I’m in a mastermind group with 5 other entrepreneurial women and one of the things we do for another is constantly give each other permission to do the things we want to do in life. We call them permission slips. So I ask you, what do you need permission to do? Tell me and I [...]
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One Billion Rising Flash Mob
Celebrating, dancing and standing with One Billion Rising all around the world. Standing for the ending of violence toward women.
Love to shop? How to be Financially Wise with your Wardrobe
Laurie Brucker a.k.a Laurie Bstyle, Certified Image Consultant & Personal Stylist shares her tips on how to save money on clothes and still look good. For more information, visit Laurie at: Laurie@lauriebstyle.com www.LaurieBstyle.com Laurie Brucker is not affiliated with Financially Wise Women or LPL Financial.
Get your Spending Habits Under Control
What is mindful spending? Spending in alignment with your values. Use this money meditation to discover your values in life and then make sure you practice mindful spending every month. Call to Action: Write out your top 3-5 values in life on a postcard and place it in areas where you will see it on [...]
Yoga Does a Body and Financial Life Good
Being a financial planner, I see a lot of people who try to manage their financial lives as a separate part of themselves. They want to know the tactical approach to planning out their financial future and ignore the emotional and spiritual connection they have to their money. However, in my opinion, the most [...]
Budget-Friendly Holiday Travel Tips
Today’s post is by Kim Olson, travel writer + photographer at KimOlsonPhoto.com where she writes about traveling, simple living and finding creative ways to save, manage and spend money on the things that matter most. With the holiday season upon us soon, many of you will be traveling to see loved ones. Traveling during these [...]
What Do We Really Want From our Men?
Today’s post comes from Danielle Dowling, M.A., relationship expert, writer + coach. Danielle does amazing work and knows what she is talking about! You can find her at Danielle-Dowling.com where she writes about self-realization, soulful companionship + accessing your innate power. For centuries, the institution of marriage served as an expression of chemical instinct [...]
Too busy to Date?
Today’s Ask the Expert features Val Brennan, Co-founder of www.ThreeDayRule.com Tell me about your business and how you help women? Well-educated, financially savvy women are a growing demo that is not being served by current dating sites. www.ThreeDayRule.com takes a unique approach. We are a first-of-a-kind curated (invitation-only) dating site designed to save busy professionals time [...]
50 Things I’ve Learned From Being an Entrepreneur
Just 2 short years ago, I left Ameriprise Financial and started my own financial planning practice. Seems like a lifetime ago! As I reflect back on everything that has happened over the past 2 years, I realize how much I have learned from being an entrepreneur. I have learned so much about myself and business, that if I really wanted to go crazy, I could probably come up with 1,000 + learning lessons to include on this list! But then who would want to read a blog post that long? So to spare your time, I narrowed down my list to the 50 most universal things I have learn by being an entrepreneur. Of course, these are just learning lessons from my own personal journey of starting a business but hopefully if you are a woman embarking on starting your own business, you will be able to relate or learn from my list.
Exposing a New Layer of Myself…
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.”~Jean Paul Sartr
We all have stories of how much our lives change over the months and years and man, there has definitely been a lot of change in my personal life over the past few months. As such, I have allowed myself time to interpret and understand what life has handed me and how I will chose to respond to it all. With this extra space in my life, I have spent a lot of time contemplating the universal questions we all seek answers to in life.

















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