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A Zen "koan" is a Buddhist riddle designed to get you thinking. So here is one: your money situation is not really about the numbers.

That is what Bari Tessler wants you to ponder for a minute.

The Boulder, Colorado-based financial therapist and author of the newly-released book "The Art of Money," who puts her master's degree in psychology to use by running a year-long "money school" for clients. She also knows that behind every budget or spreadsheet, there is layer upon layer of volatile factors, including emotions, family histories, habits and dreams.

From playing the villainous, manipulative Fish Mooney on Fox's Batman origins TV series "Gotham" to an empowering erotic club owner in "Magic Mike XXL," Jada Pinkett Smith is no stranger to taking on strong female characters on screen.

Smith, 43, told Reuters how she helped carve her role in "XXL"—one originally intended for actor Jamie Foxx—as the film's feminist force, and whether her husband, actor Will Smith, will see the film as it comes out in theaters this week.

When Russ and Stacie Hamilton first decided to start a winery in 2006, they knew what their signature wine would be. Although Malbec was relatively new to the State of Washington, they were intrigued by its peppery and aromatic black fruit scents and flavors. At the time, this enticing Bordeaux varietal was almost exclusively used in its traditional role: as a blending grape for a red Bordeaux blend. However, Russ and Stacie noted a trend. As they visited tasting rooms around Columbia Valley, they saw that more and more wineries were bottling Malbec as a single varietal.

MARRIAGE STATS
Notable: Esther Boykin is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, wife and mother. She has been working as a private practitioner in Northern Virginia for roughly a decade. Through her work Boykin recognized that love requires the couple's attention—and it doesn't have to feel like you're working at it—which is why she wrote her first book, The Date Deck, a collection of relationship repairs disguised as romance, passion, and play.

Anna Sinopoli and her husband Anthony recently appeared on the new Lifetime series, "7 Days of Sex." During the show, the couple took up the challenge of having sex seven days in a row in an effort to improve their marriage. Anna gave us a few minutes of her time on the couple’s eight-year anniversary, which we’re guessing was a bit more intimate thanks to the couple’s appearance on the show.

[1] What prompted you to want to take up the 7-Day Sex Challenge?

Elizabeth Weil is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. Her husband, Dan, is also a writer, and they had a good marriage. Then, Elizabeth decided she wanted to put as much focus and attention on her marriage as she had in the other aspects of her successful life. So for a year Elizabeth and Dan attended marriage education classes, went to therapy, read marriage self-help books and much more. Elizabeth has craftily weaved the story of their relationship and the journey of their last year of marriage in her new book, No Cheating, No Dying: I had a good marriage. Then I tried to make it better.

Many people have recently found themselves in the position of looking for a new job. The following are a few tips to assist you in your job search.

1. Don’t waste the interviewer’s time.Before sending your resume to a company, make sure you qualify and your skills are compatible with the job post.

2. Be prepared to answer three standard questions.
a. "Why did you leave your last job?"