I like numbers. Hence, I am a financial planner. But what I’ve found is that sometimes focusing too much on just the numbers in my financial life can leave me completely overwhelmed. Take debt, for example. Did you know the average amount of personal debt per person in the U.S. is $50,646?* If you want [...]
Looking to buy a new car, apply for a credit card or possibly buy a home? Then you definitely want your credit score to be in top shape. Your credit score, also known as FICO, is a score calculated from your credit report. It’s basically an indicator of how risky a borrower you are. Your [...]
If you could eliminate one thing from your financial life, what would it be? When I asked this question to my entire list a few weeks ago in a survey, do you know what the No. 1 answer was? It was to eliminate debt. I’m not surprised, since we live in a society where debt [...]
It’s taken me a long time to get comfortable sharing this with you all. For more than two years, I’ve been detoxing from the old way of doing business– pretending to be perfect, trying to control everything that happens, working to a point of exhaustion. As I continue to shed this mentality and embrace my [...]
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 [...]
I was recently meeting with a group of small business owners and entrepreneurs and I asked them how much revenue their business needed to produce in order for them to reach their business and personal financial goals. The room got silent. Not one person knew the answer to my question! It seems strange, but a [...]
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing my good friend and fellow woman business owner Hillary Gadsby for this week’s Ask the Expert. She not only owns her own business, A Gadsby Affair, but she also has an awesome blog called StilettoGal.com , a day in the life of a woman entrepreneur as told by [...]
Do You Need a Prenup? So you’ve found the love of your life and now you’re planning the wedding of your dreams. Everything is blissful with your future spouse and you can’t imagine life without this person, but in the back of your mind, you’re still wondering “Do I need a prenup?” A lot of [...]
Know Your Worth! Women often tie their self worth into their money lives. So as women, we need to get confident knowing our worth and asking for our worth in the workplace. This money meditation will help you gain confidence in your own worth and become confident asking for it. Call to Action: Write down [...]
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 [...]
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