"I knew Les was the one…30 years ago, we knew of each other, shared the same major, pledged Greek organizations, shared circles, crossed paths several times, yet never romantically connected. It wasn’t our time. In retrospect, we needed some life experiences, some wins and some setbacks coupled with an unbreakable HBCU-forever connectedness that would ultimately [...]

"My husband Joe and I met at Tuskegee University through Greek affiliation in 2011 — him being a Que and I am a Delta. He tried to talk to me at a party but I was in a relationship, so he tricked me into giving him my number by convincing me and my line sister [...]

"We met at Spelman College freshman year in 2006. Yasmine lived in LLC and I lived in Manley Hall.  A couple of mutual friends brought us together and we just clicked. Despite not growing up with a sister, Yasmine is definitely the sister I didn’t know I needed. She is the Christina Yang to my [...]