I was nominated by Saunders and Cash for an Entrepreneur of the Year award. They had these characters made of us. They gave me quite a...

“If your brain was a stove, what would be on your front burner?” While this is probably the worst pick-up line I’ve ever heard

I’ve been single for several years now and I’m okay with that. I did the math and figured out that I’ve been paired up 87 percent of my...

Marion City Library, located in a 1912 Santa Fe Depot One of the things I love the most about the Finishing School for Modern Women is...

It’s taken an entire year, but at long last it’s DONE! Just this past week we ran the final tests and, fingers and toes crossed, at long...

When I started the Finishing School in September 2015, I had no idea where it would go. I started out doing classes at the Wichita Art...

At the beginning of this quickly passing year, I tried a little something different for my New Year’s resolution. I had given up making...

I’ve given and lot of thought into what I want to write in response to everything that’s been going on the past few weeks in the...

My Great Uncle, Dad, and Grandpa I always had the feeling that my father would have liked his first born to be a boy. But he got me...

It’s an odd feeling, to be exhausted and replenished at the same time, yet here I am. In the past seven days I’ve been part of two incredibl

In the Turning Anger into Power class we offer at the Finishing School for Modern Women, we talk about the importance of not labeling...

My six-year-old birthday "tea party." I realized when I decided to go with the name “Finishing School for Modern Women” for empowerment...

Usually I’m the one who people turn to for help and I’m always glad, if I can, to give it. So, I’m not used to asking others to help me

Since we opened in September 2015, over a thousand women have attended our classes. So far, students have had to come to the Finishing...

Forgive for being so predictable, in writing about gratitude this week. Since Thanksgiving is nearly here, being thankful is on my mind....

What could be better than celebrating our friendships with the women we love most?

In my head, I will always be this woman, although the mirror tells me a different story. Not that I mind getting older. I don't

Have you noticed an increase of tension in your life? From what I've been reading on my friends' Facebook posts, I know for certain

Since I was a little red-headed girl, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up – a business owner. I didn’t know what kind of business I wa

An event crossed my feed on Facebook this week that got my attention. Smaltz Brewing Company has brewed a special beer, She’Brew, to celebra