The Value of a Father’s Day

My father passed away when I was 26. My son, his only grandson at the time, was just a year old when nature took it’s course with a man who had never taken care of himself physically, nor had the tools to find an underlying source of happiness during his short...

Are You Having A Financial Affair?

I know, I know. Just the idea on ‘an affair’ makes people crazy…though it’s usually associated with a relationship of some sort. What I’m talking about here is a FINANCIAL affair…an affair where your life is turned upside down and...

Financial Education: Right or Privilege?

Financial Education: Fact or Fiction In 2001, a young woman started questioning her lack of financial education as she looked around and saw so many WITH money but even more WITHOUT. She didn’t understand how she’d gotten mostly A’s in high school...

Financial Exit Points…Where are YOURS?

I am reading the most wondrous of relationship books called Undefended Love. In it, there are many areas where the word ‘money’ could be substituted for the word ‘relationship’ or ‘love’ and lately I find myself considering a...

Introducing Wealth Chats from Creative Wealth for Women

If you’re wanting or needing to learn about money but… • Can’t afford to attend a program. • Can’t afford the time away from home or don’t want to leave home. • Don’t do well in a large seminar or workshop environment. • Want to...

Financial Dogs Barking in the Night

Have you ever been sound asleep in the middle of the night having a pleasant dream and been rudely woken up by a dog barking nearby? And then… just as you’re getting back to sleep, the dog barks again? And again? And it feels like the dog is never going to...

Why Our Financial Literacy Movement is Stuck!

Note from Elisabeth…I did NOT write this but easily could have. I have stubbed my toe (and brain) since 2002 on this path down financial literacy hell and I use that word because it the fact that we don’t teach it to kids and teens in schools ignites a...

Even Search Engines Struggle With Money

So, here we are, a financial education company who’s mission it is to teach basic, but immensely critical, financial principles to kids, teens and adults, primarily focusing on women. We send out emails and such about our programs and most of them contain the...

Financial Adjustments…A Little Yoga Anyone?

Most people probably don’t know that my educational background, and first love, is health, fitness and nutrition.  I delight in using the knowledge that I know to create an environment INSIDE of my skin that provides me with the most optimum living experience I...

Seven Powerful Steps for Financial Peace of Mind

I’ve always considered reacting and responding as two different types of behavior relative to an outside stimulus. This week I’ve been thinking about the differences within a new paradigm…money, of course! The definition of ‘react’ is to act in response to...