Category Archives: Women and Money

Mamas, Don’t Let Your Daughters Grow Up to Be Clueless

On Mother’s Day, reflect on what lessons you learned from your mother … or taught your daughter … about money. Time for thanks? Or forgiveness?

Financial Security: Conquering Fear Through the Back Door

Reaching financial security is often a case of taking the first step, and then another and another. Here’s how …

Who Says We Need Balance?

Balance is an insidious myth perpetrated on us women. On a recent trip to the South of France, I finally busted that myth.

Two Lives Erased

Stuff. We buy it, cherish it, go into debt for it. Once we’re gone, our heirs realize that it’s worth nothing. Maybe we need to realize that today.

How to Recapture your Financial Power

Eilene Zimmerman is a business writer and a feminist. But when it came to her own money, she made a big mistake.

Helicopters, Childhood Memories and Financial Security

What does financial security have to do with childhood memories? Everything!

Money Denial: Pretending Money Doesn’t Exist

Women who refuse to deal with their money, starting with the pile of unopened statements, face just one of the 12 destructive money behaviors. Is this you?

Lying About Their Money

Where no one’s telling the truth, let’s figure out what’s tripping you up and not letting you get control over your money.

5 Ways To Lower Your Financial Stress Around The Holidays

As the holidays approach and carols fill the airwaves, we all have a knee-jerk reaction to make this a magical time. But that magic comes with a high price tag. Here are five ways to lower your financial stress around the holidays.

Your Money Is Just Like the Wizard of Oz

Remember the Wizard of Oz? Well, by not dealing with your money you’re giving it the same power as the Wizard had, until Toto pulled back the curtain … Time to pull back your virtual curtain too!