When I first started teaching adults how to paint, I began with several classes on drawing and then led them into painting. This seemed like a natural progression. At the end of the six-week session, however, the women gave me some honest feedback. Drawing was their least favorite part of the session. I contemplated what they said and realized that most women were like me— stressed out and busy. What we all crave is a fun evening where we can drink wine, chat with fun people

Years ago, I read a book titled, Your Money or Your Life. Its main focus was to see money in terms of life energy and then make the connection between whether your life energy was going towards things that really mattered to you. As a young mom with little kids still at home, it was life-changing. After calculating all of the costs of sending them to daycare and subtracting that from what I would earn out in the workforce, I learned I would be working for a pittance. Would wo