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What a night we had last Thursday at our Permission to Pivot  event — I'm still energized from it! 💛   The conversations were  empowering, honest , and genuinely supportive .   The women that were there reflected on their finances, their careers, and the seasons of change they’re navigating. But whether you were in that room or not, you may be feeling it too:   A nudge. A shift. A quiet awareness that something needs to change.   Inspiration is a beautiful starting point. B

There was a season of my life when I was barely holding it together.   My girls were 13 and 11, and the twins were three. I was deep in the thick of motherhood.   One winter morning , after the girls left for school, I was heading into the garage to load the boys into the van — coats, hats, gloves, keys — all the things.   I turned my back for a split second to hit the garage door button, assuming they were safely behind me.   Out of the corner of my eye , I saw something d

February 11, 2026   Is this snow ever going to melt?!   Since that storm we had at the end of January, the temperature has barely budged, the snow has hardly melted, and the grass is nowhere in sight!   Walking the dog feels less like a peaceful stroll  and more like an arctic expedition. And as I'm out with Einstein the other morning, I suddenly hear my dad’s voice in my head:   “Remember kids…don’t eat the yellow snow!” 🫤   Let’s just say he was a man of many sayings and t

Love it or hate it, my friend, AI has arrived  and it's not going anywhere. It’s transforming how we live, work, communicate, and connect.   Yet research shows women have historically been slower to adopt  AI tools and often feel less equipped to use them, even as these technologies become central to daily life and work.   A February 2025 Harvard Business School  article called, “Women Are Avoiding AI. Will Their Careers Suffer?,”  highlights that women are adopting generativ

Every Wednesday, I show up here with the intention  of helping you feel more confident, grounded, and empowered when it comes to your financial well-being.   As I’ve gotten to know so many incredible women in this community, I’ve had countless conversations about navigating layoffs, career shifts, empty nests, or simply a season that no longer feels aligned.   What I hear most often isn’t a lack of talent or drive but rather uncertainty around how  to take the next step, and

January 21, 2026 We are all born with things we can’t control. For me? It’s my feet.  I have very small feet.   I’m barely a size 5 . Sometimes I can get away with buying kids’ shoes — as long as they don’t look like the " Mary Janes" you wore in first grade to your great uncle’s funeral!   My entire life,  even in adulthood, I’ve been teased about it. Once someone actually said to me, “How do you even stay standing?”   I kid you not.   But here’s the thing, no matter how mu

January 14, 2026 Today marks Day 14 of 31 for Dry January. If you’re in, we’re almost halfway there! 👍   I’ve done Dry January  for several years now—not necessarily because I need to curb my drinking, but because I genuinely love the reset  it gives me at the start of the year.   For me, Dry January isn’t about deprivation. It’s about awareness.   When I take alcohol off the table for a month, something interesting happens. I start noticing—not just what I’m drinking, but t

January 7, 2026 Happy New Year!  I’m thrilled to kick off another year of "Wednesday Wisdom", sharing stories, tips, and insights to help you make personal finance a priority in your life!   I don’t know about you, but I spent far too much of 2025 overthinking, revisiting, and  second-guessing — which mostly just drained my time and energy.   When we’re trying to tackle something important, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the details and that’s often when we get stuck instea

December 17, 2025 As we move into the final days of the year, I’ve been reflecting on how the holidays can feel a little different each year.   Not because something is missing or broken, but simply because life keeps moving.   Every year we’re all a little older. Our parents, our kids, our friends, our neighbors. Naturally, relationships shift and traditions evolve.   What once felt magical may feel a little different  now.   But change doesn’t mean loss. It means movement

December 10, 2025 Can I be completely honest with you?   I think we as women can be incredibly hard  on ourselves—especially as we near the end of the year.   We often look back on the last 12 months and immediately focus on what we didn’t get to, what we should have done, or where we think   we   “fell short.”   What we forget is to give ourselves grace … and to acknowledge the countless things, big and small, that we did accomplish.   I recently learned a concept that may

