Coriolis Company

05/12/2026

We’re so grateful for these generous words from Bola Sokunbi FB Page founder of Clever Girl Finance and author of Clever Girl Millionaire.

It means a great deal to hear that we delivered! Our goal is always to support our clients in a way that feels thoughtful, collaborative, deeply personalized, and well aligned with their mission (and ours)!

Thank you for trusting us with your work, Bola!💜

04/28/2026

Q: What would happen if hedgehogs and bats suddenly became bipedal?
A: They’d walk like they’re on stilts and possibly p**p themselves uncontrollably…? — as we learned from Janelle ... yesterday.

Q: Is this an urban myth, or does Italian have different words for different kinds of love?
A: It’s more or less the same in Italian as in English, but Hungarian, Turkish, Japanese, and Greek for example do recognize and name many types of love. — explained Iara Matuonto…

Q: What is an example of a cooperative that is working well in SoCal?
A: Cooperacion Santa Ana. Some of their work includes building out daycare co-ops and running a community-owned farm and coffee pop-ups. — A shoutout to them by Ricardo…

Q: Why do we have butts?
A: It’s because of our exaggerated lumbar curvature, which likely evolved as we started having bigger babies (with bigger brains). It makes our butts look more pronounced than those of our ancestors. Neanderthals’ butts would have looked flat.

Do you enjoy asking important questions like these of today’s leading scholars? Then you should start attending our speaker series, 😁 Or at least watch the recaps on Youtube!

Thank you to the three amazing speakers: Dr. Alfredo Carlo ( ), Dr. Iara Mantenuto ( ), and Dr. Jeanelle Uy ( ).

And thank you to all who came, listened, laughed, learned about rotational births and oversized human babies, the mathematics of corporate greed, dictionary writing, cross-cultural collaboration, and so much more.

And of course, thank you to The Nickel Mine for being such an awesome venue.

04/15/2026

04/13/2026

If you're looking to be inspired and uplifted, join our client Jason Green on his book tour for "Too Precious to Lose: A Memoir of Family, Community, and Possibility," a powerful reflection on a life shaped by service, from the Obama White House to the stories passed down by his grandmother and the history of Quince Orchard, and on memory, preservation, duty, and love.

Upcoming events:
📍 4/15 – Our Big Kitchen, Los Angeles, CA
📍 4/16 – Episcopal Communicators Conference (San Diego, CA)
📍 4/19 – Private Event (Kensington, MD)
📍 4/20 – Ivy Bookshop (Baltimore, MD)
📍 4/29 – Denver Book Society (Denver, CO)
📍 5/6 – Left Bank Books (St. Louis, MO)
📍 5/16 – Gaithersburg Book Festival (Gaithersburg, MD)
📍 5/20 – Macy’s on State Street (Chicago, IL)
📍 6/1 – Manny’s (San Francisco, CA)
📍 6/3 – Village Well (Los Angeles, CA)
📍 6/16 – Enoch Pratt Free Library (Baltimore, MD)
📍 6/17 – Montgomery County Public Library (MD)
📍 6/20 – Pleasant View Reopening (Quince Orchard, MD)
📍 8/15 – Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival (Oak Bluffs, MA)

More stops to come, including Dallas, Las Vegas, Memphis, and Minneapolis.

Find a stop near you!

04/10/2026

Thank you Decoteau Irby and Ann Ishimaru for taking me to the best afterparties of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference. I had tons of fun and met so many interesting people. Such a good way to celebrate your accomplishments again! Cheers!

UIC College of Education

04/08/2026

A huge thanks to everyone who came out to the Nickel Mine last week for our March Brains Uncorked event!

On Tuesday, Alicia Partnoy discussed how transforming Martina Ramirez’s life into the book "Happier as a Woman;” Martina Ramirez reflected on how her decades leading a hands-on research lab for underrepresented STEM students shaped her leadership in higher education; and Désirée Zamorano shared how she highlighted the overlooked history of the 1930s mass expulsion of Mexican Americans and Mexican nationals from Los Angeles through her novel "Dispossessed.”

