“Women Empowering Themselves: A Financial Survival Guide” will take you through the basic steps to calculate your financial worth, identify your financial needs and gain control of your financial destiny. Inside are simple exercises and tools to help you understand what you own and what you owe, and show you how to manage your budget and debt, whether you're in a relationship or alone. read more

FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT

According to ancient philosophy, there are four powerful elements in the universe: earth, wind, fire and air. There are also four human sources of power that energize our society: the body, mind, spirit, and money. To realize the power of the body, it has to be cared for and handled properly. To optimize the power of the mind, it has to be used wisely and allowed to grow. With the spirit, in order to understand its essence, it must be contemplated and nurtured. That leaves money. To maximize its power, money has to be contemplated, handled properly, and allowed to grow. These human power sources must be fed and harnessed for you to survive and ultimately succeed in today's society.

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Antoinette Babek is an Accredited Financial Counselor and Certified Personal Finance Counselor for a nonprofit credit counseling agency.

Hollis Colquhoun is an Accredited Financial Counselor and has over twenty years of experience in the financial industry.

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