Money in our lives is unavoidable. And what you need to know about money differs at different life ages & stages- but no one teaches you! We learn from parents or classmates or social media - but most of those folks do not know much about money EITHER. I love talking about & coaching about money in order to help people, especially women, navigate their life path at all ages, through sharing my knowledge and experience to help others increase their financial know-how and smarts, so they can go from Surviving to THRIVING!

From the time I was a child and produced a fun fair/carnival in our back yard and house and charged admission, (No mere lemonade stands for me!) I have been an entrepreneur at heart and a believer in finding ways to make and keep my own money. Even back then I knew that money gives us personal freedom, and that the only way to have that freedom is by knowing how to make Money work in your life - and coming from a large family of 5 kids, money wasn't really coming from parents & allowances - either we had to do chores or find a way to help neighbors with lawn care or weeding for example, or through babysitting or other jobs you do when you're young.

In High school my parents divorced. That created all kinds of financial messes to cleanup as well as emotional issues like guilt and money blackmail. There were also 3 kids planning to head to college, including me.