May Your Cup Run Over The ole’ budget. Some cringe when discussing budgets. A successful lady lawyer client once told me she believed “the devil lived in her budget and plays tricks”. Many disclose they wish they had learned finance at a younger age, and wish they could remove the ‘anxiety’ from the budget conversation. […]
Category: Entrepreneurship + Your Side Hustle
Clarity in Decision
On the Twelfth Day of My Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, clarity. When I decided to pivot away from my corporate career, and embrace this dream of cheerleading for my fellow lady bastions, career divas, and high performing rock stars, I recall the moment of decision with such clarity. It came easy and was […]
Create your State of Flow into Full Immersion
On the Eleventh Day of My Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, the state of flow. If you’ve never heard of the state of flow, allow me the opportunity to introduce you. In 1975, two positive psychologists, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura, defined it as a state of mind when a person becomes fully immersed and […]
What Motivates You?
On the Tenth Day of my Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, the opportunity to exist intrinsically. Intrinsic motivation is the act of doing something because it is personally rewarding. Extrinsic motivation involves doing something because you want to earn a reward or avoid punishment. Do you believe you are operating from an extrinsic place, […]
Fresh Ideas for Her
On the Ninth Day of My Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, new beginnings and a blank canvas. With childlike enthusiasm, I grabbed my watercolors from the art cabinet and sat down to discover what might bubble up for me with this new beginning. A bright and fresh look maybe? I am filled with wondered and excitement of how […]
Financial Conversations for Her
On the Eighth Day of my Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, the gift of creativity. For the past 23 years, I have devoted twelve to fifteen hours a week to intense, one-on-one financial conversations with my beloved clients. During the pandemic, the frequency and content of those conversations increased and grew deeper. In addition to […]
Unapologetically Female
On the Seventh Day of my Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, the gift of softness and a gentleness. For the first time, in a very long time, I could be soft, kind, thoughtful and courteous in a financial conversation, without being interrupted, spoken over, shushed, dismissed, or judged. Authentically, unapologetically female. Today, I delivered a […]
Delight for Her
On the Sixth Day of my Great Resignation, my decision gave to me, the gift of Delight! A lite heart, a smile and a skip in my step. Nothing profound really, but a feeling of euphoria. With arms outstretched, chest filled with confidence, a smile as big as Montana, my wings fluttered open and I began to […]
Unexpected Fans
On the Fifth Day of my Great Resignation my decision gave to me, the gift of unexpected fans. Hooray! Text messages began rolling in, emails swiped across my screen at great speed, and my cell phone even started ringing non-stop! Every message, email and phone call carried an enthusiastic, and almost elated voice or exclamation from a […]
Independent Choice
On the Fourth Day of my Great Resignation my decision gave to me, unabashed choices. Upon waking on the fourth day of my resignation, I recalled the memory of a conversation I had with my mentor, Richard Mosely, an investment banker from Princeton, New Jersey. This conversation took place in his office over 8 years ago; an office that once belonged to the author of JAWS, Peter Benchley. A powerful […]