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 [...]
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Do You Need a Prenup?
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 [...]
Why Women Need a Financial Planner!
Hi everyone, this is Brittney Castro, Certified Financial Planner and founder of Financially Wise Women. Okay so I recently wrote a blog post about this but I feel the need to also do a video about it because there is a huge issue going on in the financial industry that I believe needs to be [...]
Are you Creating a Life Worth Fighting For?
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll wait the rest of our lives.” -Anonymous We are now in the last month of the year. I don’t know about you, but 2012 has been an amazing year full of lots of successes, challenges and, of course, growth. I’m the type of person who chooses to see [...]
Brand Clarity Can Help you Increase Clientele
Tell me about your business and how you help women? designKREW helps women by taking all of their beautiful ideas and making them a reality with their brand, graphics and web presence. As women we love to nurture and create from a place of giving and outflow. designKREW provides the opportunity for women business owners [...]
How to Start a Nonprofit
Tell me about your business and how you help women? Women Empowered is a membership based women’s nonprofit organization aimed to empower women through volunteerism, mentorship, self-development workshops, and professional and social networking. We also promote entrepreneurship as well by providing workshops specifically tailored for women entrepreneurs or those who are thinking to start their [...]
The Best Marketing Tip Ever!
Carolyn Coyne’s company does three things: Creative Ideation, Production of those ideas, and Strategy and ROI. They work with several brands who target the female demographic and they also own an event called “Women in Business”, which honors and celebrates influential women in business through an evening panel and break-out groups.
Estate Planning for Nontraditional Couples
Willow McJilton assists clients in developing and implementing an estate plan to guard against a lack of financial security, unnecessary taxes, expensive Court and legal costs, and/or family conflicts in the event of death, incapacity and/or a transfer of wealth within a family.
Ready to Hire your First Nanny? Here’s how…
Rebecca Stewart helps moms find the best nanny for their children. She helps new mom going back to work, stay at home mom’s who have an actively lifestyle and need an extra hand, and celebrity mom’s who have demanding career and lifestyle. She not only finds them the best nanny, she also walks them through the process of how to hire the best nanny for their family.
Timing the Market is Impossible!
The markets are going up, then down, then up, resulting in you feeling more anxious and scared. What should you do? Sell out and wait for things to calm down? Then get back in when they do? Think again lady!
Timing the market is impossible!



















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