PlaidForWomen

It’s the simpliest thing, but often with so much going on, we don’t prepare for our meetings. Why is that? Elizabeth shares with us what being prepared does for us as it relates to influence.

Stress affects us every day!  I just realized that this article is due to the publisher soon!  So, I began—or tried to begin—to write an article for PlaidForWomen as I have done for the past three years.  I forgot […]

We love this topic of “Building Up and Supporting Women” as that is a basic foundational principle of our financial planning and wealth management practice. In our work with our clients, some of our women cli […]

I have always tried to live by Shakespeare’s wise words, “To thine own self be true.”  Knowing this and doing this are two entirely different things.  It seems so easy, yet it is so very difficult to shut out t […]

Is making more money or getting the promotion on your agenda for 2020?  For many it is.

Elizabeth shows us the quickest way to find money and have more happiness at the same time.

Elizabeth’s humor around work can make a dark situation much lighter. In this video, she talks about how we read an email or have a meeting and instantly create scenarios about what really happened in our mi […]

Hello 2020!!!  I am so glad to turn the page on the calendar of 2019!  It has been a challenging year.  I lost my mother this year and my father two years ago.  Yes, I am now an orphan as someone so cruelly poi […]

Elizabeth Lions talks about the danger of #MeToo at work and how it caused a backlash. Executive men don’t want to work with us any more and are afraid.

Here’s what you can do to change that.

Traditions help us to remember and grow.  We can look back to happy times from our past and they help us to connect to our present and our future.  Remembering our past and our traditions help us to connect to a p […]

Elizabeth talks about how when women don’t get along what really happens, and how men feel about it.

If there’s one word to describe this generation of young people, it would be “entitled”. Our children have been handed everything they could ever desire, video games, toys, cell phones, cars, entertainment. Many […]

There are few things in life more damaging than divorce. It’s financially draining, emotionally traumatic and can cause serious health effects. According to a 2009 study, recently separated or divorced adults hav […]

You are a smart business owner. You know you have to watch where your money goes, keep up with efficiency, and make your customers happy. Fortunately, there is a ton of technology available that can help you do […]

As most of us already know, Dory is the wide-eyed, blue tang fish who suffers from memory loss about every 10 seconds or so.

At times, when I’m going about my day, I sort of feel like Dory… thinking to […]

My son came home today, went immediately to his room and when asked what was wrong, began to cry. He’s in the 5th grade but is taking a pre-AP 6th grade math class and has recently been having some problems. Not w […]

Every school has a culture within it’s walls. Something that creates the character and the quality of life among the students and teachers. Each educator brings a part of who they are into their classroom and d […]

We’re a family of 5.  Me, my husband, one daughter and two sons.  Family means we stick together.  There are good moments and bad moments.  Even through the bad moments, we support each other with lots of hugs […]

Family is who we count on.  We all have our blood family and our people we choose as family.  I think that a winning combination of both types of family are the best for me.

I believe that your birth order a […]

Elizabeth shares with the audience a miss step she made at work, and how to recover from it.

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Have you ever felt left out? Wanting to be included in something but knowing you weren’t invited to join or participate can make you feel excluded. Exclusion can easily be seen as bullying if the intent is to a […]