December 3, 2025 Last week, I had the privilege of helping three very different women  (and their families) complete their estate documents.   One thing stood out:   Estate planning isn’t about age  — it’s about love, clarity, and making life easier for the people who matter most.   Here are their stories:   A recently divorced woman in mid-life with two grown children:   ▶️ “I want to make sure all the planning is done, so they won’t have to stress if something happens to me

November 26, 2025 The holidays have a way of stirring up real pressure.   The perfect gathering, the perfect dinner, the perfect family moment where everyone behaves and every dish turns out just right.   But you and I both know… that’s not real life.   Real life is the burnt edges  of the pie — or in my case, forgetting the giblets and cooking them inside the turkey.  (Yep, I really did that. 😮)   It’s the aunt who arrives two hours early, kids running through the house, a

November 19, 2025   When we get to this point in the year, I'm always reminded why Thanksgiving is the holiday  I so look forward to the most.   It’s low-pressure, familiar, and always brings me back  to what actually matters before the December rush.   So I thought I'd share my five reasons why Thanksgiving tops my list. Maybe you feel the same...   It's all about... Family, Friends, Food, Football…  and any other “F-word” you want to throw in there!   The BEST Charlie Brown

November 12, 2025   No joke...yesterday I really did that. 😳   In my defense, our gym has been doing a ton of renovations, swapping  the men’s and women’s locker rooms for weeks. Finally, last Friday, we were “ back to normal ” — or so I thought.   Well, yesterday I obviously didn’t read the email or notice the extremely LARGE sign propped up on an easel that said… MEN’S LOCKER ROOM HERE … and I proceeded full steam ahead.   Head down, scrolling through my phone, totally dis

November 5, 2025 Growing up, I was such a people pleaser . I needed everyone to like me.   If someone didn’t, I would twist myself into whatever shape was needed to win them over. Friends, boyfriends, bosses — I made myself small to keep the peace.    And I believed that was normal.   That pattern followed me into my first marriage. I changed my hair. My clothes. My opinions. My personality.   I kept reshaping myself, thinking that if I could just get it “ right ,” he would

October 29, 2025    Tomorrow I turn 57 — over 20,000 days, nearly 500,000 hours,  and more than a billion seconds  circling the sun.🌞   Each one of those moments was a gift  — a chance to celebrate, to learn, to stumble, to rise.   And yet, like so many women, I’ve spent too many of those moments waiting.   We wait to celebrate until we’ve earned it. We wait to wear the dress until we lose ten pounds. We wait to speak up until our message feels perfectly polished. We wait to

October 22, 2025 Last week I was on cloud nine after two incredible opportunities to speak about financial wellness.   First, I had the pleasure of connecting with a phenomenal group of women real estate agents at Coldwell Banker Realty in Blue Bell to talk about money mindset and building financial wellness. (Thank you, Leslie!)   We dug into what holds us back from making confident financial decisions and explored mindset shifts to help move us forward.   They created suc

October 15, 2025 Monday would have been my dad’s 80th birthday . And oh, how we would have laughed that day!   He had a way of telling stories that made you belly laugh until you cried!  He was an accountant by trade, a lover of numbers, and a planner like no other.   Growing up I really never understood why he was always so fixated on thinking about the future, focusing on the numbers, and planning for what may or may not come.   At 16 , it all felt unnecessary. I’d roll m

October 18, 2025    In my younger days, I didn’t make personal finance a priority. It was always something I figured I’d deal with later —“when I was older.”   But as life would have it, I found myself navigating a very toxic and painful divorce.   It left me  financially and emotionally broken —a single mom with a very young daughter and a heck of a lot of fear.   Ashamed, embarrassed, and feeling like a failure, I had no choice but to move back into my parents’ house—right

October 1, 2025 I'm a big  coffee drinker. I’ll sip it all day if I can. And often, that means reheating the same mug several times.   But here's the kicker: half the time, I toss it in the microwave and completely forget it's in there.  Fast forward to 6:00pm, I'm heating up dinner—and surprise! There’s my lonely, cold cup of coffee staring back at me.   It drives my boys crazy.  They always ask, “ How in the world can you forget that?! ”   But it’s not just the coffee—the f