Lack of Capital for Women-Owned Businesses

By LuzElena Rivers, a Houston, Texas-based NAWBO member, as featured in Forbes magazine Starting a business was never the challenge for me. However, needing the resources to grow it was a different story. Books, trainings and professionals tell you to offer a service...

Looking to Hire More Millennial Women at Your Small Business? Here’s How to Attract and Retain Top Talent

By Callie McGill  Ambitious, tech-savvy, confident and educated—these terms are often used to describe millennial women. So it’s no surprise that they’re a highly sought-after demographic in the workforce. Large corporations may be able to beat small businesses in...

What’s Mindfulness Got to Do With It?

By Petra Beumer, founder of the Mindful Eating Institute As a counselor who specializes in mindful eating and emotional self-care, I come across the need for resting, downshifting and finding inner peace when clients first share their challenges and life stories with...

Want to Up Your Leadership?

In Addition to Good Communication, Learn to Skillfully Navigate Relationship Triangles By Thomasina Williams of Sankofa Legacy Advisors Recognize any of these scenarios? Joyce is upset with her boss. Rather than talk with her boss about it, Joyce complains to her...

Three Steps to Amplify Your Voice and Attract Your Ideal Clients

By Julie Zhu of Julie Zhu LLC Growing a successful business takes a lot of time and hard work, especially in today’s market. If you’ve noticed that your business is having difficulty reaching and enticing consumers, you might need to reexamine your plan and vision....

When Food Is Love

By Petra Beumer, founder of the Mindful Eating Institute and member of NAWBO Santa Barbara As originally published in California Association of Marriage & Family Therapists newsletter “The problem of overeating and obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the...