We’re so grateful to these three professors for sharing their work and for rising to the 10-15-minute lecture challenge.

We’ll be back at the Nickel Mine on Monday, April 27, with Dr. Iara Mantenuto and Dr. Alfredo Carlos from CSU Dominguez Hills and Dr. Jeanelle Uy from CSU Long Beach. Further details and an RSVP link are coming soon, so stay tuned.

04/03/2026

The true gift of my work is that it puts me in conversation with thinkers like Janet Sternburg.

Seeing her always makes me reflect on what I'm focusing my energy on, what ideas I'm holding on to, what writing and art have had an effect on me as of late, what it means to cut away the unnecessary excess to reveal the heart of, well, everything. When so much of our life feels rushed, our culture cheapened, soulless, AI-driven, and when the essays and books at the forefront of conversation are so much less nuanced and human than they used to be, Janet still has a way of bringing us back to what matters, and finding beauty in the everyday. I'm always inspired by her marvelous, original ways of thinking.

Thank you for making time for breakfast with me while you were back in Los Angeles, Janet!

04/02/2026

We're gearing up for the promotion of "The Essential Ingredient: Remaking Ourselves in Times of Crisis" and are happy to start working with Award-Winning Author, TEDx Speaker, and Thought Leader Keri Mangis, Writer on the book and other projects.

Keri speaks and writes for those navigating times of transition, questioning old beliefs, and seeking deeper meaning in an increasingly chaotic world.

Drawing on two decades of study in spiritual and personal transformation—including Alchemy, Jungian psychology, rites of passage, and cultural myth—Keri brings a unique voice to conversations about change. She bridges ancient wisdom with modern realities, inviting readers and audiences alike to reclaim their agency, reimagine their roles, and move through life’s thresholds with greater clarity and power.

Her work has appeared in Spirituality & Health Magazine, Star Tribune, Elephant Journal, and more.

Her first book, "Embodying Soul: A Return to Wholeness," received multiple awards, including the 2020 IPA Award for Mind, Body & Spirit and the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal in Non-Fiction Spiritual and Supernatural.

Keri’s forthcoming book, "The Essential Ingredient: Remaking Ourselves in Times of Crisis," offers an illuminating exploration of personal and collective transformation—an urgent call to evolve consciousness and reclaim meaning in uncertain times.

More to come!

03/31/2026

to Bola Sokunbi! Her book, "Clever Girl Millionaire: A Guide to Redefining What’s Possible, Turning Ambitions into Actions, and Dreams into Millions," by Wiley is now available.

Educational and inspiring; A step-by-step guide to follow on your journey to wealth creation!

"Clever Girl Millionaire" isn’t just a book you read once and place on a shelf; it’s your indispensable guide to support you as you build real wealth, step by step, on your own terms. Each chapter is crafted not just to educate and inspire you, but to help you build momentum through action steps, thoughtful prompts, and practical exercises to help you apply what you’re learning in your real life.

Written by Bola Sokunbi, a self-made Black woman millionaire and founder CEO of Clever Girl Finance, one of the largest personal finance media/education platforms for women in the US, this book helps you:

• Sow seeds for your millionaire mindset by building confidence in your ability to build wealth, spending intentionally, minimizing debt, and putting your money to work for you
• Bounce back from setbacks by assessing the damage, creating a recovery plan, and giving yourself the grace you need to move forward without shame or self-judgement
• Build a long-term wealth blueprint through intentional goal setting, smart investing, and everyday habits that compound into lifelong financial freedom

A celebration of ambition, possibility, and the power of financial empowerment, "Clever Girl Millionaire" is required reading for anyone seeking an inspiring and practical guide to wealth creation.

Congratulations, Bola!

Clever Girl Finance

03/29/2026

All my fellow gardeners know: this is the time we pull our back and at least two other muscles and hope not to fall from the ladder and also not to chop our arms off with the chainsaw! 🤪

Dangers aside, gardening is the best stress relief...